Unit 4 Earthquakes

Listen to the text.

A reporter is asking a man to describe his experience in the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.R = reporter M = man

A reporter is asking a man to describe his __________ in the San Francisco __________ of _____.R = reporter M = man

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R: What was the first thing you __________? M: Oh, my goodness. It was about ___ o’clock in the morning. I remember,

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I woke up when I was ______ out of the bed. When I tried to _____, the floor shook so that I fell. I felt ________ and rushed downstairs. R: What I did you see _______?M: Oh, I saw things I never want to see again. It seemed __ __ the end of the world came. People were crying, ________ and ________ everywhere. ______ were falling down from some buildings while big ones were shaking…

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Lots of people were getting _______ under bricks. There were great _____ around us. It was terrible! R: Did you realize what was happening?M: No. I asked a man standing _____ to me what happened. Before he could ______, some bricks fell on him and he was _____. R: That sounds frightening. Did you know where to find a _____ place?

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M: Oh, no. _______ I met a man who knew the way to a boat.R: So … you got away ______?M: No, we didn’t. It was difficult _______ the streets had deep ______. As we were carefully _______ our way, some frightened cows ______ up Market Street and dropped into one of them. I’ll never forget the _____ they made. Some of them had broken their _____

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and others were climbing ______ each other to get out. Horrible! R: How did you feel _____ you’d left the city?M: Umm. I felt safer because we were being _____ for. The soldiers saved us. They brought us _____ and _____. Thanks to them many of us are still ____!

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Listen to Part 1.

Listen again and fill in the blanks.

Why do earthquakes happen? ________ believe that the _______ of the earth is covered by number of moving _______. Sometimes two plates move ________ and _____ against each other. Sometimes they stop for _____ but at other times they ______ and an earthquake is felt.

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Because of the __________ of these plates, California, China and ______ have a lot of earthquakes. You can see the ______ in San Francisco where the ______ plate meets the North American plate. When the _____ earthquake happened, the Pacific plate jumped ___ to ___ metres to the north.

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Listen to Part 2.

China is a country _____ many earthquakes happen. The Pacific plate is _______ China from the east and the ______ plate is pushing China from the _________. The power of this movement _______ the Himalayas and Mount Qomolongma. It now ______ earthquakes in China. We cannot stop earthquakes ____ we can do things to _____ _____ they do not destroy whole cities.

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First it is not a good idea to _____ houses along the line where two ______ meet. Second, if you think there may be an earthquake, make sure to build houses on _____ rather than _____. Third, you must make the houses as _______ as possible. Weak buildings will ___ _____ in an earthquake, but strong ones may ____ ___.

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Listen to Part 1.

Ever since the San Francisco earthquake, all children in California have been taught what to do during an earthquake. T = teacher S = student

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Ever since the San Francisco earthquake, all ________ in California have been ______ what to do during an earthquake. T = teacher S = studentT: Now, students, do you remember what we should do ______ an earthquake comes?

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S1: We must make a ____ of things. It should tell us what to do, where to be safe and who to _______.T: Good. So _____ what should we do? S2: We should “drop, cover and hold”.T: Excellent. Now what does that _____?S2: We must drop to the ______ and cover our _____ with our hands.T: Yes.

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S2: We must cover ourselves by hiding ______ some furniture.T: Right.S3: We must _____ onto the furniture so it doesn’t move _____ from us during the earthquake.T: Well done. So don’t ______. It’s always “drop, cover and hold”.

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Listen to Part 2.

Listen again and fill in the blanks.T: Now _______ you are outside when an earthquake comes. What should you do?S3: Go to an open ______ away from buildings, trees or ______ _____.T: Very good. What should you do if you’re in the _____ _____?

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S1: I should ___ the television to a table so it won’t move. I should make sure that the _________ are already tied to the wall.T: Fine, but what should you do if you are _____ when the earthquake starts?S2: Ring a _______ friend to tell them where I am and ______ my personal earthquake bag.

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T: Quite right. You’re done a _____ job. Now for your homework I want to think about what to _____ into your earthquake bag. We’ll _______ tomorrow.

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