必修一unit4reading.ppt

Reading Unit 4How many Nature Disasters do you know? typhoonvolcanic eruptionsand stormthunderstormdroughtfloodfire hurricaneearthquake 1) Do you know what would happen before an earthquake?2) What can we do to keep ourselves safe from an earthquake?Bright lights flash in the skyAnimals are too nervous, such as cows, dogs, horses, and snakes, etc. Mice run out to look for places to hide; Fish jump out of the ponds.2) The water in the well rises and falls;3) The well walls have deep cracks with smelly gas;Wenchuan EarthquakeCan you describe how terrible the earthquake was?2008.5.12The city lay in ruins.破败不堪破败不堪The buildings fell down.倒塌倒塌 Roads might crack. 裂开裂开Many people were killed or injured.受伤的受伤的A great number of people lost their homes.许多，大量许多，大量What time?Where?What happened?3:00am on July28,1976TangshanA great earthquake.Skim the passage and find out the topic sentence of each paragraph.Fast readingPara 1Para 2Para 3Para 4Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeast Hebei.Everything began to shake and it seemed as if the world was at an end.Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed.All hope was not lost.ThingsWhat happenedwater in the wellwell wallschickens and pigsmicefishskysoundwater pipesrose and felldeep cracks, smelly gasran out of, looking for places to hidetoo nervous to eatjumped out of the bowls and pondsbright lightssound of planes heard even no planescracked and burstData(数据数据)v of the nation felt the earthquake .vIn terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins. vThe number of people who were killed or injured reached more than .vAll of the citys hospitals, of its factories and buildings and of its homes were gone.1/315Para. 2-3400,00075%90%Para 4: How many soldiers were sent to help the rescue workers? 150,000