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1、Unit 4 Earthquakes,我國地震分布,1) Do you know what would happen before an earthquake?,2) What can we do to keep ourselves safe from an earthquake?,Discussion,Bright lights flash in the sky,Animals are too nervous, such as cows, pigs, horses, and snakes, etc.,Predictions of an earthquake:,1) Bright ligh

2、ts flash in the sky;,3) The well walls have deep cracks with smelly gas;,4) Animals are too nervous, such as cows, pigs, horses, and snakes, etc;,5) Mice run out to look for places to hide;,6) Fish jump out of the ponds.,2) The water in the well rise and fall;,An Earthquake,A terrible earthquake ha

3、ppened in India.,Tangshan, Hebei,July 28th, 1976,THE EARTH DIDNT SLEEP,A NIGHT,Reading,Join the correct parts of the sentences.,Do a fast-reading of the passage.,2 Before the earthquake the people they didnt worry because,1 The chickens didnt eat because,C they were nervous.,E they didnt know th

4、e quake caused the strange events.,3 Such a great number of people 4 Water was needed because 5 The people did not lose hope because,D dams and wells were useless.,B the quake happened while they were sleeping.,A the army came to help them.,___ Brick buildings were destroyed. ___ The wall

5、s of the village wells had cracks in them. ___ Shelters were put up for those with no homes. ___ Roads got huge cracks. ___ The army helped the survivors.,Listen to the passage and number each of these things happened during the Tangshan earthquake.,1,2,3,4,5,Paragraph 1,Paragraph 2,Paragraph 3,Look

6、 at the each part and write down its main idea.,,Part 1,Part 2,,Before 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.,Paragraph 4,Part 3,The army came to help the survivors, bringing ho

7、pe for a new life.,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 _________. ___

8、______ of the nation ____ it. ___________cut across the city. The city lay _______.,Strange things,rose and fell,cracks,smelly gas,nervous,shake,at an end,One-third,felt,A huge crack,in ruins,Two-thirds of the people _____ or ___________. Then later that afternoon, another big quake ______ Tang Shan

9、. People began to wonder ___________________________. But all hope ____________. _______ came to help those ________. Slowly, the city began to _____________.,died,were injured,shook,how long the disaster would last,was not lost,Soldiers,breathe again,survivors,Imagine your home begins to shake and

10、 you must leave it right away. imagine: form a mental picture imagine + n. /pron imagine sb. to be shake : cause to move to and fro,Language points,right away : at once ; in no time ; immediately right now : at this very moment Make up your mind___________. Ill return the book___________.,right

11、 now,right away,He _____from his chair when the door bell rang. Her job is _______chickens. Her temperature is still______. He ________ in rank recently.,2. rise vi. by the end of 用于表示時間的場合到結(jié)束的時候，用語過去完成時態(tài); in the end 意思“最后、終于”。,Compare: at the end of by the end of in the end,,1) . His fath

12、er will return home ___________this year. 2) . He will be a scientist __________. 3) . How many English words had you learned ____________ last term?,at the end of,in the end,by the end of,6. In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in_____.,ruins,lie (lay, lain): to be, remain or be kept in a

13、 certain state in ruins : severely damaged or destroyed,Compare: ruin destroy damage,,damage指部分“損壞”、“損害”、“破壞”或指使用價值有所降低。它可以用作動詞,也可以用作名詞,用作名詞時常與to something 連用。 The accident did a lot of damage to his car. destroy 只能用作動詞,指徹底破壞,以致不可能修復(fù),常作“破壞”、“毀滅”解,也可以指希望、計劃等打破。 The earthquake destroyed al

14、most the whole town.,ruin則表示破壞嚴(yán)重,以致不能修復(fù),但這種破壞不像destroy那樣毀滅某物,而是強(qiáng)調(diào)致使該物的使用價值發(fā)生了問題。用作動詞時,它作 “使毀滅”、 “使崩潰”、 “弄糟”解;用作名詞時,它表示 “毀滅”、 “瓦解”、 “廢墟”等抽象概念。ruin也有借喻的用法。 The fire ruined the castle. The house has fallen into ruin. The company is facing ruin.,The village ___in ruins after the war. These machines have

15、 ____idle since the factory closed. An earthquake left the whole town_______. His career is________.,lay,lain,in ruins,in ruins,Everywhere they looked nearly everything was_________.,destroyed,He ______ his girl friends prospects,ruined,Soft wood ________easily.,damages,injure: to hurt oneself/ sb.

16、/ sth. physically,7. Two-thirds of the people died or were _______ during the earthquake.,injured,More than 61% of the surface of the earth ____covered by water. Seventy percent of the workers in this factory ____ young.,is,are,Their criticisms _________him deeply. Smoking will ________his health. H

17、e was slightly ________in the car accident. He got _________in the fighting. What you said _____my feeling.,have hurt,injured,injured,wounded,hurt,Compare: injure hurt wound,,wonder v. A. to have a feeling of surprise. B. to be filled with curiosity or doubt. n. one that arouses ast

18、onishment, surprise ; admiration It is no wonder (that)= No wonder (that),wonder,8. People began to ________how long the disaster would last.,---Tom often works deep into the night every day. ---No wonder he always gets first in the examinations.,9. All hope was not lost. allnot = not all;som

19、e but not all Not all the children are left. (= Only some of them left early.) Not all the children are noisy. (= Some of the children are not noisy.) none of .. None of us were allowed to go there. None of these reports is very helpful.,10. bury the dead. bury : A. to place in the ground B. to o

20、ccupy (oneself) with deep concentration; absorb The dog buried the bone in the ground. I buried myself in my studies. bury oneself in = be buried in devote oneself to = be devoted to,Discussion,What can we do to reduce the damage of earthquakes?,How can we protect ourselves and help others in th

21、e earthquake?,keys,1. 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.,,1. Practice reading the whole text.,2. Finish off the exercise. Learning about language.,