lesson 26 and 27 earthquakes

Lesson 26 and 27Earthquakes

深圳市田东中学

高一英语组

1.Act out the dialogue2.Retell the dialogue begin with “Carl will never forget the big earthquake in 1989. He said…”

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San Francisco

Read Earthquake (1) as quickly as possible, find its main idea

Two of the biggest earthquakes in San Francisco and causes of earthquakes.

It happened on ________________________ . ______________________ was destroyed. ___________________________ were burnt. ______________ people lost their homes. _______________ people died.

DetailsMain Idea

the morning of April 18. A great part of the city

The 1906 Earthquake

A large number of buildings

250,000

700

Para.1

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It happened _____________________________ . It was America’s_________________________ . Many people were ______ in their________ . Buildings __________________ and there were a lot of _______ all over the city. The electricity____________________________ .

DetailsMain Idea

on the evening of Oct. 17

second strongest earthquake

carswere destroyed

was cut off for several days

The1989Earthquake

killed

Para. 2-3

fires

Fill in form

The outside of the earth is made of _______________ .

Two of the earth’s plates which join together suddenly _____________ .

DetailsMain Idea

Causes of Earthquakes

six different plates

jumpPara. 4

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Paragraph 4

Pacific plate

American plateEurasian plate

Indian plateAfrican

plate

Antarctic plate

★San Francisco

Paragraph 4

Pacific plate

↖American plate

San Francisco●

Para. 5

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along the lines where two of the earth’s plates join together.

Main Idea Details

Don’t build houses

Build houses on not

on .

Make the houses

Struggles

against

earth-quakes

rock

sandas strong as possible.

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Main Idea Details

“The Big

One ”

Many more people in and around San Francisco may .

Many more houses and buildings will

die

be destroyed.Para. 6

Discuss the following questions:

1. Why do earthquakes happen?2. What can we do to reduce( 减少 ) the damage( 破坏 )of the earthquakes?

1.Ex.1 ,2and 3 on page 89 in the workbooks.2.Review Lesson 26 and 27.