课件18张PPT。 Module 1 Unit4 Reading A night the earth didn’t sleepLearning Aims 学习目标：
1 通过对课文内容的了解，培养捕捉细节的能力，并能进行简单的推理判断．
２通过活动的参与，培养合作意识竞争意识和积极的自信的情感体验．Give a description according to the pictures.Can we say the earthquake is predictable(可预测的)?Fast reading Since（既然） the earthquake is predictable，why didn’t the people of Tangshan prepare for it and why did they suffer great damage?
Para1
What did the strange things happen before the earthquake?
The water …
The well walls…
Chickens and pigs…
Mice…
Fish…
Bright lights…
The sound of planes…
The water pipes…
Para 2 and 3 True or false
1.The earthquake of Tangshan is the greatest earthquake of the 20th century.
2.The whole nation could feel the earthquake.
3.Both the city and the countryside were badly destroyed by the earthquake.
4.The city of Tangshan was shaken
only once on July 28,1976.One third of the nationtwicePara 4 note-making(作笔记）
send soldiers…organize teams…Built shelters…Further understanding（深层理解）
1. The title “A night the earth didn’t sleep” means ______
A the earth was wide awake all night long.
B people on the earth couldn’t fall asleep that night
C the earth shook like crazy and couldn’t stop that night, causing great damage to people
D animals on the earth would not sleep that nightFurther understanding（深层理解） :
2 What can we infer(推断) from the text?
A It was the greatest earthquake of the 20th century.
B Both the countryside and the city were badly destroyed by the earthquake
C the city of Tangshan was shaken twice on July 28,1976.
D the union of the whole nation helped to conquer（战胜） the disaster.
Quiz & prize(奖)10 points20 points30 points40 pointsChallenge yourself! 挑战自我！ ※10 points ※
Find the correct word
1 make someone feel very surprised ________
2 save something or somebody from danger _________
shock rescue ※ 20 points※
Translation(翻译)
1 All hope was not lost.
2并不是所有的蚂蚁（ant)都出去找食儿．Not all the ants go out for food.
or
All the ants don’t go out for food.※30 points※ Translation(翻译)
The railway tracks were now useless pieces of steel, and tens of thousands of cows would never give milk again.铁轨如今成了一条条废钢,好几万头牛再也挤不出奶来.※40 points※Find out one sentence using simile（比喻） in the passage.Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves.Role-playSuppose you are one of the survivors（幸存者） (80 years old now) in the earthquake of Tangshan. A famous reporter of CCTV is interviewing(采访） you about the details and your feelings of the earthquake.
You can use the following questions:
1 Did you see any strange things that day?
2 What were you doing when the earthquake happened?
3 How about your family? your children? Your feeling?
…….
Reporter: This is Tell It As It Is(实话实说). I’m _____.
Let’s welcome_______.
The old man: nice to meet you …… Debate
1.will you praise him?
(I think his behavior is understandable because it is a person’s instinct（本能）to run for safety in an earthquake.)
2. Will you criticize him?
(As a teacher, he should think more about his students. ) 书面表达训练
一、用你的话陈述这个故事：
二、作出评论：
你的观点….
Homework: Quiz（当堂检测）Several days before July 28,1976,many (1) s______things happened in Tangshan. They were signs for an (2) e_______. But people in the city of Tangshan didn’t think (3) m_______of that. At 3:42am that day,the earth began to (4)s________,which (5)d_________the city. Many people,including workers and doctors,came to (6)r_______those (7)t_________under the ruins. Later that afternoon,another big earthquake struck Tangshan. More people were killed or injured and more buildings (8)f________down. Soldiers were called in to help the rescue workers. (9)T________were organized to dig out the trapped and (10)b________the dead. Gradually the city began to breathe again.trangearthquakeuchhakeestroyedescuerappedelleamsury
