1. Unit 4
Earthquakes
wish
wish

2. How many natural disasters do you know?
fire
drought
typhoon

3. flood
tsunami
mudflow
volcano
tornado

4. earthquake

5. Hebei Tangshan earthquake -- July 28th, 1976
How many several terrible earthquakes do you know in China?
Sichuan wenchuan earthquake Yushu earthquake yaan earthquake
Hebei Tangshan earthquake
-- July 28th, 1976
(about 240,000 people died）

6. A short movie What had happened before the disaster?
What had happened during the disaster?

7. what may happen before an earthquake?

8. Reading What happened? A night –the earth didn’t sleep
Roads, railways, bridges and buildings were destroyed.
Reading
Everything was
in ruins.
The army was
sent to rescue
the people.

9. Fast reading Ⅰ--questions
1.When did the earthquake begin?
2.How many people were killed or
injured in the quake?
3.Who helped to rescue the people?
It began at 3:42 am, July 28,1976
More than 400,000
The army

10. Fast reading Ⅱ--division1
Ⅰ.Before the earthquake
Ⅱ.During the earthquake
Ⅲ.After the earthquake
Paragraph
Paragraph(s)
2&3
Paragraph 4

11. Match the main idea of each part.
1) Army came to help the survivors, bringing hope for a new life.
2) Strange things began to happen, but no one took any notice of them.
3) It destroyed the city of Tangshan and shocked the people.
Para.1
Para.2-3
Para.4

12. Detail reading—part I (para1)
warning signs before an earthquake
There were bright
______in the sky.
Smelly
______gas
came out
of wells.
lights
Loud________
can be heard.
sound
Animals are
_________.
Water in wells
_____and fell.
nervous
rose
were too nervous to eat
Chickens and pigs________________.
Mice____________________________.
Fish____________________________.
ran out of field
jumped out of the ponds

13. Para. 2-3 Part Ⅱ (para2-3) Details 3:42 greatest Steam dirt Bricks
1.At _____ am, the __________ earthquake of the 20th century began .
2._______ burst from holes in the ground.
3.Hard hills of the rock became rivers of ____.
4.________ covered the ground like red autumn leaves.
5.Two _______ and most of the bridges fell.
6.The railway tracks were now ________pieces of _______.
7.______ now filled the wells instead of water.
8.Water,food,and __________ were hard to get.
3:42
greatest
Steam
dirt
Bricks
Para. 2-3
dams
useless
steel
Sand
electricity

14. What happened after the earthquake?
Part Ⅲ (para4)
What happened after the earthquake?
The army:
---sent soldiers to Tangshan. organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead.
Workers
volunteers:
---built shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed.
Result:
The city began to breathe again.
All hope was not lost.

15. Summary (use one word to describe)
Before the earthquake ,
During the earthquake,
After the earthquake,
Signs
damage
recovery

16. Discuss the following open question in group
Suppose the earth begins to shake, what will you do to protect yourself?

17. Hide under the hard furniture ( 家具 )B
Hide under the hard furniture ( 家具 )
Put out the fire and turn off
the gas

18. Use something hard (硬的) to protect your head
Never try to use the lift

19. Homework
Write a small passage about the signs before the earthquake.