牛津译林版（2019）必修第三册Unit 2 Natural disasters拓展阅读课件(共21张PPT)

(共21张PPT)
B3U2 Appreciating language
(B3 P68)
Listen and Say
Which place do you hear in this song
What do you know about it
Look and Say
The location of San Francisco
earthquake
About the author
The 1906 Earthquake
On April 18, 1906, one of the strongest earthquake ever recorded in North America struck San Francisco, California. The shaking of the earth was felt the way from southern Oregon to Los Angeles and as far east as central Nevada. The earthquake destroyed much of the city of San Francisco. An estimated 28000 buildings were lost, about half the city population was left homeless, and more than 3000 people perished.
About the author
Jack London (1876-1916)
born in San Francisco, California
A famous U.S.American novelist,short-story writer and journalist
Works: The Call of the Wild (1903) White Fang, To Build a Fire etc.
Look and Predict
The Story of an Eyewitness
by Jack London
Who is the eyewitness
Global Reading
General idea of each paragraph
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
Para. 4
Para. 5
A city has never been so completely destroyed before in history.
A fire broke out in San Francisco within an hour after the earthquake shock.
The earthquake and flame caused great damage to the city.
By Wednesday afternoon, half of the heart of the city was gone.
By Wednesday night, the very heart of the city was gone.
Para. 6
People’s behaviour on that terrible day
time
Close reading
1. Why was the whole city completely destroyed
The earthquake lasting 30 seconds destroyed the city .
A big fire broke out after the earthquake which caused a lot of damage.
Both were deadly destructive to the city.
2. What damage did the earthquake cause
Close reading
All the innovative creations of a twentieth-century city had been broken by the earthquake.
The streets were twisted out of shape and piled with the remains of fallen walls.
The steel rails were twisted into different angles
The telephone and telegram system were cut off.
The great water mains has burst.
Close reading
3. Where was the writer
He was an eyewitness and watched the huge fire from out on the bay.
4. How do you understand the sentence “A catalog of the deeds of heroism would stock a library. A record of the dead never be made.”
The names of brave people would be recorded in the history of the city, however, in this disaster there were so many people killed, whose names we would never know.
Close reading
5. What did the people behave during the earthquake
There was no shouting. There was no one woman who cried, not one man who was excited, no one person who was in the slightest degree panic-stricken. Everyone was calm and gracious on this terrible night.
Appreciate the language
1. Not in history has a modern city been so completely destroyed.
2. There was no opposing the flame.
3.There was no organization, no communication.
4....,but there was no stopping the onrush of the flame.
5. There were no crowd. There was no shouting.
6. ...not one woman who cried, not one man who are excited...panic-stricken.
7.Never in all San Francisco’s history, were her people so kind as on this night of terror.
Powerful but negative words are: no, not and never
repetition
Appreciate the language
1.San Francisco is gone.
2.The factories, warehouses,great stores, newspaper buildings and hotels, are all gone too.
3.By Wednesday afternoon, half the heart of the city was gone.
repetition
The repetition of negative words and gone is used to show the city was completely destroyed by the earthquake, which emphasizes the enormous loss of property and life and gives readers an impression of desperation.
What did the writer want to tell us by using these words
Appreciate the language
1.A list of the buildings destroyed would be a directory of San Francisco.
A list of the buildings not destroyed would be a line and several addresses.
A catalog of the deeds of heroism would stock a library.
A record of the dead will never be made.
What rhetorical device is used here
It uses parallel structure (parallelism) to show the great damage and suffering. A lot of buildings were destroyed and only a few buildings were not destroyed. Brave people will be remembered, yet people killed in this disaster will not be mentioned.
parallelism
Appreciate language
no opposing the flame.
no organization,no communication
no stopping
no crowds
no shouting
not one woman
not one man
not a person
contrast
How can we feel through the contrast
hopeless
hopeful
Appreciate the language
Never in all San Francisco’s history, were her people so kind as on that terrible night.
San Francisco began to breathe again.
Not in history has a modern city been so completely destroyed.
It seemed as if San Francisco was at an end.
contrast
Appreciate the language
What is the writing style of Jack London
There are few adjectives or adverbs of manner in the text; rather, London uses simple and direct verbs to show what is happening.
From this report, it is clear to see that his writing style is brief and tough. He tries to show reality as it is.
Express your view
Based on the report, infer what were in this city before the earthquake and what kind of city it was before the earthquake.
Before the earthquake there were businesses, factories, great stores, hotels, newspaper buildings, railways and great pipes for carrying water.
It was a modern, busy, rich, convenient, comfortable and safe city. But now everything is gone after the earthquake.
Express your view
Before
After
Express your view
What do you learn from the earthquake in San Francisco
We should learn to treasure our life and help people in trouble because we never know when the disaster comes to us.
With our joint efforts and strong belief , we can overcome any difficulties and rebuild a new home.
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Nature is to be respected, not to be conquered.
History is to be remembered, not to be buried.