The building was badly destroyed People are saving the injured person out of danger Turkey Earthquake San Francisco Earthquake

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Fast reading: read the text quickly and answer the following questions 1. What happened? 2. When did the earthquake happen? 3. Where did it happen? A terrible earthquake happened. It happened on July 28,1976. It happened in the countryside in northeast Hebei province.

Follow the tape and tell whether they are true or false. ( ) 1.Things were strange before the earthquake. ( ) 2.The earthquake happened on July 28,1976. ( ) 3. Two-fifths of the people died or injured during the earthquake. ( ) 4. Another terrible earthquake happened in Tangshan on the next day. ( ) 5.A great number of soldiers were sent to rescue the people. T T F F T Two-thirds later that afternoon

It happened on the morning of July 28,1976. for three days the water in the village _____rose and fell. A _____ gas came out of the cracks. Fish jumped out of bowls and ponds, the water ______ in some buildings cracked and burst. DetailsMain Idea The 1976 earthquake Para 1 wellssmelly pipes The strange things before the earthquake Careful reading

Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt. In fifteen seconds the city lay in _____. Two-thirds of the people died or were ______.everything in the city was _________. 75%of its factories and buildings and 90%of its homes were gone. Two _____ fell, The railway tracks were ________ pieces of steel. Details Main Idea The 1976 earthquake Para 2-3 ruins injured destroyed The bad results/damage of the earthquake dams useless

All hope was not lost. The _______ sent 150,000 soldiers to Tangshan help the rescue workers and they organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to ______ the dead. Workers built ________ for survivors whose homes had been destroyed. Fresh water was taken to the city by train, truck and plane. Details Main Idea The 1976 earthquake Para 4 army buryshelters The rescue work

Para 1 Earthquake { Para2-3 Para 4 { { { Strange things before the quake The bad results of the earthquake Rescue work the water, rose, fell fish, jumped out of people, died dams, fell ….. army, sent, soldiers workers, built shelters fresh water, taken cows, pigs, died the chickens and pigs, nervous

View of Tangshan after earthquake View of the New Tangshan after reconstruction What can we learn from the change?

Homework: 1.Rewrite the text with the details you found in the text.

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