Book7 Unit1 Reading重大版英语选修7Unit 1要点.ppt

Father and Son in an Earthquake Reading Guess the meaning of the words in colour to prepare for reading. flatten 爆炸 devastation 大面积的破坏 pancake 危及 initial 变平 the pile of ruins 处理 explosion 勇敢地 endanger 烙饼 handle 开始的 courageously 倒塌 collapse 一片废墟 Read the text and finish Exercises 1 and 2 on Page 3. Task One All the helpless parents came to help the father dig through the ruins. The father found 33 school children buried under the school ruins, but 14 of them were dead. The huge earthquake in American in 1989 lasted for four minutes. The father dug for 40 hours and then he heard his son’s voice. The earthquake had already flattened the school when the father arrived. The fire chief promised to help the father search for his son. The son let his father save the other kids first. The children found were both thirsty and hungry , but hopeful. The other didn’t help The father found 14 school children buried under the school ruins. The huge earthquake struck America. more than 38 thankful The correct order Read the text carefully and finish No.2,3,5 of Exercises 3 on Page 3. Task Two “… rushed to the school where his son was supposed to be, only to discover that the building was as flat as a pancake.” The underlined part suggests that ______. A. the condition of the school building was totally out of the father’s expectation. B. The father was very sad to find the school like this C. The father came to school in order to find out the condition of the school building D. The condition of the school building was easy to find 2. When the father looked at the pile of ruins that once was his son’s school,_______. A. he felt that there was little hope that his son was alive B. He thought that it