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课件网) Unit 4 Natural Disasters THE NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN'T SLEEP Did you sleep well last night What would happen if the earth didn’t sleep last night THE NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN'T SLEEP Discuss what can happen to a city during a big earthquake. Lead-in Road Electricity People Building Describe a natural disaster Pre-reading Look at the title and picture below, and guess what the text is about . Prediction → Fast-reading 1. Read and check: What’s the text mainly about 2. What kind of text is it A. business report B. Encycopidia C. literary journalism D. newspaper Literary journalism usually describes real historical events and real characters. The usage of the figures of speech can stimulate readers' feelings and thus touch the readers. The passage is mainly about a terrible earthquake of Tangshan at midnight. Activity 1 C Activity 2 Read the passage quickly and match the main idea with each paragraph. Reading for main ideas E.Tangshan came back to life again. Para.1 Para.2 Para.3 Para.4 Para.5 A.The earthquake caused unbelievable destruction to Tangshan. B.The earthquake happened and caused deaths and injuries in Tangshan. C.Help came soon after the quakes. D.Warning signs before the earthquake. To get the main idea, pay attention to the beginning sentence in each paragraph. --topic sentences the earthquake the earthquake the earthquake Activity 3 Part1 Part2 Part3 Use one word to summarize each part. before damage signs after during rescue Time order Para1 Para2.3 Para4.5 What actions were taken to rescue the people How do you understand the city began to breathe again S Reading-part 3 R E U C E dig out bury provide build be brought into breathe It meant that the city began to return to normal gradually Skim and find out the topic sentences. n. 气体；燃气；汽油 Read the first paragraph and answer the questions. What were some of the strange things that were happening before the earthquake How do you understand the last sentence in Paragraph 1 It serves as a link between the preceding and the following content. Tang shan’s new look Tangshan started to revive itself and get back up on its feet. Union is strength, strength changes the world. 团结就是力量，力量改变世界。 When facing natural disasters, maybe we are so powerless.But we need to hold the firm belief that our country will never give up on us,and unity can overcome everything. In the meantime, all of us really need to arouse our awareness of disaster prevention! Summary: 利用语境猜测词义。一、生词所在句子或段落中出现的其它词汇的意思；二、文本的主题知识；三、生词在句子中的语法结构知识。下面看看如何利用语境猜测ruin和brick的词义。 第二段ruin上下文提取信息：coming to an end, deadly earthquakes, damage, crack, cut across, rivers of dirt, dead, injured, without parents, killed, badly injured。描述了毁灭性的画面：the large city was destroyed completely，可以猜测ruin“毁坏，破坏”。 第三段brick上文About 75 percent of the city’s factor ... ...
