牛津 八年级 (8A) Unit 6

Reading (2) 广东 钟 聪

natural disasters

1999 Taiwan earthquake over 1700 people died

There was an earthquake in Taiwan. Timmy survived the earthquake. He wrote his story and put it on his home page. The Taiwan earthquake

Read the story quickly and try to answer the following question: Did people save Timmy at last?

Could you find the words in the story which can take the place of the following meanings? 1.keep in a place and can not move be trapped 2. shout loudly scream

calm down moment thunder come down 4. very short time 5. the loud noise following lightning 6. fall 3. stop being nervous or excited

There are a lot of words in the text which describe noise, movement, fear and hope calm down, frightened, ran wildly, dark, slight shaking, screamed, thunder, safe, walls began to come down, real noise, still alive,

earth started to shake, bombs bright daylight, could not see at all, shouted, a moment of fear, real noise pieces of glass and bricks fell down

Suppose you are Timmy and your partner is a reporter, now he is interviewing you about the following questions. 1.Where were you when the earthquake started? 2.What kind of noise did you hear?

3. Why did some people scream? 4. What did people do after they heard the noise? 5. Did you know where you were when the noise and shaking ended?

6. How did you feel when you knew you were trapped? 7. Why did you stop shouting for help after you found no one came for a very long time?

8. When did you begin to shout again? 9. What did people do when they heard your scream? 10. What do you want to say to those who have saved you?

Sandy wrote a diary about Timmy’s story. Could you help her to complete her story? Open your books at Part B2.

1. 惊恐地 2. 向四处奔跑 3. 该去哪 4. 开始倒塌 5. 冷静下来 in fear run in all directions where to go begin to come down calm down Find the following phrases from the text:

6. 根本看不见 7. 处于困境中 8. 一阵恐惧 9. 匆忙地 10. 移走，拿开 can not see at all be trapped a moment of fear in a great hurry move away

1906 San Francisco Earthquake

At 5:13 on the morning of April 18th, 1906, the city of San Francisco was shaken by a terrible earthquake. A great part of city was destroyed and a large number of buildings were burnt. San Francisco Earthquake

The number of people who lost homes reached as many as 250,000. About 700 people died in the earthquake and the fires.

Speaking task

It should contain two kinds of things: Every student in San Francisco schools is encouraged to collect a personal earthquake bag.

1. Important personal and official papers; 2. Useful things to make life easier until help arrives.

possible items for the personal earthquake bag umbrellaradio torch light clothes fruitmapshoesknife pen and paper computerbook to read medicine

Choose 3 things which you think are useful for you when you are trapped. pair work

In pairs, make a dialogue to present your list and give your reasons for each choice. What do you choose to put in the earthquake bag? why?

Earthquake Plan First, we must protect our _______ and _______ with our arms. What should we do when a earthquake comes? head neck

Seconded, we must ______ourselves by hiding under some furniture like a _______. Third, we must _____on the furniture so that it doesn’t __________ from us during the earthquake. cover table hold move away

After the interview, the reporter have to write a report about it. Help him complete his report. Homework