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课件网) U4 The Night the Earth Didn't Sleep learning aims By the end of the lesson,students will be expected to be able to summarize the main idea of each paragraph be able to appreciate the language features learn to to keep positive when they face a natural disaster be able to say some natural phenomena before earthquakes and the terrified facts caused by earthquakes 1 2 3 4 1. To catch the key information and draw a ///mind map. 2. To appreciate the language for description ///and apply it to practice. Learning Objectives Pre-reading video 唐山大地震1976 唐山大地震32年后 Lead-in video Watch a short video and answer the following questions： 1: Do you know when and where the earthquake happened 2: How many people died in the earthquake 3: Do you know which day is “Natural Disaster Prevention and Reduction Day”(防灾减灾日) In order to enhance(提高) the people's safety awareness(安全意识) of natural disasters. May 12 of each year is the national “Natural Disaster Prevention and Reduction Day(防灾减灾日)” since 2009. Natural Disaster Prevention and Reduction Day On May 12, 2008, a strong earthquake at magnitude 7.9 occurred in Wenchuan. A total of 69,227 people died, 374,643 were injured and 17,923 people were missing. The passage mainly talks about a/an_____(what) that happened in _____ (where) at_____(when). earthquake Tangshan 3:42 a.m. on 28 July 1976 1. What’s the main idea of the text While reading--Task 1 Skimming for main idea Look at the title, photo and language features. Guess what’s the style of the text. News report Literature Literary journalism (报告文学) Skim and find out the topic sentences. Paragraph Topic sentence 1 2 3 4 5 Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeastern Hebei. 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. Tangshan started to revive itself and get back up on its feet. Part 1 Part 2 The topic sentences may be the first, the middle or the last sentence of the paragraph. Part 3 Damage during the earthquake Revival after the earthquake Warning signs before the earthquake fast reading main idea of each part Divide into 3 parts Read the text quickly and try to get some details of the text. Reading for details Details about Para.1 -- the signs before the earthquake. _____appeared in the well walls. Deep cracks 2 The water in the village wells ____ and____. rose fell The signs before the earthquake. _____came out of wells. Smelly gas 3 Chickens and pigs were _____. too nervous to eat Dogs refused to _____. go inside buildings 4 Mice _____of the fields looking for places to _____. ran out hide 5 Fish _____ the water. jumped out of _____ were seen in the sky outside of Tangshan and _____ were heard. Bright lights loud noises 6 The water The well walls The chickens and pigs Dogs Mice Fish Light and sound Warning signs(para1) could be seen and heard rose and fell d ... ...
