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Unit 4 Earthquakes
flood
How many Natural Disasters do you know?
fire
typhoon
thunderstorm
volcanic eruption
earthquake
Can you describe how terrible the earthquake was?
2008. 5. 12
Wenchuan Earthquake
The buildings fell down.
倒塌
Many people were killed or injured.
受伤的
245.bin
A great number of people lost their homes.
许多,大量
Tangshan, Hebei
July 28th, 1976
Pre-reading
Imagine your home begins to shake and you must leave it right away. You have time to take only one thing. What will you take?
personal washing things
a bottle of water
money
flashlight
mobile phone
food and sweets
blanket
medicine
You will
take
1.Match each part with its main idea.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
B. Damage during the earthquake .
A. Recovery after the earthquake .
C. Signs before the earthquake
Listen to the record
numbers
In ___ terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins.
____ of the people died or were injured during
the earthquake.
The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than ________.
All of the city’s hospitals, _____ of its factories and buildings and _____ of its homes were gone.
15
2/3
400,000
75%
90%
Listen to the record
These numbers show the destruction of earthquake directly to us which can help us gain more information about the earthquake.
Retell the story.
Strange things happened in Tangshan. For a few days, water in the wells ____________. Mice, chicken, pigs and even fish became ________. At 3:00 am, everything began to shake.
It seemed that the world was _________. One- third of the nation felt it. A huge crack cut across the city. The city lay _______.
Two-thirds of the people _____ or ___________. Then later that afternoon, another big quake shook Tangshan. People began to wonder how long the disaster would last.
But all hope __________. ________came to help those survivors. Slowly, the city began to _____________.
Retell the story.
Strange things happened in