What happened to the buildings?

Unit 4

What other kinds of disasters do you know?

Warming-up:

fire snow slide 雪崩

volcano eruption火山爆发

Tornado龙卷风

mudflow

flood

sandstorm

typhoon

Tsunami

海啸

earthquake

Here are the two cities famous for their earthquakes. After looking at the pictures, say the differences about the cities before and after the earthquake .

Tang Shan

San Francisco

Before the earthquake

After the earthquake

What has happened on 12 May 2008 ?

A powerful 8.0-magnitude earthquake struck Sichuan province on May 12, 2008. More than 60,000 people died.

Some people said that they saw a lot of frogs crossing the road before the earthquake.

What other signs of the earthquake do you know ?

Read para1 and find some signs of the earthquake.

The water in the wells____and____. And some deep ______could be seen in the well walls. A______gas came out the cracks.

rose fellcracks

smelly

The chickens and

even pigs were______

nervous _____eat.

too

to

Mice ______out the fields___________places to hide.Fish _________out of bowls and ponds.

looking for

jumped

ran

People could see _______lights in the sky.bright

The sound of planes could be ________ even when no planes were in the sky.

heard

The water pipes in some buildings _________ and ___________.cracked burst

Analyze the structure & the main idea of the whole passage.

________~_________~_______ the earthquake

part 2.

part 1.

part 3.

（ Para.1）(Para.2,3)

(Para.4)

signs

ruin/destroy

rescue and help

before during after

Para. 2-3 1. Fill in the 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.

1/3 8

30

15

________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.

2/3

400,000

75%90%

2. How did the survivors feel at that moment?

shocked, surprised frightened nervous worried sad discouraged lose heart… …

……

Who went into the city?rescue workers, army, soldiers, doctors, nurses, volunteers …

What did people do for the city?

The city began to breathe again. Para4:

1. help rescue workers2. dig out the people who were trapped3. bury the dead4. build shelters for survivors

Suppose the earth begins to shake what will you do to protect yourself?

Discuss in group of four

*Keep calm. *If you are indoors: 1. hide under a desk or a table. 2. keep you far away from the heavy things.

*If you are outdoors: 1. go to an open area. 2. keep you far away from street lamps and

buildings and so on. *Don’t get into a lift. *Make sure you wear shoes.

地震来临时，最重要的是要保持冷静，并灵活选择藏身之所：房内避震时应选择易于形成三角空间的地方避震，如内墙墙根、墙角等，或躲避到厨房、厕所、储藏室等开间小的地方。震时切记不要跳楼、不要站到阳台上和窗边。

学生在教室上课时遇到地震 , 应该迅速抱头躲在课桌下，待地震过后迅速撤离；在操场的学生可原地蹲下，注意避开附近高大建筑物或危险物，不要回到教室中。

Life is beautiful.We must love our lives.In an earthquake SPEED IS LIFE.

No matter how great the difficulty is, if we work hard and help each other, we can overcome it.

God helps those who help themselves!

Never give up; never give in; never say never!

Summary:Summary:Filling the blacks with the first given letter:

Several days before July 28, 1976, many s______things happened in Tangshan. They were signs for the e__________. But people in the city of Tangshan didn’t think m_______of these. At 3:42am that day,the earth began to s________,which d_________the city.

trange

arthquakeuch

hake estroyed

Many people,including workers and doctors,came to r_______those t_________under the ruins. Later that afternoon,another big earthquake struck Tangshan. More people were killed or injured and more buildings f________down. Soldiers were called in to help the rescue workers. T________were organized to dig out the trapped and b_____the dead.

escuerapped

ell

eamsury

Homework:

1. Find out the useful phrases on p26 ;

2. Finish exercise1, 3 on P28;3. Finish the newspaper.