2. Welcome to my class! 西安市田家炳中学 李亚俊

3. flood Natural Disasters In The World

4. fire

5. sandstorm

6. drought Natural Disasters In The World

7. hurricane

8. volcano

9. earthquake cracks

10. What strange things do you think may happen before an earthquake? well wall mice cracks

11. A night the earth didn ’ t sleep

12. What happened? When did it happen? Where did it happen ? fast-reading means to read the passage quickly, and its main aim is to find the answers to the questions.

13. A night the earth didn’t sleep Part 1 (Para 1) : Part 2(Para2~3) Part 3 (Para4) Before the earthquake During the earthquake After the earthquake

14. What happened before the earthquake? Water in the wells_______________________. Chickens and pigs_______________________. Mice__________________________________. Fish___________________________________. Sound and lights________________________. Water pipes____________________________. People ________________________________. rose and fell were too nervous to eat ran out of fields looking for places to hide jumped out of their bowls and ponds could be heard and seen cracked and burst were asleep as usual

15. Main Idea Details(para2) ______of the nation felt the earthquake. A huge crack that was kilometers 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 them reached ______________________. Damage caused by earthquake Para. 2-3 During the earthquake 1/3 8 30 15 2/3 more than 400,000

16. Hospitals/ factories / homes__________. Dams/bridges_________________. Railway tracks________________________. thousands of cows _____________________. chickens/pigs___________. Wells____________________. Workers/doctors_______________________. Water, food and electricity______________. More damage caused by the quake(para3) The world seems to be at an end! were gone fell or were not safe were dead were useless pieces of steel were filled with sand were trapped under the ruins would never give milk again were hard to get

20. Did the survivors give up the sad city and go to live in other places? If no, what did they do then? No. They did the rescue work with the help of 150,000 soldiers sent by the army. Part 3

21. How did the army help to rescue the survivors after the quake? 150,000 soldiers were______________. The army helped to dig out ______________________ and bury __________. Shelters were ______________________. Fresh water____________________. sent to Tang Shan those who were trapped the dead built for survivors whose …. was taken to the city

22. Match the facts with the reasons 1. The chickens didn’t eat because 2. The people didn’t worry because 3. Such a great number of people died because 4. Water was needed because 5. The people didn’t lose hope because A. The army came to help them. B. The quake happened while they were sleeping. C. They were nervous. D. Dams and wells were useless. E. They didn’t know what the strange events meant.

23.  1. People in Tang Shan were warned of the earthquake and didn’t go to bed.  2.People in Beijing also felt the earthquake.  3. More than 400,000 people were killed in the quake.  4. Only one earthquake shook Tang Shan that day.  5. Many rescue workers and doctors were trapped under the ruins.  6.People lost hope for Tang Shan, and moved to live in other places.

24. What shall we do to protect ourselves if an earthquake happens? Discussion (3m)

25. 1.drop onto the ground. 2.hide under the furniture 3. keep away from the power lines, signs and buildings. 4. turn off the fire. 5.open the door to make sure we can leave safely 6.…

26. Life is beautiful. We must love our lives. In an earthquake SPEED IS LIFE. Where there is life, there is hope.

27. New look in Tangshan monument

28. 1.Look up some information about Wen Chuan earthquake through the internet, and write an article about it. 2.Look up the new words and phrases in your dictionary and reference.