河北省南宫市奋飞中学人教版高一英语必修一课件Unit4 Earthquakes-Warming up and reading.ppt

Unit4 Fire Typhoon Flood earthquake Have you ever experienced an earthquake? Can you describe how terrible an earthquake is? What do you think may happen before an earthquake? In Tangshan, in 1976. Do you know when and where the biggest earthquake happened in China in the 20th century? Question 1:In what order was the passage written? Question 2:What is the general idea of the passage? Type of writing Topic sentence of Paragraph 1 Topic sentence of Paragraph 2 Topic sentence of Paragraph 3 Topic sentence of Paragraph 4 General idea of the passage True or false questions: (1)People in Tangshan were warned of the earthquake and didn’t go to bed that night. (2)People in Beijing also felt the earthquake. (3)More than 400 000 people were killed in the quake. F T F (4)Many rescue workers and doctors were trapped under the ruins during the aftershock. (5)People tried to get fresh water from under the ground in Tangshan. T F QUIZ (1)What is the mood of this passage? A. Sad. 　B. Serious. 　C. Serious and a bit sad. 　D. Calm. (2)What can be inferred from the passage? A. If mice run out of the fields looking for places to hide, there must be an earthquake. B. If some natural signs had not been ignored, all the people in Tangshan city might have had a chance to survive. C. There wouldn’t have been such a great earthquake, if people had paid enough attention to some natural signs. D. If some natural signs had not been ignored, more people might have had a chance to survive.