1、How many Natural Disasters do you know?typhoonseismic sea wave/tsunami tornado,hurricanethunderstormsand stormvolcanic eruptiondroughtflood hurricanefireearthquakeMany people believe that“It is always calm before a storm.”Look carefully at the following photos.Imagine there has been a big earthquake
2、.Describe to your partner what might happen to the objects in the photos.TangshanSan FranciscoTangshan,HebeiJuly 28th,19762008.5.12Wenchuan Earthquake2010.4.14 Yushu Earthquake2013年4月20日 2017.8.8 Jiuzhaigou EarthquakeThe town lay in ruins.破败不堪破败不堪Can you describe how terrible the earthquake was?The
3、buildings fell down.倒塌倒塌 Roads cracked.v.开裂开裂Many people were killed or injured.adj.受伤的受伤的A great number of people lost their homes.许多许多,大量大量If there is an earthquake coming,what should we do to protect ourselves?Run out of the building as fast as you can.If you cant get out immediately,hide below y
4、our desk quickly.If youre on the playground,do not move,squat and protect your head by your hands.Stay away from the tall buildings,power lines,trees Work in pairs.Imagine your home begins to shake and you must leave it right away.You have time to take only one thing.What will you take?Why?personal
5、washing thingsa bottle of water moneymobile phonefood and sweets blanketmedicineYou will takecandlestorchWhat do you think will happen before an earthquake?1)Bright light flash in the sky.2)The well has deep cracks in it.3)Chickens are flying and dogs are barking,and pigs and cows are nervous.4)Fish
6、 jump out of the pond,and mice run wildly.Signs before an earthquake:Signs before an earthquake:Read the text silently and answer the questions.1.What does the text mainly talk about?2.In what order was the text written?3.How will you divide the text into 3 parts?PartTopic sentenceBefore the earthqu
7、ake(Paragraph _)During the earthquake(Paragraphs _)2-31Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeast Hebei.Everything began to shake.Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed.PartTop sentenceAfter the earthquake(Paragraph _)4All hope was not lost.ThingsWhat happenedThe w
8、ater in the wellThe well wallsChickens and pigsrose and felldeep cracks,smelly gastoo nervous to eatRead paragraph 1 and fill in the blanks.ThingsWhat happenedMiceFishSkyThe sound of planesThe water pipesran out of the field to hidejumped out of the bowls and pondsbright lightscould be heard even th
9、ough there were no planescracked and burstData(数据数据)_ of the nation felt the earthquake.A huge crack that was _ kilometres long and _ metres wide cut across houses.In _ terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins._ of the people died or were injured during the earthquake.The number of people who were
10、 killed or injured reached more than _.All of the citys hospitals,_ of its factories and buildings and _ of its homes were gone.1/3830152/3400,00075%90%Para.2-3Read Paragraph 3 and fill in the blanks in the chart.Try to tell your partners about the damage the earthquake caused.After the earthquakeRe
11、ad Paragraph 4 and fill in the blanks.Try to understand what people did after the earthquake happened.The rescue150,000 1._ were sent to Tangshan.The army teams dug out the trapped and buried the 2._.Most of the 3._ were rescued.Workers built 4._ for the homeless people.Fresh 5._ was sent to the cit
12、y.soldiersdead10,000 minersshelterswater_ happened in Tangshan.For a few days,water in the wells _.From the _ of wells _ come out.Mice,chicken,pigs and even fish became _.At 3:42Strange thingsrose and fellcrackssmelly gasnervous1.Complete the summary of the passage.am,everything began to _.It seemed
13、 that the world was _._ of the nation _ it._ cut across the city.The city lay _.shakeat an endOne-thirdfeltA huge crackin ruinsTwo-thirds of the people _ or _.Then later that afternoon,another big quake _ Tangshan.People began to wonderdiedwere injuredshook_.But all hope _._ came to help those _.Slo
14、wly,the city began to _.how long the disaster would lastwas not lostSoldiersbreathe againsurvivors2.Work in pairs.Explain in your words what the writer means by the title“A night the earth didnt sleep”to your partners.3.Suppose you are a survivor of Tangshan earthquake.Try to tell your partner the s
15、trangest things that happened before the earthquake.4.Suppose you are a volunteer in the Tangshan earthquake rescue team.Describe to your partners what you saw and heard.1.Think about the question“What should we do to protect ourselves if an earthquake happened?”after class.2.Find the difficult sentences in the text.
