2. Unit 4 Earthquake Warming up & reading 厦大附中 朱丽影

3. Warming up

4. How many Nature Disasters do you know? typhoon tornado, tornado, hurricane hurricane seismic sea wave / tsunami

5. volcanic eruption sand storm thunderstorm

6. drought flood

7. fire hurricane

8. earthquake

9. 我国地震分布

10. Natural disasters volcano sandstorm drought flood fire hurricane tsunami earthquake

11. 1) Do you know what would happen before an earthquake? 2) What can we do to keep ourselves safe from an earthquake?

12. Bright lights flash in the sky

13. Animals are too nervous, such as cows, dogs, horses, and snakes, etc.

14. Predictions of an earthquake: 1) Bright lights flash in the sky; 3) The well walls have deep cracks with smelly gas; 4) Animals are too nervous, such as cows, pigs, horses, and snakes, etc; 5) Mice run out to look for places to hide; 6) Fish jump out of the ponds. 2) The water in the well rise and fall;

15. Wenchuan Earthquake Can you describe how terrible the earthquake was? 2008.5.12

16. The city lay in ruins. 破败不堪

17. The buildings fell down. 倒塌

18. Roads might crack. 开裂

19. Many people were killed or injured. 受伤的

20. A great number of people lost their homes. 许多，大量

21. A terrible earthquake happened in India.

22. Tangshan, Hebei July 28th, 1976

23. Reading

25. Second reading: Structure of the text PartEvents Before the earthquake (Paragraph _______) _____________ were happening both in the countryside and in the city of Tangshan but ______________ them. During the earthquake (Paragraph _______) The earthquake ________ the city and _______ the people. shocked destroyed 2-3 no one noticed Strange things 1

26. PartEvents After the earthquake (Paragraph _______) Soldiers were sent to dig out those trapped and _______ the dead; _______ were built for the homeless and ___________ was taken to the city. fresh water shelters to bury 4

27. Join the correct parts of the sentences. Do a fast reading of the passage. 2 The people didn’t worry because 1 The chickens didn’t eat because C they were nervous. E they didn’t know what the strange events meant.

28. 3 Such a great number of people died because 4 Water was needed because 5 The people did not lose hope because D dams and wells were useless. B the quake happened while they were sleeping. A the army came to help them.

29. Third reading: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

30. ThingsWhat happened water in the well well walls chickens and pigs mice fish sky sound water pipes rose and fell deep cracks, smelly gas ran out of, looking for places to hide too nervous to eat jumped out bright lights sound of planes heard even no planes cracked and burst

31. 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.  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. 1/3 8 30 15 2/3 400,000 75% 90% Para. 2-3 These numbers show the destructive effects of earthquake directly to students which can help student gain more information about the earthquake.

32. How the army helped the people in Tangshan? The army organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to bury those who were trapped. ☆ Miners were rescued from the coal mines. ☆ Shelters were built for survivors whose homes had been destroyed. ☆ Fresh water was taken to the city. ☆ :After the earthquake

33. 1.Imagine your home begins to shake and you must leave it right away. imagine: form a mental picture imagine + n. /pron. imagine sb. to be imagine doing imagine + 从句 P57 Language points

34. He _____ from his chair when the door bell rang. Her job is _______ chickens. Her temperature is still ______. He ________ in study recently. 2. rise vi. rose, risen 上升 ; 升起 ; 上涨 ; 升高 ; 增加 raise vt. raised, raised 举起, 抬起，喂养 rose raising rising has risen

35. smelly: smell+ y = adj. smell n./v (smelt/ smelled) They were all hungry and the food ______ good. I can ______ something burning in the kitchen. Please throw the _______ fish away. smelt smell smelly 3. A ______ gas came ___ __ the cracks. smelly outof

36. 4. … the water pipes in some buildings cracked and _____. burst burst 可以作动词，意为：使爆炸 ; 使破裂 ； 突然发生，突然出现。常构成短语 burst into sth. 或 burst out doing sth. ，表示 “ 突 然开始（做某事） ” ，如： burst into tears = burst out crying （表示 “ 突然哭起 来 ” ）。也可以作名词，意为： 爆炸。例 如：

37. 1. The dam burst after heavy rains. 2. In the game, children try to burst balloons by sitting on them. 3. Claire looked as if she were about to burst into tears. 4. Joan didn’t say anything at first and then she burst out crying. 5. There is a burst in the water pipe. P57

38. 5. But the one million people of the city, who thought little of these events, were asleep as usual that night. [ 考点 ] 定语从句中引导词 who 的用法。 [ 考例 ] Women ____ drink more than two cups of coffee a day have a greater chance of having heart disease than those ____ don’t. ( 北京 2006) A. who; 不填 B. 不填 ; who C. who; who D. 不填 ; 不填

39. think of Will you think of me after I've left? You're very quiet; what are you thinking of? We are thinking of going to Spain for our holiday this year. We think of him as representing modern writers. We think highly /much of him. 思念，想念 考虑，思考 评价，看法

40. It seemed as if the world was __ ___ ___. at an end P58

41. 7. In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in _____. lay in _____. ruins lie (lay, lain): in ruins: Compare: ruin; destroy; damage

42. The village ___ in ruins after the war. These machines have ____ idle since the factory closed. An earthquake left the whole town _______. His career is ________. lay lain in ruins

43. Everywhere they looked nearly everything was _________. destroyed He ______ his girl friend’s prospects ruined Soft wood ________easily. damages

44. 8. Two-thirds of the people died or were _______ during the earthquake. injured More than 61% of the surface of the earth ____ covered by water. Seventy percent of the workers in this factory ____ young. 以百分数作为主语的，谓语动词是单数还 是负数取决于百分数后面跟的名词是可数 还是不可数的。 is are

45. 请根据提示完成下列句子。 1. ________ ( 三分之一 ) of the students in our class ____ (be) girls. 2. __________ ( 五分之三 ) of the soil __________ (wash) away by the flood last night. 3. ______ ( 一半 ) of the desks in this school ________ (make) in his company. 4. ______ ( 大部分的 ) of the lecture he made yesterday ______ (be) interesting. One-third are Three-fifths was washed Half are made Most was

46. 5. _________________ ( 数万 ) people _____________ (dance) in the big square now. 6. There were ____________ ( 一万 ) students taking part in the exam yesterday. 7. _________________ ( 百分之九十 ) of the mountain __________ (cover) by trees. is covered Tens of thousands of are dancing ten thousand 90% / 90 percent

47. Compare: injure; hurt; wound burn cut injure: to hurt oneself/ sb. / sth. physically

48. Their words _________ him deeply. Smoking will ________ his health. He was slightly ________ in the car accident. He got _________ in the fighting. What you said _____ my feeling. P59 have hurt injured wounded hurt

49. 9. Thousands of families were killed and many children were left without parents. [ 分析 ] a. 这是一个由 and 连接的并列复合句。 b. 本句的结构是：第一个分句 （ Thousands of families were killed ） + and + 第二个分句（ many children were left without parents ）。 c. 第二个分句的结构为：主语（ many children ） + 谓语（ were left ） + 主语补 足语（ without parents ）。

50. [ 考点 ] last 在此句中意为 “ 持续，延续 ” 。 可单独使用，也可后接 for + 一段时间 （ for 可以省略）。 12. People began to wonder how long the disaster would last.

51. [ 考例 ] The evening news comes on at seven o’clock and ______ only thirty minutes. (2004 全国卷 II) A. keeps B. continues C. finishes D. lasts [ 点拨 ] 根据句意 “…… 只持续 30 分钟 ” ，排除 C ； keep 意为 “ 维持，保持 ” 时，后接形容词 作表语，排除 A; continue 指继续做某事； last 指某事持续了多长时间。

52. 13. All hope was not lost. [ 考点 ] all...not = not all... 意为 “ 并不 都 ……” ，是部分否定。当 all, both 及 every 的合成词与 not 连用时，表示部分 否定；完全否定要用 no, never, nowhere, none, neither, nothing, nobody 等。

53. [ 考例 ] I agree with most of what you said, but I don’t agree with ______. (NMET 1997) A. everythingB. anything C. something D. nothing [ 点拨 ] 根据前面的 “ 我同意你说的大部 分 ” ，暗示 “ 我并不同意所有的 ” ，可知是 部分否定，选 A 。 not...everything 表示的 是部分否定。

54. 14. The army organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead. dig out 挖掘；发现 bury: A. to place in the ground B. to occupy (oneself) with deep concentration; absorb

55. The dog buried the bone in the ground. I buried myself in my studies. bury oneself in= be buried in devote oneself to= be devoted to

56. a. 这是一个含有定语从句的复合句。 b. 本句的结构是：主语（ The army ） + 谓语（ organized ） + 宾语（ teams ） + 目 的状语（ to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead ）。 c. who were trapped 是定语从句，修饰先 行词 those 。 d. and 连接两个不定式短语作目的状语。

57. 15. Workers built shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed. [ 考点 ] whose 意为 “…… 的 ” ，在定语从 句中作关系代词，后接名词。当前面的 先行词与后面的名词构成所属关系时， 就用关系代词 whose 。其先行词可以是 人，也可以是物。

58. [ 考例 ] Last month, part of Southeast Asia was struck by floods, from ______ effects the people are still suffering. ( 天津 2005) A. that B. whose C. those D. what [ 点拨 ] 因 from 前是逗号，可判断出后面 是一个定语从句，排除 those ；从句部分 与先行词之间的关系为： the people are still suffering from the effects of the floods ， whose 指代 of the floods, 在句中 作定语，故此题选 B 。