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1、Unit 4 EarthquakesUnit 4 Earthquakes15 seconds Sometimes it is destroyed by some natural disasters, so it is also dangerous. How do you think of our world? Is it beautiful? However, is our world alwaysbeautiful and safe?Why?Step1: Review Lets watch a movie.Step2: SkimmingTask 1: The passage mainly t
2、alks a/an _(what) that happened in _(where) in _(when).earthquakeTangshan1976Task 2: Divide the passage into 3 partsAnd find out the main idea of each part.Part1Part2Part3 Para.1Para.2-3Para.4What happened duringthe quake and the damagecaused by the quake. The rescue work after theearthquake.Signs b
3、efore the earthquake.Part I(para. 1)What happened before the earthquake?Step3: Careful readingList the strange things that happened beforethe earthquake according to Para.1: Signs before the earthquake:The water in the wells _and _. The well walls haddeep_ and a gas _came out of it.rosefellcrackssme
4、llySigns before the earthquake: Chickens and pigs were too _ to eat. Mice ran out of the fields _places to hide. Fish _out bowls and ponds.nervouslooking forjumpedupset,worriedPart II(para. 2-3)Read the text about para2,3, and fill in the blanks.During the earthquake Main ideaDetails Damageduring th
5、e earthquakePara.2-3At 3:42 am, the _earthquake of the 20th century began._ _burst from holes in the ground.Hard hill of the rock became rivers of_.The railway tracks were now _ pieces of _._now filled the wells instead of water.Water, food, and _were hard to get.greatestSteam electricitySandsteelus
6、elessdirtHow the army helped the people in Tangshan?The army organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to bury those who were trapped.Miners were rescued from the coal mines.Shelters were built for survivors whose homes had been destroyed.Fresh water was taken to the city.After the earth
7、quakePart III(para. 4) 1. Strange things were happening in the country side of northwest Hebei. 2. Farmers noticed the well walls had deep cracks, so they paid much attention to them. 3. Such a great number of people died because the quake happened while they were working.4. Almost everything in Tan
8、gshan was destroyed.Step4: Post reading Tangshans new look After the earthquake,with all the help from all parties, Tangshan began to breathe again. Now it has become a modern city with a large number of new tall buildings. Step5:Group work1. Lets do a survey. Suppose one of you is a survivor whose
9、hometown was hit by an earthquake. Other students can ask some questions to know more things about this earthquake. What should we do to protect ourselves if an earthquake happened?Step6：SummaryLook for the main idea of each part and putting it down in a sentence. 1._2. _3. _4. _Before the earthquak
10、e， began to happen but no one them.The earthquake the city of Tangshan.The people were very at the destruction.The army came to help the , bringing hope for a new life.strange things paid attention todestroyedshockedsurvivorsStep7: Homework Retell the storyshakeat an endOne-thirdfeltA huge crackin r
11、uins _ happened in Tangshan. 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, everythingbegan to _. It seemed that the world was _. _ of the nation _ it. _ cut across the city. The city lay _. Strange thingsrose and fellcra
12、ckssmelly gasnervoushow long the disaster would lastwas not lostSoldiersbreathe againsurvivorsTwo-thirds of the people _ or_. Then later that afternoon, another big quake _ Tangshan. People began to wonder _. But all hope _. _ came to help those _. Slowly, the city began to _.were injureddiedshookWish you good luck everyday!
