Unit 4 Earthquake

Fu Guozhen

Oct 15, 2012

Wenchuan, China

DuJiangYan

Tangshan

San Francisco

How much do you know about disasters?What damage will they bring to human beings?How can we keep us safe in these disasters? (such as earthquake)

Warming up

Some disasters: earthquake, shipwreck, volcano, flood, fire, war, Sars, mudflow, tsunami, hurricane, typhoon, tornado ...

Many people believe that “it is always calm before a storm,” look carefully at the photos. Now, imagine there has been a big earthquake. Describe what might happen to the objects in the photos.

Tall buildings were destroyed.

Roads were cracked.

People were injured.

The city was in ruins.

What happened?

What happened?

What happened?

What happened?

What happened?

What happened?

1. Imagine your home begins to shake and you must leave it right away. You have time to take only one thing. What will you take? Why?

Pre-reading

2.What will happen before an earthquake?

The well wall have….deep cracks

The farm animals will betoo nervous to eat

The rats might …run out of the field

The fish will…jump out of ponds

…can be see in the sky.Bright lights

The water will…rises and falls.

A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN’T SLEEP

Reading

Fast

reading How many parts can this passage be divided into?

When did the earthquake happened in Tangshan?

on July 28, in 1976

The whole passage can be divided into three parts.

Part 1:(Para1) strange things happened in Tangshan before an earthquake.

Part 2(Para2-3) the destruction of the earthquake in Tangshan.

Part 3:(Para 4)the rescue of Tangshan.

Listen to the tape and read after it. Pay attention to all the details.

Which do you think is the topic sentence of Paragraph 1?

Why????

Structure of the 1st paragraph

Topic sentence

Supporting details 1

Supporting details 2

Supporting details 3

Supporting details 4

Supporting details 5

strange thingswell waterwell wall and smelly

gas farm animalbright light and noisy

soundwater pipespeople thought little

of them

Which do you think is the topic sentence of Paragraph 2?

Why????

At 3:42 am everything began to shake.

if you are the writer of this story, after this sentence, what are you going to write about?

Structure of the 2nd paragraphTopic sentence: the greatest

earthquake of the 20th centurysupporting detail 1 was felt in...Supporting detail 2 a huge crackSupporting detail 3 steam Supporting detail 4 hard hills -rivers Supporting detail 5 in ruins Supporting detail 6 two-thirds died/injuredSupporting detail 7 families were killed Result （归纳） 死亡总数

Which do you think is the topic sentence of Paragraph 3?

Why????

How do you know that everything everywhere was destroyed?

Give us some examples. buildings: bricks: dams: bridges: railways tracks: cows: pigs and chicken: another big earthquake: workers and doctors: more buildings: water, food, electricity:

All of the city's hospitals, 75% of its factories and buildings and 90% of its homes were gone.

Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves.

Two dams fell and most of the bridges also fell or were not

safe for traveling.

The railway tracks were now useless pieces of steel.

Tens of thousands of cows would never give milk again.

Half a million pigs and millions of chickens had

died.

Then, later that afternoon, another big quake shocked

Tangshan.

Some of the rescue workers and doctors were trapped

under the ruins.

More buildings fell down.

Water, food, and electricity were hard to get.

Which do you think is the topic sentence of Paragraph 4?

Why????

Why does the writer say all hope is not lost?

First,the army…Secondly, the army…Third, to the north of the city…Fourth,workers…Last, fresh water…

True or falsePeople in Tangshan were warned of the

earthquake and didn’t go to bed that night.( )

People in Beijing also felt the earthquake.( )More than 400,000 people were killed in

the quake.( )Many rescue workers and doctors were

trapped under the ruins during the aftershock.( )

People tried to get fresh water from under the ground.( )

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T

F

T

F

Sum up the main idea of each paragraph.(use one word to describe it)

signs

damages

recovery

Para1

Para 2&3

Para 4

Detail reading

Main Idea Details

________ things were happening in the

countryside in northeast Hebei.

The water in the wells ____ and ______.

A _______ gas came out of the cracks.

The chickens and pigs were too ________

to _____.

Fish ________out of the bowls and ponds.

Mice _____ out of the fields.

At ______ am on July 28, 1976, people saw ________ _______ in the sky.

signs before Earthquake

Para.1

Fill in the blanks

Strange

rose fellsmelly nervou

seatjumpedran3:00bright lights

Main Idea Details

At _____ am, the __________ earthquake of the 20th century began .

_______ burst from holes in the ground.

Hard hills of rock became rivers of ____.

________ covered the ground like red autumn leaves.

Two _______ and most of the bridges fell.

The railway tracks were now _________pieces of _______.

______ now filled the wells instead of water.

Water, food and ______________ were hard to get.

Damage caused byearthquake

Para. 2-3

Fill in the blanks

3:42

greatest

Steamdirt

Bricks

dams

useless steelSand

electricity

Data( 数据 ) of the nation felt the earthquake .

A huge crack that was kilometers long and

meters wide cut across houses.

In terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins.

of the people died or were injured during the earthquake.

The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than .

All of the city’s hospitals, _ of its factories and buildings and of its homes were gone.

1/38

30 15

2/3

400,000 75%90%

Para. 2-3

Some other famous big earthquakes in the world

The San Francisco earthquake in America in 1906

The Guandong big earthquake in Japan in 1923The big earthquake in Pakistan and India in 2005

Do you know why we have so many earthquakes in the world?

Pacific plate

American plate

Eurasian plate

India plate

African

plate

Antarctic plate

San Francisco

What shall we do if an earthquake happens?

Discussion

Escape in the school Escape in the public places

In the classroom

in the sports ground

At theaters and gyms

In department stores

On buses

Don’t be nervous and keep calm.• Don’t try to run out of the classroom.• Protect your head by putting your bag on your head.• Squat or sit down under your desk.• Leave the classroom after the earthquake.

Can we stop earthquakes?

We can’t stop earthquakes, but we can try to reduce the losses caused by earthquakes.

What can we do after earthquakes?

To build houses as strong as possible;

To build houses on rock rather than on sand.

Try to rescue people;

Try to rebuild families;

Try to forget sad experiences and live with strong belief.

Tangshan’s new look

Homework

Review the text.Finish exercises on page 28.Do your English Weekly.