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Natural Disasters Reading and Thinking Unit 4 Natural Disasters tsunami landslide flood Natural Disasters hurricane wildfire earthquake Tangshan earthquake Questions & Answers: Work in pairs: What can happen to a city during a big earthquake? 自主探究-Indepent Inquiry Please try your best to find out the main idea of each paragraph. Paragraph 1 A. The earthquake caused unbelievable destruction to Paragraph 2 B. The earthquake happened and caused deaths and Paragraph 3 C. Help come soon after the quakes Paragraph 4 D. Strange things happened, but no one paid attention to Paragraph 5 E. Tangshan came back to life again. Tangshan. injuries in Tangshan. them. Post-reading Tangshan Earthquake Before the earthquake The water in the village wells 1._ and fell again and again. Animals in the farmyards became too 2._ to eat. During the earthquake At 3:42 a.m. everything began to 3._. And hard hills of rock became rivers of 4._. Damages of the earthquake Over 400,000 people were killed or 5._ in the earthquake. And nearly everything was 6._. The help from the whole nation Soliders dug out those who were 7._ and buried the dead. Medical workers came to provide medical 8._. Workers built 9._for survivors. The great success people have achieved The new city has taken on a new look, with great 10._ in transportation, industry, and environment. rose nervous shake dirt injured destoryed trapped care shelters improvements 精讲点拨 1. It seemed as if the world were coming to an end! as if = as though “仿佛;好像”, 可用来引导表语从句。 ① as if 从句用陈述语气: 从句表示的情况是真实的或极有可能发生的 Eg: Look at the clouds in the sky! It looks as if it is going to rain. ② as if 从句用虚拟语气: 与现在的事实相反,从句用一般过去时; 与过去的事实相反,从句用过去完成时; 与将来的事实相反,从句用would/could/might do形式 即学即练 1. He talks about Rome as if he _ (be) there before. 2. They looked at me as if I _. 他们看着我,就像我已经知道了真相一样。 3. The teacher treats the pupil as if he _(be) her own child. 4. It was John who break the window. Why are you talking to me as if I _ (do) it? were had already known the