2. Unit 4 PERIOD 1 Warming-up and Reading1

3. 三维目标 ₫1. Knowledge: (1) Get a general idea of earthquakes and some other natural disasters. (2) Know the cause of an earthquake. ₫2. Ability: (1)Train the students’ speaking ability by describing, talking and discussion. (2)Train the students’ listening ability. (on page62) (3)Train the students’ ability to cooperate with others. ₫ 3. Emotion : Know the damage that the earthquake and other natural disasters could bring about.

4. 教学重点 Train the students’ speaking ability by describing, talking and discussion. 教学难点 Training the students’ speaking ability.

5. Talk about the following questions with your desk mate. Do you know what happened in the Indian Ocean at the end of the year before last year? Do you know any other natural disasters? tsunami

6. drought

7. volcano

8. Fire

9. hurricane

10. flood

11. natural disasters fire earthquakes floods drought hurricane volcanic eruptions sand storms snow storms thunderstorms land slides diseases --- Sars 火山爆发 滑坡

13. City after earthquakes

14. The whole city was in ruins.

15. became useless pieces of steel. The railway tracks

17. Huge crack cut across houses,roads,and canals.

21. Do you know what an earthquake is ? The earthquake is a disaster. It causes great damages. Can we foretell （预言） an earthquake so that we can reduce the damages? What can we see before an earthquake?

24. find out the answers to the following questions: 1.When did the earthquake happen? 2. How many people died or injured in this disaster? 400,000 On July28, 1976

25. Skimming Number each of these things during the Tangshan earthquake. Give a “1” to the first thing that happened and a “5” to the last thing that happened. ___Brick buildings were destroyed. ___ The walls of the village wells had cracks in them. ___ Shelters were put up for those with no homes. ___Road got huge cracks. ___ The army helped the survivors. 1 2 3 4 5

26.  1. People in Tangshan were warned of the earthquake and didn’t go to bed. ( )  2.People in Beijing also felt the earthquake. ( )  3. More than 400000 people were killed in the quake. ( )  4. Many rescue workers and doctors were trapped under the ruins during the aftershock. ( )  5.People tried to get fresh water from under the ground in Tangshan. ( ) T F F T F

27. What strange things had happened before the earthquake? 1.Water in the wells 2.The well walls 3.Chickens and pigs 4.Mice 5.Fish 6.Bright lights and the sound of planes 7.The water pipes rose and fell had deep cracks too nervous to eat ran, looking for jumped could be seen and heard cracked and burst

28. 1.How do you think the earthquake.How do you think the earthquake was? Why? 2.What was the city like after the earthquake?.What was the city like after the earthquake? 3.How did people do to help the city?.How did people do to help the city? Careful reading:

29. DetailsMain idea In Beijing One-third of the nation A huge crack Steam Hard hills of rock The city Two-thirds of the people Thousands of families Many children Could be heard felt Cut across burst became Lay in ruin died and injured were killed were left It was the biggest earthquake of the world back

30. DetailsMain idea All the hospitals and most of the factories and buildings and homes Bricks Two dams and most of the bridges The railway tracks cows Pigs and chickens The wells Water, food and electricity were lost covered fell useless steel Never give milk died Were filled with sand were hard to get Everything in the city was destroyed back

31. DetailsMain idea Soldiers The army Workers Fresh water were sent to Organized to dig out and bury built shelters was taken to the city All hope was not lost. Slowly, the city began to breathe again.

32. Discussion: 1.Why do we say it was “A Night the Earth Didn’t Sleep”? 2.What does the sentence “The city began to breathe again” mean?

33. Unit 4 Earthquake Period 2 Summary and Language points for Reading1