1、 Unit 4 Natural Disasters Period 2 Reading and Thinking Natural Disasters Warming up: Talk about natural disasters earthquake typhoon tornado flood landslide drought wildfire volcano Pre-reading：1. Discuss what can happen to a city during a big earthquake earthquake destroy road crack injury power o
2、ff Water pipe crack homeless 2. Look at the title and picture on the right side and guess what the text is about. Para 1 : Para 2 : Para 3 : Para 4 : Para 5 : Reading Task1 : Read the passage quickly and match the main idea with each paragraph. A: The rescue work B: The revival of the city. C: Warni
3、ng signs before the earthquake. D: The happening of the big earthquake. E: The bad effects of the earthquake. Task 2: In what order did the writer write the passage? A. in order of importance B. in order of place C. in order of time D. in order of position Task 2: Read carefully and fill in the blan
4、ks The water in wells The well walls smelly gas chickens & pigs dogs mice fish in the sky noises rose and fell deep cracks in them came out of the wells too nervous to eat ran out, looked for places. bright lights jumped out of the water loud Para. 1 Warning signs before the earthquake. refused to g
5、o inside. Para.2 The happening of the big earthquake. The time The place The damage distance A huge crack Hard hills of rock A large city People living there Chilren living there Total number of people killed or injured at 3:42 am 11 km below the city 8km long, 30m wide more than 150 km became river
6、 of dirt lay in ruins less than 1min. 2/3 were dead or injured thousands without parents more than 400,000 Para.3 The bad effects of the earthquake. _of factories and building, _ of its homes, and _ its hospitals Bricks covered the ground Most bridges The railway tracks wells people more buildings w
7、ater, food and electricity 75% 90% all of were gone like red autumn leaves fell or not safe useless filled with sand in shock fell down were hard to get 1. _ soldiers were sent to Tangshan to rescue people. 2. _ doctors and nurses came to provide _. 3. Workers built _ for homeless surviors. 4. Water
8、 and food were brought into the city by _. Para. 4 The rescue work train,truck and plane. 150,000 more than 10,000 medical care shelters Para. 5 The revival of the city. 1. What helped Tangshan city to revive? 2. What city has Tangshan become? 3. What has Tangshan proved to China and the rest of the
9、 world? The strong support from the government and tireless efforts of the citys people a new city with more than 7 million people , great improvements in transportation, industry and environment In times of disaster, people must unify and show the wisdom to say positive and rebuild for a brighter f
10、uture Discuss： 1. What does the writer mean by “Slowly, the city began to breathe again”? After reading The writer means that the city began to function again, because the earthquake had stopped people and supplies moving about, and so it was like the city couldnt breathe. 2. What kind of help do you think people who suffered an earthquake need? 3. What other cities or towns have gone through similar changes? Wenchuan 2008年5月12日14时28分04秒，四川省阿坝藏族羌族自治 州汶川县发生里氏8.0级大地震，地震烈度达到11度，地震 波共环绕了地球6圈。地震共造成69227人死亡，374643 人受伤，17923人失踪，是新中国成立以来破坏力最大的 地震，也是唐山大地震后伤亡最严重的一次地震。 Do you know?
