Unit 4 Reading -A night the earth didn’t sleep(福建省漳州市)

课件63张PPT。 Unit 4
Warming up and ReadingHave you ever experienced any natural disasters ?firetyphoonfloodhurricanevolcanosnowstormsandstormdroughtthunderstormearthquakeAn EarthquakeTangshan, HebeiJuly 28th, 1976How much do you know about an earthquake?Many people died……People lost their homes…. Many things were destroyed…..Pre-reading----discussion (2m) Imagine our class begins to shake and we have to leave it right away . What will you take if you have time to take only one thing ? And why ?Do you know what would happen before an earthquake?
QuestionBright lights flash in the skyAnimals are too nervous, such as cows, pigs, horses, and snakes, etc.Predictions of an earthquake:1) Bright lights flash in the sky; 3) The well walls have deep cracks with smelly gas;4) Animals are too nervous, such as cows, pigs, horses, and snakes, etc; 5) Mice run out to look for places to hide; 6) Fish jump out of the ponds.2) The water in the well rise and fall; A NIGHT
THE EARTH
DIDN’T SLEEP
Reading Task 1 Skimming
1. Please find out the topic sentences of each paragraph .Can you use one word to sum up them ? 2. Can you use only one word to sum up main idea of each part of the passage ?Part 1: para 1Part 2: para 2&3Part 3: para 4
signsdamagerecovery3. Question: In what order was the passenge written ?At about 3:00 am on July 28,1976
At 3:42 am
Then , later that afternoon Soon after the earthquakes In time order4. What’s the general idea of the passage ?
The passage tells us sth that happened before the earthquake , during the earthquake and after the earthquake .5. True or False
(1) People in Tangshan were warned of the earthquake and didn’t go to bed that night .
(2) People in Beijing also felt the earthquake .
(3) More than 400000 people were killed in the earthquake .
(4) Many rescue workers and doctors were trapped under the ruins during the after-shock.
(5) People tried to get fresh water from under the ground in Tangshan .FFFTT1.The chickens didn’t eat because
2.Before the earthquake
the people didn’t
worry because
3 Such a great
number of people
4 Water was needed
because
5 The people did not lose
hope because A the army came to help
them.
B the quake happened while they were sleeping.
C they were nervous.
D dams and wells were useless.
E they didn’t know the quake caused the strange events.6. Join the correct parts of the sentences. Task 2 Careful reading ___ Brick buildings were destroyed.
___ The walls of the village wells had
cracks in them.
___ Shelters were put up for those with no
homes.
___ Roads got huge cracks.
___ The army helped the survivors.1. Listen to the passage and number each of these things happened during the Tangshan earthquake.12345 Signs
before
the
earthquakPara.12. Fill in the blanksStrangerosefellsmellynervouseatjumpedran3:00bright lightsDamage
caused
by
earthquakePara. 2-3Fill in the blanks3:42greatestSteamdirtBricksdamsuselesssteelSandelectricityData(数据) of the nation felt the earthquake .
A huge crack that was kilometres long and
metres wide cut across houses.
In terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins.
of the people died or were injured during the earthquake.
The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than .
All of the city’s hospitals, _ of its factories and buildings and of its homes were gone.
1/3830152/3400,00075%90%Para. 2-33. Scanning (1)What is the mood of this passage ?
A. Sad
B. Serious
C. Serious and a bit sad
D. Calm (2)What can be inferred from the passage ?
A. If mice run out of the fields looking for places to hide ,there must be an earthquake .
B. If some natural signs had not been ignored , all the people in Tangshan city might have had a chance to survive .
C. There wouldn’t have been such a great earthquake , if people had paid enough attention to some natural signs .
D. If some natural signs had not been ignored , more people might have had a chance to survive .Which of the following statements can not be part of the main reasons for the heavy loss of the life in Tangshan earthquake ?
The earthquake happened in the deep night and people were sleeping in bed at the very movement .
B. There weren’t enough rescue workers .
C. The buildings were poorly constructed and most of them were destroyed in the earthquake .
D. People were not careful enough to notice some natural signs before the earthquake . How do you understand the real meaning of the idiom “ It is always calm before a storm”?
It is unusually quiet before a thunderstorm or hurricane hit .
One should not trust situation that seem peaceful since bad things may happen .
The weather is fine before a storm comes .
D. You should stay calm before a storm . 4. Retell the story ____________ happened in Tang Shan. For a few days, water in the wells _____________. From the ______ of wells __________come out. Mice, chicken, pigs and even fish became ________. At 3:00 am, everything began to ______.It seemed that the world was _________. _________ of the nation ____ it. ___________cut across the city. The city lay _______. Strange thingsrose and fellcrackssmelly gasnervousshakeat an endOne-thirdfeltA huge crackin ruinsTwo-thirds of the people _____ or ___________. Then later that afternoon, another big quake ______ Tang Shan. People began to wonder ___________________________. But all hope ____________. _______ came to help those ________. Slowly, the city began to _____________.diedwere injuredshookhow long the disaster would lastwas not lostSoldiersbreathe againsurvivorsTang shan’s new lookQ1:Why does the writer use “ A night the earth didn’t sleep”to be the title ?
Q2: What does the sentence “Slowly , the city began to breathe again.” mean?
Q3:What shall we do if an earthquake happens?Discussion Don’t be nervous and keep calm.
Don’t try to run out of the classroom.
Protect your head by putting your bag on your head.
Squat or sit down under your desk.
Leave the classroom after the earthquake.1. Practice reading the whole text.2. Finish off the exercise.
Learning about language.Imagine your home begins to shake and
you must leave it right away.
imagine: form a mental picture
imagine + n. /pron
imagine sb. to be
shake : cause to move to and froLanguage pointsright away : at once ; in no time ; immediately
right now : at this very moment
Make up your mind___________.
I’ll return the book___________.right nowright awayHer job is _______chickens.
Her temperature is still______.
He ________ in rank recently.
He _____from his chair when the door
bell rang.
2. rise vi. & raise vt.roseraisingrisinghas risensmelly : smell+ y = adj.
smell n./v (smelt/ smelled)
They were all hungry and the food ______good.
I can ______something burning in the kitchen.
Please throw the _______fish away.smeltsmellsmelly3. A ______ gas came ___ __ the cracks.smellyout of4. … the water pipes in some buildings cracked and _____.burstburst : to come open or fly apart suddenly
The balloon suddenly burst.
burst into + n.
Some robbers burst into that house.
burst out
burst out + doing
They burst out laughing.He burst into laughter.
= He burst out laughing
He burst into tears.
= He burst out crying.
burst into+ n.
burst out + doing……5. It seemed that the world was __ ___ ___.atanendat the end of 用于表示具体事物或场所的场合，它也可以用来表示比喻意; by the end of 用于表示时间的场合到……结束的时候，用语过去完成时态; in the end 意思“最后、终于”。 Compare: at the end of
by the end of
in the end1) . His father will return home ___________this year.
2) . He will be a scientist __________.
3) . How many English words had you learned ____________ last term?at the end ofin the endby the end of6. In fifteen terrible seconds a large city
lay in_____.ruinslie (lay, lain): to be, remain or be
kept in a certain state
in ruins : severely damaged or
destroyedCompare: ruin ;
destroy ;
damage　①damage指部分“损坏”、“损害”、“破坏”或指使用价值有所降低。它可以用作动词,也可以用作名词,用作名词时常与to something 连用。
　The accident did a lot of damage to his car.
　②destroy 只能用作动词,指彻底破坏,以致不可能修复,常作“破坏”、“毁灭”解,也可以指希望、计划等打破。
　The earthquake destroyed almost the whole town. 　　③ruin则表示破坏严重,以致不能修复,但这种破坏不像destroy那样毁灭某物,而是强调致使该物的使用价值发生了问题。用作动词时,它作 “使毁灭”、 “使崩溃”、 “弄糟”解;用作名词时,它表示 “毁灭”、 “瓦解”、 “废墟”等抽象概念。ruin也有借喻的用法。
　　The fire ruined the castle.
　　The house has fallen into ruin.
　　The company is facing ruin. The village ___in ruins after the war.
These machines have ____idle since the
factory closed.
An earthquake left the whole town_______.
His career is________.laylainin ruinsin ruinsEverywhere they looked nearly everything was_________. destroyedHe ______ his girl friend’s prospectsruinedSoft wood ________easily.damages injure: to hurt oneself/ sb. / sth. physically7. Two-thirds of the people died or were _______ during the earthquake.injuredMore than 61% of the surface of the earth ____covered by water.
Seventy percent of the workers in this factory ____ young.isareTheir criticisms _________him deeply.
Smoking will ________his health.
He was slightly ________in the car accident.
He got _________in the fighting.
What you said _____my feeling.have hurtinjureinjuredwoundedhurtCompare: injure ;
hurt ;
wound wonder8. People began to ________how long the disaster would last.---Tom often works deep into the night
every day.
---No wonder he always gets first in the
examinations.9. All hope was not lost.
all…not … = not all…;some… but not all
Not all the children are left.
(= Only some of them left early.)
Not all the children are noisy.
(= Some of the children are not noisy.)
? none of …..
None of us were allowed to go there.
None of these reports is very helpful.10. … bury the dead.
bury : A. to place in the ground
B. to occupy (oneself) with deep
concentration; absorb
The dog buried the bone in the ground.
I buried myself in my studies.
bury oneself in= be buried in
devote oneself to= be devoted toDiscussionWhat can we do to reduce the damage of earthquakes?How can we protect ourselves and help others in the earthquake?keys1. Build houses along the lines where two of the earth’s plates join together;
2. Build the houses on rock than on sand.
3. Make the houses as strong as possible,
weak buildings will fall down in an earthquake.