人教必修1Unit4Earthquakes

1、Unit 4 Earthquakes 我國地震分布 1) Do you know what would happen before an earthquake?2) What can we do to keep ourselves safe from an earthquake?DiscussionBright lights flash in the skyAnimals are too nervous, such as cows, pigs, horses, and snakes, etc.Predictions of an earthquake:1) Bright lights flash

2、 in the sky; 3) The well walls have deep cracks with smelly gas;4) Animals are too nervous, such as cows, pigs, horses, and snakes, etc; 5) Mice run out to look for places to hide; 6) Fish jump out of the ponds.2) The water in the well rise and fall;An EarthquakeA terrible earthquake happened in Ind

3、ia.Tangshan, HebeiJuly 28th, 1976THE EARTH DIDNT SLEEPA NIGHT Reading Join the correct parts of the sentences.Do a fast-reading of the passage.2 Before the earthquake the people they didnt worry because 1 The chickens didnt eat because C they were nervous. E they didnt know the quake caused the stra

4、nge events.3 Such a great number of people4 Water was needed because5 The people did not lose hope becauseD dams and wells were useless.B the quake happened while they were sleeping.A the army came to help them. _ Brick buildings were destroyed. _ The walls of the village wells had cracks in them._

5、Shelters were put up for those with no homes._ Roads got huge cracks._ The army helped the survivors.Listen to the passage and number each of these things happened during the Tangshan earthquake.12345Paragraph 1Paragraph 2Paragraph 3Look at the each part and write down its main idea.Part 1Part 2Befo

6、re the earthquake strange things began to happen but no one took any notice of them.The earthquake destroyed the city of Tangshan and shocked the people very much.Paragraph 4Part 3The army came to help the survivors, bringing hope for a new life. Retell the story _ happened in Tang Shan. For a few d

7、ays, water in the wells _. From the _ of wells _come out. Mice, chicken, pigs and even fish became _. At 3:00 am, everything began to _.It seemed that the world was _. _ of the nation _ it. _cut across the city. The city lay _. Strange thingsrose and fellcrackssmelly gasnervousshakeat an endOne-thir

8、dfeltA huge crackin ruinsTwo-thirds of the people _ or _. Then later that afternoon, another big quake _ Tang Shan. People began to wonder _. But all hope _. _ came to help those _. Slowly, the city began to _.diedwere injuredshookhow long the disaster would lastwas not lostSoldiersbreathe againsurv

9、ivorsImagine your home begins to shake and you must leave it right away. imagine: form a mental picture imagine + n. /pron imagine sb. to be shake : cause to move to and froLanguage pointsright away : at once ; in no time ; immediatelyright now : at this very momentMake up your mind_.Ill return the

10、book_.right nowright awayHe _from his chair when the doorbell rang.Her job is _chickens.Her temperature is still_.He _ in rank recently.2. rise vi. & raise vt.roseraisingrisinghas risensmelly : smell+ y = adj. smell n./v (smelt/ smelled)They were all hungry and the food _good.I can _something burnin

11、g in the kitchen.Please throw the _fish away.smeltsmellsmelly3. A _ gas came _ _ the cracks.smellyout of4. the water pipes in some buildings cracked and _.burstburst : to come open or fly apart suddenlyThe balloon suddenly burst.burst into + n. Some robbers burst into that house.burst outburst out +

12、 doing They burst out laughing.He burst into laughter.= He burst out laughingHe burst into tears.= He burst out crying.burst into+ n.burst out + doing5. It seemed that the world was _ _ _.atanendat the end of 用于表示具體事物或場(chǎng)所的場(chǎng)合，它也可以用來表示比喻意; by the end of 用于表示時(shí)間的場(chǎng)合到結(jié)束的時(shí)候，用語過去完成時(shí)態(tài); in the end 意思“最后、終于”。 C

13、ompare: at the end of by the end of in the end1) . His father will return home _this year.2) . He will be a scientist _.3) . How many English words had you learned _ last term?at the end ofin the endby the end of6. In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in_.ruinslie (lay, lain): to be, remain

14、or be kept in a certain statein ruins : severely damaged or destroyedCompare: ruin destroy damagedamage指部分“損壞”、“損害”、“破壞”或指使用價(jià)值有所降低。它可以用作動(dòng)詞,也可以用作名詞,用作名詞時(shí)常與to something 連用。The accident did a lot of damage to his car. destroy 只能用作動(dòng)詞,指徹底破壞,以致不可能修復(fù),常作“破壞”、“毀滅”解,也可以指希望、計(jì)劃等打破。The earthquake destroyed almos

15、t the whole town. ruin則表示破壞嚴(yán)重,以致不能修復(fù),但這種破壞不像destroy那樣毀滅某物,而是強(qiáng)調(diào)致使該物的使用價(jià)值發(fā)生了問題。用作動(dòng)詞時(shí),它作 “使毀滅”、 “使崩潰”、 “弄糟”解;用作名詞時(shí),它表示 “毀滅”、 “瓦解”、 “廢墟”等抽象概念。ruin也有借喻的用法。The fire ruined the castle. The house has fallen into ruin. The company is facing ruin. The village _in ruins after the war.These machines have _idle

16、since the factory closed.An earthquake left the whole town_.His career is_.laylainin ruinsin ruinsEverywhere they looked nearly everything was_. destroyedHe _ his girl friends prospectsruinedSoft wood _easily.damages injure: to hurt oneself/ sb. / sth. physically7. Two-thirds of the people died or w

17、ere _ during the earthquake.injuredMore than 61% of the surface of the earth _covered by water.Seventy percent of the workers in this factory _ young.isareTheir criticisms _him deeply.Smoking will _his health.He was slightly _in the car accident.He got _in the fighting.What you said _my feeling.have

18、 hurtinjuredinjuredwoundedhurtCompare: injure hurt wound wonder v. A. to have a feeling of surprise. B. to be filled with curiosity or doubt. n. one that arouses astonishment, surprise ; admirationIt is no wonder (that)= No wonder (that)wonder8. People began to _how long the disaster would last.-Tom

19、 often works deep into the night every day.-No wonder he always gets first in the examinations.9. All hope was not lost.allnot = not all;some but not all Not all the children are left. (= Only some of them left early.)Not all the children are noisy.(= Some of the children are not noisy.) none of . None of us were allowed to go there.None of these reports is very helpful.10. bury the dea