Unit4 Earthquake Warming up and reading 课件.pptVIP

Bright lights flash in the sky Animals are too nervous to sleep, such as cats, dogs, chickens, horses, ducks and rabbits, etc. * Unit 4 Earthquakes ＆ Warming up Can you name some disasters ? tsunami volcano hurricane earthquake 飓风 Disaters Earthquake Tornado SARS/HIV Fire Volcano Flood Mudflow Typhoon Tsunami Snowslide 火山 龙卷风 海啸 雪崩 台风 泥石流 A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN’T SLEEP Reading Imagine there is an earthquake now. your home begins to shake and you must leave it right away. You have time to take only one thing. What will you take? Why? Pre-reading personal washing things a bottle of water money torch mobile phone food and sweets blanket medicine You will take: 2. What strange things would happen before an earthquake? 2.What strange things may happen before an earthquake ? What do you think may happen before an 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 What do you think may happen before an earthquake? Mice ran out of the fields___________ places to hide. Fish _________out of bowls and ponds. looking for jumped Fast-reading Read the the text quickly and try to find the topic sentence of each paragraph. Topic sentence Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeast Hebei. Paragraph 1. Paragraph 2. Paragraph 3. Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed Paragraph 4. At 3:42 am everything began to shake .It seemed as if the world was at an end. All hope was not lost. 2. Scan the text and choose the best answers according to the text. What’s the main idea of the text ? A. The earth didn’t sleep that night. B. A quake happened to Tangshang C.The animals couldn’t sleep at night. D.Earthquake happens now and then. B (2). Which of the following didn’t happen during the earthquake? A.There was a huge crack.