高一英语必修一-unit4-Reading

1、Unit 4,Unit 4,Earthquake,Earthquake,By Luth,Reading,Reading,A Night The Earth Didnt Sleep,A Night The Earth Didnt Sleep,Fast-reading -(A) Read the passage and join the correct parts of the sentences.,1 The chickens didnt eat because 2 The people didnt worry because 3. Such a great number of people d

2、ied because 4 Water was needed because 5 The people did not lose hope because,A the army came to help them. B the quake happened while they were sleeping. C they were nervous. D dams and wells were useless. E they didnt know what the strange events meant.,B,A,C,E,D,Fast-reading -(B) Read the passage

3、 and find out how many parts the passage should be divided and the main idea of the part as well.,Three Parts:,Part 1: Part 2: Part 3:,Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 and 3 Paragraph 4,Part 1:,Paragraph 1: (Before the earthquake) Strange things were happening both in the countryside and in the city of Tangs

4、han but no one noticed them.,Part 2:,Paragraph 2 and 3 (During the earthquake) The earthquake destroyed the city and shocked the people.,Part 3:,Paragraph 4 (After the earthquake) Soldiers were sent to dig out those trapped and to bury the dead; shelters were built for the homeless and fresh water w

5、as taken to the city.,Fast-reading -(B),Read the passage and fill the blanks in the answers to the following questions according to the text.,1. Whats the population of Tangshan in 1976? 2. What time did the earthquake happen? 3. How long did the earthquake last? 4. Whats the number of people killed

6、 or injured in the quake? 5. How serious was the earthquake? 6. How many soldiers were sent to rescue?,Whats the population of Tangshan in 1976? About _ . 2. What time did the earthquake happen? At about _. 3. How long did the earthquake last? _ seconds. 4. Whats the number of people killed or injur

7、ed in the quake? Over _.,one million,3:42 am on July 28, 1976,15,400,000,5. How serious was the earthquake? _ of the factories and buildings and _ of the homes were gone; _ _ _ _ cows would never give milk again; _ _ _ pigs and _ _ chickens were dead. 6. How many soldiers were sent to rescue? _.,90%

8、,75%,tens of thousands of,half a million,millions of,150,000,Fast-reading -(C),Discuss in groups and finish the following exercises.,1. The title “A night the earth didnt sleep” means _. A. the earth was awake all night long B. people on the earth couldnt fall asleep that night C. the earth shook li

9、ke crazy that night D. animals on the earth would not sleep that night 2. All the following unusual things happened in the countryside before the earthquake except that _. A. the water in the village wells rose and fell B. the chickens and even the pigs were too nervous to eat C. tens of thousands o

10、f cows would never give milk again D. fish jumped out of bowls and ponds 3. What does “them” in the sentence “No wind, however, could blow them away.” (in Paragraph 3) refer to? A. Red autumn leaves. B. Bricks on the ground. C. Bodies of dead animals. D. Sand in the wells.,_ happened in Tang Shan. F

11、or a few days, water in the wells _. From the _ of wells _ come out. Mice, chicken, pigs and even fish became _. At 3:42 am, everything began to _. It seemed that the world was _. _ of the nation _ it. _ cut across the city. The city lay _. Two-thirds of the people _ or _. Then later that afternoon,

12、Strange things,rose and fell,cracks,smelly gas,nervous,shake,at an end,One-third,felt,A huge crack,in ruins,Retell the story,died,were injured,_ big quake _ Tang Shan. People began to wonder _. But all hope _. _ came to help those _. Slowly, the city began to _.,shook,how long the disaster would las

13、t,was not lost,Soldiers,breathe again,survivors,another,Homework,Read the text and try to finish the exercises in comprehending. 2. Read the text and try to find out how to use the following language points: right away, rise, smelly too . To, as if ,one-third, lay in ruins, injured, be gone, tens of

14、 thousands of, dig out, all not , last. which and whose (attributive) clause,Language points,Language points,Imagine your home begins to shake and you must leave it right away. 假定你家开始摇动，而你必须马上离开。,e.g. 1. 我无法想象没有你的生活。 I cant imagine life without you. 2. 我本以为她已超过40岁。 I had imagined her to be over 40.

15、3.闭上你的眼睛，想象你在森林中。 Now，close your eyes and imagine that you are in a forest.,imagine - 想象，设想 （ review),right away :,at once ; in no time ; immediately 马上，立刻,e.g. 1. I will do it right away. 我马上办。 2. 我要你马上去。 I want you to go right away/right now.,c.f. right away 升起） smell n destroy ; damage ruin 表示破坏严

16、重, 以致不能修复, 它强调破坏被损物的使用价值发生了变化而不强调对被损物的毁灭。ruin可用作名词，表示 “毁灭”、“瓦解”、 “废墟”等抽 象 概念。 destroy 指彻底破坏, 以致不可能修复,常作“破坏”、“毁灭”解,也可以指希望、计划等打破。 damage 指部分“损坏”、“损害”、“破坏”或指使用价值 有所降低。但可修复。,e.g. 1. The accident did a lot of damage to his car. 2. The earthquake destroyed almost the whole town. 3. The fire ruined the cas

17、tle. 4. The house has fallen into ruin. 5. The company is facing ruin. Fill in the following blanks. 1. Everywhere they looked nearly everything was _. 2. Soft wood _ easily. 3. His career is _.,destroyed,damages,in ruins,10. Two-thirds of the people died or were injured during the earthquake. 三分之二的

18、人在地震中丧生或受伤。 injure- to hurt oneself/ sb. / sth. physically (受伤) e.g. 1. He was badly injured in the accident. 事故中他受了重伤。 2. 他伤了双腿。 He was injured in the legs.,c.f. injure; hurt; wound injure 多指意外事故中的肉体伤害 hurt 既能指肉体上的伤害，又可以指精神上的伤害。 wound多指战争中的枪伤，剑伤，刀伤，箭伤等。,Fill in the following blanks 1. I _ my self b

19、y accident. 2. Smoking will _ his health. 3. He was slightly _ in the car accident. 4. He got _ in the fighting. 5. What you said _ my feeling.,hurt/injured,injure/ hurt,injured,wounded,hurt,11. All of the citys hospitals, 75% of its factories and buildings and 90% of its homes were gone. 所有的市内医院、75

20、% 的工厂和建筑物、90%的家园 都消失了。 go- to stop existing or lost or stolen（不复存在， 不见了，丢失） e.g. 1. I left by bike outside the library and when I came out again it was gone. 我把自行车放在图书馆外面，而当我出来时却不 见了。 2. 你头还在疼？ Hasnt your headache gone yet?,12. Tens of thousands of cows would never give milk again. 好几万头牛再也挤不出奶来。 数目的

21、表达有准确和大概的区别，大概的如“几”， “好几” ， “数”， “成上” 等都表达为 Xs of ； Xs of + Xs of (X= ten, dozen, score, hundred, thousand等） e.g.1. Scores of students failed the exam this time. 数十名学生本次考试不及格。 2. Thousands of people were killed when the ships sank. 船沉没时，有几千人丧生。 3. Tens of thousands of birds appeared in the park yest

22、erday. 昨天公园里出现了千千万万（数万）的鸟。,注意：数目作定语修饰名词作主语时，句子的 谓语依名词的情况定,请根据提示完成下列句子。 1. _ (三分之一) of the students in our class _ (be) girls. 2. _ (五分之三 ) of the soil _ (wash) away by the flood last night. 3. _ (一半) of the desks in this school _ (make) in his company. 4. _ ( 大部分的 ) of the lecture he made yesterday

23、_ (be) interesting. 5. _ ( 数 万 ) people _ (dance) in the big square now. 6. There were _ (一万) students taking part in the exam yesterday. 7. _ ( 百分之九十 ) of the mountain _ (cover) by trees.,One-third,are,Three-fifths,was washed,Half,are made,Most,was,Tens of thousands of,are dancing,ten thousand,90%

24、/ 90 percent,is covered,13. People began to wonder how long the disaster would last. 人们开始纳闷，这场灾难还会持续多久。 last 在此句中意为“持续，延续” （ to continue for a particular period of time) 作此义时不用进行时。 e.g. 1.The meeting only lasted 30 minutes. 2. How long will the play last? 3. Each speech could last not more than 5 mi

25、nutes.,14. All hope was not lost. 不是所有的希望都破灭了。 all.not = not all. 意为“并不都”，是部分否定。当all, both及every 的合成词与not 连用时，表示部分否定；完全否定要 用 no, never, nowhere, none, neither, nothing， nobody等。 e.g. 1. All my friends do not study well. Not all my friends study well. 我的朋友并非个个都学习好。 2. 他并不是总打排球。 He does not always pla

26、y volleyball. 3. 你的作文并非都不好，拼写很好，不过语法差。 Your composition is not altogether bad，the spelling is good but grammar is poor. 4. None of these books are mine. 这些书都不是我的。,14. The army organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead. 部队人员组成小分队，将受困的人挖出来，将死者 掩埋。 1) dig out 挖掘；发现 e.g. 1.

27、The hunter dug out the fox. 2. Ten people have been dug out of the avalanche alive. 3. His golden medal was at last dug out. 4. He was trying his best to dig out the truth.,bury : A. to place in the ground (埋葬，安葬，埋藏） B. to occupy (oneself) with deep concentration; absorb（专心于某事） e.g.1. He was buried

28、in the farm where he had worked. 人们把他埋在他工作过的农场。 2. 狗把骨头埋在花园里。 The dog buried the bone in the garden. 3. She buried herself in the country to write a book. 她隐居在乡村写书。 4. 我专心于我的学习。 I buried myself in my studies.,15. Workers built shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed. 关系代词whose 意为 “的”，在定语从句中作定语， 与后面的名词构成所属关系。其先行词可以是人，也可 以是物。 e.g. 1. The boy, whose mother