(
课件网) Unit4 Natural Disasters Reading and Thinking Describe a natural disaster The International Day for Disaster Reduction 国际减灾日 What natural disasters did we learn in the last class Revision Do you know the date of Oct.13th tsunami landslide flood forest fire tornado volcanic eruption Revision Do you know any other natural disasters The night the earth didn’t sleep Lead-in A terrible _____ hit in _____, causing great damage. Fortunately, with the help of the nation, the city has_____ . revived earthquake Tangshan Pre-reading Read the passage quickly and tell the main idea of it. Match the main idea with each paragraph. Para.1 Para.3 Para.2 Para.5 Para.4 B. The happening of the earth. C. The rescue work. D. Strange sights before the earthquake. E. The revival of the city. A. The destructive effects. Pre-Reading _____the earthquake _____the earthquake _____the earthquake before during after How is the passage developed In time order A terrible earthquake was about to happen... (Before the earthquake. Para.1) Para.1 Describe the strange signs before the earthquake, according to the pictures. Before the earthquake The water in the village wells _____ _____. rose and fell, rose and fell Chickens and even pigs were _____. too nervous to eat Para.1 Dogs refused to _____. go inside buildings Reading for details Before the earthquake Mice the field Fish the water. Bright lights in the sky. ran out of jumped out of were seen Did the people notice these strange signs How do you know it Before the earthquake Para.1 Everything began to shake... (During the earthquake. Para.2&3) _____ of the people who lived there were dead or injured _____ children were left without parents. The number of the people who were killed or badly injured in the quake was more than _____. _____of the city’s factories and buildings, _____ of its homes, and all of its hospitals were gone. _____ bridges had fallen. The railway tracks were now useless pieces of metal. Tens of thousands of cows, hundreds of thousands of pigs, and_____ chickens were dead . Two thirds Thousands of Pay attention to the numbers! 75% 90% millions of 400,000 Most Para.2&3 Reading for details During the earthquake How does the author tell the damage By using numbers Read Para.2&3 and fill in the blanks. Para.2&3 How do you understand this sentence Para.3 Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves, but no wind could blow them away. Simile(明喻） rhetorical techniques (修辞手法） Reading for language During the earthquake Para.2&3 Read these sentences and match them with rhetorical techniques. exaggeration(夸张） metaphor(暗喻） personification(拟人） repetition（重复） Reading for language During the earthquake The night the earth didn’t sleep (title) The water in the village wells rose and fell, rose and fell.(Para.1 ) It seemed as if the world were coming to an end!(Para.2 ) Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt.(Para.3) Slowly, the ... ...
