1 earthquake

2 crack

3 well

4 in ruins

5 destroy

6 track

7 injure

8 brick

9 useless

___________ hit Sichuan on May12th,2008.

Another hit _________ in 1976.

An earthquake

Tangshan

Today’s Tanshan

a beautiful city, beautiful gardens, broad roads, tall buildings.

Tangshan,

July 28th, 1976

Buildings ______(fall down) and were_____(destroy)

fell down

destroyed

A huge ______ cut across the road.crack

A great number of people were ______(injure) or _____(kill)

injured

killed

Mnay children were left without_____parents

If we know some signs of the earthquake, less people will die.

Do you know what will happen before an earthquake?

What do you think may happen before an earthquake?

para1

The water in the wells

____and____. And some

deep ______could be seen

in the well walls. A______

gas came out the cracks.

rose fell

cracks

smelly

What do you think may happen before an earthquake?

Mice ran out the

fields___________

places to hide.

Fish _________out

of bows and ponds.

looking for

jumped

What do you think may happen before an earthquake?

The chickens and

even pigs were______

nervous _____eat.

The dog was________

loudly again and again.

too

to

barking

What do you think may happen before an earthquake?

People could see _______lights in the sky.The sound of _______ could be heard ,but in fact, there was no one in the sky.

brightplane

.

Reading

A NIGHT THE EARTH

DIDN’T SLEEP

1 What does the passage mainly tell us about?

2.When did the earthquake happen?

3. How many people died or injured in this disaster?(why so many people died?)

Earthquake in Tangshan

On July28,1976

More than 400,000

Para.1

Para.2

Para.3

Para.4

Some strange things happened before the earthquake.

At 3:42 am everything began to shake.

Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed.

All hope was not lost

strange things

shake

destroyed

hope

What do you think may happen before an earthquake?

Main Idea Details

•1 At____am everything began to shake.•2 A huge _____ cut across houses roads and canals.•3 In 15 terrible _______ a large city lay in ruins.•4 _______ of them died or were injured during the earthquake.

Damage caused byearthquake

Para. 2

Fill in the blanks

3:42

crack

seconds

2/3

1 …hospitals, factories and building were______

2 Bricks were like red autumn______an no wind could blow them away.

3 Railway tracks were ______piece of steel.

4 Cows would never___________

5 ____ filled the wells instead of water.

goneleaves

useless

gave milk

Sands

Reading and discussion

• If you were the city leader and you survived the earthquake. What would you do for the city soon after the quakes?

Discussion

What shall we do if an earthquake happens?

Don’t be nervous and keep calm. Don’t try to run out of the classroom. Protect your head by putting your bag on your head. Squat or sit down under your desk. Leave the classroom after the earthquake.

1 优化方案 P68-71

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