2. Unit 4 Earthquake Fu Guozhen Oct 15, 2012

3. Wenchuan, China DuJiangYan

4. Tangshan San Francisco

5. How much do you know about disasters? What damage will they bring to human beings? How can we keep us safe in these disasters? (such as earthquake) Warming up Some disasters: earthquake, shipwreck, volcano, flood, fire, war, Sars, mudflow, tsunami, hurricane, typhoon, tornado...

6. Many people believe that “it is always calm before a storm,” look carefully at the photos. Now, imagine there has been a big earthquake. Describe what might happen to the objects in the photos.

7. Tall buildings were destroyed.

8. Roads were cracked.

9. People were injured.

10. The city was in ruins.

11. What happened?

17. 1. Imagine your home begins to shake and you must leave it right away. You have time to take only one thing. What will you take? Why? Pre-reading

18. 2.What will happen before an earthquake?

19. The well wall have…. deep cracks

20. The farm animals will be too nervous to eat

21. The rats might … run out of the field

22. The fish will… jump out of ponds

23. …can be see in the sky. Bright lights

24. The water will… rises and falls.

25. A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN’T SLEEP Reading

26. Fast reading How many parts can this passage be divided into? When did the earthquake happened in Tangshan? on July 28, in 1976

27. The whole passage can be divided into three parts. Part 1:(Para1) strange things happened in Tangshan before an earthquake. Part 2(Para2-3) the destruction of the earthquake in Tangshan. Part 3:(Para 4)the rescue of Tangshan.

28. Listen to the tape and read after it. Pay attention to all the details.

29. Which do you think is the topic sentence of Paragraph 1? Why????

30. Structure of the 1st paragraph Topic sentence Supporting details 1 Supporting details 2 Supporting details 3 Supporting details 4 Supporting details 5 strange things well water well wall and smelly gas farm animal bright light and noisy sound water pipes people thought little of them

31. Which do you think is the topic sentence of Paragraph 2? Why????

32. At 3:42 am everything began to shake. if you are the writer of this story, after this sentence, what are you going to write about?

33. Structure of the 2 nd paragraph Topic sentence: the greatest earthquake of the 20th century supporting detail 1 was felt in... Supporting detail 2 a huge crack Supporting detail 3 steam Supporting detail 4 hard hills -rivers Supporting detail 5 in ruins Supporting detail 6 two-thirds died/injured Supporting detail 7 families were killed Result （归纳） 死亡总数

34. Which do you think is the topic sentence of Paragraph 3? Why????

35. How do you know that everything everywhere was destroyed? Give us some examples. buildings: bricks: dams: bridges: railways tracks: cows: pigs and chicken: another big earthquake: workers and doctors: more buildings: water, food, electricity:

36. All of the city's hospitals, 75% of its factories and buildings and 90% of its homes were gone.

37. Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves.

38. Two dams fell and most of the bridges also fell or were not safe for traveling.

39. The railway tracks were now useless pieces of steel.

40. Tens of thousands of cows would never give milk again.

41. Half a million pigs and millions of chickens had died.

42. Then, later that afternoon, another big quake shocked Tangshan.

43. Some of the rescue workers and doctors were trapped under the ruins.

44. More buildings fell down.

45. Water, food, and electricity were hard to get.

46. Which do you think is the topic sentence of Paragraph 4? Why????

47. Why does the writer say all hope is not lost? First,the army… Secondly, the army… Third, to the north of the city… Fourth,workers… Last, fresh water…

48. True or false People in Tangshan were warned of the earthquake and didn’t go to bed that night.( ) People in Beijing also felt the earthquake. ( ) More than 400,000 people were killed in the quake.( ) Many rescue workers and doctors were trapped under the ruins during the aftershock.( ) People tried to get fresh water from under the ground.( ) F T F T F

49. Sum up the main idea of each paragraph. (use one word to describe it) signs damages recovery Para1 Para 2&3 Para 4 Detail reading

50. Main IdeaDetails ________ things were happening in the countryside in northeast Hebei. The water in the wells ____ and ______. A _______ gas came out of the cracks. The chickens and pigs were too ________ to _____. Fish ________out of the bowls and ponds. Mice _____ out of the fields. At ______ am on July 28, 1976, people saw ________ _______ in the sky. signs before Earthquake Para.1 Fill in the blanks Strange rose fell smelly nervous eat jumped ran 3: 00 bright lights

51. Main Idea Details At _____ am, the __________ earthquake of the 20 th century began. _______ burst from holes in the ground. Hard hills of rock became rivers of ____. ________ covered the ground like red autumn leaves. Two _______ and most of the bridges fell. The railway tracks were now _________pieces of _______. ______ now filled the wells instead of water. Water, food and ______________ were hard to get. Damage caused by earthquake Para. 2-3 Fill in the blanks 3:42 greatest Steam dirt Bricks dams uselesssteel Sand electricity

52. Data( 数据 ) of the nation felt the earthquake. A huge crack that was kilometers long and meters 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

53. Some other famous big earthquakes in the world The San Francisco earthquake in America in 1906 The Guandong big earthquake in Japan in 1923 The big earthquake in Pakistan and India in 2005 Do you know why we have so many earthquakes in the world?

54. Pacific plate American plate Eurasian plate India plate African plate Antarctic plate San Francisco

55. What shall we do if an earthquake happens? Discussion Escape in the schoolEscape in the public places In the classroom in the sports ground At theaters and gyms In department stores On buses

56. Don’t be nervous and keep calm. Don’t try to run out of the classroom. Protect your head by putting your bag on your head. Squat or sit down under your desk. Leave the classroom after the earthquake.

57. Can we stop earthquakes? We can’t stop earthquakes, but we can try to reduce the losses caused by earthquakes. What can we do after earthquakes? To build houses as strong as possible; To build houses on rock rather than on sand. Try to rescue people ; Try to rebuild families ; Try to forget sad experiences and live with strong belief.

58. Tangshan’s new look

59. Homework Review the text. Finish exercises on page 28. Do your English Weekly.