Listening,Listen to the tape and answer the questions.,Who is speaking? Where was the person at the time?,Listening,Page 31,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. 4. Some cows were killed in the fire. 5. He felt safer because he go away easily.,Listen to the tape and then tell whether they are true or false.,F,T,T,F,F,just awake,Some cows dropped into a deep crack in Market Street.,He felt safer when he was being cared for by the soldiers after he got away from the city.,2,Listen to the tape again and answer the following questions,When did the earthquake begin? What did the speaker do after he woke up?,The earthquake began around 5 oclock in the morning.,The speaker rushed outside as soon as he woke up.,3,3. What did he see and hear outside?,When he got outside he thought the world had come to an end. He heard people crying and shouting. He saw people running everywhere and bricks falling down from buildings. There were big fires too.,What happened to the man next to him? How did he get away from the city? Which of your adjectives describe the mans feelings most closely?,The man next to him was killed by bricks falling from a nearby building.,He got away from the city by boat.,Very shocked, devastated.,Pacific plate,American plate,Eurasian plate,India plate,African plate,Antarctic plate,Pacific plate,North,South,West,East,American plate,Life is beautiful. We must love our lives. In an earthquake SPEED IS LIFE.,Lets practise hiding.,Listening,Page 62,Read the statements and then listen to the whole text. Decide whether the statements are true or false. Give your reasons.,Part 1,Part 2,1,It is believed that on the surface of the earth are a number of plates. The plates are always moving. If the plates stop moving, there is an earthquake. If the plates move, there is an earthquake. Wherever you live, you are in an earthquake area. China has two plates pushing on her and they make mountains and earthquakes.,T,T,T,F,F,F,Listen to the text and answer these questions.,Why do earthquakes happen? Why do California, China and Japan have a lot of earthquakes?,Earthquakes happen when two moving plates jump and push against each other.,California, Japan and China have a lot of earthquakes because they are placed in areas where different plates meet.,Part 1:,2,Part 2:,Do not build houses along a line where two plates meet. Make sure you build houses on rock rather than on sand. You must make the houses as strong as possible . Weak buildings will fall down and strong ones may stay up.,Heal the World,Homework,Write a passage about Wenchuan earthquake and talk people what to do during an earthquake.,Thank You!,同學(xué)們,來學(xué)校和回家的路上要注意安全,同學(xué)們,來學(xué)校和回家的路上要注意安全,