Unit 4 Unit 4 EarthquakeEarthquake人教版高中英语模块一人教版高中英语模块一人教版高中英语模块一人教版高中英语模块一1 1How many Natural Disasters do you know? typhoon tornado, hurricaneseismic sea wave / tsunami2volcanic eruptionsand stormthunderstorm3fire4 4flood5 5Which disaster may cause the worst damage? earthquakeWarming up-II-sharing (1m)6 6Earthquake7 7How much do you know about an earthquake?Many people diedPeople lost their homes. Many things were destroyed.Pre-reading-discussion (2m)8 8Tangshan, HebeiJuly 28th, 19769 9Tang shans new look1010Discussion:What do you think will happen before an earthquake?1112Animals are too nervous, such as cows, dogs, horses, and snakes, etc.131) Bright light flash in the sky.2) The well has deep cracks in it, and the water in it rises and falls.3) Chickens are flying and dogs are barking, and pigs and cows are too nervous to eat.4) Fish jump out of the pond, and mice run wildly out of the fields.Signs before an earthquake:14 A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDNT SLEEP1515Fast readingFast reading What does the passage mainly talk about?An earthquake happened in Tangshan in 1976Reading-I-fast reading (4m)16161. The chickens didnt eat because2. The people didnt worry because3. Such a great number of people died because4. Water was needed because5. The people did not lose hope becauseA. the army came to help them. B. the quake happened while they were sleeping.C. they were nervous. D. dams and wells were useless.E. they didnt know what the strange events meant.17Scanning: Scan the passage and find out the topic sentence of each paragraph.Paragraph Topic sentence Position in the paragraph1Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeast Hebei. beginning 2Everything began to shake. It seemed as if the world was at an end. beginning 3Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed. beginning 4All hope was not lost. beginning 18Paragraph 1Paragraph 2Paragraph 3Look at each part and write down its main idea.Part 1Part 2Before the earthquake strange things began to happen but no one took any notice of them.The earthquake destroyed the city of Tangshan and shocked the people very much.19Paragraph 4Part 3The army came to help the survivors, bringing hope for a new life.20Sum up the main idea of each paragraph.(use one word to describe it)signsdamagesrecoveryPara1Para 2&3Para 4Detail readingReading-III-detailed reading (5m)21Careful readingFind the key words to support the topic sentences.water, well walls, smelly gas, chickens and pigs,mice, fish, bright lights,the sound of planes, water pipesseem strangeSigns before an earthquakethe earthquake began, a huge crack, steam, hard hills, people died or injuredbegan to shakeWhat happened in the earthquake22Careful readingFind the key words to support the topic sentences.hospitals, factories, buildings,bricks, dams, bridges, railway tracks, cows, pigs and chickensdestroyedAfter the earthquakethe army helps, dig out, bury the dead, miners rescued, built shelterrescue the city began to breathe again23Sum up the main idea of each part of the passage.(use one word to describe)Part 1: para 1Part 2: para 2&3Part 3: para 4signsdamagerecoveryReading-II-scanning (2m)2424Main IdeaDetails_ things were happening in the countryside in northeast Hebei.The water in the wells _ and _. A _ gas came out of the cracks.The chickens and pigs were too _ to _. Fish _out of the bowls and ponds.Mice _ out of the fields.At _ am on July 28, 1976, people saw _ _ in the sky. signs before Earthquake Para.1Fill in the blanksStrangerosefellsmellynervouseatjumpedran3:00bright lights2525Main IdeaDetails At _ am, the _ earthquake of the 20th century began ._ burst from holes in the ground.Hard hills of the rock became rivers of _._ covered the ground like red autumn leaves. Two _ and most of the bridges fell. The railway tracks were now _pieces of _._ now filled the wells instead of water.Water,food,and _ were hard to get.Damage caused byearthquakePara. 2-3Fill in the blanks3:42greatestSteamdirtBricksdamsuselesssteelSandelectricity2626Data(数据数据)v of the nation felt the earthquake .v A huge crack that was kilometres long and metres wide cut across houses.vIn terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins. v of the people died or were injured during the earthquake.v The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than .vAll of the citys hospitals, _ of its factories and buildings and of its homes were gone.1/3830152/3400,00075%90%Para. 2-32727 Retell the story _ happened in Tang Shan. For a few days, water in the wells _. From the _ of wells _come out. Mice, chicken, pigs and even fish became _. At 3:00 am, everything began to _.It seemed that the world was _. _ of the nation _ it. _cut across the city. The city lay _. Strange thingsrose and fellcrackssmelly gasnervousshakeat an endOne-thirdfeltA huge crackin ruins2828Two-thirds of the people _ or _. Then later that afternoon, another big quake _ Tang Shan. People began to wonder _. But all hope _. _ came to help those _. Slowly, the city began to _.diedwere injuredshookhow long the disaster would lastwas not lostSoldiersbreathe againsurvivors2929 What shall we do if an earthquake happens?DiscussionDiscussion (3m)3030What can we do to reduce the damage of earthquakes?How can we protect ourselves and help others in the earthquake?31keys1. Build houses along the lines where two of the earths plates join together;2. Build the houses on rock than on sand.3. Make the houses as strong as possible, weak buildings will fall down in an earthquake.321. Practice reading the whole text.2. Finish off the exercise. Learning about language.333434