Unit 4 Earthquakes Period 1 Warming up and Reading

Revision Words &Expressions 1._________of no use; 2._________all the people in a country; 3._________matter that is not clean; 4._________very great in degree; 5._________gas that hot water gives out; 6._________make someone feel very surprised; 7._________metal bars that a train moves along; 8._________save something or somebody from danger; 9._____the part of a building left after the rest has been destroyed; 10.__________________a lot of; 11.______________finished; 12.______________immediately. useless nation dirt extreme steam shock track rescue ruin a great number of at an end right away

Lead-in Look at the pictures. Can you name all the disasters?

volcano fire floodtyphoon

sandstormhailstorm earthquake

Pay attention to the screen.Look at something about the earthquake in Sichuan.Then think about what will happen in an earthquake ? Enter

The earth will shake; The roads will be destroyed; The buildings will fall down; Many people will be killed or injured; Many children will become orphans.

Warming Up Look at the photos of Tangshan and San Francisco to describe what can you see in the two photos?

TangshanSan Francisco

Imagine there has been an big earthquake in these two cities. What might happen to the objects in the photos?

These two cities might be in ruins; Large quantities of tall buildings might collapse; The broad and busy roads might be destroyed; Many people might be killed or injured.

Pre-reading What do you think will happen before an earthquake?

1) Bright light flash in the sky. 2) The well has deep cracks in it, and the water in it rises and falls. 3) Chickens are flying and dogs are barking, and pigs and cows are too nervous to eat. 4) Fish jump out of the pond, and mice run wildly out of the fields. Signs before an earthquake:

Ⅰ.Scan the passage and find out the topic sentence of each paragraph. Fast reading Para 1 Para 2 Para 3 Para 4 Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeast Hebei. Everything began to shake and it seemed as if the world was at an end. Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed. All hope was not lost.

Ⅱ. Answer the questions: Q1:In what order was the passage written? The text is written in time order. Q2:What is the general idea of the passage? The general idea is the mixture of the first sentences of each paragraph, that is, the text tells us something that happened before the earthquake, during the earthquake, after the earthquake.

Careful reading Ⅰ. Read the passage carefully and join the correct parts of the sentences on page 27.

1. The chickens didn’t eat because 2. The people didn’t worry because 3. Such a great number of people died because 4. Water was needed because 5. The people did not lose hope because A. the army came to help them. B. the quake happened while they were sleeping. C. they were nervous. D. dams and wells were useless. E. they didn’t know what the strange events meant.

Ⅱ.Find the key words to support the topic sentences. Wells; well walls; Animals; bright lights; the sound of planes; water pipes. seem strange Signs before an earthquake ① Houses, roads and canals; ② hard hills of rock; ③ the large city; ④ People. began to shake What happened in the earthquake Para 1 Para2

hospitals, factories, buildings, bricks, dams and bridges, railway tracks, cows, pigs and chickens destroyed After the earthquake All hope; the army; workers; Fresh water rescue The city began to breathe again Para 3 Para 4

Listen to the tape.

Consolidation Sum up the main idea of the passage: ____________ happened in Tangshan. For a few days, water in the wells _____________. From the ______ of wells __________came out. Mice, chicken, pigs and even fish became ________. At 3:00 am, everything began to ______.It seemed that the world was _________. _________ of the nation ____ it. ___________ cut across the city. The city lay _______. Strange things rose and fell cracks smelly gas nervous shake at an endOne-third feltA huge crack in ruins

Two-thirds of the people died or ___________. Then later that afternoon, another big quake ______ Tangshan. People began to wonder _____________________________. But all hope ____________. Soldiers came to help those ________. Slowly, the city began to _________________. were injured shook how long the disaster would last was not lost survivors breathe again

Homework 1.Learn the new words and expressions in this part by heart. 2.Read the text again and again and write a summary of the text. 3.Imagine your home begins to shake and you must leave it right away. You have time to take only one thing. What will you take? Why?

Thank you !