(课件网) The NIGHT THE ERATH DIDN’T SLEEP Unit 4 Natural Disasters --Reading and thinking Live to tell: Raising awareness, Reducing mortality. 用生命呼吁 增强减灾意识， 减少人员伤亡。 Learning aims： Identify the structure of the text. 1 2 3 Appreciate the figures of speech (修辞手法) used in the text. Learn about the basic information of the Tangshan earthquake. What can happen to a city and the people during a big earthquake Thousands of buildings will _____. Many people will be _____ or _____. fall down badly hurt /be destroyed trapped The bridge will be _____ and too dangerous to cross. The railway tracks will be _____. People will be _____. The whole city will lie _____. useless pieces of metal frightened/in shock in ruins damaged 1. What’s the main idea of the passage The passage mainly talks about a/an_____(what) that happened in _____ (where) in _____(when). earthquake Tangshan 1976 3. In what order is the text written A. Time B. Space C. Feeling 2. What’s the type of this text A. a news report B. a literary journal（报告文学） C. a novel 报告文学是散文的一种，介于新闻报道和小说之间，兼有新闻和文学的特点的散文。报告文学是运用文学艺术，真实、及时地反映社会生活事件和人物活动的一种文学体裁。 While reading--Skimming for main idea. Look at the title and photo below to guess what the text is about. Pre-reading The Night the Earth Didn’t Sleep A big earthquake that happened at night and caused great damage. Read and check if you are right. The passage talks about the terrible earthquake that nearly destroyed Tangshan city in Hebei Province in 1976. While-reading Fast-reading 1.Read the text carefully and then match the main idea of each paragraph. _____ _____ _____ Paragraph 2 Paragraph 5 Paragraph 4 Paragraph 1 _____ A. Warning signs before the earthquake. Paragraph 3 _____ C. Destruction of the earthquake. E.Suffering of the people and the city after the earthquake. B. Help from all over the country. D.Revival of the city. Para Topic sentence 1 2 3 4 5 (2 mins) 3. Read the passage and write donw the main idea of each paragraph. Warning signs before the earthquake The happening of the big earthquake. The immediate effects of the earthquake. The revival of the city. The rescue work. 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 Read and divide the text into 3 parts. before during after The passage is organized in the order of _____. time 3mins before warning signs during damage after rescue and revival Read the text quickly and try to get some details of the text. Reading for details Details about Para.1 -- the signs before the earthquake. _____came out of wells. Smelly gas 3 Chickens and pigs were _____. too nervous to eat Dogs refused to _____. go inside buildings 4 Mice _____of the fields looking for places to _____. ran out h ... ...
