2. Warming up & Pre-reading Unit 4 Earthquakes A Night the Earth Didn’t Sleep

4. (n) sudden violent movement of the earth’s surface. Do you know earthquake ? Earthquake:

5. Have you ever experienced any natural disasters? Can you tell some kinds of natural disasters? Free talk:

6. flood 水灾水灾

7. tornado 龙卷风龙卷风

8. typhoon 台风台风

9. tsunami 海啸海啸

10. fire 火灾火灾

11. snow slide 雪崩雪崩

12. mudflow 泥流

13. volcano eruption 火山爆发

14. sandstorm 沙尘暴

15. earthquake

16. How much do you know about an earthquake? Can you describe how terrible an earthquake is?

17. Do you know what natural disaster happened in South Asia early on July?

18. Roads, railways and buildings were destroyed. What happened? Everything was in ruins. A quake shook Tangshan. The army was sent to rescue the people. On July 28 th,1976,a terrible disaster happened in Tangshan, China. Let’s see what happened. Warming up

19. What do you think may happen after an earthquake? What can you see in the pictures?

20. great fire After the earthquake…

21. destroy

22. fall down/ onto break

23. gaps

24. bury, hurt, die

25. homeless

26. Earthquake fall down/ onto gaps break hurt homeless die destroy Describe the damage by the earthquake. bury

27. Look at the pictures of Tangshan and San Francisco, describe what you see in the pictures. Qs: What will happen if there has been a big earthquake in these two cities?

28. Today’s Tanshan a beautiful city, beautiful gardens, broad roads, tall buildings,large population

29. Today’s San Francisco a big city, many tall buildings, large population

30. After the earthquake …

31. Tangshan July 28th, 1976 After earthquake

32. San Francisco in 1906

33. 1 、 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? Pre-reading Discussion:

34. clothes a bottle of water money torch ( 手电筒 ) mobile phone Food blanket ( 毯子 ) computer You will take: Which will you take before a quake?

35. Pre-reading Usually there are some warning signs before an earthquake. What do you think may happen before an earthquake? 2 、 What do you think may happen before an earthquake?

36. What do you think may happen before an earthquake?

37. What do you think may happen before an earthquake? The water in the wells ____and____. And some deep ______could be seen in the well walls. A______ gas came out the cracks. rosefell cracks smelly

38. What do you think may happen before an earthquake? Mice ran out the fields___________ places to hide. Fish _________out of bows and ponds. looking for jumped

39. What do you think may happen before an earthquake? The chickens and even pigs were______ nervous _____eat. The dog was________ loudly again and again. too to barking

40. What do you think may happen before an earthquake? People could see _______lights in the sky. bright

41. Reading: (Fast reading) A night the earth didn’t sleep

42. Time: Place: What disaster: Before the disaster: Damage: Rescue: On July 28, 1976 Tangshan, Hebei Province A big earthquake __________________happened Many strange things The city lay______. More than _____________people were killed or injured in ruins 400,000 ___________soldiers were sent to help. Most of the _______miners were rescued. 150,000 10,000

43. Structure of the passage signs damage rescue Part 1(par.1) Part 2(par.2-3 ) Part 3(par.4)

44. 1. Preview this text. 2.Do exercise on page27 1& 2. 3.Get more information from the internet about the earthquake. Homework: http://earthquake.usgs.gov http://www.csi.ac.cn/html/index.jsp http://www.dizhen.com.cn/uw/gateway.exe/dizhen/index.html