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What happened? earthquake

Unit 4 Earthquakes

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

What happened in those earthquakes? Pre-reading What happened in those earthquakes?

Pre-reading The roads cracked. 开裂、破裂

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

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

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

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

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

A Night the Earth Didn’t Sleep

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

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

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

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

While-reading： Task 5 (3 min.) Para. 2-3 Data(数据) 1/3 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. 8 These numbers directly show the destructive effects of the earthquake. (破坏性的) 30 15 2/3 400,000 75% 90%

Slowly, the city began to breathe again. While-reading： Task 6 (2 min.) Para.4 How were the people helped after the earthquake? All hope was not lost. Slowly, the city began to breathe again. ☆ 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.

Tang shan’s new look

After-reading：role-play(5min.) 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?

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

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

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