1、Have you ever experienced any earthquake?How did you feel then?typhoonseismic sea wave/tsunamitornado,hurricanethunderstormsand stormvolcanic eruptiondroughtflood hurricanefireearthquakeTangshan,HebeiJuly 28th,1976How can we use words to describe how terrible the earthquake was?The town lay in ruins
2、.破败不堪The buildings fell down.倒塌 Roads cracked.v.开裂Many people were killed or injured.adj.受伤的A great number of people lost their homes.许多,大量in ruins 破败不堪fall down 倒塌cracked 开裂injured 受伤a great number of 大量的Many people believe that“It is always calm before a storm.”Is that true?Are there any SIGNS bef
3、ore an earthquake?Bright lights flash in the sky.Animals are too nervous.They run around a lot.Mice run out to look for places to hide.Fish jump out of the ponds.Well wall has cracks.The water in the well rises and falls.Fast readingWhat does the passage mainly talk about?An earthquake happened in T
4、angshan in 1976 Find out the topic sentence of each paragraph and try to divide the passage into three parts.（divideinto把划分为几份）skimmingPara-graghTopic sentencePosition in the para1234Have you found them?Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeast Hebei.Everything began to shake.It
5、seemed as if the world was at an end.Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed.All hope was not lost.beginningbeginningbeginningbeginningDivide this passage into three partsPart 1:para 1Part 2:para 2&3Part 3:para 4signsdamagerescuechoose one word to describe each partRead paragraph 1 an
6、d find out all the strange things.ThingsWhat happenedthe water in the wellthe well wallschicken and pigsmicefishskythe sound of planeswater pipesran out of the field to hidejumped out of the bowls and pondsbright lightscould be heard even though there were no planescracked and burstrose and felldeep
7、 cracks,smelly gastoo nervous to eatData(数据)v _ of the nation felt the earthquake.v A huge crack that was _ kilometres long and _ metres wide cut across houses.v In _ terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins.v _ of the people died or were injured during the earthquake.v The number of people who we
8、re 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.2-3leavessafesteelmilkdeadwellsruinsListen to para3 and finish the mind map.leavessafesteelmilkdeadwellsListen to para3 and finish the mind
9、map.ruinsAfter the earthquakeRead Paragraph 4 together and find out what people did after the earthquake.What does the writer mean by the title “A night the earth didnt sleep”?personification1.How do you understand the real meaning of the idiom“It is always calm before a storm”?A.It is unusually qui
10、et before a thunderstorm or earthquake.B.One should not trust situations that seem peaceful since bad things may happen.C.The weather is fine before a storm comes.D.You should stay calm before a storm.Task1-Choose the best answer.A2.What can be inferred from the passage?A.If the pigs were too nervou
11、s to eat,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 wouldnt have been such a great quake if people had paid enough attention to some natural signs.D.If some natural signs had not been ignored,peo
12、ple might have had a chance to survive.D3.Which of the following is the main reason for the heavy loss of life in the quake?A.The earthquake happened in the deep night when people were sleeping deeply.B.There werent enough rescue workers.C.The building were poorly constructed and most of them were d
13、estroyed in the quake.D.People were not careful enough to notice some natural signs before the earthquake.ARole-playChoose a paragraph and act out an interview between a reporter and a survivor from the Tangshan earthquake.Examples:R=reporter S=survivor Para1R:Did you notice anything strange before
14、the earthquake?S:There were some strange things.But I didnt see all of them.R:What did you see?S:*R:Can you give us some suggestions on how to protect ourselves in an earthquake?S:Yes.We should/can/shouldntPara2-3R:What happened during the earthquake?S:Nearly everything was destroyed.it seemed the w
15、orld was at an end.R:Can you give us some examples?S:*R:Can you give us some suggestions on how to protect ourselves in an earthquake?S:Yes.We should/can/shouldntAHide under the hard furniture(家具)Put out the fire and turn off the gas BNever try to use the lift/elevatorCUse something hard(硬的)to prote
16、ct your head D_ happened in Tangshan.For a few days,water in the wells _.From the _ of wells _ come out.Mice,chicken,pigs and even fish became _.At 3:42Strange thingsrose and fellcrackssmelly gasnervousComplete the summary of the passage.am,everything began to _.It seemed that the world was _._ of t
17、he nation _ it._ cut across the city.The city lay _.shakeat an end One-thirdfeltA huge crackin ruinsTwo-thirds of the people _ or _.Then later that afternoon,another big quake _ Tangshan.People began to wonderdiedwere injuredshook_.But all hope _._ came to help those _.Slowly,the city began to _.how long the disaster would lastwas not lostSoldiersbreathe againsurvivorsNew look of Tangshan1.Review the reading text.2.Finish the Exercise on P28.
