Unit 4 Earthquakes Reading HY

Words preview（预习） disaster smelly burst suffering steam dirt extreme n.灾难 Adj. 发臭的，有臭味的 n. v.爆裂，爆发 n. 苦难 灾难 n. 蒸汽 n. 污垢 泥土 Adj.极度的

shelter

brick

_____the flowers bury

dam

The windows ___________. cracked

t track Railway___________

miner

Canal The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand ______

Cars were _________ damaged. The village was ________________ 破坏，损坏 The village was ________________ destroyed/in ruins.

The people were ______,（困住）waiting for_______. The woman was__________ injured. The people were ______,（困住）waiting for_______. trapped rescue

How are you feeling today？

Mr. Nature Emotional! Powerful!

When he is cheerful

We will suffer___________ When he gets angry We will suffer___________ Natural Disasters

What kinds of Natural disasters do you know?

flood

Typhoon/台风 Hurricane飓风

drought

sandstorm

Tsunami [tsuː'nɑːmɪ] (海啸)

Volcano eruption fire

earthquake

7years ago….in 2008

2008汶川 8级

Thirty-nine (39)years ago… in 1976

Tangshan earthquake

A night the earth didin't sleep Unit 4 Earthquakes A night the earth didin't sleep

Skimming (2 mins)

Part1 Part2 Part3 before the earthquake (Para___) 1 duringthe earthquake (Para.___) 2&3 Part3 after the earthquake (Para.___) 4

careful reading

para1（第一段）

What do you think will happen before an earthquake?

Sign(迹象) before Wenchuan earthquake Nornal(正常) abnormal （不正常） √ Sign(迹象) before Wenchuan earthquake

Signs（迹象） before tangshan earthquake 1 The water in the wells ____and____. And some deep ______could be seen in the well walls. A______ gas came out the cracks. rose fell cracks smelly

2 Mice ran out of the fields___________ looking for places to hide. Fish _________out of bowls and ponds. looking for jumped

3 The chickens and even pigs were______ _______________eat. too to nervous to

√ How does the writer show the damage was great? Para.2-3 damage How does the writer show the damage was great? A. compare it with other earthquakes B. cite(引用) some survivors’ words C. show some data(数据) D. cite some experts’ words √ When did the earthquake shake Tangshan? How was the damage?

Support your idea with Data 数据 11 kilometres, 200 kilometres away 1/3 8 kilometres 30 metres 15 seconds 2/3 400,000 75% 90% directly below the city one of the greatest earthquakes of the 20th century had begun. It was felt in Beijing, which is… of the nation felt the earthquake . A huge crack that was 8 kilometres long and 30 metres wide cut across houses. In 15 terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins. of the people died or were injured during the quake. The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than 75 percent of its factories and buildings and 90 percent of its homes were gone

It seemed as if the world was at an end! Is there any hope? All hope was not lost!

All hope was not lost. = Not all hope was lost.

What can we do to help the survivors and reduce the damage?

1.They organized teams to ______those para4 1.They organized teams to ______those who were ________ and _______the dead. 2.They also rescued 10,000_______ from the coal_______. 3.They built _____for the_______ whose homes had been destroyed. dig out trapped buried miners mines survivors shelters

Summary There was a big __________ in Tangshan in 1976. Before the earthquake, _______ things happened in the country-side. For three days the _____ in the village wells ____ and fell. The well walls had deep ______ in them. The water pipes cracked and _____. The animals acted differently and they became really_______. But the people _______ little of these events, went to bed as _____ that night. earthquake strange water rose cracks burst nervous thought usual

shake At 3:42 am everything began to ______. One-third of the nation felt it. In fifteen terrible seconds the large city lay in _____. More than 400,000 people were killed or _______. Nearly everything was ________. Then later that afternoon, another big earthquake _______ Tangshan. People began to wonder how long the disaster would ____. But all hope was not ____. Soldiers came to help those________. Slowly the city began to _______ again. ruins injured destroyed shook last lost survivors breathe

Once an earthquake happened What should we do to protect ourselves?

Self-rescue tips When a quake begins, don’t be nervous and keep______(冷静) .  If you are _______,（在户外） you must get into the open air and  stay away____buildings, trees and other  dangerous things. You should try to protect your_____with your hand. If you are _____, (在室内)you must cut off ______（电源），turn off_____（煤气）and stand in a corner,  or_____（ 躲藏 )under a heavy desk. calm outdoors from head indoors electricity gas hide

If you are driving a car,you must______or drive to the side of the road. If you are ______(困住)，Save our physical strengths （体力）and try to find____and _____waiting for________救援 stop trapped food water rescue

Summary What have you learnt from this text?

When the sudden disaster killed our friends and relatives When the sudden disaster killed our friends and relatives. When it destroyed our home, what should we do?

In front of disasters， there is also hope . We should join hands (携手)to rebuild new homes .

Where there is hope, there is home