Reading IILearning aims:

1. To get more detailed information about the earthquake in Taiwan .

2. To analyze （分析） the sentences to get a better understanding.3. To make sure to know how to protect ourselve

s during the natural disasters.

How much do you know about …?

The Taiwan earthquake

Let's take a quick look at the story on P94.

In which paragraphs can you find the answers to these questions?

Answer some questions

1. What was Timmy doing when he heard some noise above him?

2. What was the real noise like?

3.What time did the earthquake start?

He was trying to find his way out.

It sounded like bombs under the ground.

It started at about 2 o'clock in the early moring.

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4. What happened to Timmy when the earthquake ended?

5.What did Timmy do after he found that he was trapped?

He was trapped in the dark.

He shouted for help and started to pull himself slowly through the dark.

Complete the story

Timmy is a teenager . He lives in T________. He wass_____ in the earthquake in 1999 . He first felt a slight s_____ , then he heard a loud noise like t______. Thenoise came , like b_____under the ground . After that , pieces of glass and b______ fell down. Finally , the noise and s_______ ended , he was t_______and could not get out .He tried to shout for h____ . At last , people m_____away the bricks and stones and s______ him .

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Suppose there would be an earthquake, what should we do to keep ourselves safe?

(Group work)

If at school: 1. Hide under a desk or table. 2. Follow teachers’ advice.

If at home:Hide under a heavy table or bed.

If on a road:

1. Use something hard ( 硬的 ) to protect

your head.

2. Avoid （避免） the buildings.

Don’t rush out without order.Never try to use the lift.

Stay calm!

If we are in a high building

(8 points)

(6 points)

(10 points)

(4 points)

(2 points)

Let's challenge ( 挑战 ). Your group can choose any level and get the points.

Complete the following sentences.

1. The two old friends s_____ hands hard

when they met in the street.

2. Most buildings in this area are made of

b_____ and stones.

hook

ricks

3. The girl was full of f___ when the ear

thquake started.

4. I tried to c____ down, but I was still

frightened.

5. Kate began to s______ when she saw

a worm( 蠕虫） in her book.

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1. 起初2. 惊恐地3. 在地下4. 向四处跑5. 玻璃的碎片

和砖块6. 开始倒塌7. 冷静下来

in fear

run in all directions

pieces of glass

and bricks begin to come down

calm down

Translate the following phrases

at first

under the ground

8. 根本看不见9. 处于困境中10. 一阵恐惧11. 找到出去的路 12. 听到人们兴奋

的欢呼声13. 移走，拿开14. 最后

can not see at all

be trapped

a moment of fear

move away

find one's way out

hear shouts from

excited people

at last

Game Time

Now I will divide you into several groups. Mak

e sentences with your partners with the words

and phrases above. Then speak them out to us.

Let’s see which group has the most sentences.

1. Frightened by the loud noise, the

children looked at each other ______

( 害怕地 ).

2. The small animals in the forest

__________________ ( 四处逃窜 )

when they saw a tiger coming.

ran in all directions

Fill in the blanks.

in fear

3. We _________________ ( 正在尽全力 ) to protect wild animals.

4. The fans _______________( 疯狂尖叫 ) all the time during the concert.

5. I ____________ ( 平静下来 ) after list

ening to the beautiful music.

6. Five workers ____________ ( 被困 ) i

n the mine （矿） for 10 hours last mo

nth.

screamed wildly

are trying our best

calmed down

were trapped

• Fill in the blanks• One spring day in 1905 in New Mexico, the

United States, someone saw smoke coming from a forest and called the fire station at once. The firefighters saw a big fire on the ground between the trees, which was spreading( 扩散 ) ⑴q_______because of a ⑵s______wind. Many people tried to fight the fire, but as soon as one area was under control, the fire spread to ⑶a________ area. Suddenly a firefighter saw a baby bear close to the fire. It was ⑷t_______in the bushes. The firefighter bravely ran over

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• and took it away from the ⑸f_____. After the fire was put out, a farmer took the bear to his farm. A ⑹r ________ wrote about this lucky bear and soon many people ⑺k_____his story. Soon, he was given a home at the National Zoo in Washington D.C. People wanted to remind everyone in the United States about the danger of ⑻f_______fires so they put up big signs with ⑼p_______of the bear, which said, " Only you can prevent forest fires!" The little bear became the most famous animal in the ⑽c_________.

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1. Try to recite this article.

2. Remember the language points in t

his lesson.

3. 书面表达： 请根据下面信息，写一篇介绍四川雅安地震的短文。

发生时间： 2013 年 4 月 20 日早晨发生地点：雅安地震地震损失： 200 多人遇难， 1 万多人受伤，

成 千上万的房屋倒塌。救灾情况：成千上万的士兵前来援助，救援

队日夜搜寻幸存人员。人们纷纷捐款捐物帮助当地人们走出困境。

要求： 1. 条理清楚，语句通顺。 2. 70 词左右。参考词汇：受伤 get hurt; 救援队 rescue team; 幸存者 survivor

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1. I felt a slight shake. (n.)

feel a slight shake 感到一阵轻微的震动

e.g. 当地震开始的时候 , 我们感到一阵轻微的震动。

We felt a slight shake when the earthquake started.

1. The earth started to shake. (v.)

The earth started to shake when the earthquake began.

start to shake 开始摇动

e.g. 当地震开始时地球开始摇动。

2. People screamed in fear.(n.)

in fear 害怕地，恐惧地 相似的结构还有： in trouble 有麻烦的 in need 需要帮助的 in danger 处于危险之中

e.g. People screamed in fear. (n.) 人们害怕地尖叫起来。e.g. They got lost in the forest. They had to t

ry different ways in fear.他们在森林里迷路了，他们不得不害怕地

尝试不同的路。

3. Some ran out of the building. run out of … 从……跑出 e.g.

Some students run out of the classroom.

一些学生从教室里跑出来。

4.People were running in all directions…

in all directions 向各个方向，四面八方 The people disappeared in all directions.  人们朝四处散去。People were running in all directions while pieces of glass and bricks were falling down.人们在跑向四面八方，一块块的玻璃和砖块直往下掉。

连词 while 在此用于连接两个同时正在发生的动作。

5.Then the walls began to come down too!

e.g.

The building began to come down.这个楼开始坍塌了。

崩塌，坍塌

6. I tried my best to run out too, but I could not.

try one’s best 竭尽全力I am not sure, but I’ll try my best.  我没把握，不过我将尽力而为。 We’ll try our best to help you. 我们将尽量帮助你。

1. A moment of fear went through my mind ,but I told myself to calm down …calm down 冷静下来，平静下来 calm v. 使平静，使镇静 n. 平静，宁静 adj. 平静的，镇静的 e.g. Just calm down a bit! 你先静一静！

我的脑中掠过一阵恐惧

I won’t talk to you until you calm down.等你冷静下来的时候我再和你谈。 I told myself to calm down.     我告诫自己要冷静下来。 The sea calmed down. 海上已风平浪静了。 You should keep calm even in face of danger. （ adj. ）即使遇到危险你也应该保持镇定。I like the calm of the summer evening.(n.)我喜欢夏日黄昏的宁静。

1. … I was trying to find my way out, …

find one’s way out 找到出路e.g. 他想要找到出路。 He wants to find his way out.

2. They quickly moved away the bricks.

move away 搬走，移走e.g. 请把那个桌子和那把椅子搬开。

Please move away the desk and the chair.

2. “I’m trapped,” I said to myself.

be trapped 被困住，受困 He was trapped on that island （岛） for a long time. 他曾被困在那个岛上很长时间。 Someone was trapped in the lift the other day.     那天有人被困在电梯里。

I started to pull myself slowly through the dark.

我开始在黑暗中慢慢的向前移动。

e.g. Tom pulled himself free and ran out.

汤姆挣脱身跑掉了。

移动，抽出，常指（较费力地移

动）

dark around him

told himself to calm down

be alive

he was trapped

after the earthquake

a moment of fear went through his mind

noise & shaking

end