1. Unit 4 Earthquakes
Reading HY

2. Words preview（预习）
disaster
smelly
burst
suffering
steam
dirt
extreme
n.灾难
Adj. 发臭的，有臭味的
n. v.爆裂，爆发
n. 苦难 灾难
n. 蒸汽
n. 污垢 泥土
Adj.极度的

3. shelter

4. brick

5. _____the flowers
bury

6. dam

7. The windows ___________.
cracked

8. t
track
Railway___________

9. miner

10. Canal
The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand ______

11. Cars were _________ damaged. The village was ________________
破坏，损坏
The village was
________________
destroyed/in ruins.

12. The people were ______,（困住）waiting for_______.
The woman was__________
injured.
The people were ______,（困住）waiting for_______.
trapped
rescue

13. How are you feeling today？

14. Mr. Nature
Emotional!
Powerful!

15. When he is cheerful

16. We will suffer___________
When he gets angry
We will suffer___________
Natural Disasters

17. What kinds of Natural disasters do you know?

18. flood

19. Typhoon/台风
Hurricane飓风

20. drought

21. sandstorm

22. Tsunami [tsuː'nɑːmɪ] (海啸)

23. Volcano
eruption
fire

24. earthquake

25. 7years ago….in 2008

26. 2008汶川 级

27. Thirty-nine (39)years ago… in 1976

28. Tangshan earthquake

29. A night the earth didin't sleep
Unit 4
Earthquakes
A night the earth didin't sleep

30. Skimming (2 mins)

31. Part1 Part2 Part3 before the earthquake (Para___) 1
duringthe earthquake
(Para.___)
2&3
Part3
after the earthquake
(Para.___) 4

32. careful reading

33. para1（第一段）

34. What do you think will happen before an earthquake?

35. Sign(迹象) before Wenchuan earthquake
Nornal(正常)
abnormal
（不正常） √
Sign(迹象) before Wenchuan earthquake

36. Signs（迹象） before tangshan earthquake1
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

37. 2 Mice ran out of the fields___________ looking for places to hide.
Fish _________out
of bowls and ponds.
looking for
jumped

38. 3 The chickens and even pigs were______ _______________eat. too to
nervous to

39. √ How does the writer show the damage was great?
Para.2-3
damage
How does the writer show the damage was great?
A. compare it with other earthquakes
B. cite(引用) some survivors’ words
C. show some data(数据)
D. cite some experts’ words √
When did the earthquake shake Tangshan?
How was the damage?

40. Support your idea with Data 数据
11 kilometres,
200 kilometres away
1/3
8 kilometres
30 metres
15 seconds
2/3
400,000
75%
90%
directly below the city one of the greatest earthquakes of the 20th century had begun.
It was felt in Beijing, which is…
of the nation felt the earthquake .
A huge crack that was 8 kilometres long and 30 metres wide cut across houses.
In 15 terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins.
of the people died or were injured during the quake.
The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than
75 percent of its factories and buildings and 90 percent of its homes were gone

41. It seemed as if the world was at an end!
Is there any hope?
All hope was not lost!

42. All hope was not lost.
= Not all hope was lost.

43. What can we do to help the survivors and reduce the damage?

44. 1.They organized teams to ______those
para4
1.They organized teams to ______those
who were ________ and _______the dead.
2.They also rescued 10,000_______ from the coal_______.
3.They built _____for the_______
whose homes had been destroyed.
dig out
trapped
buried
miners
mines
survivors
shelters

45. Summary
There was a big __________ in Tangshan in Before the earthquake, _______ things happened in the country-side. For three days the _____ in the village wells ____ and fell. The well walls had deep ______ in them. The water pipes cracked and _____. The animals acted differently and they became really_______. But the people _______ little of these events, went to bed as _____ that night.
earthquake
strange
water
rose
cracks
burst
nervous
thought
usual

46. shake
At 3:42 am everything began to ______. One-third of the nation felt it. In fifteen terrible seconds the large city lay in _____. More than 400,000 people were killed or _______. Nearly everything was ________. Then later that afternoon, another big earthquake _______ Tangshan. People began to wonder how long the disaster would ____.
But all hope was not ____. Soldiers came to help those________. Slowly the city began to _______ again.
ruins
injured
destroyed
shook
last
lost
survivors
breathe

47. Once an earthquake happened
What should we do to protect ourselves?

48. Self-rescue tips
When a quake begins, don’t be nervous and keep______(冷静) . 
If you are _______,（在户外） you must get into the open air and 
stay away____buildings, trees and other  dangerous things. You should try to protect your_____with your hand. If you are _____, (在室内)you must cut off ______（电源），turn off_____（煤气）and stand in a corner,  or_____（ 躲藏 )under a heavy desk.
calm
outdoors
from
head
indoors
electricity
gas
hide

49. If you are driving a car,you
must______or drive to the side of the road. If you are ______(困住)，Save our physical strengths （体力）and try to find____and _____waiting for________救援
stop
trapped
food
water
rescue

51. Summary
What have you learnt from this text?

52. When the sudden disaster killed our friends and relatives
When the sudden disaster killed our friends and relatives. When it destroyed our home, what should we do?

53. In front of disasters， there is also hope .
We should
join hands (携手)to rebuild new homes .

54. Where there is hope, there is home