Earthquakes课件20.pptVIP

Warming up Discuss 有关汶川地震的相关英语词汇 汶川： Wenchuan county 震中： the epicenter 死亡人数：death toll 确认的死亡人数The confirmed national death toll reached 14,866 Another 9,404 were buried in debris * * Reading 1.Have you ever experienced a natural disaster? 2.Can you tell me all the disaster? Earthquake Flood Fire Volcano eruption Typhoon Moving plate Moving plate Push against each other Plates movement Why earthquakes happen? Can you tell some information about the wenchuan earthquake? 2008 5.12 China earth quake- You can make a difference! /u/vw/1082678 1.What can you see in the pictures? Tangshan is a beautiful city with gardens, wide roads. San Francisco is a city with tall buildings thickly standing on the earth. Tangshan San Francisco 2.What will happen to the cities if there is an earthquake? These two cities are famous for their earthquakes during a period of calm. 2. What do you think may happen before an earthquake? ① Weather —— ② Animals —— ③ Wells —— ④ Water pipes —— the sky is very bright, And cloud is very low . Chickens fly up trees; Pigs are too nervous to eat; Dogs bark; Mice run out of the fields; Fish jump out of water; cracks; smelly gas; water boil. crack and burst Pre-reading If there is an earthquake now. Your begins to shake and you must leave it right away . You have time to take only one thing .what will you take? And why? city There has been a big earthquake in this city , What might happen to all things ? cracks, cut across houses, roads and canals, fall down, lie in ruins, destroy, damage, loss Some answer key words Many people killed or injured Roads destroyed Buildings :Weak fall down, strong stay up Water ,gas , and electricity hard to get; Hills of rocks become dirty ; Children lost parents. shocked; Frightened and hopeless; Worried Damage Feelings Earthquake feelings rescue work damage evens Brainstorm The Tangshan earthquake is really a great disaster to the human being a