Unit 4 Earthquakes
【Learning Aims】
1. To master the usage of the basic words and expressions in unit 4.
2. To enjoy our class and prepare for the college entrance examination.
【重难点】
单词、短语的准确运用，话题写作。
【学案用法指导】
范文背诵，复习识记课本单词、短语及句型的用法，进行自我检测，然后完成相关题目，
话题作文背诵
【话题写作】
512 日是汶川地震纪念日，你校校报编辑向你约稿。请你用英语写一篇关于汶川地震的短文，以悼念在地震中丧生的人。
【要点提示】
【范文背诵】
Eight years ago，a big earthquake struck Wenchuan in Sichuan Province on this day. The quake was so strong that one-third of the nation felt it. In several terrible minutes, the city and the countryside lay in ruins. The suffering of the people was extreme. Everything was destroyed. People were shocked. It seemed as if the world was at an end!
All hope was not lost. Soon after the quake, a great number of soldiers were sent to help to dig out those who were trapped and bury the dead. Soldiers and volunteers built shelters for the survivors whose homes had been destroyed
To our great relief, now a new Wenchuan has been constructed. No words are strong enough to express our thanks for the great efforts the soldiers and the volunteers have made to help Wenchuan people.
自主检测
I. 单词
【核心单词】不可不记
1. _______(vi.)爆裂；爆发 (n.)突然破裂；爆发 2. _____(n.) 废墟;毁灭 (vt.)毁灭;使破产 3. ______(vt.)破坏;毁坏;消灭 4. _______ (vt.&vi.)(使)震惊;震动 (n.)休克;打击;震惊 5.______(vt,)使陷入困境 (n.) 陷阱;困境 6. _______(vt.)埋葬;掩埋;隐藏 7. ______(n.&vt.) 损失;损害 8. _______(vt.) 表示;表达 (n.)快车;速递 9. ______ (vt.）损害；伤害→_______ (n.)伤害;损害→ _______(adj.)受伤的 10. _______(vt.)使惊吓;吓唬 → (adj.)受惊的;受恐吓的→________ (adj.）令人恐惧的 11. ________ (n.)祝贺;（复数)贺词 → _____(vt.）祝贺
【高频单词】不可不知
12._______ (n.)事件;大事 13. ________(n.&vt.) 援救;营救 14. _______(n.) 灾难;灾祸 15. ______(n.)掩蔽;掩蔽处;避身处 16. _________(adj.)极度的
17. _______(n.) 裁判员;法官 (vt.) 断定;判断;判决 18. ________ (n.)电；电流；电学→________ (adj.)用电的;带电的→_______ (adj.) 与电有关的;电学的
II. 短语
1. 轻视;认为……没价值____________
2. 仿佛;好像____________ 3. 掘出;发现____________ 4. 集资;筹款;募捐____________ 5. right away____________
6. at an end____________ 7. in ruins____________ 8. a (great) number of____________ 9. in the open air____________
10. give a speech____________
11. cut across____________
【语境取词】选用上面的单词或短语填空
On May 12th，2008, a big earthquake struck Wenchuan and caused great_______ (破坏）to the county. In only about 20 seconds, the whole county was_______ (严重受损）. Thousands of people were_______
(陷入困境）under the ruins.
(许多）people were_______ (受伤）and some of them were killed.
②The whole nation was ________ (震惊）. But all people took action_______ (立刻；马上). They______
(筹款） and took food and clothes to the earthquake-stricken area. Some volunteers helped build the________ (避身处）；some helped ______(挖出）and________(埋葬）the dead; some helped______(营救）the injured. With all the nation’s help, people there lived a normal life again.
III.句型
1. it seems/seemed as if...看起来好像
It seemed as if (看起来好像）the world was at an end!
【仿写】似乎这一百万人都没有把这些亊当回事儿，当天晚上照常睡着了。
and were asleep as usual that night.
2. everywhere作连词，引导地点状语从句
Everywhere they looked (人们无论朝哪里看 ) nearly everything was destroyed.
【仿写】这个年轻的歌手无论在哪儿出现，总是被一群疯狂的粉丝包围。
, he is always surrounded by a group of crazy fans.
3. whose引导定语从句
Workers built shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed (那些家园被毁的).
【仿写】我喜欢住在墙壁被涂成浅黄色的房子里。
I like to live in the house .
4.1eave+宾语+宾语补足语
Thousands of families were killed and many children were left without parents (成为了孤儿).
【仿写】你最好不要把儿子单独留在家里。毕竟，他还太小不能照顾自己。
You had better not . After all, he is too young to look after himself.
5. all... not...并非所有的 都
All hope was not (不是所有的希望）lost.
【仿写】他们并非都正确。
=Not all of them are right
IV.语篇
Strange things happened in Tangshan. For a few days, water in the wells 1._____ (rise) and fell. The well walls had cracks and a 2. _____(smell) gas came out of the cracks. Mice, chickens, pigs and even fish become too nervous to live 3. _____ usual. At 3:42 a. m. , everything began to shake. It seemed as if the world was at 4. ____ end. One-third of the nation felt it. A huge crack cut 5. _____the city. The city lay in 6. _____(ruin). Two-thirds of the people died or were injured. Then, later that afternoon, another big quake 7. _____(shake) Tangshan, 8. _____ trapped many rescue workers and doctors. People began to wonder How long the disaster 9. _____(last). But all hope was not lost. Soldiers came to help those 10. _____ (survive). Slowly，the city began to breathe again.
V. 语法专练（定语从句I）
Jim, 1._____ father is a biologist, is crazy about animals. The only subject 2. _____ seems interesting to him is 3. _____. He spends every penny 4. _____ he can save to buy books on biology, 5. _____ is often laughed at by his classmates. One day, when he stepped in the bookstore 6. _____ sells all kinds of books about animals, he was 7. _____ excited as a child who found something he had been longing for. He was lost in the books 8. _____ a comer of the store and forgot about the time and he was locked inside when the store was closed! 9. _____ this experience was talked about again, he would say that was the very thing 10. _____ he had hoped—he was glad to have remained there and read for the whole night for free!
强技提能
I.完成句子
1. She ____________________________ for an hour.
她让我在雨里等了一个小时。
2. On hearing the news that their team had won, she __________________________.
一听到他们队贏了的消息，她就欢呼了起来。
3. _________________, he didn’t hear the sound.
他埋头读书,没有听到那个声音。
4. Foreign media
the quick response and orderly rescue efforts of the Chinese government after the earthquake.
国外媒体高度评价了地震之后中国政府的快速反应与有序救援工作。
II.用所给单词的适当形式填空
1. It is the custom in Britain that young people often do not_______(shake) hands when they meet someone for the first time.
2. The rain has rained for half a month, completely (ruin) our holiday.
3. People are curious to get the latest information about many natural_________(disaster), such as earthquake, typhoon and snowstorm.
4. The mother, along with her two children,
(rescue) from the sinking boat by a passing ship.
5. We sent our
(congratulate) to her when she passed the exam.
6. People were
(shock) by the eruption of the volcano, for it was even greater than they had expected.
7. The special actions are considered to be the proof that people use_______ (judge) whether the speakers tell lies or not.
8. He was dead and (bury) at the top of the hill.
III.话题写作
根据要求运用本单元所学知识写一篇短文。
1.2017年8月3日，云南省昭通市鲁甸县突然发生了强烈地震，全国震惊。（strike，shocked)
2.地震现场令人恐惧。整个城镇变成一片废墟;大量房屋倒塌;一条条巨大的裂缝穿过房屋、道路和水道；山体崩塌，道路被掩埋;水、电被切断;数千人被困在废墟下。放眼望去， 几乎一切都被毁了。(lie in ruins, a great number of, cut across， be trapped)
3. 地震后全国人民立刻行动起来帮助当地人渡过难关。 (right away, disaster)
4. 我真心地希望鲁甸在全国人民的帮助下尽快恢复正常。(with the aid of, return to normal)