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课件网) （人教版（2019）高中英语）高一年级 必修一 Reading and thinking Natural Disasters Unit 4 Learning objectives By the end of the lesson, I will be able to... 1. To learn to describe the earthquake. 2. To practice the skill of summarizing the main idea. 3. To raise awareness and reduce mortality. Lead-in 1.Watch the video and describe what happened . Everything began to shake. A city were damaged. The buildings were seriously destroyed. The fire could start. People could panic or get injured. Lead-in 2. Look at the title and photo, guess what the text is about. THE NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN’T SLEEP An earthquake happened. personification [p s n f ke n] 拟人，人格化 1.What does the passage mainly talk about When Where What July 28, 1976 Tangshan, Hebei A big earthquake A big earthquake happened in Tangshan on July 28, 1976. 2. Find out the topic sentence of each paragraph and divide the passage into 3 parts. fast reading Read for main idea Tip: The topic sentence usually appears in the first or last sentence of each paragraph. 2. Find out the topic sentence of each paragraph. Paragraph Topic sentence 1 2 3 4 5 Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeastern Hebei. Everything began to shake. It seemed as if the world were coming to end. Everywhere survivors looked, there was nothing but ruins. Nearly everything in the city was destroyed. But hope was not lost. Tangshan started to revive itself and get back up on its feet. Before During After The passage is organized in order of _____. A. importance B. place C. time D. position In the well Animals In the sky water, deep cracks, smelly gas chickens and pigs, dogs, mice, fish bright lights, loud noises Before-Para 1 People's reaction(反应) unprepared warning signs What were the strange things happening before the earthquake Read for details But people took no notice of these warning signs. 1. What do these numbers stand for Read for details During-Para 2&3 less than 1 minute 11 kilometers 8 kilometers 30 meters 1/3 400,000 3:42 am 75%, 90% 2. What does “everything” refer to in the sentence “Nearly everything in the city was destroyed” 3:42 am 11 kilometers 8 kilometers 30 meters At 3:42 am everything began to shake. 11 kilometers directly below the city A huge crack was 8 kilometers long. A huge crack was 30 meters wide. Read for details During-Para 2&3 What do these numbers stand for less than 1 minute 1/3 75%, 90% 400,000 In less than 1 minute, a large city lay in ruins. The number of people who were killed or badly injured in the quake was more than 400,000. One-third of the nation felt the earthquake. 75% of the city’s factories and buildings and 90% of its homes were gone. Read for details During-Para 2&3 one of the most deadly earthquakes of the 20th century reading skill: use context to understand new words or phrases It is used to describe a place that has been badly damaged. During-Para 2&3 Read for details 2. What ... ...
