1、Unit4 EarthquakeReadingA Night the Earth Didnt SleepTeaching aims1.Understand the passage.2.Develop reading skills of usingtimeline、data、topic sentencesto help read.3.Learn to protect ourselves if an earthquake happened.fire 火灾 flood flood 洪水洪水volcano 火山喷发sand storm沙尘暴thunderstorm雷暴雨What natural dis
2、asters do you know?typhoon台风tornadotornado龙卷风龙卷风,hurricane hurricane 飓风飓风tsunami 海啸drought 干旱Mudflow Mudflow 泥石流泥石流How much do you know about Tangshan earthquake?Many people diedPeople lost their homes.Many things were destroyed.Time:Place:Disaster:July 28,1976Tangshan,HebeiA big earthquakeMain idea
3、:An earthquake happened in Tangshan on July 28,1976Fast reading Find out the topic sentence of each paragraph and try to divide the passage into three parts.skimmingPara-graghTopic sentencePosition in the para1234Have you found them?Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeast Hebei
4、.Everything began to shake.It seemed as if the world was at an end.Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed.All hope was not lost.beginningbeginningbeginningbeginning The water in the wells_and_.And some deep _ could be seen in the well walls.A _ gas came out of the cracks.rosefellcrac
5、kssmellyTask 1:Read Para1 and find out what strange things happened?Careful reading The chickens and even the pigs were too_to eat.nervousupset,worriedMice ran out of the fields_places to hide.Fish _out of bowls and ponds.looking forjumpedPeople could see _lights in the sky.bright The _ of planes co
6、uld be heard even when no planes were in the sky.soundThe water _ in some buildings _ and _.pipescrackedburstbreakTask 2 Make a timeline for the earthquake on July 28,1976At about 3:00 amAt 3:42 amIn fifteen secondsLater that afternoonSoon after the quakesSome people saw bright light in the sky.Ever
7、ything began to shake.A large city lay in ruins.Another big quake shook Tangshan.The army sent 150,000soldiers to Tangshan to help the rescue workers.Data(数据)vof the nation felt the earthquake.v A huge crack that was kilometres long and metres wide cut across houses.vIn terrible seconds a large city
8、 lay in ruins.v of the people died or were injured during the earthquake.v The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than.vAll of the citys hospitals,_ of its factories and buildings and of its homes were gone.1/3830152/3400,00075%90%Para.2-3Para4.Why does the writer say all hope
9、was not lost?First,the army Second,the army Third,to the north of the city Fourth,workers Lastly,fresh waterThe city began to breatheagain!Tang shans new lookDiscussion What should we do to protect ourselves if an earthquake happened?1.Dont be nervous and keep calm.2.Dont try to run out of the class
10、room.3.Protect your head by putting your bag on your head.4.Sit down under your desk or hard furniture.5.Leave the classroom after the earthquake.6.Listen to the teachers advice7.Do not use the lift.Lets have a try!Sum up the main idea of the passage:Before the earthquake,_ in Tangshan.During the ea
11、rthquake,nearly everything _ and a large number of people _ _.Luckily,after the earthquake _ to help the survivors,the city began to breathe again.strange thingshappenedwas destroyedwere injureddied orthe army cameSlowly,the city began to breathe again.For three days the water in the village wells r
12、ose and fell,rose and fell.It seemed that the world was at an end!Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves.(like,as,asas,as if)Repetition(反复)Exaggeration(夸张)Simile(明喻)Personification(拟人)The employment of figure of speech（修辞）：Homework1.Retell the passage with a cloze.2.Recite the attributive
13、clauses in the passage.Optional:know about San Francisco earthquakeAt 3:42 a.m.everything began to shake.It seemed 1 the world was _2_ an end!Eleven kilometers_3_(direct)below the city the greatest earthquakes of the 20th century began.It was heard in Beijing,_4_ is one hundred kilometers away.One-t
14、hird of the nation felt it.A huge crack that was eight kilometers long and thirty meters wide cut _5_ houses,roads and canals.thatatdirectlywhichacrossSteam burst from 6 (hole)in the ground.Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt.In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins.Two-thirds of t
15、he people died or _7_(injure)during the earthquake.Thousands of families 8 (kill)and many children were left _9_ parents.The number of people 10 were killed or injured reached more than 400,000.holeswere injuredwere killedwithoutwho1.Then,later that afternoon,another big quake _ _shook Tangshan.2.Th
16、e army organized teams to dig outthose_.which was almost as strong as the first onewho were trapped and to bury the deadRecite the attributive clauses in the textBut the people in the city,_ _ went to sleep as usual that night.It was heard in Beijing,_who thought little of these events,which is more
17、 than 200 kilometers away.A huge crack _ _ cut across houses,roads and canals.The number of people _ _ reached more than 400,000.that was eight kilometers long and thirty meters wide who were killed or injured At 5:13 1 the morning of April 8th,1906,San Francisco 2 (shake)by a terrible earthquake 3
18、is the 4 (bad)natural disaster in the nations history.The world seemed to be at 5 end.In only one minute,a great part of the city was in 6 (ruin)and many buildings burst 7 flames.A large number of people die or 8(injure).9 number of people who lost homes 10 (reach)more than 250,000.worstruinsanwere injuredThe reachedonwas shakenwhich/thatintoThank you very much for your kind attention!
