(共14张PPT)
Reading and thinking
The Night the Earth didn’t Sleep
Predict what the passage talks about
Predict what the passage talks about
What happened
An earthquake.
Where did it happen
In the city of Tangshan.
What did it cause
It caused great damage .
An terrible earthquake hit Tangshan, causing great damage.
Read for main idea
Match the main idea of each paragraph.
Para.1
Para.2
Para.3
Para.4
Para.5
The destructive effects
The happening of the earthquake
The rescue work
Strange sights before the earthquake
The revival of the city
Read for main idea
In what order was the passage written
Para.1
Para.2
Para.3
Para.4
Para.5
The destructive effects
The happening of the earthquake
The rescue work
Strange sights before the earthquake
The revival of the city
Time order
Read for details and complete the mindmap
Read for details and complete the mindmap
rose and fell repetitively
deep cracks
Smelly gas
no eating
hiding places
asleep as usual
≈75%
90%
100%
useless
2/3, >400,000
orphans
shelters
medical care
Read for language
How does the writer tell the damage
By using number
To tell the truth
Read for language
exaggeration 夸张
It seemed as if the world were coming to an end! (Para. 2)
Find out the sentences used figures of speech.
repetition 重复
For several days, the water in the village wells rose and fell, rose and fell. (Para. 1)
Read for language
Find out the sentences used figures of speech.
simile 明喻
Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves, but no wind could blow them away. (Para. 3)
Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt. (Para. 2)
metaphor 暗喻
Read and think
What do you think helped in the revival of Tangshan city
government
society
people
unify
unify
Read and think
What do you think helped in the revival of Tangshan city
united
noble behaviors
immediate action
firm faith
yearning for revival
Homework
基础性作业
check yourself
Write your thinking about the discussion question.
发展性作业
challenge yourself
Write a news report about other disasters, using similar structure of the passage.
实践性作业
group wisdom
Make a poster about a natural disaster that interests your group the most.
The End