2019秋人教新课标高中英语必修1教学课件（含素材）：Unit 4 Earthquakes P1 Warming up (8份打包)

必修1 Unit 4 Earthquakes A 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Sichuan struck at 9:19 PM (local time) on Aug. 8 in 2017 at a depth of 20 km. It struck the popular tourist destination in Jiuzhaigou County and was followed by another 6.6- magnitude quake in the far northwestern region of Xinjiang province, more than 2,000-km away. hit/strike e.g. 1. The town was hit by bombs again last night. 2. A powerful earthquake hit / struck the northeastern coast of Japan at 2:46pm local time on March 11, 2011.  Can you name some big earthquakes happening in recent years? Let's learn about them. Magnitude is the measure or amount of energy released during the earthquake. 震级 A 6.7-magnitude quake hit Kaohsiung city(高雄市) at a depth of 15 km at 3:57 a.m. Beijing time on Feb. 6 in 2016, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center. Waves of strong quakes, including one measured at 6.5 magnitude and another at 7.3 magnitude, rocked Kumamoto Prefecture (熊本县，日本) from late April 14 to early April 16 2016. Here is the Richter scale(里氏震级): <3.5 Quake recorded but not felt 3.5-5.4 Usually felt but rarely any damage 5.5-6.0 Little damage to strong buildings; big damage to weak buildings 6.1-6.9 Some damage within 100km 7.0-7.9 Big damage over a large area ≧8.0 Terrible damage over huge area shake/rock rock sth.: The town was rocked by an earthquake. The explosion, which rocked the city, killed 300. A 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Ecuador (厄瓜多尔) and Colombia on 17 April 2016. A 9.0 magnitude earthquake hit Japan’s northeastern Honshu Island on Friday, 11 March 2011, and a six-meter tsunami (海啸) warning was issued (打响). before the earthquake after the earthquake The town was razed to the ground in the earthquake - not a building was left standing.  to completely destroy a city, building 把(城市、建筑物等)夷为平地；彻底摧毁  Tangshan, Hebei July 28, 1976 Tangshan earthquake What other big earthquakes do you know? casualty a person injured or killed in a serious accident