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4. What happened?

5. Unit 4 Earthquakes

6. How many terrible earthquakes do you know in the world ? Sichuan wenchuan earthquake May 12 th, 2008 Haiti, Japan, Chile, India … How about in china?Pre-reading Sichuan Yaan earthquake April 20 th, 2013 Gansu Yushu earthquake April 14 th, 2010 Yunnan Jinggu earthquake October 7 th, 2014

7. What happened in those earthquakes?Pre-reading

8. The roads cracked. 开裂、破裂Pre-reading

9. The railway was destroyed. vt. 破坏 毁坏Pre-reading

10. Steam burst from holes in the ground. vi. 爆裂 爆发Pre-reading

11. The buildings fell down. 倒塌、跌倒Pre-reading

12. People were trapped and injured. vt. 使陷入困境 vt. 损害 伤害Pre-reading

13. The city lay in ruins. 严重受损 破败不堪Pre-reading

14. A Night the Earth Didn’t Sleep

15. Listen to the tape while read the text and try to answer the following questions. (5 min.) What does the passage mainly talk about? While-reading ： Task 1 What type of writing is this passage? In what order is this passage written? An earthquake happened in Tangshan Narration( 记叙 文 ) Time order

16. While-reading ： Task 2-finish the mind map (3 min.) July 28, 1976 Tangshan people in Tangshan The city began to breathe again. for 3 days 3:00am on July 28 3:42am later that afternoon soon after the quakes narration Time order

17. According to time order, divide the passage into 3 parts and sum up the main idea of each part in a word. Part 1 Before the earthquake Part 2 During the earthquake Part 3 After the earthquake While-reading ： Task 3 (3 min.) Para.1 signs Para.2-3 damage Para.4 recovery

18. Water in wells _____and fell. A ______gas came out of the cracks. Animals were _________. There were bright ______in the sky. Loud________ could be heard. Para.1:warning signs before the earthquake rose smelly nervous sound lights Chickens and pigs________________ __________. Mice____________________________. Fish____________________________ ____. jump out of the bowls and ponds ran out of field While-reading ： Task 4 (2 min.) were too nervous to eat What about the people in Tangshan? …were asleep as usual.

19. 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 While-reading ： Task 5 (3 min.) These numbers directly show the destructive effects of the earthquake. ( 破坏性的 ) ( 破坏性的 )

20. Para.4 How were the people helped after the earthquake? The army organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead. Miners were rescued from the coal mines. Shelters were built for survivors whose homes had been destroyed. Fresh water was taken to the city. ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ While-reading ： Task 6 (2 min.) All hope was not lost. Slowly, the city began to breathe again.

21. Tang shan’s new look

22. Pair work: Act out an interview between a report and a survivor from the Tangshan earthquake. Sample dialogue: Reporter: Did you notice anything strange before the earthquake? Survivor: There were some strange things…. Reporter: Then what did you do during the earthquake? Survivor: …. Reporter: What do you want to say to the people who helped you? Survivor: …. After-reading ： role-play(5min.)

23. Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. — Helen Keller 虽然世界多苦难，但是困难总是能战胜的。 — 海伦 · 凯勒

24. Assignment: 1.Draw a mind map (time order) of the passage. 2.Finish the summary on P.48 on your exercise book.