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1、Unit 4 Earthquakes,我国地震分布,Bright lights flash in the sky,Animals are too nervous, such as cows, pigs, horses, and snakes, etc.,Predictions of an earthquake:,1) Bright lights flash in the sky;,3) The well walls have deep cracks with smelly gas;,4) Animals are too nervous, such as cows, pigs, horses,
2、and snakes, etc;,5) Mice run out to look for places to hide;,6) Fish jump out of the ponds.,2) The water in the well rise and fall;,Tangshan, Hebei,July 28th, 1976,THE EARTH DIDNT SLEEP,A NIGHT,Reading,Join the correct parts of the sentences.,Do a fast-reading of the passage.,2 Before the earthquake
3、 the people they didnt worry because,1 The chickens didnt eat because,C they were nervous.,E they didnt know the quake caused the strange events.,3 Such a great number of people 4 Water was needed because 5 The people did not lose hope because,D dams and wells were useless.,B the quake happened whil
4、e 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.,Listen to the passage and number each of these things h
5、appened during the Tangshan earthquake.,1,2,3,4,5,Paragraph 1,Paragraph 2,Paragraph 3,Look at the each part and write down its main idea.,Part 1,Part 2,Before the earthquake strange things began to happen but no one took any notice of them.,The earthquake destroyed the city of Tangshan and shocked t
6、he people very much.,Paragraph 4,Part 3,The army came to help the survivors, bringing hope for a new life.,Retell 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 s
7、eemed that the world was _. _ of the nation _ it. _cut across the city. The city lay _.,Strange things,rose and fell,cracks,smelly gas,nervous,shake,at an end,One-third,felt,A huge crack,in ruins,Two-thirds of the people _ or _. Then later that afternoon, another big quake _ Tang Shan. People began
8、to wonder _. But all hope _. _ came to help those _. Slowly, the city began to _.,died,were injured,shook,how long the disaster would last,was not lost,Soldiers,breathe again,survivors,Imagine your home begins to shake and you must leave it right away. imagine: form a mental picture imagine + n. /pr
9、on imagine sb. to be shake : cause to move to and fro,Language points,right away : at once ; in no time ; immediately right now : at this very moment Make up your mind_. Ill return the book_.,right now,right away,He _from his chair when the door bell rang. Her job is _chickens. Her temperature is st
10、ill_. He _ in rank recently.,2. rise vi. by the end of 用于表示时间的场合到结束的时候，用语过去完成时态; in the end 意思“最后、终于”。,Compare: at the end of by the end of in the end,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 of,in
11、 the end,by the end of,6. In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in_.,ruins,lie (lay, lain): to be, remain or be kept in a certain state in ruins : severely damaged or destroyed,Compare: ruin destroy damage,damage指部分“损坏”、“损害”、“破坏”或指使用价值有所降低。它可以用作动词,也可以用作名词,用作名词时常与to something 连用。 The accident
12、did a lot of damage to his car. destroy 只能用作动词,指彻底破坏,以致不可能修复,常作“破坏”、“毁灭”解,也可以指希望、计划等打破。 The earthquake destroyed almost the whole town.,ruin则表示破坏严重,以致不能修复,但这种破坏不像destroy那样毁灭某物,而是强调致使该物的使用价值发生了问题。用作动词时,它作 “使毁灭”、 “使崩溃”、 “弄糟”解;用作名词时,它表示 “毁灭”、 “瓦解”、 “废墟”等抽象概念。ruin也有借喻的用法。 The fire ruined the castle. The
13、 house has fallen into ruin. The company is facing ruin.,The village _in ruins after the war. These machines have _idle since the factory closed. An earthquake left the whole town_. His career is_.,lay,lain,in ruins,in ruins,Everywhere they looked nearly everything was_.,destroyed,He _ his girl frie
14、nds prospects,ruined,Soft wood _easily.,damages,injure: to hurt oneself/ sb. / sth. physically,7. Two-thirds of the people died or were _ 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 c
15、riticisms _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,Compare: injure hurt wound,wonder v. A. to have a feeling of surprise. B. to be filled with curiosity or doubt. n. one tha
16、t arouses astonishment, surprise ; admiration It is no wonder (that)= No wonder (that),wonder,8. People began to _how long the disaster would last.,-Tom often works deep into the night every day. -No wonder he always gets first in the examinations.,9. All hope was not lost. allnot = not all;some but
17、 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.,10. bury the dead. bury : A. to place in the ground B. to occupy (on
18、eself) with deep concentration; absorb The dog buried the bone in the ground. I buried myself in my studies. bury oneself in = be buried in devote oneself to = be devoted to,Discussion,What can we do to reduce the damage of earthquakes?,How can we protect ourselves and help others in the earthquake?
19、,keys,1. Build houses along the lines where two of the earths plates join together; 2. Build the houses on rock than on sand. 3. Make the houses as strong as possible, weak buildings will fall down in an earthquake.,1. Practice reading the whole text.,2. Finish off the exercise. Learning about language.,