1. Unit 4 Earthquakes
Reading

3. A NIGHT
THE EARTH DIDN'T SLEEP

4. What happened?when and where did it happen?
Listen to the tape and then answer the questions.
What happened?when and where did it happen?
A strong earthquake hit the city of Tangshan on July 28, 1976.

5. Fast Reading The structure of the text signs damage/loss1
signs
Part1.(Par ___)Before the earthquake :
Part2. (Par.___)During the earthquake:
2-3
damage/loss 4
recovery/rescue
Part3. (Par ___)After the earthquake:

6. Careful Reading Part 1 Signs（paragraph1）
According to the text describe the changes in the pictures.

7. Part1 Signs (paragraph1)
Fill the table
things
what happened
water in the well
well walls
chicks and pigs
mice
fish
sky
sound
water pipe
rose and fell
deep cracks, smelly gas
too nervous to eat
ran out of, looking for places to hide
jumped out
bright lights
sound of planes heard even no planes
cracked and burst

8. Part2 Damage/ Loss（paragraph2-3）
a huge crack
people died/were injured
factories&buildings / gone
dams&bridges / fell 1

9. Part2 Damage/ Loss（paragraph2-3）
railway tracks/ useless
the farm animals/ dead 2

10. Part2 Damage/ Loss（paragraph2-3） Data(数据)
____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.
____________families were killed and many children were left without parents.
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.
___dams fell and most of the bridges also fell or were not safe for travelling.
______________________cows would never give milk again.
_________________pigs and____________ chickens were dad.
1/3 30 8 15
2/3
Thousands of
400,000
75%
90% 2
Tens of thousands of
Half of a million
millions of

11. Find out some verbs or phrases to describe them.
Part 3 Recovery/Rescue（paragraph4）
Find out some verbs or phrases to describe them.
1.The army
organized teams/dig out / bury
2.Miners
were rescued
3.workers
built Shelters
4.Fresh water
was taken to

12. Retell
Choose a paragraph and act out an interview between a reportor and a survivor from the Tangshanearthquake.
EXAMPLE:
Paragraph1
Reportor: Did you notice anything strange before the earthquake?
Survivor: There were some strang things....

13. Thinking What shall we do or not do if an earthquake happens? Don’ts
Dos
1.Stay in a small room,such as kitchen or bathroom
1. Be close to the outside wall
2. If you haven’t time to escape , you may stand close to the inside wall with some things covering on the head.
2.Stay on the balcony
3. Jump out of the tall building
3. If you stay in the open air ,keep off the tall building, and go to the fields without trees .
4. Use the lift

14. ？ Discussion What's your opinion I must go first!
I'm the monitor,I must save my classmates!
I must go first!

15. 难句解析
1. The army organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead.
2. Workers built shelters for survivors whose homes had beendestroyed.
分析who were trapped和whose homes had been destroyed是什么从句以及
who/ whose在句中的作用，并将以上两句话翻译成汉语。 ？
解析：
二者均为定语从句，who/ whose是关系代词，在句中代替先行词起连接作用。who在句中作主语，指人；whose在从句中作定语，修饰homes,whose既可以指人又可以指物。
译文：
1.部队组织人员挖出被困者，掩埋死者。
2. 工人们为那些家园遭受破坏的幸存者建立了住所。

16. Homework
Underline the usefull words and phrases in the text, and then find their usage in your dictionaries.