Unit 4 Earthquakes reading A Night the Earth Didn’t Sleep

课件24张PPT。EarthquakesUnit 4ReadingA NIGHT THE EARTH
DIDN'T SLEEPSkimmingWhen and where did the earthquake happen?

2. What were Tangshan people doing when the earthquake happened?At 3:42 am on July 28, 1976 in Tangshan.They thought little of these events, were asleep as usual that night.Listening and ReadingListen to the tape and divide the passage into three parts, then think about the main idea of each part.Paragraph 1Paragraph 2Paragraph 3Part 1Part 2Part 3Paragraph 4Read the text and answer the following
questions.Careful-reading Part I (Para.1)Main idea:_____________ happened in Tangshan ______ the earthquake.Strange things beforeWhat are the strange things before the earthquake?Phenomena (现象）before the earthquake.* well water…*a smelly gas…* well walls …warning signs before an earthquake* animals:* in the sky:chickens and pigs/mice and fish …warning signs before an earthquakebright lights/the sound…* water pipes:Paragraph 1:What did people in Tangshan see in the sky
before the earthquake?They saw bright lights in the sky.2. What did people hear?They heard the sound of planes outside
Tangshan even…3. What did people notice in the well?People noticed the well walls had deep cracks,
and a smelly gas came out of the cracks.4. Did people pay any attention to these
abnormal phenomena?No Part II (Para.2--3)Main idea:The _______ caused by the earthquake.damageWhat happened during the quake and
the damage.Paragraph 21. When did the earthquake begin?At 3:42 in the morning of July 28.2. How many people were killed or
injured in the quake?More than 400,000 people.Paragraph 31. Could the injured people go to hospital?No, they couldn’t. Because all of the
city’s hospitals were gone in the quake.2. Were there any aftershocks?Yes, another big quake shook Tangshan
later that afternoon. Part II (Para.2--3): detail reading★ _______ burst from holes in the ground.
★ Hard hills of the rock became rivers of ____.
★ ______covered the ground like red autumn leaves.
★ Two _______ and most of the bridges fell.
★ The railway tracks were now _________ pieces
of _______.
★ ______ now filled the wells instead of water.
★ Water, food, and __________ were hard to get.SteamdirtBricksdamsuselesssteelSandelectricityThe world seemed at an end.
Everything was destroyed. Part II (Para.2--3):Data(数据)★ _____of the nation felt the earthquake .
★ A huge crack that was _____ kilometers long and
_____ meters wide cut across houses, road, canals.
★ 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%It was the greatest earthquake of the 20th century. Part III (Para.4)Main idea:_________ came to help the survivors, bringing _____ for a new life.The armyhopeThe rescue work after the earthquake. Part III (Para.4): detail readingWhat did they do for the city?Firstly, __________________
secondly,____________________
thirdly, _____________________
the last, _____________________dig out …& bury ...rescue the coal minersbuild shelters for survivorstransport the waterParagraph 4Did the survivors go to live in other places?No. They did the rescue work with the help
of 150,000 soldiers sent by the army. Reading1. Judge the following sentences whether true or false.
FFPeople 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 400 000 people were killed in
the earthquake. TTF5) People tried to get fresh water from
under the ground in Tangshan. 4) Many rescue workers and doctors were
trapped under the ruins during the
aftershock. Consolidation:
Retell the passage____________ happened in Tangshan. For a few days, water in the wells ____________. From the ______ of wells __________came out. Mice, chicken, pigs and even fish became ________. But the people in Tangshan _______________ these events. At 3:00 am, everything began to ______. It seemed that the world was _________. _________ of the nation felt it. A huge _____ cut across the city, then the city lay _______. Two-thirds of the people _____or were _______. Then later that afternoon, another big quake _____ Tangshan. People began to wonder how long ____________________. But ________ was not lost. Soldiers came to help those _________. Slowly, the city began to _________again.Strange thingsrose and fellcrackssmelly gasnervousshakeat an endOne-thirdcrackin ruinsthought little ofinjuredshookthe disaster would lastsurvivorsbreathediedall hopeHomeworkUse five sentences to rewrite the passage in your own words.Thank you