广东省惠州市惠东县惠东荣超中学高中英语 unit 4 第2学时 language points
学案 新人教版必修1
task 1. fill in the blanks according to the text and then read the passage below.
strange things happened in tang shan. for three days the water in the village wells__1_ and fell. the well walls had deep_2___ and a smelly gas came out the cracks. the chickens, pigs and mice were too nervous. fish jumped out of bowls and ponds. bright light __3__in the sky. people heard the sound of planes even when no planes were in the sky. the water __4__in some buildings cracked and burst.
at 3:42 am everything began to_5___. it seemed that the world was at the end! one-third of the nation felt it. a huge crack cut across the city. in fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in__6__. two-thirds of the people died or were__7___. nearly everything was destroyed in the city. 75% of its factories and 90% of its homes were gone. then later that afternoon, another big earthquake shook tangshan. people began to wonder how long the __8___would last.
but all hope was not lost. the army sent 150,000 soldiers to help them. workers built shelters for survivors. slowly, the city began to breathe again.
task 2. let’s learn some useful expressions!
1. rise vi. & raise vt.
(1) he _____from his chair when the door bell rang.
(2) her job is _______chickens.
(3) her temperature is still______.
(4) he ________ in rank recently.
2. … the water pipes in some buildings cracked and burst.
burst : to come open or fly apart suddenly
the balloon suddenly burst.
burst into + n.
some robbers burst into that house.
burst out
burst out + doing
they burst out laughing.
burst into+ n.= burst out + doing……
he burst into laughter. = he burst out laughing
he burst into tears. = he burst out crying.
3. it seemed as if the world was at an end.
compare: at the end of by the end of in the en
