built shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed.

五．Read the text again and finish the following passage.

____________ happened in Tangshan. For a few days, water in the wells _____________. From the ______ of wells __________came out. Mice, chicken, pigs and even fish became ________. At 3:00 am, everything began to ______.It seemed that the world was _________. _________ of the nation ____ it. ___________ cut across the city. The city lay _______.

Two-thirds of the people died or ___________. Then later that afternoon, another big quake ______ Tangshan. People began to wonder _____________________________. But all hope ____________. Soldiers came to help those ________. Slowly, the city began to _________________.

Answers:Strange things rose and fell cracks smelly gas nervous Shake at an end One-third felt A huge crack in ruins were injured shook how long the disaster would last was not lost survivors breathe again

六．Language points:

1.Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves.

﹝translate﹞______________________________________________.

短语be covered with 的意思是__________________;例如：

地面上全是雪。The ground ____ ________ ____snow.

2.Sand now filled the wells instead of water.

﹝translate﹞_____________________________________________.

短语be filled with的意思是________________,相当于短语______________.例如：

我们都十分佩服他的成就。We______ all _____ ______admiration for his achievements.

Instead of的意思是______________,其用法相当于介词，常用在名词，副词，形容词，代词，介词短语或动名词前。

Instead是副词，不能接任何词，意思是代替，顶替，反而，却。 例如：

他没有回答，反而转身离开了房间。

He didn't reply._______,he turned on his heel ﹝突然转身﹞and left the room.

现在我可以步行去上班，而不必开车了。

I can walk to work _____________ going by car.

3..Another big quake which was almost as strong as the first one shook Tangshan.

﹝translate﹞_______________________________________________________.

这里which引导的是___________从句，修饰_____把它分解成两个完全独立的句子为：

A.___________________________________________________.

B,______________________________________________________.

4.All hope was not lost.也可以说成：Not all hope was lost.意思是：

______________________________________________________.

它是部分否定。

而No wind,however,could blow them away.是全部否定。意思是____________________.

区别并翻译：

Not all the birds can sing.______________________________________.

No birds can sing.___________________________________________.

5.The army organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead.

﹝translate﹞________________________________________________________.

短语organize sb to do sth的意思是___________________________

Eg:上周学生会组织了我们进行大扫除。