EarthquakesEarthquakesone kind of terrible one kind of terrible disasterdisaster 灾难灾难

Do you know what would happen before an earthquake?地 震地 震

Something unusual happen:

Bright lights flash in the skyThe well walls have deep cracks with smelly gas;Animals are too nervous

Reading

A night the earth didn’t sleepA night the earth didn’t sleep地球的一个不眠之夜地球的一个不眠之夜

Before the earthquake

What happened?

When happening

After the earthquake

这是一篇记叙文，描述一个震撼人心的故事。

按时间顺序描写按时间顺序描写

Before the earthquake:The water in the wells rose and fell.The well walls had deep cracks.A smelly gas came out. The chickens were too nervous to eat. Mice ran out of the fields. Fish jumped out of bowls and ponds.Bright lights could be seen in the sky. The sound of planes could be heard . The water pipes cracked and burst.People thought little of these People thought little of these events and went to bed as events and went to bed as usual that night.usual that night.

地　震　前　的　预　兆地　震　前　的　预　兆

When happening: At 3:42 am the greatest earthquake of the 20th century heard in Beijing One-third of the nation felt it. A huge crack cut across houses, roads and canals. Steam burst from holes in the ground. Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt. In fifteen seconds …lay in ruins. Many children were left without parents. More than 400,000 people were killed or injured.

※The army sent soldiers to help the rescue works.※ organized teams to dig out….※ 10,000 miners were rescued from the coal mines. ※ workers built shelters for survivors※ Fresh water was taken to the city by train,truck and plane. ＊ All hope was not lost.

After the earthquake:

Main ideas (P27Ex3)

Part 1 (Para 1)

Part 2 (Para 2&3)

Before the earthquake strange things began to happen but no one took any notice of them.

The earthquake destroyed the city of Tangshan and greatly shocked the people.Part 3 (Para 4)The army came to help the survivors, bringing hope for a new life.

预习检查 (P27 E1 ＆ Ex2)

1 The chickens didn’t eat because ＿＿＿2 Before the earthquake the people they did

n’t worry because ＿＿＿• Such a great number of people died beca

use ＿＿＿4 Water was needed because ＿＿＿5 The people did not lose hope because ＿

＿

The keyThe key

2 Before the earthquake the people they didn’t worry because ＿＿＿

1 The chickens didn’t eat because ＿＿＿ C they were nervous.

E they didn’t know the quake caused the strange events.

3 Such a great number of people died because ＿＿＿

4 Water was needed because ＿＿＿5 The people did not lose hope because ＿＿

D dams and wells were useless.

B the quake happened while they were sleeping.

A the army came to help them.

___ Brick buildings were destroyed. ___ The walls of the village wells had cracks in them.___ Shelters were put up for those with no homes.___ Roads got huge cracks.___ The army helped the survivors.

Number each of these things happened during the Tangshan earthquake.

Retell the storyRetell the story

____________ happened in Tang Shan. 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, everything began to ______.It seemed that the world was _________. _________ of the nation ____ it. ___________cut across the city. The city lay _______.

Strange thingsrose and fell

cracks smelly gas

nervousshakeat an end One-third felt

A huge crackin ruins

Two-thirds of the people _____ or ___________. Then later that afternoon, another big quake ______ Tang Shan. People began to wonder ___________________________. But all hope ____________. _______ came to help those ________. Slowly, the city began to _____________.

diedwere injured

shook

how long the disaster would lastwas not lost Soldiers

breathe againsurvivors

He _____from his chair when the doorbell rang.Her job is _______chickens.Her temperature is still______.He ________ in rank recently.

１ . rise vi. 上升　 (rose, risen)　 raise vt. 　举起，养殖rose

raisingrising

has risen

smelly : smell+ y = adj. smell n./v (smelt/ smelled)They were all hungry and the food ______good.I can ______something burning in the kitchen.Please throw the _______fish away.

smeltsmell

smelly

2. A ______ gas came ___ __ the cracks.smelly out of

3. … the water pipes in some buildings cracked and _____.burstburst : 爆裂The balloon suddenly burst.burst into + n. =burst out doing 突然……起来He burst into laughter.= He burst out laughingHe burst into tears.= He burst out crying.

4. It seemed that the world was __ ___ ___.4. It seemed that the world was __ ___ ___.at an end

at the end of 在……尽头by the end of 到……末尾 （多跟完成时）in the end 最后，终于

1) . His father will return home ___________this year.2) . He will be a scientist __________.3) . How many English words had you learned ____________ last term?

at the end ofin the end

by the end of

5. In fifteen terrible seconds a large city 5. In fifteen terrible seconds a large city laylay in_____. in_____.ruinsruins

be/lie (lay, lain) in ruins : severely damaged or destroyed 一片废墟eg.The village lay in ruins after the war.

injure: to hurt oneself/ sb. / sth. physically

6. Two-thirds6. Two-thirds of the people died or of the people died or were _______ during the earthquake._______ during the earthquake.injured

More than 61% of the surface of the earth ____covered by water.Seventy percent of the workers in this factory ____ young.

is

are

Their criticisms _________him deeply.

Smoking will ________his health.

He was slightly ________in the car accident.

He got _________in the fighting.

What you said _____my feeling.

have hurt

injured

injured

wounded

hurt

injure ： 损害健康、成就、容貌的伤害 , 受伤hurt ：多指心灵上的受伤Wound: 枪伤、刀伤、刺伤等，特指战场上受伤

v./n. They were filled with wonder.

It is no wonder (that)= No wonder (that) Not wonder that he has passed the exam.

wonder7. People began to ________how long the disaster would last.

8. All hope was not lost.all…not … = not all…;some… but not all Not all the children are left. (= Only some of them left early.)Not all the children are noisy.(= Some of the children are not noisy.) none of ….. None of us were allowed to go there.None of these reports is very helpful.

9. … bury the dead.bury : 埋葬，掩埋The dog buried the bone in the ground.

I buried myself in my studies.bury oneself in= be buried in 埋头于．．．，专心于．．．

Using language◆What news did Zhangsha tell t

he student? ◆ Why did the city open a new p

ark? ◆ What did the office want the st

udent to do?

2. Complete the passage with some of the words above.

It was a frightening night because ________________things happened at the same time. The wall of the______ cracked, so the water went all over the fields. It filled the ______and the______. The water ______in some buildings burst.

a great number of

dam

canals wells

pipes

The water covered the buildings that had fallen in _____ around the dead and _______animals. People were________. They had to _____ many of them for health reasons. It was a very sad time.

shockedbury

ruinsinjured

1.one million2.two-thirds3.one-third4.seventy-five percent5.ninety percent6.ten thousand7.one hundred and fifty thousand8. half a million

A 90%B 10,000C 1,000,000D 150,000

E 75%F 1/3

G 500,000H 2/3

Match each word with the number that has the same meaning.