The Story of an Eyewitness
1. Adjectives to describe earthquake
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2. Inversion
A list of all those killed will never be made.
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我们永远不会放弃救援生还者。
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我几乎不敢相信。
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3. Attributive clause
Wenchuan earthquake was even felt in Wenzhou.
Wenzhou is more than one hundred kilometres away.
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The number of people reached about 70,000.
People were killed in Wenchuan earthquake.
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4. Select proper information
More than 70,000 people died.
It happened in Wenchuan county, Sichuan province.
It occurred at 2:28pm on May 12th, 2008.
Houses fell.
Wenchuan earthquake happened in 2008.
We will not give up saving survivors.
Bricks covered the ground.
Many people lost their homes.
General introduction _________
Death and damage ___________
Rescue _____________________
5. Write a composition about Wenchuan earthquake
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课件12张PPT。The Story of an Eyewitness Reading for writing Choose proper words
1. ______________ earthquake of 20th century hit/struck Tangshan, China in 1976, which killed over 240,000 people.
2. _______________ earthquake happened/occurred in San Francisco, America in1906, whose damage reached about $350,000,000.
A deadlyA destructiveThe most destructive earthquakeP65
Never before in history has a city been so completely destroyed.
San Francisco is gone.
Its businesses are gone.
The factories, hotels and palaces are all gone too.
All of the ways man had made to keep the city safe were gone in the thirty seconds the earth moved.DetailsTopic sentenceDetails… the smoke of San Francisco's fires could be seen 160 kilometres away.
There was no stopping the fires. There was no way to …supporting detailsFigure of speech(修辞)
Inversion (倒装)
Repetition(重复)Para 1Inversion (倒装) Para 2 & 3Out at sea it was calm.
Amazing as it may seem, Wednesday night was a quiet night.
Never in all San Francisco’s history were her people so kind as on that terrible night.A list of buildings undestroyed was now only a few addresses (地址).
A list of the brave men and women would fill a library.
A list of all those killed will never be made.
I saw not one woman who cried, not one man who was excited.Repetition(重复)TranslateA list of buildings undestroyed was now only a few addresses (地址).
A list of the brave men and women would fill a library.
A list of all those killed will never be made.
I saw not one woman who cried, not one man who was excited.列出的没有被破坏的建筑只是很少的一些地址，列出的勇敢的人的名单可以填满图书馆，列出所有死亡人数的名单将永远都无法完成。
我没有看到一个女人哭泣，没一个男人激动。Repetition
The mid-term exam is coming.
A list of …
A list of …
A list of …
2. Teacher is glad to see
not one student ___________
not one student ___________
in the evening self-study(晚自修) period.
A list of homework should be finished.
A list of reviews should be made.
A list of schedules should be well planned. not one student who is chatting,
not one student who is sleeping
in the evening self-study(晚自修) period.InversionNever before in history has a city been so completely destroyed.
Never in all San Francisco’s history were her people so kind as on that terrible night.A list of all those killed will never be made.
我们永远不会放弃救援生还者。
Never will we give up saving survivors.…+ verb+ subject(主语) neverNever will a list of all those killed be made .Thousands and thousands of people who had lost their homes left for safety.
Sometimes whole families put everything they owned and could save into wagons.
Attributive clause (定语从句)Thousands and thousands of people (who had lost their homes) left for safety.
Sometimes whole families put everything (they owned and could save) into wagons.
Combine two sentences
Wenchuan earthquake was even felt in Wenzhou.
Wenzhou is more than one hundred kilometres away.
The number of people reached about 70,000.
People were killed in Wenchuan earthquake.
3. Wenchuan earthquake was even felt in Wenzhou , which is more than one hundred kilometres away.4. The number of people who were killed in Wenchuan earthquake reached about 70,000.Para 3Key word (Adj.)
Para3 ______
Para 3quietThere were no crowds.
The policemen said nothing.
Their horses were quiet.
There were no shouts or people doing crazing things.
I saw not one women who cried,
not one men who was exited.
Never in all San Francisco’s history were her people so kind as on that terrible night.supporting detailsSelectGeneral introduction ____
Death and damage ____
Rescue ____213416Wenchuan earthquakeMore than 70,000 people died.
It happened in Wenchuan county, Sichuan.
It occurred at 2:28pm on May 12th, 2008.
Houses fell.
Wenchuan earthquake happened in 2008.
We will not give up saving survivors.
Bricks covered the ground.
Many people lost their homes.supporting details758General introduction
Inversion (倒装)
Attributive clause (定语从句)hit, strike, shake,…houses, factories, crack, burst, fall, lie in ruins…soldiers, doctors, dig, bury…AddWenchuan earthquakeIt happened in Wenchuan county, Sichuan
It occurred at 2:28pm on May 12th.
Wenchuan happened in 2008.
More than 70,000 people died.
Many people lost their homes.
Houses fell.
Bricks covered the ground.
We will not give up saving survivors. Death and damageRescue workWrite logically and beautifullyHomework Try to polish your composition and rewrite it in your composition exercise book.
