人教版（2019）必修第一册Unit4 Natural Disaster Reading 课件-(20张ppt)

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—The Night the Earth Didn't Sleep Reading
Unit 4 Natural Disasters
Lead-in
What is the video mainly about
How do you feel
Pre-reading
Based on the title and pictures on your textbooks, can you predict what the passage is about
Fast Reading
1. Skim the passage quickly and answer:
when
At about 3:42 a.m. , on 28 July 1976
where
Tangshan
Earthquake
2. Read the passage quickly and find out the topic sentence of each paragraph.
Para. Topic sentence
1
2
3
4
5
Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeastern Hebei.
Everything began to shake. It seemed as if the world were coming to an end!
Nearly everything in the city was destroyed.
Hope was not lost.
Tangshan began to revive itself and get up on its feet again.
3. Read the passage quickly, and divide the whole passage into three parts, according to the three words. And match the general idea of each part.
sign
damage
rescue
Part 1 (para.______)
Part2 (para._____)
Part3 (para.______)
1. What happened during the quake and the damage caused by the quake.
3. Signs before the earthquake.
Matching
2. The rescue work after the earthquake.
1
2&3
4&5
Careful reading
Part 1
Signs before
the earthquake
Part 1 Signs before the earthquake
1.The water in the village wells rose and fell.
2.There were deep cracks that appeared in the well walls.
3. At least one well had some smelly gas coming out of it.
1. Chickens and pigs were too nervous to eat, and dogs refused to go inside buildings.
2. Mice ran out of the fields looking for places to hide, and fish jumped out of the water.
Bright lights were seen in the sky outside of Tangshan and loud noise were heard.
Careful reading
Part 2
The damages caused during the earthquake
Read para.2&3 carefully and fill in the blanks with data(数据).
1. Nearly ______ of the whole nation felt it!
2. A huge crack, ____ kilometers long and ____meters wide, cut across houses, roads, and waterways.
3. In less than ___ minute, a large city lay in ruins.
4. ___ of the people who lived there were dead or injured.
5. The number of people who were killed or badly injured in the quake was more than ______.
6. About ___ of the city's factories and buildings,____ of its homes, and all of its hospitals were gone.
1/3
8
30
1
2/3
400,000
75%
90%
Careful reading
Part 3
Rescue work after the earthquake
Work in groups to sort out the detailed information
1. Who came to the rescue What did they do
2. What does the author mean by “Slowly, the city began to breathe again”
Work in groups to sort out the detailed information
1. Who came to the rescue What did they do
①150,000 soldiers. They were sent to dig out people who were trapped and bury the dead.
②More than 100,000 doctors and nurses came to provide medical care.
③Workers built shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed.
Work in groups to sort out the detailed information
2. What does the author mean by “Slowly, the city began to breathe again”
The author means that the city began to function again.
Discussion:
Suppose there would be an earthquake in the following situations, what should we do to keep ourselves safe
If we are...
I think we should...
1.at school
2. at home
3. on the road
If at school/ home:
1. hide under a hard desk and
away from windows.
2. run to the open places
If on the road:
1. use something hard to protect your head
2. avoid the buildings and bridges
Homework
Write a passage about what we can learn from the earthquake