Unit 4 Earthquakes
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Moved by mother’s great love
She had died when the rescuers found her.She was buried by the crushed house.Through gaps of those ruins，we can see her last posture(姿态).Being on her knees，the upper part of the body was prostrate (趴着的) forward，with her hands on the ground to support her body.That was something like an ancient who was kowtowing.
The rescuers confirmed her death by touching her through the gaps of ruins.They shouted at the ruins again and again，knocked the bricks using the crowbar(铁棍)，but no response inside.
Then the rescuing team went to next building，suddenly the leader ran back，calling “come here”.He came to the body，stretched his hands under the woman，feeling and touching，then shouted loudly “there is someone，a baby，still living”.
Through some efforts，rescuers cleaned up the ruins carefully which blocked her.Under her body lay her baby，who was wrapped in a small red quilt with yellow flowers scattered in red.He was about 3 or 4 months’ old.Since well protected by mother’s body，he was totally safe.He was sleeping on both ears when the rescuer carried him out，and his lovely and peaceful face warmed everyone around him.The doctor along with the rescuing team unfastened the quilt to check if the baby was all right，and he found there was a mobile phone filled in the quilt.The doctor looked at the screen subliminally，a written message was already there: “My dear baby，if you could live，don’t forget how much I love you”.As a doctor，he experienced too much of parting forever；but at this moment，he wept.The mobile was passed，every person who saw this message shaded tears.
Section One Warming Up and Reading
Ⅰ.Lead-in
1.Who can remember what happened in Yushu，in Qinghai Province in the year 2010? A terrible earthquake broke out there on April 14th.More than 2,200 people were killed.
2.Do you know any other natural disasters?
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tornadoes；typhoons/hurricanes；volcano eruption；drought；floods；etc. 3.Can you tell some famous land earthquakes?
(1)Pakistan Earthquake：On October 8th,2005，a terrible earthquake which measured 7.6 on
the Richter scale happened in Pakistan，Afghanistan and India.And Pakistan was the most
serious-affected country，in which 38,000 people died,62,000 people injured and 25,000 people
were homeless.(2)San Francisco：On October 17,1989，an earthquake measuring 7.1 on the
Richter scale struck San Francisco.(3)The Wenchuan Earthquake in 2008. 4.Do you know why an earthquake happens?
The plates are moving constantly.Sometimes these two plates stop and do not move for
years.Then suddenly，they jump and an earthquake happens.As a result of the movement
of these plates，west America near the sea has always been a bad place for earthquakes.
5.What do you think may happen before an earthquake?
Mice ran out of the fields looking for places to hide.Fish jumped out of bowls and ponds.The
chickens and even pigs were too nervous to eat.The dog barked loudly again and again.People
could see bright lights in the sky. Ⅱ.速读课文，回答下列问题 1.What happened? 2.Where did it happen? 3.How long did it last?
4.Who helped to rescue the trapped people? Ⅲ.精读课文，回答下列问题 1.概括每一部分的大意
Part 1(Para.1)：Before the earthquake，strange things began to happen but no one took any notice of them.
Part 2(Paras.2～3)：The earthquake destroyed the city of Tangshan and shocked
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the
people very much.
Part 3(Para.4)：The army came to help the survivors，bringing hope for a new life. 2.True or false?
(1)People in Tangshan were warned of the earthquake and didn’t go to bed that night.(F)
(2)People in Beijing also felt the earthquake.(T)
(3)More than 400,000 people were killed in the earthquake.(F)
(4)Many rescue workers and doctors were trapped under the ruins during the aftershock.(T)
(5)People tried to get fresh water from under the ground in Tangshan.(F) 3.完成下列表格 Main idea northeast Hebei. The water in the wells (2)rose and (3)fell. Signs before (Para.1) A (4)smelly gas came out of the cracks. Mice (7)ran out of the fields looking for places to hide. Fish about (8)jumped out of their bowls and ponds. At about (9)3∶00 a.m. on July 28,1976，people saw (10)bright lights in the sky. At (11)3∶42 a.m.，the (12)greatest earthquake of the 20th century began. (13)Steam burst from holes in the ground. Damage caused by Hard hills of rock became rivers of (14)dirt. earthquake (Paras.2～3) (15)Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves. Two (16)dams and most of the bridges fell. The railway tracks were now (17)useless pieces of (18)steel. (19)Sand now filled the wells instead of water. Water，food，and (20)electricity were hard to get. 4.填入正确的数据
(1)1/3 of the nation felt the earthquake.
(2)A huge crack that was 8 kilometres long and 30 metres wide cut across houses，roads and canals.
(3)In 15 terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins.
(4)2/3 of the people died or were injured during the earthquake.
the earthquake The chickens and even the pigs were too (5)nervous to (6)eat. Details (1)Strange things were happening in the countryside of 3
(5)The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than 400,000. (6)All of the city’s hospitals,75% of its factories and buildings and 90% of its homes were gone.
Ⅳ.与同桌讨论、理解下列长难句并尝试翻译成汉语
1.Mice ran out of the fields looking for places to hide.
句子结构分析：现在分词短语looking for places to hide在句中表伴随，作伴随状语。 翻译：老鼠从地里跑出来找地方藏身。 2.It seemed as if the world was at an end!
句子结构分析：It seemed as if是固定句型结构，意为“看起来像是??”。 翻译：看起来像是到了世界末日！
3.Water, food，and electricity were hard to get.
句子结构分析：本句的结构是：主语＋be＋adj.＋to do，其中to do用主动形式表示被动 含义。
翻译：水、电和食物都很难弄到。 4.All hope was not lost.
句子结构分析： all 与not 连用表示部分否定。 翻译：并不是所有的希望都破灭了。 Ⅴ.根据下列提示复述课文
sign damage rescue
——|————|————|——→ before... during... after...
Section Two Language Points
1. In the farmyards，the chickens and even the pigs were too nervous to eat.在农家大院里，
鸡甚至是猪都紧张得不想进食。
He is too excited to speak. 他太激动了，说不出话来。
They reached the station too late to catch the train. 他们到火车站太迟了，没赶上火车。
以上句式用了too...to结构，意思为“太??而不能??”，表示否定意义。但是当 too...to...用来修饰表示态度、情绪、倾向等的形容词时，如anxious，eager，glad，happy，
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