第一册unit4Reading.ppt

1、Reading,How many Nature Disasters do you know?,typhoon,tornado, hurricane,seismic sea wave / tsunami,volcanic eruption,sand storm,thunderstorm,earthquake,我国地震分布,1) Do you know what would happen before an earthquake?,2) What can we do to keep ourselves safe from an earthquake?,Discussion,Bright light

2、s flash in the sky,Animals are too nervous, such as cows, dogs, horses, and snakes, etc.,Predictions of an earthquake:,1) Bright lights flash in the sky;,3) The well walls have deep cracks with smelly gas;,4) Animals are too nervous, such as cows, pigs, horses, and snakes, etc;,5) Mice run out to lo

3、ok for places to hide;,6) Fish jump out of the ponds.,2) The water in the well rise and fall;,An Earthquake,A terrible earthquake happened in India.,Tangshan, Hebei,July 28th, 1976,THE EARTH DIDNT SLEEP,A NIGHT,Reading,Join the correct parts of the sentences.,Do a fast-reading of the passage.,2 The

4、people didnt worry because,1 The chickens didnt eat because,C they were nervous.,E they didnt know what the strange events meant.,3 Such a great number of people died because 4 Water was needed because 5 The people did not lose hope because,D dams and wells were useless.,B the quake happened while t

5、hey were sleeping.,A the army came to help them.,Structure of the text,shocked,destroyed,2-3,no one noticed,Strange things,1,fresh water,shelters,to bury,4,Some figures in the text,15,3:00 am on July 28, 1976,one million,millions,Half a million,Tens of thousands of,90%,75%,400,000,of,150,000,Read th

6、e text carefully again and choose the best answer. 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 like crazy that night D. animals on the earth would not sleep that night,C,2. All th

7、e 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 of cows would never give milk again D. fish jumped out of bowls and ponds,C,3. Wh

8、at does “them” in the sentence “No wind, however, could blow them away.” (in Paragraph 3) refer to? Red autumn leaves. B. Bricks on the ground. C. Bodies of dead animals. D. Sand in the wells.,B,Retell the story,_ happened in Tang Shan. For a few days, water in the wells _. From the _ of wells _come

9、 out. Mice, chicken, pigs and even fish became _. At 3:00 am, everything began to _.It seemed that the world was _. _ of the nation _ it. _cut across the city. The city lay _.,Strange things,rose and fell,cracks,smelly gas,nervous,shake,at an end,One-third,felt,A huge crack,in ruins,Two-thirds of th

10、e people _ or _. Then later that afternoon, another big quake _ Tang Shan. People began to wonder _. But all hope _. _ came to help those _. Slowly, the city began to _.,died,were injured,shook,how long the disaster would last,was not lost,Soldiers,breathe again,survivors,Imagine your home begins to

11、 shake and you must leave it right away. imagine: form a mental picture imagine + n. /pron imagine sb. to be shake : cause to move to and fro,Language points,right away : at once ; in no time ; immediately right now : at this very moment Make up your mind_. Ill return the book_.,right now,right away

12、,He _from his chair when the door bell rang. Her job is _chickens. Her temperature is still_. He _ in rank recently.,2. rise vi. 不填 B.不填; who C. who; who D. 不填;不填,6. It seemed as if the world,1) as if 似乎，好像 = as though She spoke to me as if she knew me. 她和我说话的神情，好像她早就认识我 似的。 2) as if 在表语从句中相当于that:

13、It seemed as if the meeting would never end. 看起来会议没完没了。,本文中as if 的用法就是第二种。 It seemed as if the world was at an end!= It seemed that the world was at an end!,It seemed that the world was _ _ _.,at,an,end,at the end of 用于表示具体事物或场所的场合，它也可以用来表示比喻意; by the end of 用于表示时间的场合到结束的时候，用语过去完成时态; in the end 意思“最

14、后、终于”。,Compare: at the end of by the end of in the end,1) . His father will return home _this year. 2) . He will be a scientist _. 3) . How many English words had you learned _ last term?,at the end of,in the end,by the end of,7. In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in_.,ruins,lie (lay, lain

15、): to be, remain or be kept in a certain state in ruins : severely damaged or destroyed,Compare: ruin ; destroy ; damage,damage指部分“损坏”、“损害”、“破坏”或指使用价值有所降低。它可以用作动词,也可以用作名词,用作名词时常与to something 连用。 The accident did a lot of damage to his car. destroy 只能用作动词,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。 The

16、earthquake destroyed almost the whole town.,ruin则表示破坏严重,以致不能修复,但这种破坏不像destroy那样毁灭某物,而是强调致使该物的使用价值发生了问题。用作动词时,它作 “使毁灭”、 “使崩溃”、 “弄糟”解;用作名词时,它表示 “毁灭”、 “瓦解”、 “废墟”等抽象概念。ruin也有借喻的用法。 The fire ruined the castle. The house has fallen into ruin. The company is facing ruin.,The village _in ruins after the war

17、. These machines have _idle since the factory closed. An earthquake left the whole town_. His career is_.,lay,lain,in ruins,in ruins,Everywhere they looked nearly everything was_.,destroyed,He _ his girl friends prospects,ruined,Soft wood _easily.,damages,8. Two-thirds of the people died or were _ d

18、uring the earthquake.,injured,More than 61% of the surface of the earth _covered by water. Seventy percent of the workers in this factory _ young.,is,are,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 th

19、e desks in this school _ (make) in his company. 4. _ (大部分的) of the lecture he made yesterday _ (be) interesting.,One-third,are,Three-fifths,was washed,Half,are made,Most,was,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

20、) of the mountain _ (cover) by trees.,is covered,Tens of thousands of,are dancing,ten thousand,90% / 90 percent,Their criticisms _him deeply. Smoking will _his health. He was slightly _in the car accident. He got _in the fighting. What you said _my feeling.,have hurt,injured,injured,wounded,hurt,Com

21、pare: injure; hurt; wound,injure: to hurt oneself/ sb. / sth. physically,考点 last在此句中意为“持续，延续”。可单独使用，也可后接for +一段时间（for可以省略）。,9. People began to wonder how long the disaster would last.,考例 The evening news comes on at seven oclock and _ only thirty minutes. (2004全国卷II) A. keeps B. continues C. finishe

22、s D. lasts 点拨 根据句意“只持续30分钟”，排除C； keep意为“维持，保持”时，后接形容词作表语，排除A; continue指继续做某事；last指某事持续了多长时间。,10. All hope was not lost. 考点 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。,考例 I agree with most of what you said, but I dont

23、agree with _. (NMET 1997) A. everything B. anything C. something D. nothing 点拨 根据前面的“我同意你说的大部分”，暗示“我并不同意所有的”，可知是部分否定，选A。not.everything表示的是部分否定。,11. The army organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead. dig out 挖掘；发现 bury : A. to place in the ground B. to occupy (oneself) with deep concentration; absorb,The dog buried the bone in the ground. I buried myself in my studies. bury oneself in= be buried in devote oneself to= be devoted to,12. Workers built shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed. 考点 whose意为“的”，在定语