(
课件网) 2025 Unit 4. Reading and Thinking The Night The Earth Didn’t sleep I. Prediction Look at the title and photo below and guess what the text is about. What can you see Buildings were in ruins. People were trying to move sth. No fire; no water Natural Disaster Maybe an earthquark The Night The Earth Didn’t sleep I. Prediction What kind of information can we get from the title The time Why strong emotion/ much work huge effect big event An earthquake occurred at night somewhere and cause great effect. I. Earthquark you know at 9:05, 7, January, 2025 Xizang autonomous region Which one？ II. Reading Read the text to get the basic information The passage is written in _____ order, and mainly talks about a/an_____(what) that happened in _____ (where) at __ _____ (when). earthquake Tangshan 3:42 am on July 28th 1976 time What are the time phrases How many steps can we see II. Reading For several days At about 3:00 a.m. on 28 July 1976 At 3:42 a.m. later that afternoon soon after the quakes Before During After II.careful reading -- before the earthquark 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. Main idea: 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. Warning signs before the earthquake. What can be seen: water in the well deep cracks animals bright lights What can be smeel: smelly gas (well) What can be heard: loud noises II.careful reading -- during the earthquark At 3:42 a.m., everything began to shake. It seemed as if the world were coming to an end! Eleven kilometres directly below the city, one of the most deadly earthquakes of the 20th century had begun, a quake that even caused damage more than 150 kilometres away in Beijing. Nearly one third of the whole nation felt it! A huge crack, eight kilometres long and 30 metre ... ...
