1、Unit 4 EarthquakesReading邢 台 二 中 高一霍 燕 敏必修一Look at the pictures and discuss what happened.Unit 4 EarthquakesReading邢 台 二 中霍 燕 敏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?Pre-readingpersonal washing thingsa bottle of wate
2、rmoneytorchmobile phonefood and sweetsblanketmedicineWhat do you think will happen before an earthquake?Bright light flash in the sky.The well has deep cracks in it,and the water in it rises and falls.Chickens are flying and dogs are barking,and pigs and cows are too nervous to eat.Fish jump out of
3、the pond,and mice run wildly out of the fields.The water will rise and fall.A smelly gas will come out.A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDNT SLEEPReading1.The earthquake began 10 kilometres directly bellow the city.2.Workers rescued most of the 10,000 coal miners to the south of the city.3.The number of people wh
4、o were killed reached more than 40,000.Task 1True or FalseFFF4.Water burst from holes in the ground.Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt.5.Water was hard to get because dams and wells were useless.6.All of the citys hospitals,90%of its factories and buildings and 75%of its homes were gone.FTF7.N
5、ot only the people but also the animals were shocked greatly.8.Many rescue workers and doctors were trapped under the ruins during the aftershock.TT1.What is the passage mainly about?An earthquake happened in Tangshan in 1976.Task 2Read the text carefully and answer these questions.3.What did people
6、 hear?They heard the sound of planes outside Tangshan even when no planes were in the sky.2.What did people in Tangshan see in the sky before the earthquake?They saw bright lights in the sky.4.What did people notice in the wells?5.Did people pay any attention to these abnormal phenomena?People notic
7、ed the well walls had deep cracks,and a smelly gas came out of the cracks.No.They went to the bed as usual that night.6.When did the earthquake begin?7.How many people were killed or injured in the earthquake?8.Could the injured people go to hospital?More than 400,000 people.At 3:42 in the morning o
8、f July 28.No,they couldnt.Because all of the citys hospitals were gone in the quake.1.How do you understand the real meaning of the idiom“It is always calm before a storm”?A.It is unusually quiet before a thunderstorm or hurricane hit.B.One should not trust situations that seem peaceful since bad th
9、ings may happen.C.The weather is fine before a storm comes.D.You should stay calm before a storm.Task 3Read the text carefully and choose the best answer.2.What can be inferred from the passage?A.If the pigs were too nervous to eat,there must be an earthquake.B.If some natural signs had not been ign
10、ored,all the people in Tangshan city might have had a chance to survive.C.There wouldnt have been such a great quake if people had paid enough attention to some natural signs.D.If some natural signs had not been ignored,people might have had a chance to survive.3.Which of the following is the main r
11、eason for the heavy loss of life in the quake?A.The earthquake happened in the deep night when people were sleeping deeply.B.There werent enough rescue workers.C.The building were poorly constructed and most of them were destroyed in the quake.D.People were not careful enough to notice some natural
12、signs before the earthquake.1._ of the nation felt the earthquake.2.A huge crack that was _ kilometres long and _ metres wide cut across houses.3.In _ terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins.1/383015Task 4Read the text again and fill in the blanks with words or numbers.4._ of the people died or w
13、ere injured during the earthquake.5.The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than _.6.All of the citys hospitals,_ of its factories and buildings and _ of its homes were gone.2/3400,00075%90%signs before earthquakerosefellsmellynervouseatjumpedran3:00bright lightsDamage caused by
14、earthquake3:42greatestSteamdirtBricksdamsDamage caused byearthquakeuselesssteelelectricitySandHelp offered bythe army150000HundredsFresh minersTall buildings were destroyed.Roads were cracked.People were injured.The city was in ruins.L O V E!Tangshans new lookWenchuans new lookHomework1.Surf the internet to find more information about the Tangshan earthquakes.2.Finish exercise 1-3 on page 27.Thank you!
