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What happened?
Unit 4Unit 4 EarthquakesEarthquakes
How many terrible earthquakes do you know in the world ?
Sichuan wenchuan earthquake May 12th, 2008
Haiti , Japan, Chile, India …How about in china?
Pre-readingPre-reading
Sichuan Yaan earthquake April 20th, 2013
Gansu Yushu earthquake April 14th, 2010
Yunnan Jinggu earthquake October 7th, 2014
What happened in those earthquakes?
Pre-readingPre-reading
The roads cracked.
开裂、破裂
Pre-readingPre-reading
The railway was destroyed.
vt. 破坏 毁坏
Pre-readingPre-reading
Steam burst from holes
in the ground.
vi. 爆裂 爆发
Pre-readingPre-reading
The buildings fell down.
倒塌、跌倒
Pre-readingPre-reading
People were trapped
and injured.
vt. 使陷入困境
vt. 损害 伤害
Pre-readingPre-reading
The city lay in ruins.
严重受损 破败不堪
Pre-readingPre-reading
A Night the Earth Didn’t Sleep
Listen to the tape while read the text and try to answer the following questions. (5 min.)
What does the passage mainly talk about?
While-readingWhile-reading : : Task 1Task 1
What type of writing is this passage?
In what order is this passage written?
An earthquake happened in
Tangshan
Narration(Narration( 记叙记叙文文 ))
Time orderTime order
While-readingWhile-reading : : Task 2-Task 2-finish the mind map (3 min.)finish the mind map (3 min.)
July 28, 1976July 28, 1976
TangshanTangshan
people in Tangshanpeople in Tangshan
The city began to breathe again.The city began to breathe again.
for 3 daysfor 3 days
3:00am on July 283:00am on July 28
3:42am3:42am
later that afternoonlater that afternoon
soon after the quakessoon after the quakes
narrationnarration
Time orderTime order
According to time order, divide the passage into 3 parts and sum up the main idea of each part in a word.
Part 1 Before the earthquake
Part 2 During the earthquake
Part 3 After the earthquake
While-readingWhile-reading : : Task 3 (3 min.)Task 3 (3 min.)
Para.1 signsPara.1 signs
Para.2-3 damagePara.2-3 damage
Para.4 recoveryPara.4 recovery
Water in wells_____and fell.
A ______gas came out of the cracks.
Animals were_________.
There were bright______in the sky.
Loud________could be heard.
Para.1:warning signs before the earthquake
rose
smelly
nervous
sound
lights
Chickens and pigs__________________________.Mice____________________________.Fish________________________________.jump out of the bowls and ponds
ran out of field
While-readingWhile-reading : : Task 4 (2 min.)Task 4 (2 min.)
were too nervous to eat
What about the people in Tangshan?What about the people in Tangshan?
……were asleep as were asleep as usual.usual.
Data( 数据 ) of the nation felt the earthquake .
A huge crack that was kilometres long and
metres wide cut across houses.
In terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins.
of the people died or were injured during the earthquake.
The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than .
All of the city’s hospitals, of its factories and buildings and of its homes were gone.
1/38
30 1
52/3
400,000 75%
90%
Para. 2-3While-readingWhile-reading : : Task 5 (3 min.)Task 5 (3 min.)
These numbersThese numbers directly show directly show the destructive effectsthe destructive effects of the earthquake.of the earthquake. (( 破坏性的破坏性的 ))
Para.4 How were the people helped after the earthquake?
The army organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead.Miners were rescued from the coal mines.Shelters were built for survivors whose homes had been destroyed.
Fresh water was taken to the city.
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While-readingWhile-reading : : Task 6 (2 min.)Task 6 (2 min.)
All hope was not lost.Slowly, the city began to breathe again.
Tang shan’s new look
Pair work: Act out an interview between a report and a survivor from the Tangshan earthquake.
Sample dialogue:
Reporter: Did you notice anything strange before the earthquake?
Survivor: There were some strange things….
Reporter: Then what did you do during the earthquake?
Survivor: ….
Reporter: What do you want to say to the people who helped you?
Survivor: ….
After-readingAfter-reading :: role-play(5min.)role-play(5min.)
Although the world is full of suffering, Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.it is full also of the overcoming of it.
— Helen Keller
虽然世界多苦难,但是困难总是能战胜的。虽然世界多苦难,但是困难总是能战胜的。
— 海伦 ·凯勒
Assignment:Assignment:
1. Draw a mind map (time order) of the passage.
2. Finish the summary on P.48 on your exercise book.