MODULE3WritingandCulturalcornerCulturalcornerEarthquakearoundthePacificSanAndreasFault(美國)圣安德列斯斷層

CulturalCorner-1.Fast-readingReadthearticleandanswerthequestions.1.WherewastheworstChineseearthquake?ItwasinHuaCountyinShanxiProvince.2.WhatwasthemostdangerousthingabouttheCaliforniaEarthquakeof1906?Thefiresthatstarted.3.Isitpossibletherecouldbeanotherearthquakethere?Yes,thereis.CountryLocationTimeDamageCauseChina__________________inShaanxi____________eightprovinces______anareaof…,60%ofthepopulation_____killed______,830,000people____________________Chinais__________oneofthemostactiveearthquakeregions.HuaCounty1556affected

coveredwere

inall

losttheirliveslocatedinCulturalCorner-2.carefulreading2Readthepassageagainandfillinblanks.theUSA____________________________fires_______bytheearthquakedidthemost________.thefiredestroyed25,000buildings…250,000weremade________inthe______ofCalifornia,about3,000deaths.Causedbya______ontheSanAndreasFaultCalifornia

the18thofApril,1906caused

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HuaCountyCaliforniaterribleearthquakesoccuraffectcoverbekilledinallloseone’slifetheworstearthquakethefiresburndestroybekilledbemadehomelesscause…deathsCulturalCorner-FindtheusefulwordsandphrasesusedtodescribetheearthquakesUsefulphrases1.最活躍的地震帶2.占有面積3.總計4.喪生5.對……造成最嚴(yán)重的損害6.變得無家可歸1.Themostactiveearthquakeregions2.coveranareaof3.inall4.loseone’slife5.dothemostdamage6bemadehomelessAbout400earthquakesoccurworldwideeveryday,morethanahundredthousandinayear.如：那場地震發(fā)生于1976年。Thatearthquakehappened/occurred/tookplacein1976.Usefulsentences2.Chinaissituatedinoneofthemostactiveearthquakeregionsintheworld…

besituatedlocatedin/on…位于……中國位于亞洲。Chinaissituated/locatedinAsia.廈門位于中國的東南沿海。Xiamenissituated/locatedonthesoutheastofChina.3.Itcoveredanareaof800squarekilometers.coveranareaof…占地……；覆蓋……這棟房子占地20畝。Thishousecoversanareaof20mu.4.Inall,830,000peoplelosttheirlives.①inall總共；總計相當(dāng)于altogether。這個工廠里總共有2000名工人。Inall/altogether,thereare2000workersinthefactory.②loseone’slife喪生。在這場交通事故中有十人喪生。Tenpeoplelosttheirlivesinthisaccident.5.FirescausedbytheCalifornia