高中英语《Earthquakes》课件4.ppt

* Unit 4 5th period Translate the following into English . E. 2 (page 63) 1.?She was too nervous to eat anything the evening before. 2.?When the second quake was felt, people ran out their houses right away. 3.??After that terrible disaster, 60% of homeless children were sent to live in other safe cities. 4.?They used candles al the time instead of electricity. 5.? A little girl was dug out the ruins to the north of the factory. 6.? We were very proud of the soldiers who rescued the boys from the rushing water. 7.??We need to honour those who organized the rescue work. Listening Speaking Listen to the tape and tell whether they are true of false. Inside the earth there are a number of plates. These plates move all the time. If they stop moving there is an earthquake. If they jump there is an earthquake. China is in an earthquake area. The Pacific plate is pushing on China from the east. The Himalayan mountains were caused by the movement of plates. 8. Human beings have the power to stoop earthquakes. F F F T T T T F Ways of reducing losses from earthquakes The Indian plate pushes on The Pacific plate pushes on In 1906 the Pacific plate suddenly jumped Moving speed of the Pacific plate Cause of earthquakes Listen to the tape again and them complete the following table Earth plates jump and produce shock waves Moving at 5.3 cm a year China from the southwest to northeast. China from the east to the west. Not building where plates meet; building on rock; building strong houses Earth plates jump and produce shock waves My Earthquake Plan 1st thing I must do______________________________ __________________________________________. 2nd thing I must do_____________________________ ____________________________________________ __________________________________________. 3rd thing I must do ___________________________ __________________________________________ ________________________________.