1、Welcome to my class!By Miss Guo1Im from nature;Im easy to be angry;I love people but they hate me;I love shaking and traveling;In 2008 Im in Wenchuan.Who am I?Unit 4earthquakeTalk about the following questions with your desk mate：2.Do you know any other natural disasters?1.What happened in the video
2、?droughthurricanevolcanic eruptionsfirefloodssand stormsearthquakessnow stormsthunderstormstsunamiSome famous earthquakesTangshan July 28,1976San Francisco October,17,1989YushuApril,14,2010 What do you think may happen before an earthquake?Bright lights in the sky may appear.Fish may jump out of the
3、ir bowl and ponds.Mice may run out of fields looking for places to hide.Animals may be too nervous to eat.Well walls may have deep cracks.A night the earth didnt sleepSkimmingWhat had happened?Where and when?The passage mainly talks about an (what)that happened in (where)on (when)earthquakeTangshanJ
4、uly 28,1976SkimmingThe text is organized in the order of_.A.places B.times C.eventsfast readingGo through the passage and find out the topic sentence of each paragraph.Topic sentence Position in the paragraph1234Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeast Hebei.Everything began to
5、shake.It seemed as if the world was at an end.Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed.All hope was not lost.beginningbeginningbeginningbeginningParagraph 1Paragraph 2&3Paragraph 4Part1Part2Part3Strange things happened before the earthquake.The earthquake destroyed the city of Tangshan
6、.The army came to help the rescue work.Main idea of the textScanningpara1ThingsWhat happenedwater in the wellwell wallschickens and pigsmicefishskysoundwater pipesrose and felldeep cracks,smelly gasran out of,looking for places to hidetoo nervous to eatjumped outbright lightssound of planes heard ev
7、en no planescracked and burstsigns before the earthquakecracksrosefellThe chickens and even the pigs were too_ to _.nervouseatjumpedran outhidePeople could see _lights in the sky.bright Para.2&3v_of the nation felt the earthquake.vA huge crack that was_ kilometres long and _metres wide cut across ho
8、uses.vIn _terrible 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.Data(数据)1/3830152/3400,000
9、75%90%These numbers show the destructive effects of earthquake directly to us.They can also help us gain more information about the earthquake.How did the army help the people in Tangshan?The army organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to bury those who were dead.Miners were rescued f
10、rom the coal mines.Shelters were built for survivors whose homes had been destroyed.Fresh water was taken to the city.:After the earthquakePracticeSuppose the earth shakes suddenly,what will you do to protect yourself?keep away from the power lines(电线杆)drop onto the ground cover our head and neck wi
11、th an armWays on self-rescue(自救)If on the road,keep away from the signs keep away from the buildingsUnited,we stand;Divided,we fall.When one place is hit by a disaster,help streams in from all over the country.一方有难，八方支援1.Finish exercise 1 on page 63.2.Underline the important phrases and sentences in the text.Homework:
