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(2)What does the last sentence“ Slowly, the city began to breathe again.” mean? A. The animals began to breathe. B. The city returned to normal gradually. C. People who were trapped came to life.
What happened during the quake and the damage caused by the quake. The rescue work after the earthquake
2&3 Part 2 (Para___)
Part 3 (Para __) 4
Signs before the earthquake.
Before
After
cracked injured/died The Roads crack cut across the road People were Tall buildings The railway tracks were destroyed fell down
Reading
Step 2: Fast reading 1. Skim the passage and answer: (1 min)
课题：必修一Unit 4 Reading (1)
Step 1: Lead-in Watch a video and guess what natural disaster happened in the video.
May 12, 2008
Miserable pictures of Wenchuan earthquake.
Step 3: Careful reading
Part 1
Signs before the earthquake.
Read Para 1 carefully and find out the signs before the earthquake.(3 mins)
Signs before the earthquake
1 2 3
4
Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeast Hebei. Everything began to shake. It seemed as if the world was at an end. Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed. All hope was not lost.
All of the city’s hospitals, 75% of its factories and buildings and 90% of its homes were gone.
What’s your feelings towards these terrible data? Natural disaster causes terrible damage, we should try our best to protect the earth and make the world a better place.
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Step 4: Summary
Fill in the blanks to finish the summary of this passage, and the first letter of the word is already given. (3 mins)
Summary
trange Several days before July 28, 1976, many s______ things happened in Tangshan. Well walls c_______, racked urst and animals were too water pipes broke and b____, nervous to eat. arthquake But people They were signs for the e__________. in the city of Tangshan thought little of these. At 3:42 a.m. that day, the earth began to shake, which d________ estroyed the city. Later that afternoon, another big earthquake shook Tangshan. More people were njured and more buildings f___ ell down. The killed or i______ uins whole city lay in r____. Soldiers were sent to help the r_____ escue workers. Teams were organized to dig out those who were t_______ rapped and b___ ury the dead. The city began to b______ reathe again.
(Group work)
1.At school
2.At home
If we are…ຫໍສະໝຸດ 3.On the road
I think we must…
……
4.In a building
at school
at home
Hide beside a desk or table.
If on a road:
e something hard (硬的) to protect your head. 2.Avoid the buildings and bridges.
Part 3
Rescue work after the earthquake.
Read Para4 carefully and choose the best answer.(3 mins)
(1)Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? A. Many soldiers helped to rescue the people who were trapped under the ruins. B. Most of the twentyten thousand miners (L34) were rescued from the coal mines. C. Workers built shelters for homeless survivors.
3.Read the text quickly, and divide the whole passage into three parts, according to the three words.(2 mins)
sign
征兆，前兆
damage
rescue
1 Part 1 (Para __)
If in a high building
Stay calm!
1. Never try to use the lift. 2. Don't rush out without order.
Homework: 1. Read the text for three times, and preview the language points of this passage. 2. Do exercise 1,2,3 on P28
3
A smelly gas came out of the cracks. _____________________.
4
The chickens and even the pigs too nervous to eat were ________________.
5
ran out of the fields looking for Mice ___________________ places to hide. jumped out of their bowls and ponds. Fish _____________
30
metres wide cut across houses.
In 15
terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins.
2/3 of the people died or were injured during the earthquake.
The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than 400,000 .
Read Para2&3 carefully and fill the blanks with data(数据) (3 mins)
1/3 of the nation felt the earthquake .
A huge crack that was 8
kilometres long and
△Which night? ○Where? ◇What?
July 28, 1976 • Time: Tangshan, Hebei • Place: • Disaster: A big earthquake
2. Read the passage quickly and find out the topic sentence of each paragraph. (2 mins) Para Topic sentence
8:00am 10:00am
The water in the village rose and fell, wells ___________ rose and fell ____________.