1. Speaking and writing
课标人教实验版高一 Module 1
Unit 4

2. Revision
Translate the following into English.
E. 2 (page 63)

3. 1. She was too nervous to eat anything
the evening before.
2. When the second quake was felt, people
ran out their houses right away.
3.  After that terrible disaster, 60% of
homeless children were sent to live
in other safe cities.
4. They used candles al the time instead of
electricity.

4. 5.  A little girl was dug out the ruins to the north of the factory.
6.  We were very proud of the soldiers who rescued the boys from the rushing water.
7.  We need to honour those who organized the rescue work.

5. Speaking task on Page 67

6. Possible items for the personal earthquake bag
Make sure that you only take essential things with you.
They must last you five days.
medicine
pictures of family
computer
map
Mobile phone
blanket
radio
scissors
knife
shoes
pen and paper
fruit
clothes
torch light
book to read
umbrella
personal washing things
food and sweets
important papers
bowls and chopsticks
identity card
money
candles
bottle of water
Possible items for the personal earthquake bag

7. The bag will contain My personal earthquake bag will contain
personal washing things
food and sweets
torch
The bag will
contain
blanket
money
mobile phone
a bottle of water
medicine

8. Possible sample We decide to take bottles of water and some
fruit to keep alive; we will take a torchlight,
a mobile phone and a radio to get in touch
with the outside world, if we are buried in
the ruins; we will take some clothes and a
blanket to keep warm; and we will take our
identity cards with us, In case we are killed.
If that happens. people can at least know
who we are.

9. Speaking

10. What are you going to do if an earthquake happens?
If you are ……

11. If you were sleeping in your bedroom when
Suggest answer
If you were sleeping in your bedroom when
the quake happened, you would get up quickly
first, next you would wake up my family and
you neighbours. Then you could run to a safe
place. So that you could escape being trapped
or killed.

12. Remember: These thing should be avoided:
standing close to a building
(because it may fall on you if it
is weakened by the earthquake.)
2. standing under a tree
(because it my fall on you)
3. going too close to power lines
( because you may be badly affected by electricity
if they fall on you.)

13. Writing task on Page 67

14. A poster What the poster is about and why. The items and
why they are chosen
A poster
What should be
avoided and why

15. Possible sample Poster
Earthquakes are terrible natural disasters. Although we cannot avoid it, we can survive by making preparations. Here are the essential things you should always take during an earthquake.
You should take a bottle of water, it can keep you alive for along time, if you are trapped under the ruins. Take some fruit, in case you are hungry. And also take a torch light and mobile. These can help you keep in touch with the outside world, ad it is easy for rescue workers to find you quickly.

16. Don’t put fresh fruit in the bag as they will go bad quickly and cause problems. Don’t take money, especially don’t go back to take money when the house is shaking. You may be caught in the ruins.

17. Practice Write a poster in class according to the three
parts given above. When it is completed,
display your poster in the classroom.

18. destroy , rescue, strange, much, earthquake,
shake, bury, fall, team, trap
Several days before July 28, 1976, many s________ things
happed in Tanshan. They were signs for the e_________.
But people in the city of Tangshan didn’t think m____ of
these. At 3: 42 am that day, the earth began to s_____,
which d________ the city. Many people, including workers
and doctors, came to r_____ those t______ under the ruins.
Later that afternoon, another big earthquake struck
Tangshan. More people were killed or injured and more
building f____ down. Soldiers were called in to help the
rescue workers. T______ were organized to dig out the
trapped and b ___ the dead.
strange
earthquake
much
shake
destroyed
rescue
trapped
fell
Teams
bury

19. Writing on Page 31

20. outline Why an outline is important? What should an outline conclude?
Why a headline is important?
What are the steps to finish a newspaper story?
What s the feature of the newspaper story?

21. Read the example of a newspaper story.
Find the headline, main ideas and
details of each paragraph.

22. The title of this story is “Cyclists Ready to go on the Road for Blind Kids”
There are two parts in the story. The first one is from the beginning to “to lean better.”
The second part is from “the cyclists come
form China” to the end.
The main idea of the first part is that the cyclists plan to get money for blind kids.

23. Talk with your classmates and consider what you
have learned about quakes.
Homework