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Unit 4 EarthquakesPeriod 2文本研读课自主预习Many people believe that “It is always calm before a storm.” Surf the Internet to find out what will usually happen before an earthquake.思考导引Please look at the picture.What can you see in the picture? Can you describe it?课堂探究1.SkimmingA.Read the text quickly and give the answers to the questions.1)What does the passage mainly tell us about?2)When did the earthquake happen?3)How many people were killed or injured in this disaster?B.Read the text quickly again,and try to find out the main idea for each paragraph.Matching work:Paragraphs: main ideasPara.1Para.2Para.3Para.42.ScanningA.Read through Para.1 carefully and then answer the following question:What happened before the earthquake?B.Read through Para graphs 2~3 carefully and then do the true or false exercises:True or false:1)Two-thirds of the nation felt the earthquake.( )2)The city of Tangshan lay in ruins within 15 seconds.( )3)All of the city’s hospitals,factories,buildings and homes were damaged in the earthquake.( )4)Later that afternoon,a terrible earthquake shook Tangshan again.( )C.Read through Para.4 carefully and fill in the blanks:D.The structure of the passagePart 1:Part 2:Part 3:3.Cracking the hard pointsUnderline the sentences below in your text and observe them carefully.Try to understand the structures and translate them into Chinese.1)But the one million people of the city,who thought little of these events,were asleep as usual that night.2)Thousands of families were killed and many children were left without parents.3)The number of people who were killed or seriously injured reached more than 400,000.4)All hope was not lost.4.ConsolidationⅠ.Join the correct parts of the sentences.1.The chickens didn’t eat because2.The people didn’t worry because3.Such a great number of people died because A.the army came to help themB.the quake happened while they were sleepingC.they were nervous4.Water was needed because5.The people did not lose hope because D.dams and wells were uselessE.they didn’t know what the strange events meantⅡ.Finish the following passage according to the text and try to retell the story.Strange things were happening in the countryside in northeast Hebei.For three days the water in the wells r and fell.A s gas came out of the cracks.In Tangshan,the water pipes in some buildings cracked and b.But the people of the city,who thought l of these events,went to bed as u.At 3:42 am everything began to s.It s as if the world was a a e! In fifteen seconds a large city l i r.The n of people who were k or i r more than 400,000.Many children were l without parents.Nearly everything was d.Hospitals,factories,buildings and homes were g.People were shocked.Nobody knew how long the d would l.The army sent 150,000 soldiers to Tangshan.They o teams to d othose who were t under the ruins and to b the dead.Hundreds of tof people were r.5.Post-readingInterview:Suppose you are a reporter from a foreign newspaper and you are interviewing a survivor of the Tangshan earthquake.You can begin like this:A:Excuse me.May I ask you some questions about the earthquake?B:Sure.Key Words:rose;smelly;burst;thought little of;as usual;began to shake;at an end;lay in ruins;reached more than 400,000;without parents;destroyed;gone;last;150,000 soldiers;organized;bury;rescued课后提升1.But the one million people of the city,who thought little of these events,were asleep as usual that night.*think little of 轻视,不重视*think much of 重视,赞扬1)他不重视我的建议。
