Earthquake教学课件14.pptVIP

When would these pictures happen? On May 12, 2008, a big earthquake happened in Wenchuan, Sichuan,China. On July 28, 1976, an earthquake happened in Tangshan, Hebei. There are two big earthquakes happened in china in history: A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN’T SLEEP reading What does the passage mainly talk about? An earthquake happened in Tangshan in 1976. 5m Look through the text quickly and find out a timeline: 1. for three days: 2. at about 3:00 am on July 28,1976: 3. 4. 5. at 3:42 am on July 28,1976 afternoon on July 28,1976 soon after the earthquake Detailed Reading Listen to Para. 1 and find out the topic sentence Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeast Hebei. Fill the blanks: (main idea : signs before the quake.) Time Events For three days At about 3:00 am on July 28,1976 Water in the well … Well walls … A smelly gas … Animals (chickens, pigs, mice, and fish … Bright lights … The sound of planes… Some water pipes … Listen to Para.2-3 and find out what happened in the earthquake? At 3:42 am on July 28,1976 everything … huge cracks … steam … rock … 75% buildings and 90% houses more than 400,000 people … Descriptions after the quake: everywhere …everything … bricks… two dams … the railway racks … animals (cows, pigs, chickens…) the wells … people … later that afternoon: 1. a second quake … 2. more damage … main idea of the two paragraphs: damage caused by the quake. Listen to Para 4 and get the reactions to the earthquake: soon after the quake: the army …people … miners … shelters … water and other supplies … Retell the story ____________ happened in Tangshan. For a few days, water in the wells _____________. From the _______ of wells ___________ come out. Mice, chickens, pigs and even fish became ________. At 3a.m, everything began to ______.It seemed that the world was __________. __________ of the nation