(共45张PPT)
Unit 4 Natural Disasters
Reading and Thinking
The Night The Earth Didn't Sleep
Zoey
Learning aims:
Identify the structure of the text.
1
2
3
Appreciate the figures of speech (修辞手法) used in the text.
Learn about the basic information of the Tangshan earthquake.
Lead-in
What can happen to a city during a big earthquake
Buildings will _____________
People will be _____________
The city will be _____________
fall down/be destroyed
dead or badly injured
in ruins
The bridge will be _____________
collapsed
1. What’s the main idea of the text
Look at the title and the pictures
Skimming for main idea
The passage mainly talks about a/an___________(what) that happened in ___________ (where) at_____________________(when).
earthquake
Tangshan
3:42 a.m. on 28 July 1976
1. What’s the main idea of the text
While reading---Task 1 Skimming for main idea
2. What kind of text is it
a news report B. a literary journalism(报告文学)
C. a novel D. a story
a news report
真实性+客观直接(语言)
a literary journalism
真实性(historical events历史事件)+ 文学性(语言)
the earth didn’t sleep
lay in ruins
rivers of dirt
brick ...like red autumn leaves
....
Read the passage quickly and match the main idea with each paragraph.(P51 T3)
Reading for main ideas
E.The revival of the city.
Para.1
Para.2
Para.3
Para.4
Para.5
A.The immediate effects of the big earthquake.
B.The happening of the big earthquake.
C.The rescue work.
D.Warning signs before the earthquake.
Tip:To get the main idea, pay attention to the beginning sentence in each paragraph.
Para. 1 before the earthquake
Para. 2+3 during the earthquake
Para. 4+5 after the earthquake
Use one word to summarize each part.
signs
destroy
rescue
While-reading
before the earthquake
Part 1
Read the text quickly and try to get some details of the text.
Reading for details
Details about Para.1 ---- the signs before the earthquake.
___________appeared in the well walls.
Deep cracks
2
The water in the village wells ____ and____.
rose
fell
The signs before the earthquake.
___________came out of wells.
Smelly gas
3
Chickens and pigs were _________________.
too nervous to eat
Dogs refused to _________________.
go inside buildings
4
Mice _______of the fields looking for places to _____.
ran out
hide
5
Fish _____________
the water.
jumped out of
__________ were seen in the sky outside of Tangshan and _________ were heard.
Bright lights
loud noises
6
Read the text quickly and try to get some details of the text.
Reading for details
Details about Para.1 ---- The warning signs before the earthquake.
What was the attitude of the people in the city towards those strange things
People ignored the warning signs
strange signs
extreme damage
people’s ignorance
the coming earthquake
While-reading
during the earthquake
Part 2
Reading for details
Details about Part 2---The deadly damage during the earthquake.
People
Children
Factories and buildings
were gone
Bricks
Bridges
The railway tracks
Cows,pigs and chickens
Water,food,electricity
covered the ground
fell down/not safe to cross
useless
dead
hard to get
left without parents
killed or injured
A huge crack
cut across houses ,roads and waterways.
Hard hills of rock
become rivers of dirt
A large city
lay in ruins
Reading for details
Read the text quickly and try to get some details of the text.
Details about Para. 2-3 —— the ruins during the earthquake
Para 2-3 extreme damage during the earthquake
Circle the numbers in para. 2&3
and find the information about them.
3:42am
11km
150km
1/3
8km
30m
2/3
400,000
75% 90 %
At 3: 42 a.m., everything began to shake.
3: 42am
Eleven kilometers directly below the city…
11km
The earthquake even caused damage more than 150 kilometers away in Beijing.
150km
Para 2-3 extreme damage during the earthquake
Circle the numbers in para. 2&3 and find the information about them.
Nearly one third of the nation felt the earthquake!
1/3
A huge crack, eight kilometers long…
8km
…and 30 meters wide, cut across houses, roads, and waterways.
30m
Two thirds of the people who lived there were dead or injured.
2/3
The number of people who were killed or badly injured in the quake was more than 400,000.
400,000
About 75 percent of the city’s factories and buildings, 90 percent of its homes, and all of its hospitals were gone.
75%, 90%
What’s the function of figures (数字、数据)
To stress the speed of the earthquake and the number of people who were injured or dead.
速度之快以及造成的人员伤亡人数之多
How did people feel at that time
shocked
Reading for details (scanning)
hopeless
1. The night the earth didn’t sleep. (title)
2. Slowly, the city began to breathe again. (last sentence, Para 4)
3. the water in the village wells rose and fell, rose and fell(line 2, Para 1)
4. It seemed as if the world _______________________!
5. Hard hills of rock_____________________.
6. Bricks covered the ground_______________________. No wind, however, could blow them away.
were coming to an end
became rivers of dirt
like red autumn leaves
Could you locate sentences within the article that contain rhetorical devices "
exaggeration(夸张)
metaphor
(隐喻)
Figure of speech(修辞)
to make the description vivid(生动的)and impressive.
personification 拟人
Repetition重复
坚硬的石山变成了泥石流倾泻而下
砖块像秋天的红叶一样覆盖着地面,但没有风能把它们吹走
simile(明喻)
While-reading
after the earthquake
Part 3
It seemed as if the world was at an end!
But hope was not lost!
Q1:Who came to the rescue
Q2:What did they do
...to dig out those...and to bury...
..to provide medical care
..built...for survivors
Rescue
Soldiers
Doctors and nurses
Workers
Details about Part 3--The rescue and revival after the earthquake.
come back to life/recover
Para 4 _______after the earthquake
rescue
But hope was not lost !
Workers built shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed.
Water and food were brought into the city by train, truck, and plane.
The army sent 150, 000 soldiers to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead.
More than 10,000 doctors and nurses came to provide medical care.
Because of the timely rescue, _______________________________________.
slowly, the city began to breathe again
What does Tangshan city look like now
Para 5
Tangshan started to revive itself and get back up on its feet.
come back to life/recover
government’s strong support
people’s tireless effort
Who played an important role in the revival of the Tangshan city
Various help from the whole nation
unify
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Translation
Tangshan city has proved to China and the rest of the world that in times of disaster, people must unify and show the wisdom to stay positive and rebuild for a brighter future.
(唐山向中国和世界证明,在自然灾害面前,人民必须戮力同心表现出智慧,才能保持积极的心态和重建更光明的未来。)
A man can be destroyed but not defeated.
一个人可以被毁灭,但绝不会被打败。
Disasters have no mercy, but humans do.
天灾无情,人有情。
1 The huge earthquake left nearly the whole city .
2 Everyone was , thinking the world must be coming to an end.
3 Millions of people were left without water, food, or .
4 Soldiers and volunteers worked as hard as they could to pull away _____ and rocks, and rescue those who were _____ under the ruins.
5 Some were found alive, though they were suffering from terrble injuries, but others had already stopped when they were discovered.
6 A few buildings were still standing, but people were afraid to use them as shelters,worrying they would be______ if the buildings fell.
in ruins
buried
trapped
bricks
electricity
in shock
breathing
leave sth. in ...使得..处于某种状态
竭尽所能地工作
suffer from遭遇...
将...作为...来使用
Thank you!
What shall we do if anearthquakehappens 延伸学习If outdoors:
Stay away from buildings, trees and
power lines. Crouch down(蹲下) and cover the head.
Get away!
at school
at home
Hide beside a desk or table. Try to find a triangle area.
If in classroom:
1.Don’t be nervous and
keep calm.
2.When at the bottom
of the building, you
should leave the
classroom in good
order. If you are at the
top of the building ,
don’t try to run out of
the classroom or jump
out of the window.
3. Hide under your
desk and protect your
head by putting your
hands on your head.
4.Wait for a good time
and leave the
classroom right away
after the shake
decrease(减少,减小).
Life is precious.
Useful expressions in the text.
1 in the countryside of northeastern Hebei
2 rise and fall
3 deep cracks
4 smelly gas
5 come out of sth
6 too nervous to do sth
7 refuse to do sth
8 run out of the fields
9 jump out of the water
10 as usual
11 it seems / appears that
在河北东北部的农村
难闻的气体
深深的裂缝
拒绝做某事
从……中出来
从田野里跑出来
太紧张而不能做某事
起起落落
从水里跳出来
像往常一样
似乎 / 好像
12 as if
13 come to an end
14 directly below the city
15 one third of
16 eight kilometers long and 30 meters wide
17 cut across
18 hard hills of rock
19 in less than one minute
20 lie in ruins
21 two thirds of
22 be left without parents
仿佛;好像
城市的正下方
三分之一
8公里长,30米宽
冲破;抄近路;穿过
坚硬的岩石山
不到一分钟的时间
结束
沦为废墟
三分之二
失去父母
Useful expressions in the text.
23 the number of
24 be gone
25 blow away
26 tens of thousands of
27 hundreds of thousands of
28 millions of
29 instead of
30 be in shock
31 later that afternoon
32 fall down
33 dig out
……的数量
消失不见
吹散;吹走
成千上万的
数十万的
数以百万的
而不是
处于一片震惊之中
那天下午晚些时候
倒下;摔倒;倒塌
挖掘;挖出;探索
Useful expressions in the text.
34 bury the dead
35 provide medical care
36 get back up on its feet again
37 the tireless efforts
38 be built upon the earthquake ruins
39 a home to sb
40 with great improvements in transportation, industry and environment
41 the rest of the world
42 in times of disaster
43 show the wisdom to
埋葬逝者
提供医疗服务
再次站了起来
不懈的努力
在地震的废墟上重建
某人的家
在交通、工业和环境上的巨大改善
世界上的其他地方
在灾难时刻
向……展现智慧
Useful expressions in the text.
44 stay positive
45 rebuild a brighter future
46 look up a word in a dictionary
47 be trapped under the ruins
48 be found alive
49 suffer from terrible injuries
50 be afraid to do sth
51 the revival of Tangshan city
52 go through similar changes
53 learn lessons from
重建一个更美好的未来
在字典中查单词
身负重伤
被困在废墟中
被发现还活着
害怕做某事
保持乐观
唐山的复兴
从……中吸取教训
经历类似的变化
Useful expressions in the text.