(
课件网) electricity trap bury breathe revive revival effort unify wisdom context suffer n. 电；电能 vt. 使落入险境；使陷入圈套 n. 险境，陷阱 vt. 埋葬；安葬 vi. & vt. 呼吸 vt. & vi. 复活；（使）苏醒 n. 振兴；复苏 n. 努力；艰难的尝试；尽力 vi. & vt. 统一；（使）成一体 n. 智慧；才智 n. 上下文；语境；背景 vt. 遭受；蒙受 vi. （因疾病、痛苦、悲伤等）受苦 THE NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN'T SLEEP Reading and thinking Unit 4 THE NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN'T SLEEP An earthquake Look at the title and photo below and guess what the text is about. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Sichuan struck at 9:19 PM (local time) on Aug. 8 in 2017 at a depth of 20 km. It struck the popular tourist destination in Jiuzhaigou County and was followed by another 6.6- magnitude quake in the far northwestern region of Xinjiang province, more than 2,000-km away. hit/strike e.g. 1. The town was hit by bombs again last night. 2. A powerful earthquake hit / struck the northeastern coast of Japan at 2:46pm local time on March 11, 2011.? Can you name some big earthquakes happening in recent?years? Let's learn about them. Magnitude is the measure or amount of energy released during the earthquake. 震级 A 6.7-magnitude quake hit Kaohsiung city(高雄市) at a depth of 15 km at 3:57 a.m. Beijing time on Feb. 6 in 2016, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center. Waves of strong quakes, including one measured at 6.5 magnitude and another at 7.3 magnitude, rocked Kumamoto Prefecture (熊本县，日本) from late April 14 to early April 16 2016. Here is the Richter scale(里氏震级): <3.5 Quake recorded but not felt 3.5-5.4 Usually felt but rarely any damage 5.5-6.0 Little damage to strong buildings; big damage to weak buildings 6.1-6.9 Some damage within 100km 7.0-7.9 Big damage over a large area ≧8.0 Terrible damage over huge area shake/rock rock?sth.:?The town was rocked by an earthquake. The?explosion, which rocked the?city,?killed?300. A 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Ecuador (厄瓜多尔) and Colombia on 17 April 2016. A 9.0 magnitude earthquake hit Japan’s northeastern Honshu Island on Friday, 11 March 2011, and a six-meter tsunami (海啸) warning was issued (打响). Work in pairs. Discuss what can happen to a city during a big earthquake? A big earthquake is a terrible disaster! Possible answers: Buildings _____. Many things _____. Many people are _____ or _____. Roads, bridges and railways are _____. More people are _____. fall down lie in ruins injured destroyed homeless killed Read and analyse and finish the tasks as quickly as possible. The passage mainly talks about _____ _____. the earthquake that happened in Tangshan in 1976 What's the main idea of the passage? Task 1 Find the main idea. Read the text carefully and then write down the main idea of each paragraph. Paragraph 1: _____ Paragraph 2: _____ Paragraph 3: _____ _____ Paragraph 4: _____ Paragraph 5: _____ _____ Warning signs before the earthquake. Everything began to shake. Nearly every ... ...
