Unit 4 EarthquakesItemsStudying aims and demandsWords名 词： earthquake, quake, well, pipe, million, event, nation, canal, steam, dirt, suffering, brick, dam, track, electricity, disaster, mine, miner, shelter, title, reporter, bar, congratulation, outline, headline, cyclist动 词： injure, destroy, bury, frighten形容词： extreme, useless, frightened, frightening副 词： sincerely兼类词： burst (vi./n.), ruin (n./vt.), shock (v./n.), rescue (n./vt.), trap (vt./n.), damage (n./vt.), judge (n./vt.), express (vt./n.)Expressions right away, as if, at an end, in ruins, dig out, a (great) number ofSentences1.It seemed as if the world was at an end!2 ． In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins.3 ． Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed.4 ． All hope was not lost.GrammarThe Attributive Clause ( ) (Ⅰthat, which, who, whose)( 定语从句 ( )Ⅰ ：由关系代词 that, which, who, whose 引导的定语从句 )Topics1.Basic knowledge about earthquakes ( 关于地震的基本常识 )2 ． How to protect oneself and help others in disasters ( 在灾害中如何保护自己帮助他人 )Writing如何写复合句 ( )——Ⅱ状语从句Section ⅠWarming Up & ReadingChina lies in one of the most active earthquake regions of theworld and has been hit by manydisastrous earthquakes during itslong history.In the past half century China has experienced severallargest earthquakes, including the Tangshan Earthquake in 1976 andthe Wenchuan Earthquake in 2008.The most serious of theseearthquakes was the one that occurred in 1556.The following is abrief description of the 1556 earthquake.The Great China Earthquake of 1556 is the worst naturaldisaster in Chinese history, at least in terms of lives lost, whichoccurred in Hua County of Shanxi Province of China in 1556.Theearthqu...
