Unit4earthquake精要.pptx

Unit 4 ;Mr.Nature;When he is cheerful...;When he gets angry...;what kinds of natural disasters do you know?;flood;earthquake;Which earthquakes do you know?;2016年熊本地震Kumamoto earthquake是指自2016年4月14日起发生于日本熊本县的一系列连环地震;5·12汶川地震，发生于北京时间2008年5月12日14时28分04秒，震中位于中华人民共和国四川省阿坝藏族羌族自治州汶川县映秀镇与漩口镇交界处。根据中国地震局的数据，地震烈度达到9度。;;Background;indication of an impending earthquake;earthquake sound 地声 People can hear the strange sound under the ground.;the unusual behavior of animals 动物异常 Animals are too nervous,mice run out of their holes and fish jump out of the water.;Protective measure 保护措施;A Night The Earth Didnt Sleep;Turn to Page 26 Listen to the tapy Scan the passage Answer the questions;Question:;Para.1?;1. What natural signs of a coming disaster were there? Answer: ?For three days the water in the village wells rose and fell, rose and fell. ?Farmers noticed that the well walls had deep cracks in them. ?A smelly gas came out of the cracks. ④In the farmyards, the chickens and even the pigs were too nervous to eat. Mice ran out of the fields looking for places to hide. Fish jumped out of their bowls and ponds. ⑤At about 3:00 am on July 28, 1976, some people saw bright lights in the sky. In the city, the water pipes in some buildings cracked and burst.;2. Can you think of some reasons why these signs werent noticed? Answer: The one million people of the city, who thought little of these events, were asleep as usual that night.;3. How much loss did the first earthquake cause ? Answer: One-third of the nation felt it.A huge crack that was eight kilometers long and thirty meters wide cut across houses ,roads and canals. Steam burst from holes in the ground. Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt. Two-thirds of them died or were injured during the earthquake. Thousands of families were killed and many children were left without parents. Two dams fell and most of the bridges also fell or were not safe for traveling. The railway tracks were now useless pieces of