必修一unit4_Listening.pptVIP

Listening Earthquake happened in San Francisco, 1906. 1906年旧金山大地震，发生于1906年4月18日清晨5点12分左右，芮氏规模为7.8，震中位于接近旧金山的圣安地列斯断层上。自奥勒冈州到加州洛杉矶，甚至是位于内陆的内华达州都能感受到地震的威力。这场地震及随之而来的大火，对旧金山造成了严重的破坏，可以说是美国历史上主要城市所遭受最严重的自然灾害之一 。 1. The man was sleeping downstairs when the earthquake happened. 2. Many huge buildings were shaking –bricks were falling. F T 3. A lot of people were buried under the ruins. 4. Some cows were killed in the fire. 5. He felt safer because he got away easily. T F F 1. When did the earthquake begin? The earthquake began around 5 o’clock in the morning. 2. What did the speaker do after he woke up? The speaker rushed outside as soon as he woke up. 3. What did he see and hear outside? He heard people crying and shouting. He saw people running everywhere and bricks falling down from buildings. There were big fires too. 4. What happened to the man next to him? The man next to him was killed by bricks falling from a nearby building. 5. How did he get away from the city? He got away from the city by boat. 6. Which of your adjectives describe the man’s feelings most closely? Very shocked, devastated. 1 I asked a man standing nex(t) to me wha(t) happened. 2 Some of them ha(d) broken their legs and others were climbing upon each other to get out. Read the sentences below and pay attention to liaison and incomplete explosion. Listening on Page 62 Read the six statements in Exercise 1 and predict the content of listening. Listen to the tape for the first time and check your predicted answers. Listen to the tape again and tell whether they are true or false. 1. It is believed that on the surface of the earth are a number of plates. 2. The plates are always moving. 3. If the plates stop move, there is an earthquake. T T F 4. If the plates move, there is an earthquake. 5. Wherever you live, you are in an earthquake area. 6. China has two plates pushing on her and they make mountains and earthquakes. F F T Listen to Part 1 and answer