Understanding Earthquakes: Historic Quakes in China

1. Unit 4 Earthquake Warming up and reading

2. List the natural disasters that you know

3. Natural Disasters fire

4. flood

5. typhoon

6. snow slide (雪崩)

7. volcano (火山)

8. mudflow

9. sandstorm

10. Tsunami (海啸）

11. earthquake

12. List the big earthquakes that happened in China

13. Tangshan This beautiful city is in Hebei Province. It looks so beautiful now. But do you know that in 1976, a big earthquake happened in this very city ?

14. Tangshan, Hebei July 28th, 1976

15. 唐山大地震概况 1976年7月28日3时42分53.8秒，中国河北省唐山、丰南一带（东经118.2°，北纬39.6°）发生了强度里氏7.8级（矩震级7.5级）地震，震中烈度Ⅺ度，震源深度23千米，地震持续约12秒。强震产生的能量相当于400颗广岛原子弹爆炸，地震造成242769人死亡，16.4万人重伤，列20世纪世界地震史死亡人数之首。

16. 唐山大地震概况 它发生在现代中国重大转折的1976年。它不仅造成的伤亡3倍于汶川地震，更发生在京津唐这样的中国政治中心地带。当年周恩来、朱德、毛泽东三位伟人相继去世.

17. On May 12th, 2008 14:28 A big earthquake happened in WenChuan Sichuan !

18. Roads were cracked

19. Cars were broken

20. Buildings were destroyed

21. Another earthquake in China 北京时间2013年4月20日8时02分46秒，在四川省雅安市芦山县龙门乡、宝盛乡、太平镇交界（北纬30.3°，东经103.0°）发生面波震级为Ms7.0的地震，震源深度13公里。受灾人口152万，受灾面积12500平方公里。

22. Do you know why an earthquake happens?

23. Eurasian plate San Francisco American plate Pacific plate African plate India plate Antarctic plate The earth is made up of many plates(板块 ), and the plates are always in the state of moving. When two different plates knock together when moving, an earthquake happens.

24. Paragraph 4 North American plate • Earthquake Happens Pacific plate East West South

25. Many people believe that “it is always calm before a storm.” but is it right ? If not, what strange things may happen before an earthquake?

26. 2. What strange things would happen before an earthquake?

27. Animals are too nervous to sleep, such as cats, dogs, chickens, horses, ducks and rabbits, etc.

28. What do you think may happen before an earthquake? A The water in the wells ____and____. And some deep ______could be seen in the well walls. A ______ gas came out the cracks. rose fell cracks smelly

29. What do you think may happen before an earthquake? B Mice ran out of the fields___________ places to hide. Fish _________out of bows and ponds. lookingfor jumped

30. What do you think may happen before an earthquake? C The chickens and even pigs were______ nervous _____eat. The dog was ________ loudly again and again. too to barking

31. What do you think may happen before an earthquake? D People could see _______ lights in the sky. bright

32. Imagine your home begins to shake and you must leave it right away. You have time to take only one thing. What will you take?

34. personalwashingthings torch foodandsweets You will take: money blanket mobilephone abottleofwater medicine

35. Reading A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN’T SLEEP Fast-reading

36. Look at each part and write down its main idea. Part 1 Paragraph 1 Before the earthquake strange things began to happen but no one took any notice of them. Paragraph 2 Part 2 Paragraph 3 The earthquake destroyed the city of Tang Shanand shocked the people very much.

37. Part 3 Paragraph 4 The army came to help the survivors, bringing hope for a new life.

38. Join the correct parts of the sentences. 1 The chickens didn’t eat because C they were nervous. 2 The people didn’t worry because E they didn’t know what the strange events meant.

39. 3 Such a great number of people died because 4 Water was needed because 5 The people did not lose hope because B the quake happened while they were sleeping. D dams and wells were useless. A the army came to help them.

40. Careful Reading Make a timeline

41. Para.1 Forthreedays In the well well water rose and fall smelly gas came out of cracks chickens, pigs: toonervous to eat mice: run out to hide Inthefarmyard fish: jump

42. At about 3:00 am on July 28, 1976 bright light werein the sky the sound of planes could be heard Inthesky In thecity waterpipes: crackedandburst

43. At 3:42 am Later that afternoon House, roads and canals had a huge crack burst from hole in the ground. Steam became rivers of dirt Hills of rock layin ruins The large city Para.2-3

44. Group work Explain the title “ A night the earth didn’t sleep”. Then suggest another title for the text. The title means at that night, the earth didn’t fall asleep as usual, but became active. It is a poetic way of saying that an earthquake happened. Sample: “The waking earth and the sleeping city” “Tangshan’s great challenge”

45. Fill in the blanks. At 3:42am, everything began to s_____. It seemed that the world was a__ ___ ____. O________(1/3) of the nation f____ it. A h_____ crack cut across the city. The city lay i__ _____. Two-thirds of the people d____ or were i_______. Then later that afternoon, another big quake s______ Tang Shan, which t_______ many r______workers and doctors. People began to wonder how long the d______ would l_____. hake t anend ne-third elt uge ied n ruins njured hook rapped escue isaster ast

46. Soon after the quakes Para.4 The army: ---sent soldiers to Tangshan. organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead. Workers: ---built shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed. Result: The city began to breathe again.

47. True ( T ) or false ( F )? One-third • Two-thirds of the nation felt the earthquake. ( ) 2. All the people in Tangshan were dead or injured during the earthquake. ( ) 3. All of the city’s hospitals, factories, buildings and homes were damaged in the earthquake. ( ) F Two-thirds F 75% 75% F 90%

48. 4. Later that afternoon, a terrible earthquake shook Tangshan again. ( ) 5. People slept outdoors after the earthquake. ( ) T T

49. 6. Not only the people but also the animals were shocked greatly. 7. Many rescue workers and doctors were trapped under the ruins during the aftershock. T T

50. Read the text carefully and answer these questions. 1. What is the passage mainly about? An earthquake happened in Tangshan in 1976.