1 Unit 4 Warming up and Reading I

2 How many kinds of disasters are there in the world? Warming up

3 tornado, tornado, hurricane hurricane tsunami

4 volcanic eruption sand storm thunderstorm

5 fire

6 typhoon

7 drought

8 flood

9 SARS (Spring 2003 ) The World Trade Center was destroyed ( )

10 Earthquake

Which disaster may cause the worst damage? earthquake

12 1) What do you think will happen before an earthquake? How much do you know about an earthquake? Pre-reading

13 Bright lights will flash in the sky.

14 Animals, such as cows, dogs, horses and snakes, will be very nervous and upset.

15 Predictions of an earthquake: 1) Bright lights flash in the sky. 3) The well walls have deep cracks with smelly gas. 4) Animals, such as cows, pigs, horses and snakes are very nervous and upset. 5) Mice run out to look for places to hide. 6) Fish jump out of the ponds. 2) The water in the well rise and fall.

16 Discuss No. 1 in Pre-reading on P25.

How much more do you know about an earthquake? What may happen in an earthquake? Many people may be killed…… People may lose their homes…. Many things may be destroyed….. Pre-reading Video

18 Tangshan, Hebei July 28th, 1976

19 The earthquake destroyed almost all the city. Many people were hurt. Hundreds of thousands of people died. Most of the buildings in the city fell down.

20 A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN’T SLEEP

Fast reading What does the passage mainly talk about? An earthquake happened in Tangshan in 1976.

22 Sum up the main idea of each part of the passage. (use one word to describe) Part 1: Para 1 Part 2: Para 2&3 Part 3: Para 4 Signs ( 征兆 ) Damage 损害 Recovery 复原

23 No. 3 on P 27 Para.1:Before the earthquake, strange things began to happen but no one paid attention to them. Para.2: The earthquake destroyed the city of Tangshan. Para.3: The earthquake shocked the people very much. Para.4: The army came to help the survivors, bringing hope for a new life.

Sum up the main idea of each paragraph. (use one word to describe it) signs damages recovery Para1 Para 2&3 Para 4 Detailed reading

25 Main IdeaDetails ________ things were happening in the countryside of northeast Hebei. The water in the wells ____ and ______. A _______ gas came out of the cracks. The chickens and pigs were too ________ to _____. Fish ________out of the bowls and ponds. Mice _____ out of the fields. At ______ am on July 28, 1976, people saw ________ _______ in the sky. signs before the earthquake Para.1 Listen to the tape and fill in the blanks Strange rose fell smelly nervous eat jumped ran 3: 00 bright lights

26 Main Idea Details At _____ am, the __________ earthquake of the 20 th century began. _______ burst from holes in the ground. Hard hills of the rock became rivers of ____. ________ covered the ground like red autumn leaves. Two _______ and most of the bridges fell. The railway tracks were now _________pieces of _______. ______ now filled the wells instead of water. Water,food,and ______________ were hard to get. Damage caused by the earthquake Para. 2-3 Fill in the blanks 3:42 greatest Steam dirt Bricks dams uselesssteel Sand electricity

27 Data( 数据 )  of the nation felt the earthquake.  A huge crack that was kilometres long and metres wide cut across houses.  In terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins.  of the people died or were injured during the earthquake.  The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than.  All of the city’s hospitals, _ of its factories and buildings and of its homes were gone. 1/ /3 400,000 75% 90% Para. 2-3

28 What shall we do if an earthquake happens? Discussion Discussion (3m)

29 Don’t be nervous. Keep calm. Don’t try to run out of the classroom. Protect your head by putting your bag on your head. Squat( 蹲 )or sit down under your desk. Leave the classroom after the earthquake.

30 Tangshan’s new look

31 Tangshan’s new look Now the city of Tangshan has become a modern city with a large number of new tall buildings. This is because the people of Tangshan worked hard to rebuild their hometown.

32 Retell the story Retell the story ____________ happened in Tangshan. For a few days, water in the wells _____________. From the _______ of wells ___________ come out. Mice, chickens, pigs and even fish became ________. At 3a.m, everything began to ______.It seemed that the world was __________. __________ of the nation _____ it. ___________cut across the city. The city lay _______. Two-thirds of the people _____ or ___________. Then later that afternoon, another big quake _______ Tangshan. People began to wonder ____________________________. But all hope ____________. _______ came to help those ________. Slowly, the city began to ______________. Strange things rose and fell cracksa smelly gas nervous shake at an endOne-third felt A huge crack in ruins died were injured shook how long the disaster would last was not lost Soldiers survivors breathe again