1、Unit 4 EarthquakesHow many Natural Disastersdo you know?typhoonseismic sea wave/tsunamitornado,hurricanethunderstormsand stormvolcanic eruptiondroughtflood hurricanefireearthquakeDiscussion 1：Do you know what would happen before an earthquake?Bright lights flash in the skyAnimals are too nervous,suc
2、h as cows,dogs,horses,and snakes,etc.Tangshan,HebeiJuly 28th,1976May 12th,2008 Wenchuan EarthquakeYushu,Qinghai April 14th,2010Discussion 2：Can you describe how terrible the earthquake was?The town lay in ruins.破败不堪The buildings fell down.倒塌 Roads cracked.开裂Many people were killed or injured.受伤的A gr
3、eat number of people lost their homes.许多，大量Discussion 3：What would people do after an earthquake?Soldiers helped to dig outthose who were trapped.Doctors helped the injured.Shelters were built by the rescue workers.A lot of food,clothes and water were given by so many volunteers.Listen to the text a
4、nd analyse the structure of it.II Structure of the textPartEventsBefore the earthquake(Paragraph _)_ were happening both in the countryside and in the city of Tangshan but _ them.During the earthquake(Paragraph _)The earthquake _ the city and _ the people.shockeddestroyed2-3no one noticedStrange thi
5、ngs1PartEventsAfter 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 happenedwater in the wellwell wallschickens and pigsrose and felldeep cracks,smelly gastoo nervous
6、 to eatThingsWhat happenedmicefishskysoundwater pipesran out of,looking for places to hidejumped outbright lightssound of planes heard even 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 _ terr
7、ible seconds a large city lay in ruins.v _ of the people died or were injured during the earthquake.v The number of 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.2-3These nu
8、mbers show the destructive effects of earthquake directly to students which can help student gain more information about the earthquake.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 th
9、e coal mines.Shelters were built for survivors whose homes had been destroyed.Fresh water was taken to the city.After the earthquakeRetell the story._ 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,everythin
10、gStrange thingsrose and fellcrackssmelly gasnervousbegan 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 injuredshook_.But all hope _._ came to help those _.Slowly,the city began to _.how long the disaster would lastwas not lostSoldiersbreathe againsurvivorsHomework1.Exercise 1&2 on page 27.2.Find out the difficult points in the passage and write them down in your notebook.
