(
课件网) Unit 4 Natural Disasters Reading and Thinking 课文内容解析 Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeastern Hebei. For several days, the water in the village wells rose and fell, rose and fell. There were deep cracks that appeared in the well walls. At least one well had some smelly gas coming out of it. Chickens and even pigs were too nervous to eat, and dogs refused to go inside buildings. Mice ran out of the fields looking for places to hide, and fish jumped out of the water. At about 3: 00 a.m., on 28 July 1976, bright lights were seen in the sky outside the city of Tangshan and loud noises were heard. But the city’s one million people were asleep as usual that night. 在农村 东北部的 村里的井水 升升降降，起起伏伏 深深的裂缝 定语从句 一些难闻的气体 现在分词作后置定语 紧张地难以去做 跑到田外 现在分词作状语 “找藏身之所” 跳出水面 耀眼的亮光 像往常一样 At 3:42 a.m., everything began to shake. It seemed as if the world were coming to an end! Eleven kilometres directly below the city, one of the most deadly earthquakes of the 20th century had begun, a quake that even caused damage more than 150 kilometres away in Beijing. Nearly one third of the whole nation felt it! A huge crack, eighty kilometres long and 30 metres wide, cut across houses, roads, and waterways. Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt. 摇晃: shake-shook-shaken 表语从句（虚拟语气） 结束 直接地、经直地 最致命的/伤亡最严重的 同位语 定语从句“甚至对远在150多千米地北京都造成了损害的” 几乎 全国三分之一的地区 横穿/横切 水路 坚硬的岩石山变成了泥沙流。 In less than one minute, a large city lay in ruins. Two thirds of the people who lived there were dead or injured. Thousands of children were left without parents. The number of people who were killed or badly injured in the quake was more than 400,000. 不到一分钟 lie in ruins 成为废墟 三分之二的 定语从句 数以千计的 be left without: 被留下没有……; 处于没有……的状态 ……的数量 定语从句“丧生或 身受重伤的 Everywhere survivors looked，there was nothing but ruins. Nearly everything in the city was destroyed. About 75 percent of the city’s factories and buildings, 90 percent of its homes, and all of its hospitals were gone. Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves, but no wind could blow them away. Most bridges had fallen or were not safe to cross. The railway tracks were now useless pieces of metal. 引导地点状语从句“……之处” survive-survivor-survival 只有 工厂和大楼 住房 be gone 不复存在 覆盖 吹走；刮走 通过；穿过 铁轨 Tens of thousands of cows, hundreds of thousands of pigs, and millions of chickens were dead. Sand now filled the wells instead of water. People were in shock—and then, later that afternoon, another big quake shook Tangshan again. Even more buildings fell down. Water, food, and electricity were hard to get. People began to wonder how long the disaster would last. 数万头 数十万头 数百万头 惊恐万状 傍晚时分 主语+be +adj. (for sb.)+to ... ...
