必修1“Unit 4 Earthquakes”2 .pptVIP

Earthquakes A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN’T SLEEP first reading : main idea Para.1 Para.2 Para.3 Para.4 * * What can you see in this picture? Everything was destroyed(毁灭) The city became ruin(废墟) unit4 → Shake (震动，颤抖） Discuss The house begin to shake, you must leave it right away. You have time to take only one thing. What will you take? Why? Buildings were destroyed. Roads got huge cracks crack → Most of bridges fell or were not safe for travelling A great number of people died and the number of people losing their homes was large. crack→ Discussion: What do you think may happen before an earthquake? People can see bright lights in the sky. The dogs ran anywhere and kept shouting. Too nervous to eat Very upset, didn’t calm down Mice ran out of the fields looking for places to hide. Fish jumped out of rivers and ponds . Reading A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN’T SLEEP . Listen to the tape, then answer this question: 1. What is the passage mainly tell us about? Earthquake in Tangshan . 2.When did the earthquake happen? 3. How many people died or injured in this disaster? On July28,1976 More than 400,000 Some strange things happened before the earthquake. The world was at an end. The earthquake hit the city. The damage of the city in the earthquake The rescue to the city. Read through the first paragraph carefully and then answer the following questions: What were happening in the countryside in northeast Hebei province? 2. What were people doing when the earthquake happened? (Para.1) Most of them were sleeping that night. 3. Why the people did not notice these events? They never thought there would be an earthquake soon. / They knew little about earthquake. True or false: Two-third of the nation felt the earthquake. ( ) 2. All the people in Tangshan died or were injured during the earthquake. ( ) All