1. Welcome to our class!

2. Does this means that we can control (控制) nature?
China launched Shenzhou Ⅵ.
Does this means that we can control (控制) nature?
Shenzhou Ⅵ touched down successfully.

3. The South Asia Earthquake caused more than 30,000 deaths, and great loss.

4. The same goes with the tsunami in South Asia.
The hurricane swept America in September, which caused billions of loss.
The same goes with the tsunami in South Asia.

5. Watch and answer: When did this earthquake happen?
What else happened during and after the earthquake?

6. The fire caused even more disasters to the city!

7. Jack London
Jack London, the famous author of “The Call of the Wild”(《野性的呼唤》)and many other well known books. He never went to high school until he was nineteen years old and he died when he was forty. Yet he left behind him fifty-one books and many short stories.

8. The story of An Eyewitness
1. Read and answer: 4’
What is left after the earthquake?
Why people made ruins of the best buildings?
What about people there, is there any crowds, any cries or any shouts?
How will you feel while seeing such a sight(情景)?

9. 2. Compare the two passages:
The story of An Eyewitness
2. Compare the two passages:
1) Which one of the following is true?
A. Both writers saw the earthquake he wrote about.
B. Only one writer saw the earthquake he wrote about.
C. Neither writer saw the earthquake he wrote about.
2) Which writer shows more feeling about the earthquake?

10. The story of An Eyewitness
3. Read the text again and discuss:
Find hints of the author’s feelings about the earthquake and about people there.
Never before…, nothing…, no stopping…, no way…, all…is gone.
A list of…, a list of…, a list of…
…quiet…, no crowds, no shouts,
Never…..
The writer may feel __________.

11. Find two words to describe his feelings:
1. The author feels ___ about the sight.
excited B. happy C. shocked
2. The author feels ____ about the people.
A. Kind B. quiet C. sad
C. shocked
C. sad

12. The story of An Eyewitness
3. Find words to describe his feelings:
--Because London is both greatly surprised and frightened by what he sees.
Shocked/ surprised / frightened
Sad/ sorrowful/ pity/ sympathy
-- Because London knows that many families lost their loved ones and all their possessions (财产).

13. In order to protect ourselves from earthquake, now make our own earthquake plan! 4’
What should we do if an earthquake comes?
Discussion

14. Let’s see how students in San Francisco make their plans!
New words that you may meet in the listening material on page 66 :
contact
furniture
power line
fasten
bookcase
emergency shelter
vt . 联系
n. 家具
n. 电线
vt. 捆绑
n. 书柜
n. 紧急避难所

15. drop cover hold ① ② ③ Listening Task
The three things that are mentioned in the plan .
drop ① ② ③
cover
An earthquake plan
hold

16. Listen again and try to get more details about each of the things .

17. My earthquake plan 1st thing I must do : 2nd thing I must do :
3rd thing I must do
floor
head
I must drop to the ______ and protect my _____ and _____ with my arms .
neck
hiding
Make sure I cover myself by ______ under something like a _____ to protect myself from things _______ on top of me .
table
falling
furniture
I must ______ onto the __________ so it doesn’t _____ _____ from me during the earthquake .
hold
move away

18. We must drop to the floor and protect our head and neck with our arms.

19. We must cover ourselves by hiding under some furniture like a table
We must cover ourselves by hiding under some furniture like a table. That will protect us from things falling on top of us.
cover

20. We must hold onto the furniture so it doesn’t move away from us during the earthquake.

21. Listen to part 2 and try to get more details.

22. Any advice you think useful :
If you are outside :
If you are in the living room ,
If you are in the house alone ,
keep away from
You should ______ _____ _____ power lines, trees, signs , cars and _________.
buildings
bookcase
You should make sure that the __________ are fastened to the ____ and the ______is tied to a _____ so that they can’t _____.
wall TV
table
move
ring
where
You should ____ a family friend to tell them ____ ___ ___ and collect your personal ____________ .
earthquake bag
you are

24. 难句理解
Never before in history has a city been so completely destroyed. 1
Man himself had to make ruins of some of the city’s best buildings so that they would not be a danger to those in the streets. 2
A list of buildings undestroyed was now only a few addresses. 2
Never in all San Francisco’s history were her people so kind as on that terrible night. 3

25. Never before in history has a city been so completely destroyed.
＝In history, a city has never been so completely destroyed before.
历史上从来没有一个城市被这般完全摧毁过。

26. Man himself had to make ruins of some of the city’s best buildings so that they would not be a danger to those in the streets.
为了确保街道中其他人的安全，人们不得不毁掉那些地震中“幸存”下来的建筑。

27. A list of buildings undestroyed was now only a few addresses.
那些未被地震摧毁的建筑，现在却也只剩下一些地址名称而已了。

28. Never in all San Francisco’s history were her people so kind as on that terrible night.
＝In San Francisco’s history, her people were never so kind as on that terrible night.
在旧金山的历史上，人们从来没有如此的善良过。