Unit 4
PERIOD 1
Warming-up and Reading1
EARTHQUAKE
三维目标
1. Knowledge:
(1) Get a general idea of earthquakes and some other natural disasters.
(2) Know the cause of an earthquake.
2. Ability:
(1)Train the students’ speaking ability by describing, talking and discussion.
(2)Train the students’ listening ability. (on page62)
(3)Train the students’ ability to cooperate with others.
3. Emotion:
Know the damage that the earthquake and other natural disasters could bring about.
教学重点
Train the students’ speaking ability by describing, talking and discussion.
教学难点
Training the students’ speaking ability.
Talk about the following questions with your desk mate .
Do you know what happened in the Indian Ocean at the end of the year before last year?

Do you know any other natural disasters?
Pair Work
tsunami
drought
volcano
Fire
hurricane
flood
natural disasters
fire
earthquakes
floods
drought
hurricane
volcanic eruptions
sand storms
snow storms
thunderstorms
land slides
diseases --- Sars
火山爆发
滑坡
earthquake
City after earthquakes
The whole city was in ruins.
became useless pieces of steel.
The railway tracks
Huge crack cut across houses,roads,and canals.
Do you know what an earthquake is ?
The earthquake is a disaster. It causes great damages.
Can we foretell（预言）an earthquake so
that we can reduce the damages?
What can we see before an earthquake?
find out the answers to the following questions:
1.When did the earthquake happen?

2. How many people died or injured in this disaster?
400,000
On July28, 1976
Fast reading:
SkimmingNumber each of these things during the Tangshan earthquake. Give a “1” to the first thing that happened and a “5” to the last thing that happened.
___Brick buildings were destroyed.
___ The walls of the village wells had
cracks in them.
___ Shelters were put up for those with no
homes.
___Road got huge cracks.
___ The army helped the survivors.
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2
3
4
5
1. People in Tangshan were warned of the earthquake and didn’t go to bed. ( )
2.People in Beijing also felt the earthquake .
( )
3. More than 400000 people were killed in the quake. ( )
4. Many rescue workers and doctors were trapped under the ruins during the aftershock. ( )
5.People tried to get fresh water from under the ground in Tangshan. ( )
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F
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T or F statements
What strange things had happened before the earthquake?
rose and fell
had deep cracks
too nervous to eat
ran , looking for
jumped
could be seen and heard
cracked and burst
1.How do you think the earthquake
was? Why?

2.What was the city like after the earthquake?

3.How did people do to help the city?
Careful reading:
Could be heard
felt
Cut across
burst
became
Lay in ruin
died and injured
were killed
were left
It was the biggest earthquake of the world
back
were lost
covered
fell
useless steel
Never give milk
died
Were filled with sand
were hard to get
Everything in the city was destroyed
back
were sent to
Organized to dig out and bury
built shelters
was taken to the city
All hope was not lost. Slowly, the city began to breathe again.
Discussion:
1.Why do we say it was “A Night the Earth Didn’t Sleep”?

2.What does the sentence “The city began to breathe again” mean?
Unit 4 Earthquake
Period 2
Summary and Language points for Reading1