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课件网) Unit 4 Natural Disaster Reading and thinking Learning Objectives To foster(培养) students how to protect ourselves during the earthquake. To read a news report about Tangshan earthquake. To summarize(总结) the main idea of each paragraph. Review tornado drought landslide tsunami flood volcano wildfire What can happen to a city during a big earthquake Pre-reading Building electricity ... ... people Skim and find out the topic sentences. Extensive-Reading Paragraph Topic sentences 1 2 3 4 5 Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeastern Hebei. There was nothing but ruins. But hope was not lost. Tangshan started to revive itself and get back up on its feet. Everything began to shake. It seemed as if the world were coming to an end. Read the passage quickly and write the main idea of each paragraph. Extensive-Reading E.The revival(复苏) of Tangshan again. Para.1 Para.2 Para.3 Para.4 Para.5 A.Warning signs(迹象) before the earthquake. B.The happening of the big earthquake. C.The consequence(后果) of the earthquake. D.The beginning of all staff’s rescue work. when where what The text is developed in order of ____ time or space time ____ the earthquake ____ the earthquake ____ the earthquake Before Para. 1 During Para. 2-3 After Para. 4-5 THE NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN'T SLEEP Extensive-Reading Read the text quickly and try to get some details of the text. Intensive Reading Details about Para.1 -- the signs before the earthquake. Tangshan Earthquake Before the earthquake The water in the village wells 1._____ again and again.The well walls had deep cracks in them, of which some smelly 2._____ came out. Animals like chickens and pigs became too 3._____ to eat. During the earthquake At 3：42 a.m., everything began to 4._____．A huge crack with eight kilometres long and 30 metres wide cut 5._____ houses, roads, and waterways. And hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt. rose and fell nervous shake across gas Read the text quickly and try to get some details of the text. Intensive Reading Details about Para.2-3 -- the phenomenons during the earthquake. After the earthquake The army sent 150，000 soldiers to Tangshan to dig out those who were 8._____ and to bury the dead.More than 10，000 doctors and nurses came to provide medical care.Workers built 9._____ for survivors whose homes had been destroyed. During the earthquake Over 400，000 people were killed or badly 6._____ in the earthquake. And nearly everything was 7._____． After the earthquake The new city has become a home 10._____ more than seven million people, with great improvements in transportation, industry, and environment. injured destroyed trapped shelters to The change of people's feeling unaware Deep Clue: The change of people's feeling The damage caused by the earthquake The suffering of the people Para. 2 At _____, everything began to shake. ___ kilometers directly below, …damage more than ____ kilometers… ... ...
