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必修1 Unit4 Earthquakes
成武二中
英语组申玉金

2. 2. Words: shake, burst, rise, destroy, shock, fresh, injure
Summary for unit4(第四单元小节）
what to learn
1. Learn some detailed information about an earthquake.
2. Words: shake, burst, rise, destroy, shock, fresh, injure
3. Phrases: right away, at an end
4 Sentence patterns:
(1) The number of sb./sth. reached/reaches…
(2)All hope was not lost.
Grammar:the attributive clause(定语从句）

3. How much do you know about an earthquake?

4. Warming up : 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.
rose
fell
cracks
smelly

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

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

7. People could see _______lights in the sky.
Warming up:What do you think may happen
before an earthquake? D
bright
People could see _______lights in the sky.
People could hear_____of plane even no plane in the sky.
sound

8. Fast-reading :
A. Divide the whole passage into three
parts and then find out the topic sentence of each part. Try to get the main idea of
each part.

9. The earthquake destroyed the city of Tangshan and shocked
Strange things were happening before the earthquake, but no one took any notice of them.
Part 1.
（Para.1）
The earthquake destroyed the city of Tangshan and shocked
the people very much.
part 2.
(Para.2,3)
The army came to help the survivors（生还者）,bringing hope for a new life.
part 3.
(Para.4)

10. Fast reading B. Sum up the main idea of each part of the passage
Fast reading B. Sum up the main idea of each part of the passage.(try to use one word to describe )
signs
Part 1: para 1
damage
Part 2: para 2&3
recovery
Part 3: para 4

11. Para.1 further-reading.A What happened before the earthquake?
had deep cracks
Walls of the wells________________________.
Chickens and pigs_______________________.
Mice___________________________________.
Fish___________________________________.
Sound and lights________________________.
Water pipes____________________________.
were too nervous to eat
ran out of the fields looking for places to hide
jumped out of bowls and ponds
were heard and seen
cracked and burst

12. Para.2.3 What happened during the earthquake? Further-readingB
House,roads and
canals
had a huge crack
burst from hole in the ground.
Steam
Hills of rock
became rivers of dirt
The large city
lay in ruins
Para.2.3
Further-readingB

13. What happened after the earthquake?
Para.4
Further-readingC
The army:
---sent soldiers to Tangshan. organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead.
Workers:
---built shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed.
The city began to breathe again.
All hope was not lost.
Result:

14. Further information about Tangshan earthquake
readingD
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(7.8级）
242,419 people killed(12.8% of Tangshan’s population)
Economic damage: about 3 billion yuan
Cause 2,200 people to become paraplegics(截瘫患者）

15. Data(数据) 1/3 8 30 15 2/3 400,000 75% 90% Paras. 2-3 Further readingE
of the nation felt the earthquake .
A huge crack that was kilometers long and
meters 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 30 15
2/3
400,000
75%
90%

16. trange arthquake uch hake estroyed
Consolidation（课文巩固） fill in the blanks with the first letter given:
Several days before July 28, 1976, many s_______things happened in Tangshan. They were signs for the e____________. But people in the city of Tangshan didn’t think m___ of these. At 3:42am that day, the earth began to s________, which d__________the city.
trange
arthquake
uch
hake
estroyed

17. Many people, including workers and doctors, came to r______thoset_______
under the ruins. Later that afternoon,
another big earthquake struck Tangshan. More people were killed or injured and more buildings f____down. Soldiers were called in to help the rescue workers. T______were organized to dig out the trapped and b____ the dead.
rapped
escue
ell
eams
ury

18. Group activities
Suppose an old survivor from the Tangshan earthquake will come
to our school to make a report,and you are the wall paper
reporter,please do an interview with the old man with the help
of signs,damage.recovery

19. July 28th, 1976
Tangshan,
Hebei

20. Tangshan earthquake

22. Discussion
How can we protect ourselves (自我保护)in an earthquake ?

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

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

25. HOMEWORK
Talk about a big earthquake that happened in China with your partner.
Learn the new words and phrases for this unit.

26. Thank you