The beautiful view of Tangshan

1. The beautiful view of Tangshan 惠州市实验中学英语科组谢映映

2. The night of Tangshan It is always calm before a storm

3. _____down Fall

4. Lie in _____ ruins

5. Everything was_________ destroyed

6. The dead and the______ injured

7. ______ workers Rescue

8. Type of writing Topic sentence of para.1 Topic sentence of para.2 Topic sentence of para.3 Topic sentence of para.4 General idea of the passage This is a news report Strange things were happening in the countryside in northeast Hebei. Everything began to shake and it seemed that the world was at an end. Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed. All hope was not lost. The passage tells us something that happened before the earthquake during the earthquake and after the earthquake.

9. Events before the earthquake: flash rise fall cracks nervous look for places Mice jump out of

10. The people don’t worry because Such a great number of people died because Water was needed because The people did not lose hope because a. the army came to help them. b. the earthquake happened while they were sleeping. c. dams and wells were useless. d. they didn’t know what the strange events meant. Join the correct parts of the sentences (d) (b) (c) (a)

11. Fill the blank Strange things happened in Tang Shan. For a few days, water in the wells rose and fell. From the wall of wells a _____ (smell) gas came out. Mice, chicken, pigs and even fish became ______. At 3:00 am, everything began to shake. ___seemed that the world was at ___ end . One third of the nation felt it. A huge crack cut_____ the city. The city ____ (lie) in ruins. smelly nervous it an across lay

12. injured Two-thirds of the people died or were_______ (injure). Then later that afternoon, another big quake _______(shake) Tang Shan. People began to wonder how long the disaster would last. But all hope was not lost. The army came to dig out those ____were_______ (trap) and to bury the dead. Slowly, the city began to breathe again. shook who trapped

13. Discussion Imagine your home begins to shake and you must leave right away. Among the following items, which would be the first three you may take along? Rank them and tell us why. • ID card money phone radio battery （电池） • bottles of water and some food blanket （毛毯）flashlight match • first-aid box tent（帐篷）

14. Homework • Read the text again • Finish the Exercise1,2,3 on Page 28