Earthquakes

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Lesson 26 and 27 Earthquakes
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1.Act out the dialogue 2.Retell the dialogue
begin with Carl will never forget the big
earthquake in 1989. He said
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US Map

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San Francisco
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Read Earthquake (1) as quickly as possible, find
its main idea
Two of the biggest earthquakes in San Francisco
and causes of earthquakes.
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The 1906 Earthquake
the morning of April 18.
A great part of the city
A large number of buildings
Para.1
250,000
700
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on the evening of Oct. 17
second strongest earthquake
The1989 Earthquake
cars
killed
were destroyed
fires
was cut off for several days
Para. 2-3
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six different plates
Causes of Earthquakes
jump
Para. 4
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Paragraph 4
American plate
Eurasian plate
?San Francisco
Pacific plate
African plate
Indian plate
Antarctic plate
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Paragraph 4
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American plate
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San Francisco
Pacific plate
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Main Idea Details
Dont build houses Build houses on not on . Make the houses
along the
lines where two of the earths plates join
together.
Struggles against earth-quakes
rock
Para. 5
sand
as strong as possible.
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Main Idea Details
The Big One Many more people in and around San Francisco may . Many more houses and buildings will
die
Para. 6
be destroyed.
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Discuss the following questions 1. Why do
earthquakes happen? 2. What can we do to
reduce(??) the damage(??)of the earthquakes?
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Homework

• Ex.1 ,2and 3 on page 89
• in the workbooks.
• 2.Review Lesson 26 and 27.

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Goodbye