1. Reading

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4. Time: Place: Disaster: July 28, 1976 Tangshan, Hebei A big earthquake Main idea: An earthquake happened in Tangshan on July 28, 1976 Skimming

5. Para1 Before Para2-3 During Part3 After Time Order signs damage recovery

6. 1. Four group members: a. read your own paragraph;underline the time b. finish your exercise 2. Leaders and spokesmen: P27 exercise 1, 2. 3. Put the paragraphs into the right order. C D A B Scanning

7. The water in the wells ____and____. And some deep ______could be seen in the well walls. A ______ gas came out the cracks. rosefell cracks smelly

8. In the __________, the chickens and even pigs were ____ nervous ___ eat. tooto farmyards

9. Mice ran out of the fields _________ places to hide. Fish _______ out of bowls and ponds. looking for jumped

10. People could see ______ lights in the sky. bright

11. At 3:42 am House, roads and canals Steam Hills of rock The large city had a huge crack burst from holes in the ground. became rivers of dirt lay in ruins

12. 1. Two-thirds of the nation felt the earthquake. ( ) 2. All the people in Tangshan were dead or injured during the earthquake. ( ) 3. All of the city’s hospitals, factories, buildings and homes were damaged in the earthquake. ( ) F F F One-third Two-thirds 75% 90% 75% True ( T ) or false( F )?

13. 4. Later that afternoon, a terrible earthquake shook Tangshan again. ( ) 5. People slept outdoors after the earthquake. ( ) T T

14. 6. Not only the people but also the animals were shocked greatly. 7. Many rescue workers and doctors were trapped under the ruins during the aftershock. T T

15. Soon after the quakes The army: Workers: sent soldiers to Tangshan; organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead. built shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed. Result: The city began to breathe again.

16. Tang shan’s new look

17. Homework 1. Finish the summary. 2. Be a teacher: Language Points burst ruin extreme injure shock rescue trap bury at an end as if 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

18. Life is so beautiful. We must love our lives. In an earthquake SPEED IS LIFE.

19. ____________ happened in Tang Shan. For a few days, water in the wells _____________. From the ______ of wells __________come out. Mice, chicken, pigs and even fish became ________. At 3:00 am, everything began to ______. It seemed that the world was _________. _________ of the nation ____ it. ___________ cut across the city. The city lay _______. Strange things rose and fell cracks smelly gas nervous shake at an end One-third felt A huge crack in ruins

20. Two-thirds of the people _____ or ___________. Then later that afternoon, another big quake ______ Tang Shan. People began to wonder ___________________________. But all hope ____________. _______ came to help those ________. Slowly, the city began to _____________. died were injured shook how long the disaster would last was not lostSoldiers breathe again survivors