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 !