unitearthquake.ppt

Hainan Middle SchoolCai Xiaojing Unit4 Earthquakes The window Cars were The woman was The village was cracked damaged. injured. in ruins Damage/ loss The people were ______,waiting for_______. trapped rescue Wenchuan earthquake Loss: over 800 billion RMB Deaths: over 80,000 great A Night the Earth Didn’t Sleep what: when: where : July 28, 1976 Tangshan, Hebei A big earthquake Reading for information How is the passage organized? A. Time order. B. Logical (逻辑的) order. C. Space order. Tips: Topic sentence of each paragraph. What happened before the earthquake? …rose and fell, rose and fell …too nervous to eat …ran out of … …jump out of… Reading for understanding Para.1 Before the earthquake, what strange things happened? The one million people of the city thought little of these signs and were asleep as usual that night. Why? ignored the city, roads, the dam, the railway, the people… Para2-3 During the earthquake, what damage was caused? The city was _____ 一片废墟. in ruins Roads_______ cracked The dam______________ fell/ was damaged useless The railway tracks were now _______ pieces of steel. injured People were trapped ____of the nation felt the earthquake . In___terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins. ________ people who were killed or injured . ____of its factories and buildings and_____of its homes were gone. ______________________cows would never give milk again. _______________pigs and___________ chickens were dead. 1/3 15 400,000 75% 90% Tens of thousands of Half of a million millions of Why did the writer use so many numbers? Show the facts that the earthquake was great and that the suffering of the people was extreme. It seemed as if the world was at an end! Is there any hope? All hope was not lost! Slowly, the city began to ___________ again. breathe recover Para.4 After the earthquake, what rescue work was performed ? The ar