1、Unit 4 EarthquakesHow many Nature Disasters do you know?typhoonseismic sea wave/tsunamitornado,hurricanethunderstormsand stormvolcanic eruptiondroughtflood hurricanefireearthquakeDo you know what would happen before an earthquake?Bright lights flash in the sky.Animals are too nervous.They run around
2、 a lot.The water in the well rise and fall.Mice run out to look for places to hide.Fish jump out of the ponds.Tangshan,HebeiJuly 28th,19762008.5.12WenchuanEarthquake2010.4.14 Yushu EarthquakeCan you describe how terrible the earthquake was?The town lay in ruins.破败不堪The buildings fell down.倒塌 Roads c
3、racked.v.开裂Many people were killed or injured.adj.受伤的A great number of people lost their homes.许多，大量Work in pairs.Imagine your home begins to shake and you must leave it right away.You have time to take only one thing.What will you take?personal washing thingsa bottle of watermoneytorchmobile phonef
4、ood and sweetsblanketmedicineYou will takeRead the passage and finish the sentences.1 The chickens didnt eat because _.2 The people didnt worry because _ _.3 Such a great number of people died because _ _.they were nervous they didnt know what the strange eventsmeantthe quake happened whilethey were
5、 sleeping.4 Water was needed because _.5 The people did not lose hope because _.dams and wells were uselessthe army came to help themStructure of the textPartEventsBefore the earthquake(Paragraph _)_ were happening both in the countryside and in the city of Tangshan but _ them.During the earthquake(
6、Paragraph _)The earthquake _ the city and _ the people.shockeddestroyed2-3no one noticedStrange things1PartEventsAfter the earthquake(Paragraph _)Soldiers were sent to dig out those trapped and _ the dead;_ were built for the homeless and _ was taken to the city.fresh watersheltersto bury4ThingsWhat
7、 happenedthe water in the wellthe well wallschickens and pigsrose and felldeep cracks,smelly gastoo nervous to eatRead paragraph 1 and fill in the blanks.ThingsWhat happenedmicefishskythe sound of planeswater pipesran out of the field to hidejumped out of the bowls and pondsbright lightscould be hea
8、rd even though there were no planescracked and burstData(数据)v _ of the nation felt the earthquake.v A huge crack that was _ kilometres long and _ metres wide cut across houses.vIn _ terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins.v _ of the people died or were injured during the earthquake.v The number o
9、f people who were killed or injured reached more than _.vAll of the citys hospitals,_ of its factories and buildings and _ of its homes were gone.1/3830152/3400,00075%90%Para.2-3Fill in the blanks in the chart according to paragraph 3.Try to tell your partners about the damage the earthquake caused.
10、leavessafesteelmilkdeadwellsruinsAfter the earthquakeRead Paragraph 4 and fill in the blanks.Try to understand what people did after the earthquake happened.The rescue150,000 1._ were sent to Tangshan.The army teams dug out the trapped and buried the 2._.Most of the 3._ were rescued.Workers built 4.
11、_ for the homeless people.Fresh 5._ was sent to the city.soldiersdead10,000 minersshelterswater_ happened in Tangshan.For a few days,water in the wells _.From the _ of wells _ come out.Mice,chicken,pigs and even fish became _.At 3:00 am,everythingStrange thingsrose and fellcrackssmelly gasnervous1 C
12、omplete the summary of the passage.began to _.It seemed that the world was _._ of the nation _ it._ cut across the city.The city lay _.shakeat an endOne-thirdfeltA huge crackin ruinsTwo-thirds of the people _ or _.Then later that afternoon,another big quake _ Tangshan.People began to wonderdiedwere
13、injuredshook_.But all hope _._ came to help those _.Slowly,the city began to _.how long the disaster would lastwas not lostSoldiersbreathe againsurvivors2 Work in pairs.Explain in your words what the writer means by the title“A night the earth didnt sleep”to your partners.3 Suppose you are a survivo
14、r of Tangshan earthquake.Try to tell your partner the strangest things that happened before the earthquake.4 Suppose you are a volunteer in the Tangshan earthquake rescue team.Describe to your partners what you saw and heard.Think about the question“What should we do to protect ourselves if an earthquake happened?”afterclass.
