Unit 4 Natural Disasters Reading and Thinking Reflect on the lessons that we can learn from the earthquake. 01 02 03 Learn about the basic information of the Tangshan earthquake. 04 Adopt a more positive attitude towards natural disasters. Learn some reading strategies such as skimming and scanning to find key information. By the end of the class, students will be able to Learning objectives: Leading-in: Enjoy a short video Reading: The Night the Earth Didn’t Sleep a literary journalism（报告文学） The type of this reading 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。 Para.1 Para.2 Para.3 Para.4 Para.5 B.The rescue work after the earthquake. C.The happening of the big earthquake. D.The revival of the city. E.Warning signs before the earthquake. Match the main idea of each paragraph. Fast reading: A. Damage caused by the earthquake. Para.1 Para.2 Para.3 Para.4 Para.5 The rescue work after the earthquake. The revival of the city. Warning signs before the earthquake. Damage caused by the earthquake. The happening of the earthquake. before the earthquake during the earthquake after the earthquake The text is organized in _____ order. time Careful reading: Para. 1 city: animals: people: Water in the village wells _____ . Well walls had _____ . Chickens and pigs were _____ . Mice _____ . Dogs _____ . Fish _____ . The city’s one million people _____ . rose and fell deep cracks too nervous to eat refused to go inside buildings ran out of the fields looking for places to hide jumped out of the water were asleep as usual ignore ignorant Before earthquake Careful reading: Para2-3 city animals people During earthquake 1.A huge crack that was____kilometres long and _____ metres wide cut across houses, roads and waterways. 2.In less than ____ minute, a large city lay in ruins. 3._____of factories and buildings, _____ of homes and _____of the city’s hospitals were gone. 4.Bricks covered the ground like red _____. 5._____ bridges had fallen or were not safe to cross. 6.Railway tracks were useless pieces of _____ . 8. _____of the people were dead or injured . 9. _____of children were left without parents. 10.The number of people who were killed or injured was more than_____ . 11.People were in _____ and began to wonder how long the disaster would last. 7._____ cows ,_____pigs, _____ chickens were dead. 8 30 1 75% 90% autumn leaves Most metal Tens of thousands of Thousands of millions of 2/3 shock hundreds of thousands of To show the earthquake was very serious. To make the text more convincing. 400,000 Shocked and hopeless all Careful reading: Para. 4-5 1.Who came to the rescue? What did they do? 2. How was Tangshan able to revive itself? ?150,000 _____ were sent to Tangshan to _____those who were trapped and _____ the dead. ?More than 10,000 _____ came to provide _____. ?_____ built _____ for survivors whose home had been destroyed. soldiers dig out doct ... ...
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