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Unit 4 Earthquakes
Reading
By 莆田一中
杨淑霞
Brainstorm
earthquakedeath
injury
shake
fall
Wenchuan
earthquake
Tangshan
earthquake
• How much do you know about Tangshan earthquake?
A NIGHT
THE EARTH
DIDN’T SLEEP
Main idea:
An earthquake happened in Tangshan on July 28, 1976
Guess what the writer will write about the earthquake.
Predicting(预测 )
Fast reading
Underline the topic sentence of each paragraph while reading.
Part1/Para 1
Part2/Para 2&3
Part3/Para 4
Before the earthquake
During the earthquake
After the earthquake
The text can be divided into there parts
signs
damage
recovery
Careful reading
Para 1 Before the earthquake
Strange things were happening .
A water
B animals
c weather
* well water… *a smelly gas…* well walls …
Para 1 strange things before the earthquake
Water
Careful reading
The water in the wells
____and____. And the well walls
had deep ____________. A smelly gas ___ ____
out of the cracks.
rose fell
cracks came
Water
Animals
Mice _______ out of the fields_______
places to hide.
Fish _______out of bowls and ponds.
looking for
jumped
Animals
The chickens and even pigs were___
nervous ___eat.
too
to
ran
weather
People could _______lights in the sky.see
The sound of planes could be _______ outside the city of Tangshan.
heard
“It is always calm before a storm.”
But “It is not calm before an earthquake.”
Small events foretells big events .
However,people in Tangshan ,who ______________ these events ,were asleep as usual.
thought little of
Part2 Para. 2-3 damage during the earthquake.
How did the writer describe the damage caused by the earthquake?
numbers,details
Data( 数据 ) of the nation felt the earthquake .
A huge crack that was kilometres long and
metres wide cut across houses.
of the people died or were injured during the earthquake.
The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than _____________.
All of the city’s hospitals, _______ of its factories and buildings and _______ of its homes were gone.
1/38
30 2/3
Para. 2-3 During the earthquake
400,00075%
90%
• Why did the writer give us so many numbers in paragraph 2 and 3?
Type of writing :
It was one of the greatest earthquakes of the 20th century.
a news report.
• It seemed as if the world ______________.
• The suffering of the people ___________.
• Thousands of families _____________.
• Many children _____________________.
• Hospitals ,factories and buildings _____.
• The railway tracks ________________ .
• People ________________.
• Water, food and electricity _____________.
were killedwere left without parents
was extreme
were shocked
were useless pieces of steel
was at an end Para. 2-3 during the earthquake
were hard to get
were gone
. A huge crack ______ across houses, roads and canals.
. Steam ______ from holes in the ground.• Hard hills of the rock___________ rivers of
dirt.• Bricks ___________ the ground like red
autumn leaves.• Two dams ______.• Sand now ______ the wells instead of water.• A large city ______ in ruins.
Para. 2-3 during the earthquake
cut
burstbecame
covered
fellfilled
lay
exaggeration
It seemed as if the world was at an end.
Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves.
simile
Was there still any hope?
Soldiers were sent to help.
Miners were rescued from coal mines.
Para. 4 All hopes were not lost.Recovery after the earthquake
Shelters were built for survivors.
Water were taken there.
What did people do to help the people in Tangshan?
• Slowly ,the city began to breathe again.
Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over them.
------Dwight D Eisenhower
After reading
Discuss in pairs:
What lesson can we learn from Tangshan earthquake?
Those who don ‘t learn from history are doomed to( 注定 ) repeat it.
After reading
Homework:
1) Make a summary of the text.
2) Read the text over and over again and underline the useful phrases and expressions
Thank you !
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