(共14张PPT)
The night the earth didn’t sleep
Post reading
Jean
How does the author describe the signs of a natural disaster
Strange things ________ the ground water (rose and fell, rose and fell) wall (deep cracks) smelly gas
________ the ground dogs (refused to go inside) mice (ran out to look for places to hide) fish (jumped out of the water)
________ the ground bright lights in the sky loud noises were heard
Under
On
Above
sight
sight
smell
sight
hearing
sight
repetitive
specific verbs
What does these numbers indicate(暗示) Para 2~3
Nearly one third of the whole nation felt it!
A huge crack, 8 kilometres long and 30 metres wide, cut across houses....
In less than one minute, a large city lay in ruins.
Two thirds of the people who lived there were dead or injured.
Thousands of children were left without parents.
The number of people who were killed or badly injured in the quake was more than 400,000.
About 75 percent of the city's factories and buildings, 90 percent of its homes, and all of its hospitals were gone.
Tens of thousands of cows, hundreds of thousands of pigs, and millions of chickens were dead.
The earthquake is severe and deadly, and it has caused great damage to the city.
Why does the author mention Beijing in the Tangshan earthquake
What does these numbers indicate(暗示) Para 4
Soon after the quakes, the army sent 150,000 soldiers to Tangshan to dig out...
More than 10,000 doctors and nurses came to provide medical care.
Hundreds of thousands of people were helped.
When facing the earthquake, the government took quick actions to rescue people, and the whole nation is unified.
What does the author mean by “Slowly, the city began to breathe again.”
personification
Tangshan began to revive.
How did they feel when the earthquake came
It seemed as if the World were coming to an end!
exaggeration
Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt.
metaphor
Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves, but no wind could blow them away.
simile
Tens of thousands of cows, hundreds of thousands of pigs, and millions of chickens were dead.
parallelism
hopeless
How was a new Tangshan built upon the earthquake ruins How is Tangshan now
Earthquake ruins
A new Tangshan
a home to...
strong support
from government
tireless effort
of the city people
unified
great improvements
Translate the vocabulary and phrases
disaster evacuate shock (in shock)
tornado helicopter electricity
drought death trap
landslide affect breathe
shelter revive (revival) tsunami
effort flood crack
unify wisdom volcanic eruption
as if ruin (in ruins) rescue
percent suffer damage
brick destroy metal
Fill in the blanks
1. a natural __________ 一场自然灾害
2. the __________ workers 救援人员
3. buildings were __________ 建筑被损坏
4. 2, 400 homes __________ 被破坏的2400座房屋
5. __________ set up 避难所建立起来
6. lay in __________ 成为废墟
7. about 75 __________ of the city’s factories 城市75%的工厂
8. __________ covered the ground 砖头覆盖着大地
9. useless pieces of __________ 无用的金属碎片
10. __________ was hard to get 难以获得电力
disaster
rescue
damaged
destroyed
shelters
ruins
percent
bricks
metal
electricity
Fill in the blanks
11. those who were __________ 那些被困的人
12. to __________ the dead 掩埋死去的人
13. tireless __________ of the city’s people 市民们不知疲惫的努力
14. show the __________ 展示出智慧
15. 500, 000 __________ 500 000人受影响
→have no/an __________ on 有/没有影响
16. people were in __________ 人们大为震惊
→a __________(adj. ) news 一个令人震惊的消息
→feel __________(adj. ) 感到震惊
17. to __________ again再次呼吸→a deep __________(n. )深呼吸→a little breathless(adj. )有点喘不上气
18. __________ from terrible injuries遭受严重的伤→suffering(n. )痛苦, 折磨
trapped
bury
efforts
wisdom
affected
effect
shock
shocking
shocked
breathe
breath
suffer
Translate the sentences into Chinese
1. Two thirds of the people who lived there were dead or injured.
住在那里的人有三分之二死亡或受伤。
2. Thousands of children were left without parents.
成千上万的孩子失去了父母。
3. The number of people who were killed or badly injured in the quake was more than 400,000.
地震中死亡或严重受伤的人数超过40万。
4. Everywhere survivors looked, there was nothing but ruins.
幸存者放眼望去,到处都是废墟。
5. Sand now filled the wells instead of water.
现在井里填满了沙子而不是水。
Translate the sentences into Chinese
6. Soon after the quakes, the army sent 150,000 soldiers to Tangshan to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead.
地震发生后不久,军队派了15万士兵到唐山去挖出被困的人并埋葬死者。
7. Workers built shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed.
工人们为房屋被毁的幸存者建造了避难所。
8. Tangshan started to revive itself and get back up on its feet.
唐山开始复苏,重新站起来。
9. With strong support from the government and the tireless efforts of the city's people, a new Tangshan was built upon the earthquake ruins.
在政府的大力支持和人民的不懈努力下,一个新的唐山在地震废墟上建立起来了。
Translate the sentences into Chinese
10. The new city has become a home to more than seven million people, with great improvements in transportation, industry, and environment.
这座新城已成为700多万人口的家园,交通、工业和环境都有了很大的改善。
11. 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.
唐山市向中国和世界证明,在灾难时刻,人们必须团结一致,展示智慧,保持积极的态度,重建美好的未来。
句子填空练习
Strange things (奇怪的事情) were happening in the countryside of northeastern Hebei.
There were deep cracks that appeared in the well walls(出现在井壁).
At least one well had some smelly gas coming out of it(从它里面出来).
Chickens and even pigs were too nervous to eat(紧张到吃不下饭).
Mice ran out of the fields looking for places to hide(寻找躲避的地方).
It seemed as if(似乎) the World were coming to an end!
In less than one minute, a large city lay in ruins(成为废墟).
People were in shock(处于震惊中).
People began to wonder how long the disaster would last(这场灾难将持续多久).
Strange things happened 1. ______ Tangshan Earthquake happened. The well walls had deep cracks. Some 2. _______(smell) gas came out of them. Chickens and even pigs were too nervous 3. _____(eat). The water pipes cracked and burst. At 3: 42 4. __ the morning of July 28, 1976, everything began to shake. 5. __ seemed as if the world was at an end. Steam burst from holes in the ground. Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt. Soon the whole city lay in 6. _____(ruin). Many people died or were 7. _______(injure). Everything in the city was destroyed. People were 8. _______(shock) at this and wondered how long the disaster would last. The army organized teams to dig out those 9. _____ were trapped and to bury the dead. Workers built shelters for survivors. Fresh water was taken to the city. Slowly the city began to breathe again. With strong support from the government and the tireless efforts of the city’s people, a new Tangshan 10. __________ (build) upon the earthquake ruins.
before
smelly
to eat
on
It
ruins
injured
shocked
who
was built