Unit 4 Earthquakes 人教新课标必修一

Watch a video, and find out what the disaster is and what damage it may cause. Brainstorm

What do you think will happen before an earthquake?

Reading

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

Time: Place: Disaster: July 28, 1976 Tangshan A big earthquake Main idea: A big earthquake happened in Tangshan on July 28, 1976 Scanning

Skimming skim the passage and find out the topic sentence of each paragraph. Instruction: Usually we can find the topic sentence by reading the first (or the first two) sentence(s) of each paragraph.

Paragraph Topic sentence Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeast Hebei. Everything began to shake. Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed. All hope was not lost.

The text is organized in the order of___. A. places B. time C. importance _______ the earthquake _______ the earthquake _______ the earthquake Before During After Divide the text into 3 parts

Paragraph Topic sentence Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeast Hebei. Everything began to shake. Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed. All hope was not lost. Before the earthquake During the earthquake After the earthquake

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

Water in wells rose and fell. The well wall had deep cracks Smelly gas came out of wells. Animals were nervous. There were bright lights in the sky. Loud sound could be heard. Chickens and pigs________________. Mice____________________________. Fish____________________________. jumped out of the bowls and ponds too nervous to eat ran out of the field _____ before the earthquake Signs Strange things No one noticed them.

Details At _____ am, the __________ earthquake of the 20 th century began. _______ burst from holes in the ground. Hard hills of the rock became rivers of ____. ________ covered the ground like red autumn leaves. Two _______ and most of the ________ fell. The ________________ were now _________ pieces of steel. ______ now filled the wells instead of water. _______, ______, and ______________ were hard to get. During the earthquake Para :42greatest Steam dirt Bricks dams useless Sand electricityWater food bridges railway tracks ______ caused by the earthquake.Damage

Who went into the city? soldiers, rescue workers Which one is true? _______ after the earthquake Recovery A: Workers rescued most of the 10,000 coal miners to the south of the city. B: Rescue workers organized the team to dig out trapped people and to bury the dead. C: Workers built shelters for survivors.Fresh water was taken to the city. D: Only supply of water and electricity were cut off

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

”All hope was not lost.” A None of the hope was lost. B There was no hope at all. C Not all hope was lost. 英语中表示 “ 全体 ” 或 “ 完全 ” 意义的总括词， 如 all, every( 及 everybody, everything 等 ) ， both, always, entirely 等，与 not 连用时表示 部分否定。 如： 1.Both (the) windows are not open. =Not both the windows are open. 两扇窗子并不都开着 。 2.All my friends do not know English. =Not all my friends know English. 我的朋友并不是都懂英语。

2. Slowly, the city began to breathe again. 3. For three days the water in the village wells rose and fell, rose and fell. 4. It seemed that the world was at an end! 5. Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves. (like, as, as…as…, as if) Repetition ( 反复 ) Exaggeration( 夸张 ) Simile( 明喻 ) Personification( 拟人 ) The employment of figure of speech （修辞）： 1. A night the earth didn’t sleep Personification( 拟人 )

summary Strange things happened in Tang Shan. For a few days, water in the wells 1._____and fell. Mice, chicken, pigs and even fish became 2._____ nervous to live as 3.u_____. 4._______, the people of the city thought 5._____ of these events. At 3:42 am, everything began to shake. It 6.______ that the world was 7._____ an end. Then later that afternoon, another big quake shook Tang Shan, 8.______ trapped many rescue workers and doctors. But all hope was not lost. Soldiers came to help those 9.________( 幸存者 ). Slowly, the city began to10._______again. rose too at However which little seemed survivors usual breathe

Discussion What shall we do if an earthquake happens?

TIPS: Dos Don’ts 1.Stay in a small room,such as kitchen or bathroom 2.Hide under the table or bed, if you haven’t time to escape, you may stand close to the inside wall with some things covering on the head. 3.If you stay in the open air,keep off the tall building, and go to the fields without trees. 1. Be close to the window 2.Stay on the balcony 3. Jump out of the tall building 4. Use the lift

Homework 1.Recite the new words of unit4 2. kick out the useful phrases by yourself. 3.Preview p28.

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