Unit 4　Earthquakes

Period 2　文本研读课

自主预习

　　Many people believe that "It is always calm before a storm." Surf the Internet to find out what will usually happen before an earthquake.

思考导引

　　Please look at the picture.What can you see in the picture? Can you describe it?

课堂探究

　　1.Skimming

　　A.Read the text quickly and give the answers to the questions.

　　1)What does the passage mainly tell us about?

　　2)When did the earthquake happen?

　　3)How many people were killed or injured in this disaster?

　　B.Read the text quickly again,and try to find out the main idea for each paragraph.

　　Matching work:

　　Paragraphs:　　　　main ideas

　　Para.1　The world was at an end.The earthquake hit the city.

　　Para.2　The damage of the city in the earthquake.

　　Para.3　The rescue to the city.

　　Para.4　Some strange things happened before the earthquake.

　　2.Scanning

　　A.Read through Para.1 carefully and then answer the following question:What happened before the earthquake?

★The water in the wells 　　　 and 　　　.And some deep 　　　 could be seen in the well walls.A　　　　 gas came out of the cracks.