earthquake listening.pptVIP

1 How would you feel if your home was suddenly destroyed without warning? In pairs make a list of useful adjectives to express your feelings. * * * LOGO * 江陵实验高中：禹黎明 shocked, frightened, upset, confused….. Listen for the main idea A reporter is asking a man to ____________________ in the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. describe his experience 2. Listen again, and finish the exercises below: 1. I woke up when I was ________ out of the bed. 2. It seemed as if ___________________ came. 3. Bricks were ___________ from some buildings while big ones were shaking. 4. As we were carefully ________________ ,some frightened cows rushed up Market Street and dropped into one of the cracks . thrown the end of the world falling down picking our way Listen to the tape again and then tell whether they are true or false. 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 Listen to the tape again and in groups discuss these questions. 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 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 ge