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How many Nature Disasters do you know? Bright lights flash in the sky Animals are too nervous, such as cows, dogs, horses, and snakes, etc. * Earthquake －－by Stella typhoon tornado, hurricane seismic sea wave / tsunami volcanic eruption sand storm thunderstorm floods drought mud-rock flow earthquake What do you know about earthquake? When some plates of the earth move suddenly, an earthquake happens. When an earthquake happens, great damage will be made and many people will be killed. Generally speaking, something strange will happen before an earthquake happens. What do you think will happen before an earthquake? The water in the well rise and fall The well walls have deep cracks with smelly gas Predictions of an earthquake: 1) Bright lights flash in the sky; 3) The well walls have deep cracks with smelly gas; 4) Animals are too nervous, such as cows, pigs, horses, and snakes, etc; 5) Mice run out to look for places to hide; 6) Fish jump out of the ponds. 2) The water in the well rise and fall; A terrible earthquake happened in India. Tangshan Tangshan, Hebei July 28th, 1976 Reading 1.How many parts can this text be divided into? And what is the main idea of each part? 2. Which is true according to the text? A. Before the earthquake, the chickens didn’t eat because they were nervous. B. After the earthquake the people in Tangshan lost hope because no one help them. C. The number of people who were killed or injured was 400,000 No one noticed anything strange happening before the earthquake. 3. Exercise 1 on page 27 ☆ Fast reading Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Look at the each part and write down its main idea. Part 1 Part 2 Before the earthquake strange things began to happen but no one took any notice of them. The earthquake destroyed the city of Tangshan and shocked the people very much. Paragraph 4 Part 3 The army came to help the survivors, bringing hope for a new life. 2. Which is true according to the t