(
课件网) Unit 4 Natural Disasters Reading and Thinking Warming-up 1. What kinds of natural disasters do you know Disasters tonador tusnami hurricane volcanic eruption landslide earthquake flood drought wildfire 2017 Great earthquakes in China The Tangshan earthquake in with a magnitude of 7.8. (A video) The Wenchuan earthquake with a magnitude of 8.0. The Yushu earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 The Lushan earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 The Jiuzhaigou earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 2010 1976 2013 2008 2. What great earthquakes in China do you know What can happen to a city during a big earthquake The buildings were razed to the ground and turned into ruins. The roads were damaged with cracks. The electricity went down. The people were killed or badly injured. THE NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN'T SLEEP What does the title mean What are the people doing in the photo Pre-reading 地球的不眠之夜 They are rescuing the injured after an earthquake. 2. In what order is the text organized The text is organized in _____ order. (time/importance/place) time 1. What is the type of the text literary journalism（报告文学） Skimming 3. Find out the topic sentence of each paragraph Warning signs before the earthquake. B The immediate effects of the earthquake. C Read the text and match the main idea with each paragraph. The revival of the city. D Scanning during the earthquake after the earthquake before the earthquake Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4 Paragraph 5 The happening of the big earthquake. A The rescue work. E Paragraph1: Before the Quake What were some of the strange things happening before the earthquake How do you understand the last sentence in paragraph 1 Careful reading 1.What were some of the strange things happening before the earthquake Before the earthquake, the water in the village wells rose and fell. Deep cracks appeared in their walls. Animals were acting strangely. 2. How do you understand the last sentence in paragraph 1 This sentence indicates that the people in Tangshan city were ignorant of the upcoming earthqueke and this was the reason why it caused such great damage later. 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 cracks that appeared in the well walls. At least one well had some smelly gas coming out of it. Chickens and even pigs were too nervous to eat, and dogs refused to go inside buildings. Mice ran out of the fields looking 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 were heard. But the city's one million people were asleep as usual that night. Underground water Animals Weather Warning Signs Parallelism 排比 Topic sentence Repetition 反复 Paragraph2-3: During the Quake When and where did the earthquake happen W ... ...
