1、Unit 4earthquakes 阅读知识点Period 1Warming up Reading Do you know these earthquakes?Ya an earthquake-Sichuan Province(2013)Yu Shu earthquake-Qinghai Province(2010)Wen Chuan earthquake-Sichuan Province(2008)Tang Shan earthquake-?1976年 the railway after earthquake Look at the following pictures,try to say
2、 what do earthquakes bring to people?people injured or diedsadnesslosing relatives(亲人)everything was in ruinsrescue workhope and so on.Time:Place:Disaster:July 28,1976Tangshan,HebeiA big earthquakeMain idea:An earthquake happened in Tangshan on July 28,1976 Skimming Fast readingB.Strange things were
3、 happening before the earthquakeC.The disaster happened and caused a lot of lossA.Helps came to Tangshan.All hope was not lost.Just match it!Part1Part2Part3(Para.1)(Para.2&3)(Para.4)BeforeDuringAfter1.Water in the wells rose and fell.2.Well walls had no cracks.3.Bright lights in the sky were seen.4.
4、Water pipes cracked and burst.5.Chickens and pigs were not nervous.Read the paragraph one and try to tell whether these following things happen before Tangshan earthquake or not.1.Most of China felt that earthquake.2.More than 400 thousand people were killed or seriously injured.3.75 percent of home
5、s in this city were gone.4.The railway tracks could be used as usual.5.Water and food were needed after that earthquake.Read paragraph two and three,and tell the following sentences are True or False.Paragraph four:Who went into the city after earthquake?And what did they do?army,soldiers,rescue wor
6、kers.They helped Tang Shan people start the rescue work.SummaryBeforetheearthquake,happenedinTangshan,butpeoplethem.Duringtheearthquake,everythingbeganto.Infifteenterriblesecondsthecitylay.Twothirdsofpeoplediedorwere.Nearlyeverythingwas.Aftertheearthquake,withthehelpofarmy,peopleinTangshantheirhomes
7、.strange thingsthought little ofshakein ruinsinjureddestroyedrebuiltPeriod 3Reading rise vi.升高，上升；增加，增长 (rise-rose-risen)(rose n.玫瑰)Eg:The sun has just risen.形近词：raise vt.举起，提起；饲养；种植 (raise-raised-raised)Eg:raise ones hands raise money1.the village wells rose and fell.fall v.落下，降落(fall-fell-fallen)f
8、all相关短语：fall down 摔倒 fall behind 落后 fall asleep 熟睡 Eg:The girl fell down at school today.2.A smelly gas came out of the cracks.smelly adj.发臭的，有臭味的 smell v.闻到 n.嗅觉；味道类似于smelly(smell+y)的形容词还有：cloudy(cloud+y)多云的 rainy(rain+y)下雨的 tasty(taste+y)美味的 dreamy(dream+y)梦幻的out of 从.里面出去在.范围之外失去，欠缺Eg:He lives ou
9、t of the city.She seems to be out of patience.out of 相关短语：out of control失去控制 out of fashion过时 out of curiosity出于好奇 out of ones reach在某人能力范围之外3.the pigs were too nervous to eat.too+adj./adv.+to do sth.太.而不能做某事Eg:She is too young to go to school.注意：too.to表肯定的情况：当too前有副词far,much,but,only等词修饰时，too.to句式无
10、否定意义，意思为“十分.;非常.”。Eg:She is much too happy to meet us.too前有never等否定词时，too.to句式表肯定意义。Eg:Its never too late to learn.4.the water pipes in some buildings cracked and burst.burst v.爆裂，爆发(burst-burst-burst)burst相关短语：burst with 充满（be full of;be filled with）burst out 冒出；突然（v.-ing）burst into 闯入；突然（n.）5.peop
11、le of the city,who thought little of these events.think little/nothing of 轻视，忽视(think-thought-thought)think相关短语：think of 想起 think about 考虑think highly/much of 重视，看重；高度评价6.At 3:42 am everything begun to shake.shake v.摇动，震动(shake-shook-shaken)be shaken by/with/at.对.感到震撼shake ones hands with sb.与某人握手sh
12、ake ones head摇头Eg:They were shaken by the news.It is polite to shake hands with others in China.7.One-third of the nation felt it.one-third三分之一英语中分数的表达：“母序子基”,即分子用基数词(one,two.),分母用序数词(first,second.)。当分子超过1时，分母的词尾需加上s。如：1/3 one third 2/3 two thirds “分数+名词”做主语时，谓语动词的单复数与分数后的名词的数保持一致。除此之外，百分数，half of,part of,the rest of,a lot of,lots of等后接名词，在句子中做主语时，谓语动词的数也与后边的名词的数保持一致。Eg:70 of the people here are Chinese.The rest of work has been done.
