Unit 4 Earthquakes-reading 课件 人教版必修1.pptVIP

Step One :Guessing (15分) 1.right away ____ ；2. wells ____ ３．pipes____； 4.burst ____ ； 5. million _____ ；6. event _____ ； ７．as if ___ ；8. at an end ___ ； nation ____； 10. canals ____； 11. steam ____ ；12. dirt ____ ； 13. in ruins ___ ；14. suffering ____ ；15.extreme_____ 16.injured ____； 17.destroy ____ ；18. brick ____ ；19. dam ____； 20. track ___ ；21. useless ______ ；22. shock____ ；23. quake ____ ；24. rescue___ ；25.trap ____ ；26.electricity __； 27. disaster ___ ；28.dig out ___； 29. bury _____ ； 30. shelter ___ Step two:Translate the sentences (10分) 1. In the farmyards , the chickens and even the pigs were too nervous to eat . 2. Mice ran out of the fields looking for places to hide . 3. But the one million people of the city , who thought little of these events , were asleep as usual that night . 4. It seemed as if the world was at the end ! 5. It was felt in Beijing , which is more than two hundred kilometers away . 6. A huge crack that was eight kilometers long and thirty meters wide cut across houses , roads and canals . 7.The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than 400,000 . 8. Then later that afternoon , another big quake which was almost as strong as the first one shook Tangshan . 9. The army organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead . 10. Workers built shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed . Fill in the blanks How many natural disasters do you know? Bright lights flash in the sky Animals are too nervous to sleep, such as cats, dogs, chickens, horses, ducks and rabbits, etc. Choose the best answer. (1)What is the mood of this passage? A.Sad. B.Serious. C.Serious and a bit sad. D.Calm (2)What can be inferred form the passage? A.If mice run out of the fields looking for places to hide,there must be an earthquake. B.If some natural signs had not been ignored,all the people in Tangshan city might have had a chance to survive. C.There wouldnt have been such a great