Unit 4 Earthquakes-A night the earth didn’t sleep
一．Some natural disasters(自然灾害).
flood typhoon drought hurricane earthquake snow slide fire mudflow tornado sandstorm volcano eruption earthquake
二．Fast reading
Read the text quickly and match the main idea of each part Part 1 The army came to help the rescue work (para. 1) (after the earthquake)
Part 2 The earthquake destroyed the city of Tangshan (para.2&3) (during the earthquake)
Part 3 Strange things happened before the earthquake (para.4) (before the earthquake)
三．Careful reading
㈠ Read Part 1 carefully and find out the strange things before the earthquake ① The water in the wells ______and ______. And some deep _____ could be seen in the well walls . A ______ gas came out of the cracks ② The chickens and even pigs were _____nervous_____ eat.
③ Mice ran out the fields ______places to hide. Fish _______out of bows and ponds ④ The water pipe in some buildings _______ and _______.
(二)Read Part 2 and then answer the following questions I.
What time did the earthquake happen? At about ________ Where did the earthquake begin? ___________ directly below the city How long did the earthquake last? ___________ seconds II. What damage did the earthquake cause?
Find out sentences from the text to match the following pictures.
① ② ③ ④
①A huge _____that was 8 kilometers long and 30 meters wide cut across houses, roads and canals. ②All of the city’s hospitals , _____of its factories and buildings and _____of its homes were gone.
③Two _____ and most of the ______ fell or were not safe for travelling. ④The number of people who were ______________reached more than 400,000 .
(三)read part 3 carefully and list what the soldier and the rescue workers do for the city.
1. Dig out the people who were trapped. 2.buried_________________________. 3. save __________________________.
4.transported(运输)_________________________ 5.transported ______________________.
四 Retelling. Fil in the blank.
An ___________ happened in Tangshan in 1976. For a few days, water in the wells ______and _____. Mice, chicken, pigs and even fish became ________. And the water pipes in the buildings cracked and ________. But the people in Tangshan _______________ these events.
At 3:42 am, everything began to ______. It seemed that the world was _________. A huge _____ cut across the houses and roads, then the city lay _______. Two-thirds of the people _____or were _______. Then later that afternoon, another big quake shook Tangshan. But ________ was not lost. Soldiers came to help Tangshan people. Slowly, the city began to _________again.
五．Discussion Suppose there would be an earthquake, what should we do to keep ourselves safe? (If at school/at home/out on a road)