2. Unit 6 Natural Disasters Reading An earthquake survivor’s home page.

3. natural disasters

4. What can you see in this video and tell us your feelings.

5. 1999 Taiwan earthquake To the east of Nantou Over 1700 people died

6. The Taiwan earthquake  There was an earthquake in Taiwan. Timmy survived the earthquake. He wrote his story and put it on his home page.

7. Read the story quickly and try to answer the following question: Did people save Timmy at last?

8. 1.Where was Timmy when the earthquake started? 2.Why did people look at each other in fear? fear 3.Why did the children screamed? 4.What did people do when the earth started to shake?shake 5.What did Timmy do ? 6.What happened to the building? Part 1

9. 1 2 3 45 6 Put the pictures in the right order: Part 2

10. 1.Timmy was in a restaurant when the earthquake started. 2.Timmy heard a loud noise like thunder at first. 3.Animals ran wildly everywhere. 4.Timmy was trapped in a dark place when the earthquake stopped. 5.Timmy had nothing to eat when he was trapped under the bricks and stones. True or false questions F T F T F Part 3

11. Suppose you are Timmy and your partner is a reporter, now he is interviewing you.

13. in fear scream

14. shake

15. in all directions

16. 1.Where were you when the earthquake started? 2.What kind of noise did you hear? 3.What did people do after they heard the noise? 4.Did you know where you were when the noise and shaking ended? Why? 6. How did you feel when you knew you were trapped? 7. Why did you stop shouting for help after you found no one came for a very long time? 8. When did you begin to shout again? 9. What did people do when they heard your scream? 10. What do you want to say to those who have saved you?

17. Find the following phrases from the text: 1. 惊恐地 2. 向四处奔跑 3. 该去哪 4. 开始倒塌 5. 冷静下来 6. 根本看不见 7. 处于困境中 8. 一阵恐惧 9. 匆忙地 10. 移走，拿开 in fear run in all directions where to go begin to come down calm down can not see at all be trapped a moment of fear in a great hurry move away