以下为课件内提取的文本内容，仅供参考：

A. What can you see on the surface of the Earth?

B. What is the short part of film about?

Pre-listening

Activity 1: questions answering

1. What is the listening text mainly

about?

2. Can we stop the earthquake?

That movement of the plates cause earthquakes and ways to reduce losses

No. we can’t , but we can do things to make sure they do not destroy whole cities.

Listening

Activity 2: True or false

( ) 1.Inside the earth there are a number of plates.

( ) 2.These plates move all the time.

( ) 3.If they stop moving there is an earthquake.

( ) 4.The Pacific plate is pushing China from the east .

( ) 5.The Himalayan mountains were caused by the movement of plates.

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Activity 3: Multiple choices

1. What country has had earthquakes according to the listening material?

A. San Francisco B. California

C. North America D. China

2. Which plate does the Pacific plate move towards in the USA?

A. San Francisco plate B. Indian plate

C. North American plate D. California plate

3. The Pacific plate is moving at _____ centimeters a year.

A. 3.5 B. 5.6 C. 6.5 D. 5.3

4. How many meters did the Pacific plate jump when the 1906 earthquake happened?

A. 3.5 B. 5-6 C. 6-5 D. 5.3

5. How does Indian plate push on China?

A. from east B. from southwest

C. from west D. from north

6. Why does China have an unlucky place on the earth?

A. The Pacific plate pushes on China.

B. China is in the place where two plates

join together .

C. The Indian plate pushes on China.

D. Because of the movement of Pacific plate and Indian plate in China.

Activity 4: Fill in the blanks

We cannot (1)_______ earthquake, but we can (2)_____________ to make sure they do not (3) _______ the whole cities. First, it is not a good idea to (4)_____________________ where two of the (5)___________ join together. Second, if you think there maybe an earthquake ,it is better to build houses (6)___________ than (7)____________. Third, you must make the houses (8) ________________. weak houses will (9)_______in an earthquake, but (10)____________________.

on rock

on sand

earth’s plates

strong ones may stay up

destroy

fall down

stop

do things

as strong as possible

build houses along the lines

It is not a good idea to build houses along the lines where two of the earth’s plates join together.

It is better to build the houses on rock than on sand.

It is +n./ adj. +to do sth.

Useful structure

Go through the exercises and make sure what to do.

Predict the listening material with WH-questions( who , what, when, where, how).

Pay attention to the 1st paragraph and the 1st sentence in each paragraph while listening.

Get some key words while going through the listening material.

Take notes while listening.

Listening tips

drop onto the ground

keep away from the power lines

Ways on self-rescue

keep away from the signs

keep away from the buildings

hide under the furniture

drop onto the ground

hold onto the furniture

hide in the corner of the house

You are going to choose some things from the following list to help with your activities in your speaking. You can choose any one of the three situations and you can get different degrees (degree A or degree B or degree C) according to the situation you choose.

Speaking

Situation 1: a dialogue (degree C)

Earthquake is coming, and you are

going to leave your home. What will

you put into your personal bag?

And why ?

Activity 5: role-play

Situation 2: an interview (degree B)

You are a survivor (幸存者) from Tangshan

earthquake. Now a reporter from 21st century

newspaper is interviewing（采访) you. And

you want to ask people what should be taken

while running away during the earthquake.

You may begin like this:

Reporter: Good afternoon Mr/Mrs….

I’m so glad that you can come here and…

Practise as much as possible.

Be confident.

Listen to the people talking to you.

Try to use “Um”, “you know”, “Er” etc , while forgetting a word.

Try to relax.

Don’t speak too fast.

Do not translate.

Speaking Tips

Earth-

quake

cause

1._________

2._________

3._________

plates

ways of reducing loss

_______

_______

_______

Summary

best choice in the earthquake

_______

_______

_______

1. Make at least five sentences with the structure: It is/was + adj.+ to do sth.

2. Draw pictures to show how the Pacific plate and the Indian plate push on China .

3. Complete the form of evaluation in exercise paper.

Homework