Period 3
Language Points in Reading 1
Unit 4 Earthquakes
Reading
Natural disaster
flood
Forest fire
Volcano eruption
tornado
drought
Plague of insect
hail
earthquakes
An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust.
Earthquakes may result in disease, lack of basic necessities, loss of life, general property damage, road and bridge damage and sometimes landslides, fires, flood and even tsunamis.
Common sense
Discussion
If there is an earthquake coming right now and right here, what should we do to save ourselves?
If you are sleeping in your bedroom, you should get up and ran out of the house with your family.
If you are outside, you should keep away from power lines, trees, cars and buildings.
We should drop to the floor and cover our head and neck with our arms.
We should hide under something like a table to protect ourselves from things falling on top of us.
Task: Produce an earthquake plan
Earthquake Plan
1. run out of the house
2. hide under something like a table
3. drop to the floor, cover the head and neck with the arms.
4. Keep away from power lines, trees, cars and buildings.
5. …
A night the earth didn’t sleep
Before earthquake
A terrible earthquake shook Tangshan on the evening of July 28, 1976.
Read the passage and find out the topic sentence of each paragraph.
Reading
A Night The Earth Didn’t Sleep
Fast reading
The main idea of each part: time order
Part 1.
（Para.1）
Before the earthquake
Part 2.
(Para.2,3)
During the earthquake
Part 3.
(Para.4)
After the earthquake
signs of the earthquake in Tangshan
the destroy of the earthquake in Tangshan
the rescue of Tangshan
Questions:
1.When and where did the earthquake happen?

2.How many people were injured or killed in the earthquake?
3.Who were sent to help the rescue workers?
The earthquake happened at 3:42 on July 28,1976.in northeast Hebei.
More than 400,000.
150,000 soldiers were sent to help the rescue workers.
Par1 what signs did appear before the earthquake?
signs
before the
earthquake
Para.1
Strange
rose
fell
smelly
nervous
eat
jumped
ran
3:00
bright lights
what signs did appear before the earthquake?
Retell the par1 looking at the picture
the happening
of the
earthquake
Para. 2
How great was the earthquake?
3:42
greatest
one -third
flet
A huge crack
cut across
burst from
dirt
in ruins
more than
Roads were cracked.
Rivers of dirt
Stream burst from hole
City lay in ruins
.
people who were killed or seriously injured
Reached 400,000.
damages
caused by
earthquake
Para. 3
How was the city damaged?
Bricks
dams
useless
steel
Sand
electricity
hospital
75%
90%
homes
Data
1.All of the city’s hospitals, _ of its factories and buildings and of its homes were gone.
2._____ Dams fell.

3._________________________ cows would never give milk again.

4.___________________ pigs were dead.

5._____________ chicken died.
75%
90%
Para. 3
two
Tens of thousands of
Half a million
Million of
What happened later that afternoon?

2.more buildings fell down.
3.water ,food , and electricity were hard to get.
1.Some of rescue workers and doctors were trapped under the ruins.
The city was in ruins.
Was all hope lost?
(par4)The rescue of Tangshan
The army sent 150,000 soldiers to Tangshan to help the rescue workers
The army organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to burry the dead.
Shelters for survivors
Freshwater was taken
Slowly, the city began to breathe again.
The new Tangshan
Number 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.
n  ____ Brick buildings were destroyed.
n  _____The walls of the village wells had cracks in them.
n _____Shelters were put up for those with no homes.
n______ Roads got huge cracks.
n _____The army helped the survivors.
1
2
3
4
5
True or false
1. People in Tangshan were warned of the earthquake and didn’t go to bed that night.
2. People in Beijing also felt the earthquake.
3. More than 400,000people were killed during the earthquake.
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.
( F )
T
( F )
( T )
( F )
Sentence enjoyment(句子欣赏）
1.For three days the water in the village well rose and fell , rose and fell.

2.It seemed that the world was at an end!
3.Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves.
4.Slowly, very slowly the city began to breathe again.

5.A night the earth didn’t sleep.
Repetition: to make a deeper impression on the read.
Exaggeration: to draw people’s attention to the seriousness of the disaster.
Simile: to create a vivid image
Personification: to form a vivid image
Some other big earthquakes in the world
The San Francisco earthquake in America in 1906.
The Guangdao big earthquake in Japan in 1923.
The big earthquake in Pakistan and India in 2005.
Do you know why there are so many earthquakes
in the world?
The big earthquake in Wenchuan, Sichuan Province in 2008.
1906 earthquake in San Francisco
1923年日本广岛大地震
The big earthquake in Pakistan in 2005.
In India
2008年汶川大地震
1. Can we stop earthquakes?
We can’t stop earthquakes, but we can try to reduce
the losses caused by earthquakes.
2.What can we do after earthquakes?
To build houses as strong as possible;
To build houses on rock rather than on sand.
Try to rescue people;
Try to rebuild families;
Try to forget sad experiences and live with strong belief.
The End
Pacific plate
American
plate
Eurasian plate
India plate
African plate
Antarctic plate
San Francisco
What shall we do if an earthquake
happens?
Discussion
1. Get under a heavy table or desk and hold on, or sit or stand against an inside wall.
2. Keep away from windows.
3. If indoors, stay indoors.
4. If outdoors, stay outdoors away from falling debris, trees and power lines.
5. If in a car, stay in the car.
6. Many injuries occur when people act on their impulse to run.
Can we stop earthquakes?
We can’t stop earthquakes, but we can try to reduce
the losses caused by earthquakes.
What can we do after earthquakes?
To build houses as strong as possible;
To build houses on rock rather than on sand.
Try to rescue people;
Try to rebuild families;
Try to forget sad experiences and live with strong belief.
Tangshan’s new look
From the reading passage, find the correct word or expression for each of the following meanings.
__________ a thin metal piece that carries water
__________ a special wall that keeps water behind it
__________ worried or frightened
__________ hurt
__________ a deep place to store water to drink
__________ a very long water way for boats
pipe
dam
shocked
injured
well
canal
__________ the part of a building left after the rest has been damaged
_________________a lot of
__________ finished; dead
__________ put something under the earth
__________ go up
________ help to get someone out of danger
________ gas that hot water gives out
ruins
a great number of
at an end
bury
rise
rescue
steam
Homework
Look for some earthquake information about Japan through the library, Internet or other resources. Find out why Japan often has earthquakes. What measures are taken by the Japanese government to prevent them?
List more words or expressions to enrich the mind map of earthquake and increase the knowledge of this phenomenon.

1.Imagine your home begins to shake and you
must leave it right away.
假设你的家开始晃动,你必须立刻离开。
Shake（shook , shaken)
v.摇动, 摇, 颤抖, 震动
n.摇动, 摇, 颤抖, 震动
翻译:服药前请摇动瓶子
Please shake the bottle before taking the medicine.
当火车经过时大地在剧烈地震动
When the train passed by , the earth shook seriously
这个可怜的孩子正冻得发抖
The poor child was shaking with cold.
联想记忆:
shake hands with sb.
shake one’s head/nod one’s head
shake sb. by the hand=shake one’s hand
shake one’s fist at sb.
right away=right now=at once=immediately
立刻;马上
We must be off right away/right now . It’s eight.
We must be off right away/right now . It’s eight .
请立刻把这篇文章打出来。
Please type this article out right away/right now.
right away不可用于进行时态, right now还相当于
at this very moment ; at present在此刻,此时,可用于
进行时态
他们正在录制唱片
They are making the record right now
翻译:他此刻正在写一本小说
He is writing a novel right now.
现在是暑假我在农场上帮助爸爸干活
Right now it is summer vocation and I’m helping
my dad on the farm.
2. For three days the water in the village wells rose
and fell .
rose and fell.三天来,村子的水井中的水位
升升落落不停.
rise (rose , risen) vi.升起, 起身, 高耸, 增长, 上升
n.上升, 增加, 上涨, 发生, 出现
Everyone knows that the sun rises in the east.
He rose from his chair when the door bell rang.
Prices continue to rise.
raise [reiz]( raised, raising)
vt. 抬高；举起
I will not raise a hand against you.
我不会做任何不利于你的事。
提高；增加
to raise salaries
提高工资
他把手臂举过头顶。
He raised his arms above his head.
他们坚决要求提高工资
They insisted on raising salaries.
rise 与 raise 上升，提高
The price of tomatoes has _________(rise , raise)
recently.
The price of the tomatoes has been ____ (rise , raise) recently.
He ____ (rise , raise) the child from the ground
The child ____(rise , raise) from the ground.
rose
raised
raised
rose
3. A smelly gas came out of the cracks.发臭的气体从裂缝中冒出来。
smelly adj.有臭味的
e.g. The food was smelly.
扩展: n + y构成形容词
blood---- mud---- sun----- cloud----
rain---- wind--- taste---- dream----
ice---- greed---- fat---- fog-----
4. In the farmyards , the chickens and even the pigs
were too nervous to eat.
too…to… 太…以至于不能 (表否定)
口头翻译:
李平的弟弟年纪太小而不能参军
Li Ping’s brother is too young to join the army.
=Li Ping’s brother is not old enough to join ….
听到这个消息他紧张地说不出话来.
Hearing the good news,he was too nervous to speak.
“too…to…”结构之前带有only , but , never , not时，
是强调肯定的表示法，译作“非常……” “十分…”
“实在……