The Third Period

step 2 revision
t：in the last period，we learned something about the terrible tangshan earthquake in 1976，which is the deadliest earthquake in china’s history.now i am going to ask you some questions based on the reading passage.
t：what did people in tangshan see in the sky before the earthquake？
s1：they saw bright lights in the sky.
t：what did people hear？
s2：they heard the sound of planes outside tangshan even when no planes were in the sky.
t：what did people notice in the wells？
s3：people noticed the well walls had deep cracks，and a smelly gas came out of the cracks.
t：did people pay any attention to these abnormal phenomena？
s4：no.they went to bed as usual that night.
t：when did the earthquake begin？
s5：at 3：42 in the morning of july 28.
t：how many people were killed or injured in the quake？
s6：more than 400000 people.
t：could the injured people go to hospital？
s7：no，they couldn’t because all of the city’s hospitals were gone in the quake.
t：were there any aftershocks？
s8：yes.later that afternoon，another big quake shook tangshan.many rescue workers and doctors were trapped under the ruins.
t：did the survivors deny the city and go to live in other places？
s9：no.they did the rescue work with the help of 150000 soldiers sent by the army.slowly the city of tangshan began to breathe again.
t：i am very satisfied with your work.
step 3 learning about numbers
t：maybe you have already noticed that there are a lot of numbers in the reading passage.to read them correctly is very important.sometimes there is a test on numbers in listening.
t：now turn to page 28 and look at part 3.match each word to the number that has the same meaning.
（allow ss several minutes to finish the task.）
t：now let’s check your answers.
s：a.90%     ninety percent
b.10000   ten thousand
c.1000000  one million
d.150000   one hundred and fifty thousand
e.75%   seventy-five percent
f.1/3   one-third
g.500 000  half a million
h.2/3   two-thirds
step 4 important points
t：in the reading passage of this unit，there are some important words and expressions.i will first give you five minutes to pick out the difficult words，expressions and sentence patterns.you may work with your partner.
（after five minutes.）
s1：in the first paragraph，“... the water pipes in some buildings cracked and burst.” how can we understand “burst”？
t：if something bursts or if you bursts it，it breaks open or apart suddenly and violently so that its contents come out.