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课件网) Unit 4 Natural Disasters THE NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN'T SLEEP 4 2 3 1 Objective 4 Objective 3 Objective 2 Objective 1 To analyse the structure and language features of an earthquake description, and learn the style of literary journalism To identify the signs before earthquake by viewing a short video Learning Objectives To discuss how to make event description vivid, and to raise positive attitude to disasters, To review words and expressions relating to natural disasters Activity 1 Viewing for Background Information in Para.1 What are the strange things in the video Do you think they were warning signs For what 中原联盟 Recall as many strange things as you can. Water rose and fell Deep cracks appeared Smelly gas came out of wells pigs were too nervous to eat Dogs refused to go inside buildings. Mice looked for places to hide Fish jumped out of the water Chickens and 中原联盟 2mins:Fast reading: read for main ideas: quick ask & quick answer Organise them into a complete sentence Earthquake 3:42 a.m. July 28, 1976 where Tangshan, Hebei Ending Revival what when 1. Find all the time mentioned in the passage. Global reading 2. How many parts can be divided into before during after 1. The text is developed in order of ____. time Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 Para. 5 2. Global reading 中原联盟 Before After 1. adverbs of time Before During During After In less than one minute later that afternoon Soon after the quake For several days At 3：42 a.m Para.5 Para.4 Para.3 Para.2 Para.1 Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 B1U4 Natural Disasters --Reading and thinking THE NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN'T SLEEP Live to tell: Raising awareness, Reducing mortality. 用生命呼吁 增强减灾意识， 减少人员伤亡。 The Night the Earth didn’t Sleep Prediction：Look at the title and the picture and predict what the text is probably about. A terrible earthquake is likely to happen. The passage mainly talks about a/an_____(what) that happened in _____ (where) at _____(when). earthquake Tangshan 3:42 a.m. on 28 July 1976 1. What’s the main idea of the text 3. How are the events arranged The text is organized in time order. While reading--Task 1 Skimming for main idea. 2. What kind of text is it a news report B. a literary journalism(报告文学) C. a novel D. a story later that afternoon soon after the quakes For several days At about 3:00 a.m. on 28 July 1976 At 3:42 a.m. before during after Timeline: _____ were seen in the sky. _____ were heard. Bright light Loud noises Part 1 (para.1) Oral work Supportive words and expressions: I remembered there were… before the quake, but… It was terrible when… I felt shocked/frightened/hopeless/desperate…, because… It seemed as if … Luckily, … Suppose you were a survivor of the Tangshan earthquake in 1976, would you please share your experience with us Please discuss with your partner. During the earth quake Part 2 (para.2-3) Oral work Supportive words and expressions: I re ... ...
