U8 Reading (NXPowerLite).ppt

There was an earthquake in Taiwan in 1999. Many people lost their lives in the earthquake, but a boy called Timmy survived. Let’s listen to the story to see what happened to him. Then answer the questions below. An earthquake What was Timmy doing when the earthquake started? 2. How did people feel ? He was sleeping. People screamed in fear and ran in all directions. Questions 3. What happened to the building? 4. Where was Timmy when the shaking stopped? Pieces of glass and bricks fell down. Then the walls began to come down. It was dark and silent around him and he didn’t know where he was. He was trapped. 5. How did Timmy feel? 6. What did Timmy do while he was waiting for help? When he found that he was trapped, a moment of fear went through his mind but he told himself to calm down. He started to pull himself slowly through the dark. 7. How was he saved? People quickly moved away the bricks and and saved him. B. Timmy and the earthquake Match the words on the left with the meanings on the right. shake scream come down silent at last safe finally fall to the ground give a loud high cry not in danger move quickly from side to side,up and down,etc. quiet 1. Timmy was asleep when the earthquake started. 2. At first, Timmy heard a loud noise like thunder. 3. People ran in the same direction in the street. 4. Timmy was trapped in a dark place after the earthquake stopped. 5. There was not enough space for Timmy to pull himself through. 6. People found Timmy soon after he was trapped. B2. Matching the pictures with the captions. Then put the pictures into the correct order. I saw the bright daylight. I was trapped. The walls came down. I screamed for help. Some people ran out of the building. The earth started to shake. I screamed for help. Some people ran out of the building. I saw the bright daylight. The earth started to shake. I was trapped. The walls came down. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Fill in the blanks with the words below. beating bricks cal