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1、Unit 4 Earthquakes课件 Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more. individuals above the crowd: a little bit more. -author -author -date-date我国地震分布我国地震分布 1) Do you know what would happen

2、 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, 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) A

3、nimals are too nervous, such as cows, pigs, horses, 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;A terrible earthquake happened in India.Tangshan, HebeiJuly 28th, 1976Reading Join the correct parts of the sentences.

4、Do a fast-reading of the passage.2 Before the earthquake 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 people4 Water was needed because5 The people did not lose hope becauseD da

5、ms and wells were useless.B the quake happened while 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

6、 the passage and number each of these things happened during the Tangshan earthquake.Paragraph 1Paragraph 2Paragraph 3Look at the each part and write down its main idea.Part 1Part 2Before the earthquake strange things began to happen but no one took any notice of them.The earthquake destroyed the ci

7、ty of Tangshan and shocked the people very much.Paragraph 4Part 3The army came to help the survivors, bringing hope for a new life. _ 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 t

8、o _.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

9、wonder _. But all hope _. _ came to help those _. Slowly, the city began to _.diedwere injuredshookhow long the disaster would lastwas not lostSoldiersbreathe againsurvivors Imagine your home begins to shake and you must leave it right away. imagine: form a mental picture imagine + n. /pron imagine

10、sb. to be shake : cause to move to and froLanguage pointsright away : at once ; in no time ; immediatelyright now : at this very momentMake up your mind_.Ill return the book_.right nowright awayHe _from his chair when the doorbell rang.Her job is _chickens.Her temperature is still_.He _ in rank rece

11、ntly.2. rise vi. & raise vt.roseraisingrisinghas risensmelly : smell+ y = adj. smell n./v (smelt/ smelled)They were all hungry and the food _good.I can _something burning in the kitchen.Please throw the _fish away.smeltsmellsmelly3. A _ gas came _ _ the cracks.smellyout of4. the water pipes in some

12、buildings cracked and _.burstburst : to come open or fly apart suddenlyThe balloon suddenly burst.burst into + n. Some robbers burst into that house.burst outburst out + doing They burst out laughing.He burst into laughter.= He burst out laughingHe burst into tears.= He burst out crying.burst into+

13、n.burst out + doingat an endat the end of 用于表示具体事物或场所用于表示具体事物或场所的场合，它也可以用来表示比喻意的场合，它也可以用来表示比喻意; by the end of 用于表示时间的场合到用于表示时间的场合到结束的时候，用语过去完成时态结束的时候，用语过去完成时态; in the end 意思意思“最后、终于最后、终于”。 Compare: at the end of by the end of in the end1) . His father will return home _this year.2) . He will be a sc

14、ientist _.3) . How many English words had you learned _ last term?at the end ofin the endby the end oflie (lay, lain): to be, remain or be kept in a certain statein ruins : severely damaged or destroyedCompare: ruin destroy damagedamage指部分指部分“损坏损坏”、“损害损害”、“破坏破坏”或指使用价值有所降低。它可以用或指使用价值有所降低。它可以用作动词作动词,也

15、可以用作名词也可以用作名词,用作名词时常与用作名词时常与to something 连用。连用。The accident did a lot of damage to his car. destroy 只能用作动词只能用作动词,指彻底破坏指彻底破坏,以致以致不可能修复不可能修复,常作常作“破坏破坏”、“毁灭毁灭”解解,也也可以指希望、计划等打破。可以指希望、计划等打破。The earthquake destroyed almost the whole town. ruin则表示破坏严重则表示破坏严重,以致不能修复以致不能修复,但这但这种破坏不像种破坏不像destroy那样毁灭某物那样毁灭某物,而

16、是强调而是强调致使该物的使用价值发生了问题。用作动词致使该物的使用价值发生了问题。用作动词时时,它作它作 “使毁灭使毁灭”、 “使崩溃使崩溃”、 “弄糟弄糟”解解;用作名词时用作名词时,它表示它表示 “毁灭毁灭”、 “瓦解瓦解”、 “废废墟墟”等抽象概念。等抽象概念。ruin也有借喻的用法。也有借喻的用法。The fire ruined the castle. The house has fallen into ruin. The company is facing ruin. The village _in ruins after the war.These machines have _i

17、dle since the factory closed.An earthquake left the whole town_.His career is_.laylainin ruinsin ruinsEverywhere they looked nearly everything was_. destroyedHe _ his girl friends prospectsruinedSoft wood _easily.damages injure: to hurt oneself/ sb. / sth. physicallyinjuredMore than 61% of the surfa

18、ce of the earth _covered by water.Seventy percent of the workers in this factory _ young.isareTheir criticisms _him deeply.Smoking will _his health.He was slightly _in the car accident.He got _in the fighting.What you said _my feeling.have hurtinjuredinjuredwoundedhurtCompare: injure hurt wound wond

19、er v. A. to have a feeling of surprise. B. to be filled with curiosity or doubt. n. one that arouses astonishment, surprise ; admirationIt is no wonder (that)= No wonder (that)wonder8. People began to _how long the disaster would last.-Tom often works deep into the night every day.-No wonder he alwa

20、ys gets first in the examinations.9. All hope was not lost.allnot = not all;some but 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 v

21、ery helpful.10. bury the dead.bury : A. to place in the ground B. to occupy (oneself) with deep concentration; absorbThe 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 What can we do to reduce the damage of earthquakes

22、? How can we protect ourselves and help others in the earthquake?keys1. 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.