1、话题语言应用-地震 语言积累本单元交际用语总结谈论过去经历（Talking about past experience） 1. It was terrible when . 当时候，情况真是糟糕。2. It seemed as if. （那时）看起来似乎3. I remember. 我还记得4. I felt. 我当时感觉5. No longer after that. 在那之后不久6. Luckily . 幸运的是表达感谢（Express thanks）1. I would like to express my thanks to. 我想表达对的感谢。2. I wish to express
2、 my thanks for the great efforts. 我希望对付出的巨大努力表示感谢。3. Id also like to thank. 我还想感谢4. No words are strong enough to express my thanks to. 对的感谢我无以言表。【高清课堂：unit4语言应用】，话题词句 How much do you know about our earth? 1. The earth is 4.6 billion years old. 地球存在四十六亿年了。 2. The earth is the fourth largest planet.
3、地球是第四大行星。 3. Two thirds of the Earths surface is covered by the sea. 地球表面的三分之二被水覆盖。 4. 6% of the water on the Earth is fresh water; slightly over two thirds of this is frozen in glaciers and polar ice caps(极地冰冠). 地球上6%的水是淡水，其中稍微多于三分之二的淡水以冰川或极地冰冠的形式存在。 5. Half of the land on the Earths surface is cov
4、ered by forest. 地球表面的一半陆地被森林覆盖。 6. Indonesian tsunami triggered by the earthquake happened in 2005. 地震引发的印尼海啸发生在2005年。 7. In March 2011, Japan experienced the toughest and most difficult crisis since the end of World War II because of the occurrence of the 8.9 magnitude earthquake, 30-foot tsunami a
5、nd the resulted nuclear accidents. 在2011年3月，日本经历了二战以来最最严重最艰难的危机，因为发生了8.9级地震，引发了30英尺高的海啸以及由此产生的核泄漏事故。 有关自然灾害方面的词汇（Natural disasters ）：earthquake，drought（干旱）, flood, forest fire, hurricane（飓风）, landslide（山崩）, tsunami, typhoon（台风）, volcanic eruption（火山爆发）, tornado（龙卷风）, blizzard（暴风雪）, avalanche vlnt（雪崩
6、）, thunderstorm（雷暴）, wildfire（野火）, hailstorm（雹暴）拓展阅读Major Earthquakes in the Last 100 YearsLets have a look at 5 of the major earthquakes in the last 100 years in terms of（就而言） destruction and loss of human life.The Great Tangshan EarthquakeThis earthquake occurred in Tangshan, China, in 1976, and h
7、ad a magnitude(震级) of 8. It lasted for around 25 seconds, but 3 reasons contributed to（导致） the huge loss of human life. One, obviously the magnitude was very high. Second, this was not an earthquake-prone(抗震) area, as a result of which, buildings and houses were not built accordingly. And lastly, th
8、is disaster struck at around 4 in the morning, when everyone was asleep inside their homes. Around 275,000 perished (丧生)in this disaster, and another 150,000 were injured.The Indian Ocean EarthquakeThis 2004 earthquake was an undersea quake, with the epicenter（震中） off the west coast of Sumatra, Indo
9、nesia. It had a magnitude of 9.2, the second largest ever recorded. It also was the longest earthquake ever recorded, with a duration（持续） of nearly 10 minutes. It set off the worst tsunami ever known to man, striking with waves up to 30 meters in numerous Asian countries like Thailand, Indonesia, Ba
10、ngladesh, India, and Sri Lanka, to name a few(举几个来说). Indonesia was the worst affected. This earthquake was so powerful, that it cased the whole Earth to vibrate(振动) by 1 cm, and it triggered (引发) earthquakes even as far off as Alaska. The result of this devastating earthquake and tsunami was a loss
11、 of nearly 270,000 lives.The Haiti EarthquakeThe images of destruction that this earthquake caused will still be fresh in our minds. This natural calamity（灾祸）, with a magnitude of around 7, struck the Caribbean country of Haiti in January 2010. Its location and the fact that constructed structures w
12、ere of very poor quality, led to the huge loss of life. There were like 50 aftershocks（余震） in the month of January itself, after the actual earthquake. It is believed that at least 250,000 people died in this natural disaster, 300,000 were injured, and around a million people became homeless. Intern
13、ational aid still pours into Haiti, and reconstruction work is still ongoing here, as we speak. The Habitual EarthquakeThis was a massive of just under 8, that struck in December 1920 in the Habitual County of China. It is also known as the Gansu Earthquake, because in 1920, Ningxia, where it actual
14、ly occurred, was a part of the Gansu Province. The earthquake affected around 150 miles of area, and there were a large number of ground openings and landslides, which further affected the injury and death toll. Around 240,000 people lost their lives, while thousands of others were injured or missin
15、g.The Great Kanto EarthquakeIn 1923, the island of Honshu in Japan was struck by an earthquake that was of a magnitude of 8.3, and it lasted for more than 5 minutes. The earthquake was so powerful that it managed to destroy parts of Tokyo, Yokohama（横滨）, Chiba（千叶）, Kanagawa（神奈川）, and Shizuoka（静冈）. Th
16、ough it is not the most powerful earthquake to hit Japan, but in terms of damage and loss of life, it is considered the biggest ever to strike Japan. Large areas were simply buried underground, major fires broke out, and there were numerous landslides. Destruction was widespread and it led to the lo
17、ss of around 140,000 lives.The Great Chilean Earthquake is of course the largest earthquake ever recorded, and there have been so many more devastating（毁灭性的） ones around the world, but what mankind can do is to try to construct earthquake-resistant structures, and have trained relief and rescue team
18、s on standby, to minimize the destruction and loss of lives as a result of this deadly occurrence. 写作运用新闻报道（Recount: newspaper article）的写作训练 新闻报道，就是对一个重要人物、地点、事物或事件进行描述和分析，是对最近发生的事情的报道。写作指导：新闻报道一般分为四个部分：标题、导语、主体、结语1. 标题是新闻的题目，是最有新闻价值内容的浓缩、概括、提炼和再创造。英语新闻标题注重结构的精炼性，常用一般现在时，从形式上增强报道的新鲜感、现实感和直接感。2. 导语一般
19、位于报道的开头，作用是吸引读者的注意力，因此要求导语能高度概括文章内容，让读者一看就能了解整篇报道最吸引人的内容。3. 主体是新闻报道的主要部分，它用充分的事实呈现新闻的内容，是对导语内容的补充和阐释。4. 结语一般是最后一句或一段话，通常对全文内容做概括性的总结，对新闻事件的发展趋势做出预测或者提出令人深思的问题。注意：新闻写作的事实要真实，材料要充分，用事实说话，语言简洁鲜明。 新闻报道的五要素：what; when; where; who; why例如如下新闻：标题：Elephants sink a boat in India 导语：A boat carrying 74 tourists
20、 capsized on a reservoir in southern India on Wednesday, killing at least 31 people and leaving dozens missing. 主体：The boat was traveling in the remote forest area in Kerala (喀拉拉邦，印度西南部) state and capsized after the tourists rushed to one side as they spotted some elephants in a wildlife sanctuary.
21、Rescuers have fished out 31 bodies from the reservoir and were looking for 23 other missing tourists.The site of the accident is nearly 1,300 miles (2,100kms) south of New Delhi. Kerala is a popular tourist destination for both Indians and foreigners with luxury resorts on the sparkling backwaters. 结语： Boat accidents are common in the south of India, where many vessels are unsafe and overloaded.