rapped and felt n________. ervous He was t_______
Read para.3 and match(连线) the left phrases with the right ones. anything at all. It was through my mind. I could not see dark and silent around I did not know me. My heart was if anyone else was near A moment of fear went me. beating fast.
Reading
1.What was Timmy doing when the earthquake started? He was doing shopping. 2.Did he survive at last? Yes. He survived at last. was alive at last. 3.Did he find his way out(come out) by himself? No. People outside saved him.
8A Unit 8 Reading I
An earthquake
When an earthquake happens … • We can feel the building shaking
nervous ['nɜːvəs] the heart beating fast
• We can hear the loud noise like bombs
Match the words on the left with the meanings on the right. a finally 1 shake b fall to the ground 2 scream c give a loud high cry 3 come down d not in danger e move quickly from 4 silent side to side, up and 5 at last down, etc. 6 safe f quiet
T F T F F
There was an earthquake in Taiwan in 1999. Timmy survived(幸存).
He felt a slight shake at first. (1)______________
a loud noise like _______ thunder then. (2)__________ the real noise like _______________ bombs under the He heard (3)__________ ground soon. ______ He saw (4)____________________falling _____coming down. the walls
An earthquake
The Taiwan earthquake
There was an earthquake in Taiwan in
1999. Timmy survived. Read Timmy’s
story and find out what happened to him.
Fast
1999年台湾9.21大地震 1999年9月21日凌晨1时47分，台湾省南投 县发生7.6级大地震，震源深度10公里左右，重 灾区在日月潭地区。该区有许多活断层，开始 是“双冬断层”发生活动，同时牵动相邻的车 笼埔断层的大规模滑动，导致断层沿岸的丰原、 大境、务峰、中兴新村、南投和名间、竹川等 市县村镇地区的灾难性破坏，大部分地段已被 夷为平地。 整个灾区死亡2329人，伤8722人，失踪39 人，倒塌各种建筑9909栋，严重破坏7575栋， 受灾人口250万，灾民32万，财产损失92亿美元。
people scream in fear[fɪə]
• We can see the bricks falling down
the walls coming down people being trapped
Learn more new words slight adj. since [sɪns] conj. silent adj. daylight n. safe adj. mind n. alive [ə'laɪv] adj. direction n. calm [kɑːm] v.
Read para.1-2 with mp3 and choose the correct pictures.
a.
b.
c.
1.He felt ? a slight shake at first.
the real noise like bombs under the 2.He heard ? ground.
3.He saw ? pieces of glass and bricks falling down.
Read para.1-2 carefully and think about the things they did. (True or false) 1. Timmy was sleeping when the earthquake started. 2. When the earth started to shake, people screamed in fear. surprise. 3. Some people ran out of the building. triedout to run out but he couldn’t. 4. Timmy ran quickly with others. all directions 5. People ran in the same direction in the street.