1. Unit 4 Earthquakes
Reading

2. NEW WORDS Crack steam ruin burst dirt injure shock disaster 裂缝、开裂 蒸汽废墟
爆裂、爆发 污垢
损害、伤害 震惊 灾难
recovery
steam
ruin
burst
dirt
injure
shock
disaster

3. NEW WORDS
陷入困境
营救、救援
掩蔽处
损失、损害
埋葬、掩埋
破坏、毁坏
运河、水道
trap
rescue
shelter
damage
bury
destroy
canal

4. What does the passage mainly talk about?
Fast reading
What does the passage mainly talk about?

5. Time: Place: Disaster: July 28, 1976 Tangshan, Hebei A big earthquake
Skimming
July 28, 1976
Time:
Place:
Disaster:
Tangshan, Hebei
A big earthquake
An earthquake happened
in Tangshan on July 28, 1976
Main idea:

6. July 28th, 1976
Tangshan, Hebei

7. Part1 Part2 Part3 (Para.1) (Para.2&3) (Para.4) Just match it !
A. Helps came to Tangshan. All hope was not lost
(Para.1)
B. Strange things were happening before the earthquake
Part2
(Para.2&3)
C. The disaster happened and caused a lot of loss
Part3
(Para.4)

8. No one noticed them. Strange things Para 1 Signs before the earthquake
The water in
the well
rose and fell.
had deep cracks in them.
well walls
came out of the cracks.
A smelly gas
Strange things
The pigs and
the chickens
were too nervous to eat.
mice came out of fields; fish jumped out of bowls and ponds.
mice and fish
In the sky
people saw bright lights.
cracked and burst.
The water pipe
No one noticed them.

9. It seemed as if the world was at an end.
Para2-3
Damage caused by the earthquake.
It seemed as if the world was at an end.
The city
The people

10. Details Fill in the blanks Main Idea
At _____ am, the __________ earthquake of the 20th century began .
_______ burst from holes in the ground.
Hard hills of the rock became rivers of ____.
________ covered the ground like red autumn leaves.
3:42
greatest
Damage
caused by
earthquake
Steam
dirt
Para. 2-3
Bricks

11. Details Fill in the blanks Main Idea
Two _______ and most of the bridges fell.
The railway tracks were now _________pieces of _______.
______ now filled the wells instead of water.
Water,food,and ___________ were hard to get.
dams
Damage
caused by
earthquake
useless
steel
Sand
Para. 2-3
electricity

12. Data(数据) 1/3 8 30 15 2/3 Para. 2-3 of the nation felt the earthquake .
A huge crack that was kilometres long and meters wide cut across houses.
In terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins.
of the people died or were injured during the earthquake. 8 30 15
2/3

13. Para. 2-3
Data(数据)
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.
400,000
75%
90%

14. All the hope was not lost.
Para 4 Recovery after the earthquake
Army; 150, 000 soldiers
All the hope was not lost.
Not all hope was lost.
Dig out; bury
Workers; shelters
Fresh water

15. ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ Part3 How the army helped the people in Tangshan?
The army organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to bury those who were trapped. ☆
Miners were rescued from the coal mines.
Shelters were built for survivors whose homes had been destroyed. ☆ ☆
Fresh water was taken to the city.

16. Sum up the main idea of each part of the passage
Sum up the main idea of each part of the passage. (use one word to describe)
signs
Part 1: para 1
Part 2: para 2&3
damage
Part 3: para 4
recovery

17. Summary of each part
Before the earthquake strange things began to happen but no one paid attention to them.
The earthquake destroyed the city of Tangshan.
The people were very shocked at the destruction.
The army came to help the survivors, bringing hope for a new life.

18. During the earthquake
Huge cracks cut across houses,
roads and canals.

19. During the earthquake
fall (fell, fallen)
pipe
destroy
crack / burst

20. During the earthquake ruins injure
Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves.
back

21. After the earthquake army dig out bury the dead build shelters
organize teams
trap
survivors

22. Filling the blacks with the first given letter:
Several days before July 28,1976,many s______ things happened in Tangshan. They were signs for the e_________. But people in the city of Tangshan didn’t think m____ of these. At 3:42am that day, the earth began to s_____, which d_______ the city.
trange
arthquake
uch
hake
estroyed

23. 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 i_______ and more buildings f__ down. Soldiers were called in to help the rescue workers. Teams were organized to ________ the trapped and b____ the dead.
escue
rapped
njured
ell
dig out
ury

24. What impresses you most?
What the quake makes you think about?
What did they suffer and feel?
What for rebuilt
How to help the suffers?
Self-rescue
...

25. What did they suffer and feel?
Chang Qing (left), 71, and Wang Shubin, 54, hold a picture taken by Chang 30 years ago, when Wang was rescued after being buried in debris for eight days following the Tangshan earthquake.

26. How to help?

27. Tang shan’s new look

28. Kick out the useful phrases by yourself.
Homework
Kick out the useful phrases by yourself.
Preview P 30.

29. Thank you!