Unit 4 Earthquakes

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Unit 4 Earthquakes
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Reading
Question? What strange things happened before
the earthquake?
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Before The Earthquake

• The animals were too nervous to eat
• Mice ran out of the fields
• Fish jumped out of bowls and ponds
• The water in the well rose and fell
• Bright light appeared in the sky

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Numbers Events
Began to shake
At 342 One-third Two-thirds 400,000 75 ,
90 Tens of thousands of 150,000 Most of 10,000
1/3 of the nation felt it
Died or injured
The number of people who died or injured
Factories, buildings or homes were gone
Cows died
The soldiers who the army sent to help the rescue
workers
The miners who were rescued from the coal mines
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Find out the main ideas of
each paragraph in two words
The signs
Paragraph 1
The damage
Paragraph 2-3
Rescue work
Paragraph 4
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Task 1
Further information about Tangshan earthquake
Struck at 342a.m. on July 28, 1976
When Where Degree The damage
Hebei China, 11km below the city
7.8 magnitude
242,419 people killed(12.8 of Tangshans
population) Economic
damage about 3 billion yuan Cause 2,200 people
to become paraplegics
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Task 2
If the earthquake happens around you,
What will you do?
If you notice the signs of the earthquake
When the earthquake comes
After the earthquake
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Assignment Find some information about the
earthquake happened in San Francisco in 1906.
Compare with these two earthquakes and find
something in common.
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