Earthquakes-listening课件.ppt

* Listening Listen to the tape 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. 3. A lot of people were buried under the ruins. F F T 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 then complete the following questions. 1. When did the earthquake begin? . 2. What did the speaker do after he woke up? . 3. What did he see and hear outside? 4. What happened to the man next to him? 5. How did he get away from the city? 6.Which of your adjectives describe the man’s feelings most closely? I awoke as I was thrown from my bed. When I tried to walk, the floor shook so that I fell. I grabbed my clothing and hurried downstairs. Suddenly the lights went out, and everyone rushed for the door. Outside I saw things I never want to see again. It was daytime. Listening text The air was filled with falling rocks. People around me were getting buried under buildings that were crashing down. Other huge buildings were shaking. Every moment there were terrible sounds. I asked a man standing next to me what happened. Before he could answer, hundreds of bricks fell on him and he was killed. All around me were great fires. As I ran people everywhere were crying and calling for help. I thought the end of the world had come! Then I met a man who knew the way to a boat, and we ran in its direction. Men, women and children were trying to dig themselves out of the ruins. Thousands of people, crazy with worry, were running down the street and every minute someone was hit by falling bricks. In some places, the streets had cracks and opened. Huge holes were all around me. I saw many frightened cows rush up Market Street and drop into a great crack in the earth. How I reached the boat I cannot say. Some people even tore the clothes from the backs of others as they tried to get into the boat. Later, the su