江西省万载县株潭中学人教版高中英语必修一课件：UNIT 4 EARTHQUAKES PERIOD 1 .ppt

1、Warming up and readngHow many Natural Disasters do you know?typhoonseismic sea wave/tsunamitornado,hurricanethunderstormsand stormvolcanic eruptiondroughtflood hurricanefireearthquakeMany people believe that“It is always calm before a storm.”Look carefully at these photos.Do you know what happened t

2、o them in the past?Have a class discussion.TangshanSan FranciscoTangshan,HebeiJuly 28th,1976San Francisco April 18th,19062008.5.12WenchuanEarthquake2010.4.14 Yushu EarthquakeDo you know why an earthquake happens?The town lay in ruins.破败不堪Can you describe how terrible the earthquake was?The buildings

3、 fell down.倒塌 Roads cracked.v.开裂Many people were killed or injured.adj.受伤的A great number of people lost their homes.许多,大量ReadingA NIGHT THE EARTH DIDNT SLEEP1.The text is written according to(根据)_.A.place B.time 2.Match(匹配)each paragraph with its main idea.Tips：Pay attention to(注意)the first and seco

4、nd sentences of each paragraph.Para.1_A.The earthquake caused unbelievable destruction to Tangshan.Para.2_ B.The earthquake happened and caused deaths or injuries in Tangshan.Para.3_ C.Help came soon after the quakes.Para.4_ D.No one paid attention though strange things happened.DBAC1.All the follow

5、ing unusual things happened before the quake EXCEPT that_.A.the water in the village wells rose and fellB.the chickens and even the pigs were too nervous to eatC.tens of thousands of cows would never give milk againD.fish jumped out of their bowls and ponds2.Before the earthquake people were asleep

6、as usual because_.A.they didnt notice anything strane happeningB.they knew well about earthquakesC.something strange happened in many placesD.they didnt realize the arrival of an earthquake3.When did the earthquake happen?A.At night on July 28,1976.B.On the morning of July 28,1976.C.On the afternoon

7、 of July 28,1976.D.The writer didnt tell us.4.Which is TRUE according to the passage?A.People paid much attention to those strange things before the earthquake.B.Before the earthquake animals became nervous.C.After the earthquake water was needed because there was no water in dams and wells.D.After

8、the earthquake the people in Tangshanlost hope because they were homeless.5.What does the sentence“Slowly,the city began to breathe again.”mean?A.The city will not die;it has hope and it can recover from the pain.B.The army sent 150,000 soldiers to Tangshanto help people.C.Hundreds of thousands of p

9、eople were helped.D.Most of the 10,000 miners were rescued.Structure of the textPart 1(Paragraph _)Before the earthquake Part 2(Paragraphs _)During the earthquake 2-31Part 3(Paragraph _)After the earthquake4What strange things happened before Tangshan earthquake?The water in the wells_and_.And some

10、deep _ could be seen in the well walls.A_gas came out of the cracks.rosefellcrackssmellyTime:For _ daysthreeThe chickens and even the pigs were_nervous _eat.tootosmellyMice ran out of the fields_places to hide.Fish _out of the bowls and ponds.looking forjumpedPeople could see _lights in the sky.The

11、_of planes could be heard_the city of Tangshan even when no planes were in the sky.In the city,the water_ in some buildings _ and _.brightTime:At about _on _3:00 amJuly 28,1976outsidesoundpipescrackedburstData(数据)v _ of the nation felt the earthquake.v A huge crack that was _ kilometres long and _ m

12、etres wide cut across houses.v In _ 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.

13、1/3830152/3400,00075%90%Para.2-3Fill in the blanks in the chart according to paragraph 3.Try to tell your partners about the damage the earthquake caused.leavessafesteelmilkdeadwellsruinsAfter the earthquakeRead Paragraph 4 and fill in the blanks.Try to understand what people did after the earthquak

14、e happened.The rescue150,000 1._ were sent to Tangshan.The army teams dug out the trapped and buried the 2._.Most of the 3._ were rescued.Workers built 4._ for the homeless people.Fresh 5._ was sent to the city.soldiersdead10,000 minersshelterswater_ happened in Tangshan.For a few days,water in the

15、wells _.From the _ of wells _ come out.Mice,chicken,pigs and even fish became _.At 3:42Strange thingsrose and fellcrackssmelly gasnervous1 Complete the summary of the passage.am,everything began to _.It seemed that the world was _._ of the nation _ it._ cut across the city.The city lay _.shakeat an

16、end One-thirdfeltA huge crackin ruinsTwo-thirds of the people _ or _.Then later that afternoon,another big quake _ Tangshan.People began to wonderdiedwere injuredshook_.But all hope _._ came to help those _.Slowly,the city began to _.how long the disaster would lastwas not lostSoldiersbreathe againsurvivorsHow to protect ourselves in an earthquake?AHide under the hard furniture(家具).BTurn off the gas.CUse something hard(硬的)to protect your head.DNever try to use the lift.All hope was not lost.