Unit 4 Earthquakes

Listen to the text. A reporter is asking a man to describe his experience in the San Francisco earthquake of R = reporter M = man

A reporter is asking a man to describe his __________ in the San Francisco __________ of _____. R = reporter M = man Listen again and fill in the blanks. R: What was the first thing you __________? M: Oh, my goodness. It was about ___ o’clock in the morning. I remember, experience 1906 earthquake remember 5

I woke up when I was ______ out of the bed. When I tried to _____, the floor shook so that I fell. I felt ________ and rushed downstairs. R: What I did you see _______? M: Oh, I saw things I never want to see again. It seemed __ __ the end of the world came. People were crying, ________ and ________ everywhere. ______ were falling down from some buildings while big ones were shaking… thrown walk terrified outside as if shouting Bricks running

Lots of people were getting _______ under bricks. There were great _____ around us. It was terrible! R: Did you realize what was happening? M: No. I asked a man standing _____ to me what happened. Before he could ______, some bricks fell on him and he was _____. R: That sounds frightening. Did you know where to find a _____ place? buried fires next killed answer safer

M: Oh, no. _______ I met a man who knew the way to a boat. R: So … you got away ______? M: No, we didn’t. It was difficult _______ the streets had deep ______. As we were carefully _______ our way, some frightened cows ______ up Market Street and dropped into one of them. I’ll never forget the _____ they made. Some of them had broken their _____ Luckily easily because cracks picking rushed noise legs

and others were climbing ______ each other to get out. Horrible! R: How did you feel _____ you’d left the city? M: Umm. I felt safer because we were being _____ for. The soldiers saved us. They brought us _____ and _____. Thanks to them many of us are still ____! upon once cared alive waterfood

Listen to Part 1.

Listen again and fill in the blanks. Why do earthquakes happen? ________ believe that the _______ of the earth is covered by number of moving _______. Sometimes two plates move ________ and _____ against each other. Sometimes they stop for _____ but at other times they ______ and an earthquake is felt. Scientists surface plates years jump forwards push

Because of the __________ of these plates, California, China and ______ have a lot of earthquakes. You can see the ______ in San Francisco where the ______ plate meets the North American plate. When the _____ earthquake happened, the Pacific plate jumped ___ to ___ metres to the north. Japan result Pacific movements

Listen to Part 2.

China is a country _____ many earthquakes happen. The Pacific plate is _______ China from the east and the ______ plate is pushing China from the _________. The power of this movement _______ the Himalayas and Mount Qomolongma. It now ______ earthquakes in China. We cannot stop earthquakes ____ we can do things to _____ _____ they do not destroy whole cities. Listen again and fill in the blanks. pushing where Indian southwest created causes but make sure

First it is not a good idea to _____ houses along the line where two ______ meet. Second, if you think there may be an earthquake, make sure to build houses on _____ rather than _____. Third, you must make the houses as _______ as possible. Weak buildings will ___ _____ in an earthquake, but strong ones may ____ ___. build plates rock sand strong fall down stay up

Listen to Part 1. Ever since the San Francisco earthquake, all children in California have been taught what to do during an earthquake. T = teacher S = student

Listen again and fill in the blanks. Ever since the San Francisco earthquake, all ________ in California have been ______ what to do during an earthquake. T = teacher S = student T: Now, students, do you remember what we should do ______ an earthquake comes? children taught before

S1: We must make a ____ of things. It should tell us what to do, where to be safe and who to _______. T: Good. So _____ what should we do? S2: We should “drop, cover and hold”. T: Excellent. Now what does that _____? S2: We must drop to the ______ and cover our _____ with our hands. T: Yes. list contact first mean heads floor

S2: We must cover ourselves by hiding ______ some furniture. T: Right. S3: We must _____ onto the furniture so it doesn’t move _____ from us during the earthquake. T: Well done. So don’t ______. It’s always “drop, cover and hold”. hold under away forget

Listen to Part 2.

Listen again and fill in the blanks. T: Now _______ you are outside when an earthquake comes. What should you do? S3: Go to an open ______ away from buildings, trees or ______ _____. T: Very good. What should you do if you’re in the _____ _____? suppose space lines living room power

S1: I should ___ the television to a table so it won’t move. I should make sure that the _________ are already tied to the wall. T: Fine, but what should you do if you are _____ when the earthquake starts? S2: Ring a _______ friend to tell them where I am and ______ my personal earthquake bag. tie bookcases alone family collect

T: Quite right. You’re done a _____ job. Now for your homework I want to think about what to _____ into your earthquake bag. We’ll _______ tomorrow. great discuss put