Unit 4 Earthquake學案

the earthquake hit in the early morning, at 03:42:53.8 local time (1976-jul-27 19:42:53.8utc), and lasted for around 15 seconds. many sources list it as 8.2 on the richter scale(里氏8.2), but chinese government’s official sources state 7.8. it was followed by a major 7.1 magnitude aftershock(7.1級余震)  some 15 hours later, increasing the death toll(死亡人數). it was the first earthquake in recent memory to score a direct hit on a major city.
questions
  1). how many people were killed according to official figures?

  2). at what time did the earthquake happen? and how long did it last?

2. pre-read the text and try to describe the situation in your own words with 30 words before, while and after the quake happened.

第二部分：reading（任務領先 合作探究）
fast reading
read the passage quickly and pay attention to the first sentence of each paragraph.
1.fill in the table.
type of writing(tick the right one) report/ news/ advertisement/ story
topic sentence of paragraph 1 
topic sentence of paragraph 2 
topic sentence of paragraph 3 
topic sentence of paragraph 4 
2. how many parts can this passage be divided into?  
part paragraph main idea

  
3. answer the questions.
  1) in what order was the passage written?

  2) what is the general idea of the passage?

careful reading
1 true or false?
decide whether the following statements are true or false. if it is false, try to correct it.
  1) people in tangshan were warned of the earthquake and didn’t go to bed that night. . (  )
  2) people in beijing also felt the earthquake.           (  )
  3) more than 400 000 people were killed in the quake. .        (  )
  4) many rescue workers and doctors were trapped under the ruins during the aftershock. (  )
  5) people tried to get fresh water from under the ground in tangshan. .     (  )

2 choose the best answer:
  1) what is the mood of this passage?
    a. sad. 　b. serious. 　c. serious and a bit sad. 　d. calm.
  2) what can be inferred from the passage?
    a. if mice run out of the fields looking for places to hide, there must be an earthquake.
b. if some natural signs had not been ignored, all the people in tangshan city might have had a  
  chance to survive.
c. there wouldn’t have been such a great earthquake, if people had paid enough attention to some