新人教版必修一 Unit4 earthquakeswarming up and reading

1、Unit 4EarthquakesHow many people of you have ever experienced any natural disasters ?Q1: 自然灾害 How many Nature Disasters do you know? typhoon tornadot:neidu 龙卷风tsunami tsun:mi (海啸)volcanic eruption火山爆发sand storm沙尘暴thunderstorm 雷雨 droughtdraut (旱灾)floodfire火灾 hurricane 飓风 Task2 Can you imagine what th

2、e city would be like after the earthquake?Q2：Buildings were destroyed. Roads might crack. 开裂The buildings fell down.倒塌 The city lay in ruins.破败不堪严重受损Many people were killed or injured.受伤的A great number of people died and the number of people losing their homes was large.Q3:What do you think may happ

3、en before an earthquake?People can see bright lights in the sky.The dogs ran anywhere and kept shouting.Too nervous to eatVery upset, didnt calm downMice ran out of the fields looking for places to hide.Fish jumped out of rivers and ponds池塘 1) Bright light flash in the sky.2) The well has deep crack

4、s in it, and the water in it rises and falls.3) Chickens are flying and dogs are barking, and pigs and cows are too nervous to eat.4) Fish jump out of the pond, and mice run wildly out of the fields.Signs before an earthquake:A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDNT SLEEPReading. Listen to the tape, then answer thes

5、e questions as following and try to find out the topic sentence of each paragraph.What is the passage mainly tell us about? 2.When did the earthquake happen?3. How many people died or injured in this disaster?Earthquake in TangshanOn July28,1976More than 400,000A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDNT SLEEP first re

6、ading : main idea strange things happened before the earthquake. world was at an end. The earthquake hit the city. damage of the city in the earthquake rescue to the city.1. The chickens didnt eat because2. The people didnt worry because3. Such a great number of people died because4. Water was neede

7、d because5. The people did not lose hope becauseA. the army came to help them. B. the quake happened while they were sleeping.C. they were nervous. D. dams and wells were useless.E. they didnt know what the strange events meant. Divide the whole passage into several parts and then find out the topic

8、 sentence of each part or you can sum up with your own words.Paragraph 1Paragraph 2Paragraph 3Paragraph 4Look at the each part and write down its main idea.Part 1Part 2Part 3Before the earthquake strange things began to happen but no one took any notice of them.The earthquake destroyed the city of T

9、angshanand shocked the people very much.The army came to help the survivors, bringing hope for a new life.True ( T )or false( F ) statement :1. Two-thirds of the nation felt the earthquake. ( )2. All the people in Tangshan were dead or injured during the earthquake. ( )3. All of the citys hospitals,

10、 factories, buildings and homes were damaged in the earthquake.( )4. Later that afternoon, a terrible earthquake shook Tangshan again. ( )5. People slept outdoors after the earthquake.( )FFFTTOne-thirdTwo-thirds75%90%75%Post-reading: Retell the story _ happened in Tang Shan. For a few days, water in

11、 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 fellcrackssmelly gasnervousshakeat an endOne-thirdfeltA huge crackin ruinsTwo-thirds of the people _ or _. Then later that afternoon, another big quake _ Tang Shan. People began to won