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课件网) Unit 4 Natural Disasters Reading and Thinking Lead-in Look at the pictures and collect words related to natural disasters. tsunami wildfire flood Volcanic Eruption drought landslide Typhoon Sandstorm Tornado earthquake Buildings_____. fell down People were_____. trapped or buried The water pipes _____. cracked and burst The city was_____and lay_____. destroyed in ruins Do you know what happened during the big earthquakes 1.Prediction What's the passage mainly about Look at the title and the pictures It’s mainly about _____ A big earthquake that happened at night and caused great damage. when where what Pre-reading 2. Find out the topic sentence of each paragraph. Para 1 Para 2 Para 3 Para 4 Para 5 Tangshan started to revive itself and get back up on its feet. Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeastern Hebei. At 3:42 a.m., everything began to shake. It seemed as if the world were coming to an end! There was nothing but ruins. But hope was not lost. Fast-reading Note: The topic sentence is usually the first sentence of each paragraph, sometimes the middle or the last sentence. Then summarize each paragraph in one phrase based on its topic sentence. 3.Read the text carefully and write down the main idea of each paragraph based on the topic sentences. Paragraph 1:_____ Paragraph 2:_____ Paragraph 3:_____ Paragraph 4:_____ Paragraph 5:_____ The happening of the big earthquake. The immediate effects of the earthquake. The rescue work after the earthquake. The revival of the city. Warning signs before the earthquake. warning signs happening effect rescue revival Para 1 Before the earthquake signs Para 2&3 During the earthquake damage Para 4&5 After the earthquake rescue & revival How many parts can this text be divided into Careful-reading 4. Read the text carefully and recognize the writing order of it. 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 time The text is written in_____ order. Part 1: the signs before the earthquake 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 July1976, bright lights were seen in the sky outside of the city of Tangshan and loud noises were heard. But the city's one million people were asleep as usual that night. What were the strange things that were happening before the earthquake rose and fell, rose and fell deep cracks Chickens and even pigs dogs Mice fish bright lights loud noises warning unaware; ignorant; unprepared asleep How did people ... ...
