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课件网) UNIT 4 Earthquakes The second period Lead-in 1.Talk about the natural disaster earthquake in Wenchuan (its prediction and damage) Prediction Damage Up to 12,000 people are killed and as many as 26,000 injured by an earthquake in just one county in China's south-western Sichuan province, state media say. Crack A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN’T SLEEP burst: hurt shake: save, help shocked: move injure: break rescue: frightened destroy: damage New Words： electricity: A. invisible gas which water change into by boiling steam: B. form of energy for lighting, heating, driving machines. ruin: C. person who continues to live in spite of nearly being killed survivor: D. state of being collapsed or destroyed Task 1: Read the text and get the information . When: Where: What: countryside in northeast Hebei on July 28, 1976 The earthquake happened and destroyed the city. The main idea : The earthquake happened and destroyed the city in northeast Hebei on July28,1976. Fast reading Part. the earthquake: Part2. the earthquake: Part3. the earthquake: Task 2: The Sequence of This Text is Time Order Paragraph 1 Paragraphs2&3 Paragraph4 Before During After Divide the text and find the topic sentence of each part. *Please choose the proper key words to summarize the main idea of each part. Part 1. A. funny things B. signs C.animals Part 2. A. destruction B. death C. earthquake happened Part 3. A. army B. survivors C. help B. signs A. destruction C. help Task 3: signs strange phenomena water water pipes chickens smelly gas well walls rose and fell have deep cracks cracked and burst too nervous to eat came out of the cracks Paragraph1 Detail reading Read paragraph 2 and find out the figures (数字) to match the following information. 1. How many people felt the earthquake? 2. How long and how wide was the crack? 3. How long did it take to make a large city lie in ruins? 4. What was the number of people who were killed or injured ? --One-third of the nation felt it. --8 kilometers long and 30 meters wide. --In 15 terrible seconds. --More than 400,000. 1. It seemed that the world was at an end. A. in the end B. finished C. loose 2. But how could the survivors believe it was natural? ( paragraph3,line1) 3. Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed. (paragraph3, line1) Q: Read it out and find the structure. ruined B. finished Q: What does it refer to? Find a word in paragraph2 to replace “destroyed”. Which is NOT mentioned in the passage? A. People in Tangshan helped with the rescue work. B. Soldiers helped to rescue the people. C. People from other countries came to give help. D. People from other parts of the country came to give help. (C) 2. What do you think the text may talk about in the next paragraph? A. Life before the earthquake B. Life after the earthquake C. The young generation of Tangshan D. Life of Tangshan people after the earthquake (D) Paragraph4 Today’s Tangshan Moral education In the ... ...
