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Unit 4 Earthquakes How many natural disasters do you know? typhoon tsunami(海啸) tornado, hurricane sand storm volcanic eruption drought flood fire earthquake Tangshan, Hebei July 28th, 1976 2008. 5. 12 Wenchuan Earthquake Can you describe how terrible the earthquake was? The town lay in ruins. 破败不堪 The buildings fell down. 倒塌 Roads cracked. v. 开裂 Many people were killed or injured. adj. 受伤的 A great number of people lost their homes. 许多，大量 Why does the earthquake happen? *地震是怎么形成的？.mp4 Read the passage and find out the structure of it. Structure of the text Part Events Before the earthquake (Paragraph _______) _____________ were happening both in the countryside and in the city of Tangshan but people _____________ them. During the earthquake (Paragraph _______) The earthquake __________ the city and _________ the people. shocked destroyed 2-3 thought little of Strange things 1 Part Events After the earthquake (Paragraph _______) Soldiers were sent to dig out those trapped and _______ the dead; _______ were built for the homeless and ___________ was taken to the city. fresh water shelters to bury 4 Read paragraph 1 and fill in the circles. ran out of the field to hide could be heard even though there were no planes deep cracks, smelly gas bright lights too nervous to eat jumped out of the bowls and ponds strange things rose and fell well walls chickens and pigs mice fish sky the sound of planes water pipes cracked and burst water Data (数据) _____ of the nation felt the earthquake. A huge crack that was __ kilometres long and _____ metres wide cut across houses. In ___ terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins. ____ of the people died or were injured during the earthquake. The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than ________. All of the city’s hospitals, _____ of its factories and buildings and _____ of its homes were gone. 1/3 8 30 15 2/3 400,000 75% 90% Para. 2-3 The damage was terrible