(共16张PPT)
Unit 4 Earthquake
Reading
A Night The Earth Didn’t Sleep
Aims
To know the earthquake in Tangshan
To realize the importance of the preparation before an earthquake
To grasp the skills of reading a passage
Lead in
Watch a short video and answer my questions:
When did the earthquake happen in the video
Could scientists predict the earthquake effectively
No, they couldn’t.
In 1995.
Predicting
Title :
Style :
A night the earth didn’t sleep
Argumentation (议论文)
B. Exposition(说明文)
C. Narration(记叙文)
Fast reading 1
Main idea
On July 28,1976
In Tangshan
People in Tangshan
Earthquakes
Terribly damaged
The passage mainly tells us that there happened __________ in __________ on July 28,____,which brought ____________ to __________ in Tangshan.
Tangshan city
earthquakes
1976
terrible damage
the people
narration
When
Where
Who
What
How badly
Find out the topic sentence of each paragraph
Para 1:
Para 2:
Para 3:
Para 4:
Strange things were happening in the countryside of the northeast Hebei.
At 3:42 am everything began to shake.
Everywhere they looked nearly everything
was destroyed.
All hope was not lost.
Fast reading 2
Topic sentence of each paragraph
the earthquakes
Para 1
Para 2
Para 3
Para 4
Strange things
the earthquakes
Hope
Time
For three days
At about 3:00 am on July 28, 1976
At 3:42 am on July 28,1976
Afternoon of July 28,1976
Soon after the quake
time
Order
Signs
Damage
Rescue
Process
Narration
Detail reading of Para 1
Main idea Time Events
What How
Signs /
Strange things For three days
At about 3:oo am on July 28,1976
Developed deep crackers
Came out of the crackers.
Rose and fell
Jumped out of their
bowls and ponds.
Ran out of the fields
Water in the village
Well walls
A smelly gas
Mice
Fish
1.Bright lights a________ in the sky.
2.The sound of planes could be _____ although there were no planes.
3.Some water pipes _____ and _____.
ppeared
burst
cracked
heard
Detail reading of Para 2&3
Main idea Time Events
Damage At 3:42
am on
July 28,
1976 What people felt:
What people saw:
Everything began to shake.
One third of the nation felt it.
Cut across
Houses
Roads
Canals
burst
became
Rivers of dirt
A city in ruins
The extreme
suffering of the people
Crack
Steam
Hard hills of rock
caused
The suffering of people
People
Families
Children
________ died or were injured
__________ them were killed
______ were left without parents
Two thirds
Thousands of
Many
Reached
More than 400,000
Detail reading of Para 2&3
Data(数据)
A city in ruins
1.Hospitals, ______ of its factories and buildings and _____ of its homes were gone.
2.Bricks covered like red autumn leaves
3._____ dams fell and _______ the bridges also fell or were not safe for traveling
4.Railway tracks were now useless pieces of steel.
5._______________ cows would never milk again.
6.________ pigs and _______ chickens were dead.
Two
Tens of thousands of
millions of
75%
90%
most of
Half a million
Another earthquake
1._______ of the rescue workers and doctors were trapped under the ruins.
2._____ buildings fell down.
Some of
More
Detail reading of Paragraph 4
Main idea Time Events
Rescue /
Hope
Soon after the quake 1.__________ arrived
2._________ were built for
settlers
3. ___________ was taken
in
The army
Shelters
Dig out
Bury
Rescue miners
Fresh water
A brief summary
Fill in the blanks with the first given letter:
Several days before July 28,1976,many s______things happened in Tangshan. They were signs for the e_______. But people in the city of Tangshan didn’t think m_______of these. At 3:42am that day,the earth began to s________,which d_________the city. Many people,including workers and doctors,came to r_______those t_________under the ruins. Later that afternoon,another big earthquake struck Tangshan. More people were killed or injured and more buildings f____down. Soldiers were called in to help the rescue workers. Teams were o_______ to dig out the trapped and b____ the dead.
trange
arthquake
uch
hake
estroyed
escue
rapped
ell
rganized
ury
When we meet an earthquake ,what shall we do
How do we reduce the damage caused by the earthquake after reading the passage
Discussion
We should keep preparing for a disaster.
We should rescue ourselves and try to help others in a disaster .
……
Work in groups
Suppose you are in one of the above
situations, please give us a role-play
about what you would do
Role play
A summary for the period
Know the earthquake in Tangshan
Realize the importance of the preparation before an earthquake
Learn the skills of reading a passage
Homework
Try to retell the earthquake in Tangshan in your own words.
Surf the Internet and try to find out more information about the earthquake.
