Unit 4EarthquakeUsing language,Reading and speaking,Look at the pictures and discuss what happened.,Tang shans new look,Here is a letter of invitation. Read it carefully and answer the following questions.,1. Who write the letter?,2. Who will receive the letter? People who have won the students high school speaking competition about new Tangshan.,Zhang Sha.,3. What was the park built for?4. When will the student speak to the park visitor?,To honour those who died in the terrible disaster and those who helped the survivors.,On July 28 at 11:00 am.,1. invitation n. 邀请,invite v.,a letter of invitation 一封邀请信,2. give a speech 作报告/演讲,3. Office of the City Government 市政府办公室,Words &. Expressions,4. be pleased to do sth 愿意高兴乐于做某事5. the speaking competition 演讲比赛,= be glad / happy to do,6. judge n. 评委、裁判员、法官 He was a poor judge of man. 他看人的能力很差。 The prisoner was taken to the judge. 他被带到了法官那儿。 v. 断定、判断、判决 A blind man cannot judge colors. 盲人不能判断颜色。 翻译: 不要以貌取人。 Dont judge a man by his appearance.,7. be proud of you 以而感自豪I am proud of you.8. honour n./v. 荣誉、尊敬、敬意、纪念我们应该尊敬父母。We should honour our parents. = We should show honour to our parents.,honour sb. / sth. 尊重某人/事 show honour to sb. / sth. in honour of 为了纪念这纪念碑是为纪念在战争中死去的战士而立的。The monument was built in honor of the dead in the war.,9. have sb. do sth (主动) have sb. doing sth (主动/持续) have sth/sb done (被动) I wont have you say such words. He had us laughing all through lunch. I will have my hair cut tomorrow.,10. as you know 如你所知,11. on that special day 在那个特殊的日子,9. write an article for 为写文章,10. write an outline 写提纲,11. disaster-hit areas 受灾区,12. frighten, frightened , frighteninga. They were trying to _the public to give in.b. She seemed to be _of the interview.c. The speed of the car was _,frighten,frightened,frightening,Now in pairs prepare a short speech.,Thank Mr Zhang Sha and the government for inviting you to speak.Thank those who helped the survivors and list what they did after the quake.Thank those who worked hard to build a new city.,Encourage the people to be always proud of their city.Describe your feelings about the city, which is known as the “Brave City of China”.Thank the visitors for listening to your speech.,I would like to express my thanks to who .; Here, I wish to express my thanks to the great efforts Id also like to thank No words are strong enough to express our ; It was terrible when It seemed as if I remember I felt Not long after that Luckily, ,One possible speech: Ladies and gentlemen,Good morning. Its my great honor to be given the chance to give the speech.Thank Mr Zhang and the city government for inviting me to speak. And thank all of you to attend this activity.,Everybody knows that this park will be open to honor those who died in the terrible disaster on this day 33 years ago. We should say that all of you are very lucky to have survived. But never can we forget those who helped you do the rescue work. They dug out those who had been trapped and buried the dead.,They also helped build the new city. They built new homes and offices in only seven years. For this work, many workers and soldiers lost their lives. We should show our greatest honor to them. When I first arrived in the city yesterday, I came to understand why Tangshan was called “Brave City of China”.,What you have done made the whole world surprised. Look at the tall buildings and the beautiful environment. How brave you are! I think you should always be proud of the city. Thank you for listening to my speech.,Look at the stamps of new Tangshan and discuss what had to be done to rebuild a city after an earthquake.,Sample discussion:S1: Lets look at the stamps. They seem to show new houses, a new city center, new factories, schools, hospitals and a new port.S2: That shows how strong the earthquake must have been and how much damage there was if so much of Tangshan had to be replaced.,S1: Yes, indeed. The people of Tangshan must have had a terrible time while the earthquake was happening.S2: Yes. I wonder how long they had to live in temporary accommodation?S1: Well, the United Nations praised the people of Tangshan for rebuilding their city so quickly. It only took seven years.,S2: There must have been so much to do: clear the site of ruined buildings; design new ones that would withstand another earthquake; bring in new building materials, bring in the workers to build the factories, homes etc. Such a lot of work!,S1: Yes, and meanwhile the people had to live in tents. They must have worried a lot about how they would pay for food and clothes. Poor things!S2: Indeed, we owe them a lot. And they made everyone aware of the dangers of earthquakes and how to prepare for another one. They themselves were survivors in more ways than one!,