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课件网) B1U4 Natural Disasters --Reading and thinking THE NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN'T SLEEP Did you sleep well last night What would happen if the earth didn’t sleep last night Lead-in Do you know some earthquakes that happened in China 青海 玉树 河北 唐山 汶川 雅安 Tangshan, July 28th, 1976 Wenchuan, May12th, 2008 Yushu， April 14th, 2010 Ya’an， April 20th, 2013 Work in pairs. Discuss what can happen to a city during a big earthquake. Thousands of buildings will _____. Many people will be dead or _____. fall down badly injured Find the main idea and the topic sentence of each paragraph. The first and last sentences of each paragraph usually give us the main idea. Para.1 Para.2 Para.3 Para.4 Para.5 The happening of the big earthquake. The rescue work after the earthquake The damage of the big earthquake. The revival of the city. Warning signs before the earthquake. How many parts can this passage be divided into Why Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Para. Para. Para. the earthquake Think and use one word to summarize each part. Before During After Signs Damage Revival 1 2-3 4-5 the earthquake the earthquake It tells us what happened_____, _____ and _____ the earthquake. before during after How can we divide the text _____ in the sky Chickens & pigs were _____ Mice ran out _____ bright lights _____ in the well walls deep cracks too nervous to eat. looking for places to hide. _____ from it. smelly gas Please read para. 1 and fill in the blanks. People’s attitude: The city’s one million people were asleep as uaual that night. Unaware What about the people What did they do They were asleep as usual that night. Attitude ignorant Activity 5: Retell the text. Suppose you are a witness(目击者)--before the earthquake a survivor--during the earthquake a rescuer--after the earthquake, you may begin your story retelling like this: I’m a witness(目击者)/ survivor/ rescuer in the Tangshan earthquake. I saw/ heard/ found/ joined in... ： 00 2 1 0 59 58 57 56 55 54 53 52 51 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 00 ： 00 3 开始 0 Presentation Presentation 3.Fill in the blanks by time order. Time Details Before the earth-quake (para.1) For several days 1.Water in the village wells _____ . 2.Well walls developed _____ 3._____ come out of the cracks. 4. Mice _____ the fields. 5. Fish _____ the water. At about 3:00 a.m. on July 28,1976 1. _____appeared in the sky. 2. _____ were heard. rose and fell deep cracks Smelly gas ran out of jumped out of Bright lights Loud noises What was the attitude of the people in the city towards those strange things People ignored the warning signs. How did people feel at that time shocked hopeless 1 minute 150 kilometres 8 & 30 2/3 75%, 90% 400,000 3:42 am 11 kilometres Why did the writer use so many numbers in the text To show the earthquake was very serious. To make the text more ... ...
