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3. earthquake 2 ground 1 building lay in ruins was destroyed had deep cracks 3 dam dams fell 4 railway track became useless pieces of steel

4. earthquake 2 ground 1 building lay in ruins was destroyed had deep cracks 3 dam dams fell 4 railway track became useless pieces of steel animals people water pipes sky others

5. Discussion: What do you think will happen before an earthquake?

6. 1) Bright light flash in the sky. 2) The well has deep cracks in it, and the water in it rises and falls. 3) Chickens are flying and dogs are barking, and pigs and cows are too nervous to eat. 4) Fish jump out of the pond, and mice run wildly out of the fields. Signs before an earthquake:

7. 1. The chickens didn’t eat because 2. The people didn’t worry because 3. Such a great number of people died because 4. Water was needed because 5. The people did not lose hope because A. the army came to help them. B. the quake happened while they were sleeping. C. they were nervous. D. dams and wells were useless. E. they didn’t know what the strange events meant.

8. Scanning: Scan the passage and find out the topic sentence of each paragraph. ParagraphTopic sentencePosition in the paragraph 1 Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeast Hebei. beginning 2 Everything began to shake. It seemed as if the world was at an end. beginning 3 Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed. beginning 4 All hope was not lost. beginning

9. Careful reading Find the key words to support the topic sentences. water, well walls, smelly gas, chickens and pigs, mice, fish, bright lights, the sound of planes, water pipes seem strange Signs before an earthquake the earthquake began, a huge crack, steam, hard hills, people died or injured began to shake What happened in the earthquake

10. Careful reading Find the key words to support the topic sentences. hospitals, factories, buildings, bricks, dams, bridges, railway tracks, cows, pigs and chickens destroyedAfter the earthquake the army helps, dig out, bury the dead, miners rescued, built shelter rescue the city began to breathe again

11. 表达方式充当成分 英语英语 1 ） It was felt in Beijing, which is more than two hundred kilometers away. 定 语 从 句 2 ） A huge crack that was eight kilometers longs and thirty metres wide cut across houses, roads and canals. 3 ） The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than 400,000. 4 ） Later that afternoon, another big quake which was almost as strong as the first one shook Tangshan. 5 ） Workers built shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed. 汉语汉语 1 ）二百多公里外的北京都能感觉到这场地震。 定 语 2 ）一条 8 公里长 30 米宽的巨大裂缝横穿房舍、马路和渠道。 3 ）死伤的人数达到 40 多万。 4 ）在下午晚些的时候，又一次和第一次一样的强烈的地震震撼着唐山。 5 ）救援人员为那些家园被毁的幸存者盖起了避难所。

12. Consolidation: Sum up the main idea of the passage: ____________ happened in Tangshan. For a few days, water in the wells _____________. From the ______ of wells __________came out. Mice, chicken, pigs and even fish became ________. At 3:00 am, everything began to ______.It seemed that the world was _________. _________ of the nation ____ it. ___________ cut across the city. The city lay _______. Strange things rose and fellcracks smelly gas nervous shake at an endOne-third feltA huge crack in ruins

13. Two-thirds of the people died or ___________. Then later that afternoon, another big quake ______ Tangshan. People began to wonder _____________________________. But all hope ____________. Soldiers came to help those ________. Slowly, the city began to _________________. were injured shook how long the disaster would last was not lost survivors breathe again

14. 1) How do you prevent yourself during the earthquake? 2) What measures should the government take to prevent the earthquake?

15. Homework 1.Look for some earthquake information about Japan through the library, internet or other resources. Find out why Japan often has earthquakes. What measures are taken by the Japanese government to prevent them? 2. List more words or expressions to enrich the mind map of earthquake and increase the knowledge of this phenomenon.