2. 1 2 3 4 5

4. What happened?
earthquake

5. Unit 4 Earthquakes

6. How many terrible earthquakes do you know in the world ?
Pre-reading
How many terrible earthquakes do you know in the world ?
How about in china?
Haiti , Japan, Chile, India …
Sichuan wenchuan earthquake May 12th, 2008
Gansu Yushu earthquake April 14th, 2010
Sichuan Yaan earthquake April 20th, 2013
Yunnan Jinggu earthquake October 7th, 2014

7. What happened in those earthquakes?
Pre-reading
What happened in those earthquakes?

8. Pre-reading
The roads cracked.
开裂、破裂

9. The railway was destroyed.
Pre-reading
The railway was destroyed.
vt. 破坏 毁坏

10. Pre-reading
vi. 爆裂 爆发
Steam burst from holes
in the ground.

11. The buildings fell down.
Pre-reading
The buildings fell down.
倒塌、跌倒

12. Pre-reading
vt.使陷入困境
People were trapped
and injured.
vt. 损害 伤害

13. Pre-reading
The city lay in ruins.
严重受损 破败不堪

14. A Night the Earth
Didn’t Sleep

15. An earthquake happened in Tangshan
While-reading： Task 1
An earthquake happened in Tangshan
Listen to the tape while read the text and try to answer the following questions. (5 min.)
Narration(记叙文)
What does the passage mainly talk about?
What type of writing is this passage?
In what order is this passage written?
Time order

16. While-reading： Task 2-finish the mind map (3 min.)
narration
July 28, 1976
Time order
Tangshan
soon after the quakes
people in Tangshan
The city began to breathe again.
later that afternoon
3:42am
for 3 days
3:00am on July 28

17. While-reading： Task 3 (3 min.)
According to time order, divide the passage into 3 parts and sum up the main idea of each part in a word.
Para.1 signs
Part 1 Before the earthquake
Para.2-3 damage
Part 2 During the earthquake
Part 3 After the earthquake
Para.4 recovery

18. What about the people in Tangshan?
While-reading： Task 4 (2 min.)
Para.1:warning signs before the earthquake
What about the people in Tangshan?
A ______gas
came out
of the cracks.
smelly
There were bright
______in the sky.
lights
…were asleep as usual.
Loud________
could be heard.
sound
Water in wells
_____and fell.
Animals were
_________.
rose
nervous
Chickens and pigs__________________________.
Mice____________________________.
Fish________________________________.
were too nervous to eat
ran out of field
jump out of the bowls and ponds

19. While-reading： Task 5 (3 min.)
Para. 2-3
Data(数据)
1/3
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. 8
These numbers directly show
the destructive effects of the earthquake.
(破坏性的) 30 15
2/3
400,000
75%
90%

20. Slowly, the city began to breathe again.
While-reading： Task 6 (2 min.)
Para.4 How were the people helped after the earthquake?
All hope was not lost.
Slowly, the city began to breathe again. ☆
The army organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead. ☆
Miners were rescued from the coal mines. ☆
Shelters were built for survivors whose homes had been destroyed. ☆
Fresh water was taken to the city.

21. Tang shan’s new look

22. After-reading：role-play(5min.)
Pair work: Act out an interview between a report and a survivor from the Tangshan earthquake.
Sample dialogue:
Reporter: Did you notice anything strange before the earthquake?
Survivor: There were some strange things….
Reporter: Then what did you do during the earthquake?
Survivor: ….
Reporter: What do you want to say to the people who helped you?

23. Although the world is full of suffering,
it is full also of the overcoming of it.
— Helen Keller
虽然世界多苦难，但是困难总是能战胜的。
— 海伦·凯勒

24. Assignment: Draw a mind map (time order) of the passage.
Finish the summary on P.48 on your exercise book.

25. Thanks!