(
课件网) Unit 4 Natural Disasters Reading and Thinking Learning objectives 1. analyze the main idea of each para. and summarize the structure of the text; 2. enhance awareness of disaster prevention and mitigation and feel the spirit of unity; 3. master functions of data and rhetorical devices and features of literary journalism; 4. analyze the causes of heavy casualties, and discuss the protective measures. 1. What is the text mainly about It is about hit Tangshan at night and caused . a big earthquake great damage Activity 1: read the text and get the main idea. Para Topic sentence 1 2 3 4 5 (2 mins) 2. Read the passage and find out the topic sentence of each paragraph. Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeast Hebei. Everything began to shake. It seemed as if the world was at an end. Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed. Tangshan started to revive itself and get back up on its feet. Hope was not lost. Part 1 (Para __ ) Part 2 (Para ___ ) Part 3 (Para ___ ) The rescue work _____ the earthquake. Signs_____ the earthquake. What happened_____ the earthquake and the damage caused by the earthquake. 1 2&3 4-5 Activity 3: Read and divide the text into 3 parts. before during after 2.The passage is organized in the order of _____. time 3mins [1]Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeastern Hebei. For several days, the water in the village wells rose and fell, rose and fell. There were deep _____(crack) that appeared in the well walls. At least one well had some _____(smell) gas coming out of it. Chickens and even pigs were too nervous_____ (eat), and dogs refused to go inside buildings. Mice ran out of the fields _____(look) for places to hide, and fish jumped out of the water. At about 3: 00 a.m., on 28 July 1976, bright lights were seen in the sky outside the city of Tangshan and loud noises _____(hear). But the city's one million people were asleep as usual that night. cracks smelly to eat looking were heard village well Strange things farmyard Outside the city 1.water(rose and fell) 2.walls(deep cracks) 3.smelly gas Chickens/pigs (too nervous to eat) dogs (refused to go inside) mice (look for places to hide) fish (jumped out of the water) 1.bright lights in the sky 2.loud noises were heard The Mind Map of part 1 （para1） Signs before the earthquake 1 The well walls had _____ deep cracks in them. 2 8:00am 10:00am The water in the village wells _____ _____. rose and fell, rose and fell Some smelly gas _____. came out of the cracks. 3 Chickens and even pigs were _____. 4 too nervous to eat Sum up the main idea of each part of the passage.(use one word to describe) Part 1: (para. 1) Part 2:(para.2¶.3) Part 3: (para. 4& para 5) sign damage recovery Careful reading 1: People in Tangshan were warned of the earthquake and didn't go to bed that night. 2: People in Beijing also felt the earthquake 3: More than 400 000 people were killed in th ... ...
