Unit4EarthquakesEarthquakesalmostneverkillpeopledirectly.②Instead,manydeathsandinjuriesinearthquakesresultfromfallingobjectsandthecollapseofbuildings,bridgesandotherstructures.Fireresultingfrombrokengasorpowerlinesisanothermajordangerduringaquake.Spillsofhazardouschemicals(危险的化学品)arealsoaconcernduringanearthquake.Theforceofanearthquakedependsonhowmuchrockbreaksandhowfaritshifts.Powerfulearthquakescanshakefirmgroundviolentlyforgreatdistances.Duringminorearthquakes，thevibrationmaybenogreaterthanthevibrationcausedbyapassingtruck.Onaverage,apowerfulearthquakeoccurslessthanonceeverytwoyears.Atleast40moderateearthquakescausedamagesomewhereintheworldeachyear.About40,000to50,000smallearthquakes—largeenoughtobefeltbutnotdamaging—occurannually.Tasks：1．佳句仿写①...calledtsunamis(海啸)．..Thegroup____________.(“”被称作甲壳虫的乐队很受欢迎)②Instead...Wewon'thaveteainthehouse.____________.(我们将在花园里而不是在室内喝茶)。2．句子翻译(将黑体句子译成汉语)______________________________________________________答案1.①called“Beatles”isverypopular.②Instead,we'llhaveteainthegarden2．海底威力巨大的地震能够引起被称为海啸的一系列具有毁坏性的巨浪，能够淹没海岸许多英里。Period1WarmingUp，Prereading&ReadingⅠ.单词识记1．________n.地震2．________vi.爆裂，爆发n．突然破裂；爆发3．________n.百万4．________n.事件；大事5．________n．民族；国家；国民6．________n.废墟；毁灭vt.毁灭；使破产7．________n.苦难；痛苦8．________adj.极度的9．________vt.损害；伤害10．destroyvt.________________________11．uselessadj.________________________12．shock/ʃɒk/vt.&vi.________________n．________________________13．rescuen.&vt.________________14．trap/træp/vt.________n．________________15．electricityn.________________________16．disastern.________________17．bury/'berI/vt.________________________答案1.earthquake2.burst3.million4.event5.nation6.ruin7.suffering8.extreme9.injure10.破坏；毁坏；消灭11.无用的；无益的；无效的12.(使)震惊；震动；休克；打击；震惊13.援救；营救14.使陷入困境；陷阱；困境15.电；电流；电学16.灾难；灾祸17.埋葬；掩埋；隐藏Ⅱ.短语天地1．____________立刻；马上2．____________仿佛；好像3．____________结束；终结4．inruins____________5．digout____________6．a(great)numberof____________答案1.rightaway2.asif3.atanend4.严重受损；破败不堪5.掘出；发现6.许多；大量的Ⅲ.句型搜索1．Inthefarmyard,thechickensandeventhepigsweretoonervoustoeat.[信息提取]too...to...结构，意为：太……而不能……。[例句仿写]她太矮了而不能够到架子上的书。Sheis________________________________thebookontheshelf.2．Miceranoutofthefieldslookingforplacestohide.[信息提取]lookingforplacestohide为现在分词短语作状语，此处表伴随。[例句仿写]他们在那儿站了半个小时，观察着天上的星星。Theystoodthereforhalfanhour________________________________________________.3．Itseemedasiftheworldwasatanend![信息提取]Itseemedasif...句型。[例句仿写]看来我们队好像要赢了。________________________________ourteamisgoingtowin.4．Allhopewasnotlost.[信息提取]该句为部分否定句。[例句仿写]这儿的所有人并非都友好。________________________________________________.答案1.tooshorttoreach2.watchingthestarsinthesky3.Itseemsasif4.AllpeopleherearenotfriendlyⅣ.预读理解1．FastReading：Scanthetextandchoosethebestanswersaccordingtothetext.①ThefirstsentenceinParagraph1impliesthat________.A．thesurvivorsdidn'tthinktoomuchofitB．thesurvivorsweremadetolosetheirsensesbythesuddenbig...
