1、,Unit4 Natural Disasters Reading and ThinkingThe night the earth didnt sleep.,Learning Objectives,By the end of this section,you will be able to:,Know about the historical event of Tangshan earthquake and introduce to others;,Obtain some basic reading skills such as skimming and scanning;,Increase t
2、he awareness of protecting ourselves when facing an earthquake.,Lead-in:What natural disaster does the video talk about?,Do you know some earthquakes that happened in China?,Before-reading,Wenchuan,May12th,2008,Yushu，April 14th,2010,Tangshan,July 28th,1976,Yaan，April 20th,2013,What can happen to a c
3、ity during a big earthquake?,Thousands of buildings will _.,Many people will be dead or _.,fall down,badly injured,The bridge will be_and too dangerous to cross.,The railway tracks will be _.,People will be _.,The city will be _.,useless piece of metal,in shock,in ruins,damaged,Activity1:Read the te
4、xt and skim for the main idea.,The passage talks about a/an _(what)that happened in _(where)in _(when).,eventplacetime,earthquake,Tangshan,1976,While-reading,Whats the main idea of the passage?,Skimming,Find out the topic sentence of each paragraph,At 3:42 a.m.,everything bagan to shake.It seemed as
5、 if the world were coming to an end!,Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeastern Hebei.,Everywhere survivors looked,there was nothing but ruins.,But hope was not lost.,Tangshan started to revive itself and get back up on its feet.,The rescue work.,The revival of the city.,The im
6、mediate effects of the earthquake.,Para.1,Para.4,Para.3,Para.2,Activity2:Scan for general ideas of each paragraph and match them.,Para.5,The happening of the earthquake.,Warning signs before the earthquake.,Para.1:warning signs before the earthquakesPara.2:the happening of the big earthquake.Para.3:
7、the immediate effects of the earthquake.Para.4:the rescue workPara.5:the revival of the city.,Part2:damage during the earthquake,Part3:rescue and revival after the earthquake,Part1:signs before the earthquake,While-reading,While reading:,Read for main idea,The text is organized in _ order.,time,How
8、many parts can the passage be divided into?,signs damage rescue&revival|before during after(Para.1)(Para.2.3)(Para.4.5),later that afternoon,soon after the quakes,For several days,At about 3:00 a.m.on 28 July 1976,At 3:42 a.m.,before,during,after,Timeline:,Part 1:the signs before the earthquake,Stra
9、nge 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,
10、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 citys one million people were asleep
11、as usual that night.,While reading:,Read for details,What were the strange things that were happening before the earthquake?,water,well walls.,Chickens and even pigs,dogs,Mice,fish,bright lights,loud noises,warning,asleep,How did people feel?,But the citys one million people were asleep as usual tha
12、t night.,Feeling,contrast,warning signs,unaware,Damage(para.2.3),What happened to the city,people and animals?,How did the people feel?,shocked,hopeless,At 3:42 am,everything began to shake.It seemed as if the world were coming to an end!Eleven kilometres directly below the city,one of the most dead
13、ly earthquakes of the 20th century had begun,a quake that even caused damage more than 150 kilometres away in Beijing.Nearly one third of the whole nation felt it!A huge crack,eight kilometres long and 30 metres wide,cut across houses,roads and waterways.Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt.In l
14、ess than one minute,a large city lay in ruins.Two thirds of the people who lived there were dead or injured.Thousands of children were left without parents.The number of people who were killed or badly injured in the quake was more than 400,000.Everywhere survivors looked,there was nothing but ruins
15、.Nearly everything in the city was destroyed.About 75 percent of the citys factories and buildings,90 percent of its homes,and all of its hospitals were gone.Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves,but no wind could blow them away.Most bridges had fallen or were not safe to cross.The railwa
16、y trackes were now useless pieces of metal.Tens of thousands of cows,hundreds of thousands of pigs,and millions of chickens were dead.Sand now filled the wells instead of water.People were in shock-and then,later that afternoon,another bit quake shook Tangshan again.Even more buildings fell down.Wat
17、er,food,and electricity were hard to get.People began to wonder how long the disaster would last.,Why did the writer use so many numbers in the text?,1.to show the earthquake was very _and it _to people and the city.2.to make the article more _ and _.,serious,caused huge damage,convincing,shocking,P
18、art 2.,But hope was not lost.Soon after the quakes,the army sent 150,000 soldiers to Tangshan to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead.More than 10,000 doctors and nurses came to provide medical care.Workers built shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed.Hundreds of thousa
19、nds of people were helped.Water and food were brought into the city by train,truck,and plane.Slowly,the city began to breathe again.Tangshan started to revive itself and get back up on its feet.With strong support from the government and the tireless efforts of the citys people,a new Tangshan was bu
20、ilt upon the earthquake ruins.The new city has become a home to more than seven million people,with great improvements in transportation,industry,and environment.Tangshan city has proved to China and the rest of the world that in times of disaster,people must unify and show the wisdom to stay positi
21、ve and rebuild for a brighter future.,hopefulpositive,come back to life or recover,While reading:,Who came to the rescue?What did they do?,How did people feel?,?,Part 3:The rescue and the revival after the earthquake.,Read Para.4 and answer the following questions.,What shows the revival of Tangshan
22、?How was Tangshan able to revive itself?What has Tangshan City proved to China and the rest of the world?,The new city has become a home to more than 7million people,with great improvements in transportation,industry and environment.,With strong support from government and tireless efforts of the ci
23、tys people.,In times of disaster,people must unify and show the wisdom to stay positive and rebuild for a brighter future.,Please read paragragh 5 and find the answers.,The change of peoples feelings,strange,at 3:00am,at 3:42am,after the quakes,unaware,shocked,hopeless,hopeful,before the earthquake,
24、during the earthquake,after the earthquake,when the rescue came,sign,Reflection,Why did the Tangshan earthquake bring about such destructive consequences?,Two thirds of the people who lived there were dead or injured.Thousands of children were left without parents.The number of people who were kille
25、d or badly injured in the quake was more than 400,000.About 75 percent of the citys factories and buildings,90 percent of its homes,and all of its hospitals were gone.,Post-reading:Discussion,What can we learn from the earthquake in Tangshan?,(before the disaster;when facing the disaster;after.),Dis
26、asters are _.Ignorance might be _.Life is _.But if people _,disasters can be _.,powerful,deadly,weak,unify,defeated,Power of Human,Power of nature,A man can be destroyed but not defeated.一个人可以被毁灭，但绝不会被打败。,Disasters have no mercy,but humans do.天灾无情，人有情。,If everyone gives a hand,the world would be ful
27、l of love.,(1)Recognize：According to the information above,whats the type of this passage?A.an art magazine B.a literary journal C.a novel(2)Think:Why didnt the earth sleep at the night?,Post-Reading,The earth itself didnt sleep,Tangshan people didnt sleep,Chinese people and the whole world didnt sl
28、eep,文学新闻是散文的一种，介于新闻报道和小说之间，兼有新闻和文学的特点的散文。文学新闻是运用文学艺术，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。,此照片，作者:未知作者，许可证:CC BY-SA,The night the earth didnt sleep.(title)For three days the water in the village wells rose and fell,rose and fell.(L2)Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt.（L12）Bricks covered the ground like
29、red autumn leaves.(L20)Slowly,the city began to breathe again.(L37),While reading:,Read for writing style and language features,1.Explore the figure of speech（修辞格)in the following sentences.,personification(拟人),repetition(反复),simile(明喻),personification(拟人),metaphor(暗喻),Function:to make the descripti
30、on _.,more vivid and expressive,Literary,Useful expressions in the text.,在河北东北部的农村,难闻的气体,深深的裂缝,拒绝做某事,从中出来,从田野里跑出来,太紧张而不能做某事,起起落落,从水里跳出来,像往常一样,似乎/好像,仿佛；好像,城市的正下方,三分之一,8公里长，30米宽,冲破；抄近路；穿过,坚硬的岩石山,不到一分钟的时间,结束,沦为废墟,三分之二,失去父母,Useful expressions in the text.,的数量,消失不见,吹散；吹走,成千上万的,数十万的,数以百万的,而不是,处于一片震惊之中,那天下午晚些时候,倒下；摔倒；倒塌,挖掘；挖出；探索,Useful expressions in the text.,埋葬逝者,提供医疗服务,再次站了起来,不懈的努力,在地震的废墟上重建,某人的家,在交通、工业和环境上的巨大改善,世界上的其他地方,在灾难时刻,向展现智慧,Useful expressions in the text.,重建一个更美好的未来,在字典中查单词,身负重伤,被困在废墟中,被发现还活着,害怕做某事,保持乐观,唐山的复兴,从中吸取教训,经历类似的变化,Useful expressions in the text.,Thanks,
