Unit 4 Part Ⅰ Warming Up & Reading（课件+word）-【创新设计】2019版同步课堂讲义英语（人教版必修1）

Unit 4　Earthquakes More earthquakes in China? 近年来，中国经常发生自然灾害。事实上，中国一直是世界上受地震影响最严重的国家。报纸上充斥着关于汶川、雅安和甘肃等大地震的报道。人们不禁要问：地震发生的频率比以前更高了吗？原因又是什么呢？ In recent years, natural disasters have been frequently reported in China, so it is commonly believed that more natural disasters, especially more earthquakes, are striking China.The newspaper is flooded with the reports about the big earthquakes such as those happened in Wenchuan, Ya’an, and Gansu.Some people can’t help asking: do earthquakes happen more frequently than before? Why? Actually, China has always been the most affected by earthquake in the world. The first reason for this misunderstanding is that many Chinese aren’t quite familiar with geography situations of their own country.The experts said that most Chinese people don’t know the truth that China is one of the countries most affected by earthquake in the world.It is said that the western region of China is more likely to be hit by earthquake than the eastern region.The reason why people do not hear the news about the earthquakes happening in western region is that few people lived in these places and no one died.[来源:学科网] The second reason is that people become more aware of the environmental problems and begin to care about the relationship with nature.Besides, the advanced communication technology like the Internet, TV, and radio help the bad news about disaster spread all over the country and even the world.These reports about disaster flooded the newspaper, TV, and the website, thus making people believe there are more earthquakes than ever before. In a word, the lack of knowledge on our country’s geography and the misunderstanding made by the widespread news lead Chinese to the wrong thought of more earthquakes happening in China. 词海拾贝 1．frequently/'friːkwəntlI/adv.　　频繁地，屡次地 2．affect/ə'fekt/v. 影响 3．misunderstanding/ˌmIsʌndə'stændIŋ/n. 误解，误会 4．familiar/fə'mIljə/adj. 熟悉的；通晓的 5．region/'riːdʒən/n. 地区；区域 6．become aware of 知道；意识到 Part Ⅰ　Warming Up & Readi