1、Earthquakes,Unit 4,Did you have a good noon rest today?,Mr. Earth,Also needs to sleep,A night the earth didnt sleep!,Read the passage quickly and answer the following three questions.,Fast-reading :,When did the Tangshan earthquake happen?,How many people were killed or injured in the earthquake?,Wa

2、s all hope lost? How did the army help the people there after the earthquake?,The earthquake happened at 3:42 am on July 28, 1976.,More than 400, 000 people,No, all hope was not lost. The army sent 150,000 soldiers to Tangshan to help the rescue workers. The army organized teams to dig out those who

3、 were trapped and to bury the dead.,Structure of the text:,Part 1:,Part 2:,Part 3:,signs,damage,rescue,before the earthquake,caused by the earthquake,after the earthquake,para 1,para 2&3,para 4,The passage can be put into 3 parts, and try to use one word to describe the main idea of each part.,Signs

4、 before the earthquake,The water in the wells _and_. And some deep _could be seen in the well walls. A_ gas came out of the cracks.,rose,fell,cracks,smelly,Part1:,Mice ran out of the fields _ places to hide. Fish _out of bowls and ponds.,looking for,jumped,Part1:,Signs before the earthquake,The chic

5、kens and even pigs were_ nervous _eat.,too,to,Part1:,Signs before the earthquake,People could see _and hear the _of planes even when no planes were in the sky.,bright lights,sound,Signs before the earthquake,Part1:,The water pipes in some buildings _ and_.,cracked,burst,Part1:,Signs before the earth

6、quake,Part1:,Signs before the earthquake,What attitude did the people take ?,Thought little of these events and were asleep as usual.,How about the suffering of the people?,Is it the greatest earthquake of the 20th Century?,It was extreme. 2/3 of them died or were injured.,Yes.,Part2:,Damage caused

7、by the earthquake,How long did the earthquake last?,Fifteen seconds,What sentences can express the quake is GREAT?,It seemed as if the world was at an end. It was felt in Beijing, which is more than two hundred kilometers away. One-third of the nation felt it.,Part2:,Damage caused by the earthquake,

8、What numbers can express the quake is GREAT,Part2:,of the nation felt the earthquake . A huge crack that was kilometers long and _meters wide cut across houses. In terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins. of the people died or were injured during the earthquake. The number of people who were kill

9、ed or injured reached more than . _of the citys hospitals, of its factories and buildings and of its homes were gone.,1/3,8,30,15,2/3,400,000,75%,90%,all,Damage caused by the earthquake,Part2:,Damage caused by the earthquake,Part3:,What happened after the earthquake?,The army:,Workers:,Result:,sent

10、soldiers to Tangshan. organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead.,built shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed.,Hundreds of thousands of people were helped. The city began to breathe again.,Rescue after the earthquake,Part3:,Rescue after the earthquake,All hope was not lost!,Life is precious. W