内容正文:
Unit 8
Natural disasters
用只常州市,南通市
马胺山市
分无市
上海
杭州
@舟山相
黄山市
The Taiwan earthquake
©台州用
解水市
Reading 2
南平用
宁德
福州
的鱼可
台北
Miranda Zhang
会物布天一筑验坐孩
Enjoy a video:
1.What do you think of the video?
2.What can you see and hear in it?
I can see the walls shaking and falling down
I can see the people running wildly
I can hear the people
e screaming in fear
功市天一贸验学孩
The Taiwan Earthquake:
*震她处苏澳地震带
基隆市
台北市
桃园aa
竹北
台北
Date:September 21,1999
宜兰市口
苗栗⊙
Place:Nantou,Taiwan
南澳。
德基
台中市
台
太鲁阁
Results:Homeless!
彰化
花莲市日
南投
湾
0口
2400 persons were dead;
嘉义
省
成功旦
10,000 persons were hurt;
台东
口屏东
Thousands of houses fell down.
Egraphic365
It is the largest earthquake last century.
Read and think:
Para 1.He was sleeping when the earthquake started.
Para2.The earthquake sounded like bombs under the ground.
Para3.He was trapped when the noise and shaking ended.
Para4.He shouted for help and pulled himselftrough the dark
Para 5 People moved away the bricks and saved him out.
含功市天一究脸学校
Learn a new tense:
Past Continuous tense:
was/were +doing
(Line 6)Outside,people were running in all directions while
pieces of glass and bricks were falling down.
(Line 11)I felt nervous and my heart was beating fast.
(Line 16)Hours later,as I was trying to find my way out,I
suddenly heard some noise above me.
Watch and answer:
What were people doing when the earthquake started?
Past continuous tense(过去进行时):
When the earthquake started,they were shopping.
they were playing...
in the shopping ma
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Make a comparison:
l.“shake”(Line2&5)
At first,I felt a slight shake.n.
shake-shook
The earth started to shake.
.
They shook hands with each other at the meeting last year
2.“calm”(Line13)
I told myself to calm down.v.
Keep calm and brave during the dangerous period.
adj.
You must calm yourself down when you face danger.
Tell the difference:
3.“while'”(Line7)
Tigers can run fast,but only for a short while.
1n.
Many birds live there,while some go there for a short stay.
People were running while