1、Unit 4 EarthquakeReading,A disaster -earthquake hit Wenchuan.,5.12,July 28,1976,The earthquake destroyed everything and factories and buildings lay in ruins.,Huge cracks cut across roads and the railway tracks became useless pieces of steel.,A man was trapped in ruins, waiting for help.,The rescue t
2、eam were searching for the survivors in the earthquake.,1. Find the topic sentence of each paragraph (2minutes)Paragraph1 _ Paragraph2 _ Paragraph 3 _ Paragraph 4 _,Reading for main ideas,Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeast Hebei.,At 3:42 am everything began to shake.,Every
3、where they looked nearly everything was destroyed.,All hope was not lost.,Where are the topic sentences:,Beginning of a paragraph,Parts division(5minutes),Part 1( ) _ Part 2 ( ) _ Part 3 ( ) _,Help came soon after the earthquake.,The earthquake caused great damage (loss) during the earthquake.,There
4、 were signs before the earthquake but no attention was paid.,1,2-3,4,Clue(线索）of the Passage:,Time,Water in wells rose and fell.,Smelly gas came out of wells.,Animals were too nervous to eat.,There were bright lightsin the sky.,Loud sound could be heard.,Paragraph 1: warning signs before an earthquak
5、e,Reading for facts(3),Mice looked for places to hide. Fish jumped out of bowls and ponds.,Water pipes cracked and burst.,But the one million people of the city, who thought little of these events, were asleep as usual that night.,Which sentence can be replaced by the following sentence ? However, p
6、eople of Tangshan paid little attention to the things happening around them and went to sleep as they usually do that night.,Find the sentences to show it was a big earthquake.,It seemed as if the world was at an end!It was felt in Beijing1/3 of the nation felt it.In 15 seconds, a large city lay in
7、ruins.The suffering of the people was extreme.(died, be injured, be killed, be left without parents).,paragraph 2 (3),Paragraph 3 Discuss the following questions: After the big earthquake, why were water, food, and electricity hard to get?,Dams fell and wells were filled with sand. Nearly everything
8、 was destroyed, including the electricity poles(电线杆)and power station.(发电站） Cows, chickens and pigs were killed or frightened, so milk and meat were hard to get. Besides, the railway tracks were useless. As a result, some food were also difficult to transport there.,Paragraph 4： How do you understand the sentence “Slowly, the city began to breathe again”?,Post-reading Whats the mood(语气） of this passage? Exciting B. serious and a bit sad C. Hopeless D. regretful (遗憾的）,Nature is beautiful, so is our life. Lets cherish our earth! Lets cherish our lives! value,Seize the day!,
