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Module 3 The Violence of Nature Period 5 Cultural corner 学案 Activity 1: Fast reading：go through the text quickly and answer the following questions on page 29. Activity 2: careful reading Read para1—para2 carefully and finish the following exercises. 1. True or False Less than 400 earthquakes happen worldwide every day.（ ） China is located in one of the most active earthquake regions in the world.（ ） The earthquake in Shaanxi Province affected seven provinces in China.（ ） The earthquake covered an area of 800 square kilometers.（ ） There were 830,000 people who lost their homes.（ ） 2. Fill in the blanks China ____ _________ _____one of the most active earthquake regions in the world. One of the most serious _______ in Hua County in Shaanxi Province in 1556. The earthquake _______ eight provinces in Central China. It _______ an area of 800 square Read para3—para5 carefully and answer the following questions. Which earthquake was the worst in the US? How long did it last? How many buildings were destroyed by the fire which was caused by earthquake? Was the damage big? How many people died in the earthquake? What caused the earthquake? Fill in the blanks The ________ earthquake in the US occurred in 1906. It ______for a minute and caused fires which destroyed ___ ______ ___25,000 buildings. The earthquake and fires caused about 3,000_______. The earthquake was caused by a _________ on the San Andreas Fault. One hundred years _____, movements on the San Andreas Fault ________ to cause problems for the whole of California. Activity 3: Useful Phrases. Find the useful words and phrases used to describe earthquakes. Hua California terrible earthquakes occur (vi) affect (v) → effect(n) cover an area of be killed in all lose one’s life …… the worst earthquake the fires burn (v) destroy (v) damage( v) be killed be made homeless cause…deaths …… Activity 4: Sentences. In some communities, 60% of the population were kill