1、EarthquakesUnit 4吴景美乐亭汤家河高中Mr.Nature emotional（情绪化的）Lead-inNatural Disasters(自然灾害).Can you tell some natural disasters?Natural Disastersflooddroughtforest fireSandstormvolcanic eruptionTyphoonhurricaneearthquakeTangshan is a beautiful city with gardens,wide roads.San Francisco is a city with tall bu
2、ildings thickly standing on the earth.TangshanSay something about these two cities.Warming upNow imagine there has been a big earthquake.Talk with your partner what might happen to the objects in the photos.San FranciscoDiscussion1m What damage can the earthquakes bring about?提示：buildings.roadsbridg
3、espeopleThe city lay in ruins.The buildings fell down.m Roads cracked.Bridges collapsed.Many people were killed or injured.A great number of people lost their homes.Discussion2Imagine your home begins to shake and you must leave it right away.You have time to take only one thing.What will you take?W
4、hy?I want to take money,books,food,water,clothes Because What will you take?Why?watermoneyidentity card pictures of familymapradiomobile phonebooksfoodclothes Life is so beautiful.We must love our lives.SPEED IS LIFE in an earthquake.Discussion3:What do you think will happen before an earthquake?Peo
5、ple can see _in the sky.bright lightsThe well has deep _in it.The well water will rise and fall.cracksChickens are flying and dogs are _,and pigs and cows are too _to eat.barkingnervousFish jump out of the_,and mice run out of the fields.pondWhat happened on 12 May,2008?A terrible earthquake struck
6、Sichuan,China on May 12,2008.More than 60,000 people lost their lives.Do you know some other serious earthquakes that happened before?TangshanA night the earth didnt sleepReadingmwhen:mwhere:mwhat:Task1:Fast ReadingJuly 28,1976Tangshan,Hebei A big earthquakeMain idea:An earthquake happened in Tangsh
7、an on July 28,1976Topic sentence of each paragraph.Para.1Para.2Para.3Para.4Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeast Hebei.Everything began to shake.Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed.All hope was not lost.to get the main idea,you should pay special attention
8、to the beginning and ending sentences in each paragraphAccording to the topic sentences of each paragraph,divide this passage into three parts.(use“during,before,after”to fill in the blank)Part 1:Part 2:Part 3:signsdamagerecoverythe earthquakethe earthquakethe earthquakeBeforeDuringAfterPara 1Para 2
9、&3Para 4Para 1No one noticed them.The water in the wellrose and fell.The well wallshad deep cracks in them.A smelly gasThe pigs and the chickensmice and fishIn the skyThe water pipecame out of the cracks.were too nervous to eat.mice came out of fields;fish jumped out of bowls and ponds.people saw br
10、ight lights.cracked and burst.Task2 Detail readingData(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 lay in ruins.vThe number of people who were killed or injured reached more than.vAll of the citys h
11、ospitals,_ of its factories and buildings and of its homes were gone.1/383015400,00075%90%Para.2-3All the people wereshocked.1).”All hope was not lost.”A.None of the hope was lost.B.There was no hope at all.C.Not all hope was lost.2).“The city began to breathe again.”Guess the meaning of the followi
12、ng sentences according to the context.A.Slowly,the wind began to blow in the city.B.Slowly,the people in the city began to breathe.C.Slowly,the city began to come to life.Para.4Task3:Deep readingm 1.What is the mood of this passage?m A.Sad.m B.Serious.m C.Serious and a bit sad.m D.Clam.CA.the earth
13、was awake all night longB.people on the earth couldnt fall asleep that nightC.the earth shook like crazy that nightD.animals on the earth would not sleep that night2.Whats the meaning of the title“A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDNT SLEEP”?唐山抗震纪念碑广场唐山大地震三十周年后的新唐山SummaryWhat have you learnt in this lesson?Hold o
14、nto Mom,ChildA poem-In memory of children who lost lives in the earthquakeCome,my child,Hold onto moms hands.The road to Heaven is not dark.Im afraid you might be hurt again.Come,hold moms hands tightly.Let mom go with you.Mom,Im afraid.The road to Heaven is too dark.I cant see your hand.Since the f
15、allen walls took sunlight away,I shall never see your gentle eyes.Move on,my child,The road ahead has no worries,No books that you cant finish,Nor Dads complaints.You must remember dads face and mine,In the next life,we shall be together again.Dont worry,mom,The road to Heaven is crowded,There are m
16、y classmates and friends.Dont cry,we all sayAnyones mom is our mom.In the days without me,Give your love to other children.Mom,mom,dont cry.Tears wont send light on our way.Let us go away.Ill remember your face and dads looks.Lets promise,In the next life,well be together again.(the author of the poem is unknown)1.Try your best to understand it.2.Find out the sentence that moves you most.3.Which sentence is your favorite?Homework:Love can light the world.爱可以把世界照亮！Love can also make miracles.爱 也 可 以创造奇 迹！
