1、Unit 4 Earthquakes1.Here is a letter of invitation.Read it carefully and imagine that you are the student who has been invited to give a speech.Office of the City GovernmentTangshan,hebeiChinaJuly 5,201 _Dear _,Congratulations!We are pleased to tell you that you have won the high school speaking com
2、petition about new Tangshan.Your speech was heard bya group of five judges,all of whom agreed that it was the best one this year.Your parents and your school should be very proud of you!Next month the city will open a new park to honour those who died in the terrible disaster.The park will also hono
3、ur those who helped the survivors.Our office would like to have you speakto the park visitors on July 28 at 11:00 am.As you know,this is the day the quake happened thirty-_ years ago.We invited you to bring your family and friends on that special day.Sincerely,Zhang Sha2.Now in pairs prepare a short
4、 speech,in which you should:thank those who worked hard to rescue survivors and list some of the things the workers did to help them;thank those who worked hard to build a new city;(For example:they built new homes and offices in only seven years.The UN honoured them for their quick work.)thank the
5、visitors for listening to your speech.l I would like to express my thanks to who l Here,I wish to express my thanks for the great efforts l Id also like to thank l No words are strong enough to express our l It was terrible when l It seemed as if l I remember l I felt l Not long after that l Luckily
6、,How would you feel if your home was suddenly destroyed without warning?In pairs make a list of useful adjectives to express your feelings.San Francisco San Francisco lies in northern California and is surrounded on three sides by water.At 5:13 on the morning of April 18th,1906,the city was shaken b
7、y a terrible earthquake.A great part of the city was destroyed and a largenumber of buildings were burnt.The number of people who lost homes reached as many as 250,000.About 700 people died in the earthquake and the fires.The listening text is an interview of a survivor of the great San Francisco ea
8、rthquake of 1906.Listen to the tape and write down the main idea.You may think about:Who is speaking?Where was the person at the time?What did the person do?Listen to the tape and then tell whether they are true or false.1.The man was sleeping downstairs when the earthquake happened.2.Many huge buil
9、dings were shaking bricks were falling.3.A lot of people were buried under the ruins.4.Some cows were killed in the fires.5.He felt safer because he got away easily.Listen to the tape again and in groups discuss these questions.1.When did the earthquake begin?The earthquake began around 5 oclock in
10、the morning.2.What did the speaker do after he woke up?The speaker rushed outside as he woke up.3.What did he see and hear outside?When he got outside he thought the world had come to an end.He heard people crying and shouting.He saw people running everywhere and bricks falling down from buildings.T
11、here were big fires too.4.What happened to the man next to him?The man next to him was killed by bricks falling from a nearby building.5.How did he get away from the city?He got away from the city by boat.6.Which of your adjectives describe the mans feelings most closely?Very shocked,devastated.1 I asked a man standing nex(t)to me wha(t)happened.2 Some of them ha(d)broken their legs and others were climbing upon each other to get out.Read the sentences below and pay attention to liaison and incomplete explosion.
