1. Unit 4 Earthquakes

4. Reading
Question?
What strange things happened before
the earthquake?

5. Before The Earthquake The animals were too nervous to eat
Mice ran out of the fields
Fish jumped out of bowls and ponds
The water in the well rose and fell
Bright light appeared in the sky

6. Numbers Events Began to shake 1/3 of the nation felt it
One-third
Two-thirds
400,000
75% , 90%
Tens of thousands of
150,000
Most of 10,000
1/3 of the nation felt it
Died or injured
The number of people who died or injured
Factories, buildings or homes were gone
Cows died
The soldiers who the army sent to help the rescue workers
The miners who were rescued from the coal mines

7. The signs The damage Rescue work Find out the main ideas of
each paragraph in two words
The signs
Paragraph 1
The damage
Paragraph 2-3
Rescue work
Paragraph 4

8. Task 1 Further information about Tangshan earthquake
Struck at 3:42a.m. on July 28, 1976
When
Where
Degree
The damage
Hebei China, 11km below the city
7.8 magnitude
242,419 people killed(12.8% of Tangshan’s population)
Economic damage: about 3 billion yuan
Cause 2,200 people to become paraplegics

9. If the earthquake happens around you,
Task 2
If the earthquake happens around you,
What will you do?
If you notice the signs of the earthquake
When the earthquake comes
After the earthquake

10. Assignment
Find some information about the earthquake happened in San Francisco in 1906.
Compare with these two earthquakes and find something in common.