Questions Unit 6
1,Besides the ways introduced in para1,what
other traditional ways do you know the
Chinese have to predict earthquakes?
--- Water in the well becomes muddy;
Seismoscope / Seismograph invented by
Zhang Heng; Mice run in the street fearlessly.
2,What is the most dangerous part in the
earthquake to most people?
--- Falling building.
3,Why can’t steel be welded to form a rigid
structure to withstand the power of
earthquakes?
--- Because it may move along with the
ground and break.
4,What’s the sensible way to keep all the
family 4 members informed of each other
in a large earthquake-stricken city?
---Each checks in by calling a far-away
friend or relative.
5,What’s the first of the first preparing for
earthquakes?
--- Education about how to survive an
earthquake.
Word Game
1,detect
2,perception
3,wax
4,rotate
5,withstand
6,architect
7,horizontal
8,vertical
9,sphere
10,primitive
11,flourish
12,manual
13,enclose
14,bacterium
15,extinguisher
16,handy
17,fraction
18,renew
19,petroleum
20,petrol
21,auxiliary
22,portable
23,fragment
24,chaos
25,sensible
26,accuracy
27,precaution
28,accelerate
29,exceed
30,remote
31,ancestor
32,retain
33,abuse
34,ignorant
35,beam
36,pillar
Sentence Making
1,watch… for
2,attach sth,to sth.
3,check in
4,make a difference
5,in accordance with
6,take to
7,in terms of
8,in harmony with
9,tale advantage of
10,hunger for
11,be ignorant of