How much do you know about …?

The Taiwan earthquake

in fear fall down

scream calm down

be trapped run in all directions daylight

come downwildly

a slight shake

in a hurry

try one’s best

in fearscream

a slight

shaking

felt heard saw

at the beginni

ng

thunder

thunder

noise and shouts

fall down

calm downbe trapped run in all directions daylight

come downwildlyin a hurry

try one’s best

wildly

come down

fall down

try one’s best

felt heard

saw

during …

bombs

bombs

shake

shake run in all directions

nervous

calm down

be trapped

daylight in a hurry

daylight

calm down

in a hurry

be trapped

felt heard saw

after …

noise and shouts

noise and shouts

nothing nothingnervous

nervous

felt heard sawat the

beginning

a slight shaking

thunder

scream

in fear

during shake bombs run in all directions

wildly

try one’s best

fall down

come down

afterbe trapped

nervous

calm down

noise and shouts

in a hurry

daylight

15th January

Timmy is a teenager . He lives in Taiwan . He survive the _________ in 1999. He was doing som

e shopping when he heard a loud noise .

It was like the noise of ______.Then the noise became really loud . It sounded like______ under the ground . After that , pieces of glass and _

_____ fell down .

When the noise ended , he was ______ and could not get out . Amoment of _______ went through his mind . Then he tried to ____ down and ________ for help . Finally , people moved away th

e bricks and stones and saved him .

earthquake

thunderbombs

bricks

trapped

fear calm

screamed

Language pointsLanguage points1. I was sleeping when the earthquake started. (line1)

was sleeping 是过去进行时态

过去进行时结构： was/ were + doing

Eg: 昨天三点他正在看电视。He was watching TV at 3 o’clock yesterday.

。

1. At first, I felt a slight shake. (line2)

shake n. 摇动 ; 晃动We felt a slight shake before the earthquake started.

3. The earth started to shake. (line4)

start to shake 开始摇动e.g. The earth started to shake when the

earthquake began.

当地震开始时地球开始摇动。

At first, I felt a slight shake .

shake n. shake v.

1) At first, the slight _______ of the

house made Timmy frightened.

2) When the earthquake really

started, the earth _______.

shook

shake

shook

4. People screamed in fear. (line

5)

in fear 害怕地，恐惧地 相似的结构还有： in trouble 有麻烦的 in need 需要帮助的 in danger 处于危险之中 in hunger 饥饿的

e.g. People screamed in fear. 人们害怕地尖叫起来。e.g. They got lost in the forest. They had to t

ry different ways in fear. 他们在森林里迷路了，他们不得不害

怕地尝试不同的路。5. Some ran out of the building. (line5) run out of … 从……跑出e.g. Some students run out of the classroom. 一些学生从教室里跑出来。

6.I tried my best to run out too,but I could not. (line6)

try one’s best (not) to do sth.

= do one’s best (not) to do sth.

I did my best to run out too.

Mr. Nature will come to China to

tell us what we can do and what we

can’t do during the earthquake , so

he wants

to learn Chinese.

What should he try his best to do ?

try one’s best (not) to do….

Free talk

protecthidestay

When the earthquake comes, we should… try our best (not) to do sth.try our best (not) to do sth.

7. People were running in all

directions.

in all directions

in the direction of + place

Students go back home in all directions

after school.

Students go in the direction of their home

after school.

Miss Geng is ________________

________________

our school.

The birds are shocked

and _____________________.flying in all directions

walking in

the direction of

8. Then the walls began to come down too! (line8)come down 崩塌，坍塌e.g. The building began to come down. 这个楼开始坍塌了。

WriteWrite sentences about the picture. sentences about the picture.

3

____________________________________________________________

fall down, come downPieces of glass and bricks

fell down( 掉落 ) .

The walls began to come down ( 倒塌 ).

fall ( 过去式 ) fell feel ( 过去式 ) felt

9. “I’m trapped,” I said to myself. (line11)

be trapped 被困住，受困 He was trapped on that island for a long time. 他曾被困在那个岛上很长时间。 Someone was trapped in the lift the other day.     那天有人被困在电梯里。

10. A moment of fear went through my mind, but I told myself to calm down since I was still alive. (line12)

a moment of fear 片刻的恐惧

go through my mind 掠过脑海

11. … I told myself to calm down …(li

ne12)

calm down 冷静下来，平静下来 calm v. 使平静，使镇静 n. 平静，宁静 adj. 平静的，镇静的 e.g. Just calm down a bit!

你先静一静！

Can you translate the following sentences?

calm

1) 动词， 使平静，使镇静。 calm down 平静下来，镇静下来Mother soon calmed the baby.

母亲很快让孩子平静下来。We waited inside until things calmed down.

我们一直在里面等待，直到事情平息。

2 ）形容词，平静的，镇定的You should keep calm even in face of danger.

即使遇到危险你也应该保持镇定。3 ）名词，平静，宁静I like the calm of the summer evening.

我喜欢夏日黄昏的宁静。

根据提示，完成句子。1. 他很快使吠叫的狗安静下来。He soon _________the barking dog.

2. 让孩子们静一静，他们太兴奋了。Try to make the children ______ ______.

They are too excited.

3. 平静的湖水像一面镜子。______ ______ ______ in the lake looks

like a mirror.

calmed

calm down

The calm water

12. … I was trying to find my way out, …

(line16)

find one’s way out 找到出路e.g. He wants to find his way out.

他想要找到出路。9. They quickly moved away the bricks.

move away 搬走，移走 Please move away the desk and the chair.

请把那个桌子和那把椅子搬开。

Language pointsLanguage points

13. Then I heard shouts from excited people.

excited 意为“兴奋的，激动的”

exciting 意为“令人兴奋的，令人激动的”

Eg: 我们听到这个令人兴奋的消息很激动。

We are excited at the exciting news.

Complete the following sentences.

1. The two old friends s_____ hands

hard when they met in the street.

2. Most buildings in this area are

made of b_____ and stones.

hook

ricks

3. The girl was full of f___ when the

earthquake started.

4. I tried to c____ down, but I was still

frightened.

5. Kate began to s______ when she saw

a worm in her book.

ear

alm

cream

1. 起初2. 惊恐地3. 在地下4. 向四处跑5. 玻璃的碎片

和砖块6. 开始倒塌7. 冷静下来

in fear

run in all directions

pieces of glass

and bricks begin to come down

calm down

Find the following phrases from the text.

at first

under the ground

8. 根本看不见9. 处于困境中10. 一阵恐惧11. 找到出去的路 12. 听到人们兴奋

的欢呼声14. 移走，拿开15. 最后

can not see at all

be trapped

a moment of fear

move away

find the way out

hear shouts from

excited people

at last

1. Frightened by the loud noise, the chil

dren looked at each other ______ ( 害怕地 ).

2. The small animals in the forest _____

_____________ ( 四处逃窜 ) when th

ey saw a tiger coming.

ran in all directions

Fill in the blanks.

in fear

3. We _________________ ( 正在尽全力 ) to protect wild animals.

4. They_______________( 害怕地尖叫 )

all the time.

5. I ____________ ( 平静下来 ) after list

ening to the beautiful music.

6. Five workers ____________ ( 被困 ) i

n the mine for 10 hours last month.

screamed in fear

are trying our best

calmed down

were trapped

1. Recite this article.

2. Remember the language

points in this lesson.