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Unit 4
Earthquake
Fu Guozhen
Oct 15, 2012
DuJiangYan
Wenchuan, China
San Francisco
Tangshan
Warming up
How much do you know about disasters?
What damage will they bring to human
beings?
How can we keep us safe in these
disasters? (such as earthquake)
Some disasters: earthquake, shipwreck,
volcano, flood, fire, war, Sars, mudflow,
tsunami, hurricane, typhoon, tornado ...
Many people believe that “it is
always calm before a storm,” look
carefully at the photos. Now,
imagine there has been a big
earthquake. Describe what might
happen to the objects in the photos.
Tall buildings were destroyed.
Roads were cracked.
People were injured.
The city was in ruins.
What happened?
What happened?
What happened?
What happened?
What happened?
What happened?
Pre-reading
1. 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?
2.What will happen before
an earthquake?
deep cracks
The well wall have….
The farm animals will be
too nervous to eat
The rats might run
… out of the field
jump out of ponds
The fish will…
Bright lights…can be see in the sky.
The water rises
will…and falls.
Reading
A NIGHT THE EARTH
DIDN’T SLEEP
Fast reading
How many parts can this passage be divided into?
When did the earthquake
happened in Tangshan?
on July 28, in 1976
The whole passage can be divided
into three parts.
Part 1:(Para1) strange things happened
in Tangshan before an earthquake.
Part 2(Para2-3) the destruction of the
earthquake in Tangshan.
Part 3:(Para 4)the rescue of Tangshan.
Listen to the tape and read after
it. Pay attention to all the details.
Which do you think is the topic
sentence of Paragraph 1?
Why????
Structure of the 1st paragraph
strange things
Topic sentence
Supporting details 1 well water
Supporting details 2 well wall and smelly
gas
farm animal
Supporting details 3 bright light and noisy
Supporting details 4
sound
water pipes
Supporting details 5 people thought little
of them
Which do you think is the topic
sentence of Paragraph 2?
Why????
At 3:42 am everything began to
shake.
if you are the writer of this
story, after this sentence,
what are you going to write
about?
Structure of the 2nd paragraph
Topic sentence: the greatest
earthquake of the 20th century
supporting detail 1
was felt in...
Supporting detail 2 a huge crack
Supporting detail 3 steam
Supporting detail 4 hard hills -rivers
Supporting detail 5 in ruins
Supporting detail 6 two-thirds died/injured
Supporting detail 7 families were killed
Result （归纳）
死亡总数
Which do you think is the topic
sentence of Paragraph 3?
Why????
How do you know that everything
everywhere was destroyed?
Give us some examples.
 buildings:
 bricks:
 dams:
bridges:
railways tracks:
 cows:
 pigs and chicken:
another big earthquake:
 workers and doctors:
 more buildings:
 water, food, electricity:
All of the city's hospitals, 75% of
its factories and buildings and
90% of its homes were gone.
Bricks covered the ground
like red autumn leaves.
Two dams fell and most of the
bridges also fell or were not
safe for traveling.
The railway tracks were now
useless pieces of steel.
Tens of thousands of cows
would never give milk again.
Half a million pigs and
millions of chickens had
died.
Then, later that afternoon,
another big quake shocked
Tangshan.
Some of the rescue workers
and doctors were trapped
under the ruins.
More buildings fell down.
Water, food, and electricity
were hard to get.
Which do you think is the topic
sentence of Paragraph 4?
Why????
Why does the writer say all
hope is not lost?
First,the army…
Secondly, the army…
Third, to the north of the city…
Fourth,workers…
Last, fresh water…
True or false
People in Tangshan were warned of the
earthquake and didn’t go to bed that
night.( F )
People in Beijing also felt the earthquake.
( T )
More than 400,000 people were killed in
the quake.( F )
Many rescue workers and doctors were
trapped under the ruins during the
aftershock.( T )
People tried to get fresh water from under
the ground.( F )
Sum up the main idea of each paragraph.
(use one word to describe it)
Para1
Para 2&3
Para 4
Detail
reading
signs
damages
recovery
Fill in the blanks
Main Idea
signs
before
Earthquake
Para.1
Details
Strange
________
things were happening in the
countryside in northeast Hebei.
The water in the wells rose
____ and ______.
fell
A smelly
_______ gas came out of the cracks.
The chickens and pigs were too nervous
________
eat
to _____.
Fishjumped
________out of the bowls and ponds.
ran out of the fields.
Mice _____
3:00 am on July 28, 1976, people saw
At ______
bright _______
lights in the sky.
________
Fill in the blanks
Main Idea
Details
Damage
caused by
earthquake
Para. 2-3
greatest earthquake of
At 3:42
_____ am, the __________
the 20th century began .
Steam
_______ burst from holes in the ground.
Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt
____.
Bricks
________ covered the ground like red
autumn leaves.
dams and most of the bridges fell.
Two _______
The railway tracks were now
useless
steel
_________pieces of _______.
Sand
______ now filled the wells instead of water.
electricity were hard
Water, food and ______________
Para. 2-3
1/3
Data(数据)
of the nation felt the earthquake .
A huge crack that was
30
In
8
kilometers long and
meters wide cut across houses.
15
2/3
terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins.
of the people died or were injured
during the earthquake.
The number of people who were killed or injured
reached more than 400,000 .
All of the city’s hospitals,
and buildings and 90%
gone.
75% _ of its factories
of its homes were
Some other famous big earthquakes in the world
The San Francisco earthquake in America in 1906
The Guandong big earthquake in Japan in
1923
The big earthquake in Pakistan and India in 2005
Do you know why we have so many earthquakes in
the world?
American plate
Eurasian plate
San
Francisco
Pacific plate
African
plate
India plate
Antarctic plate
Discussion
What shall we do if an earthquake
happens?
Escape in the school
Escape in the public places
In the classroom
At theaters and gyms
in the sports ground
In department stores
On buses
 Don’t be nervous and
keep calm.
• Don’t try to run out of
the classroom.
• Protect your head by
putting your bag on your
head.
• Squat or sit down under
your desk.
• Leave the classroom after
the earthquake.
Can we stop earthquakes?
We can’t stop earthquakes, but we can try to reduce
the losses caused by earthquakes.
To build houses as strong as possible;
To build houses on rock rather than on sand.
What can we do after earthquakes?
Try to rescue people;
Try to rebuild families;
Try to forget sad experiences and live with strong belief.
Tangshan’s new look
Homework
Review the text.
Finish exercises on page
28.
Do your English Weekly.