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1、,Welcome to our class!,Unit4 Earthquakes,Warming-up,What happened at 14:28 on 12 May, 2008?,Wenchuan Earthquake,A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDNT SLEEP,Reading,Task 1,Fast reading,Listen and find the answers.,Time: Place: Disaster:,July 28, 1976,Tangshan, Hebei,A big earthquake,Main idea:,An earthquake happen
2、ed in Tangshan on July 28, 1976.,Para1 Para2 Para3 Para4,Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeast Hebei.,It seemed as if the world was at an end!,Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed.,All hope was not lost.,Read the text quickly and find out the topic sentence
3、of each paragraph.,Task 2,Task 3,Sum up the main idea of each part of the passage. (choose one word to describe),Part 1: para 1,signs,Part 2: para 2&3,Part 3: para 4,damage,rescue,A. rescue B. signs(征兆) C. cause D. damage,(before the earthquake),(during the earthquake),(after the earthquake),Task 4,
4、Careful reading,Read each paragraph carefully and fill in the charts.,Para. 1: Before the earthquake,the water in the village wells,had deep cracks,were too nervous to eat,mice,jumped out of their bowls and ponds,bright lights,the water pipes,Para. 2-3 (During the earthquake),3:42,greatest,A huge cr
5、ack,dirt,Steam,dams,useless,Sand,electricity,The army & the rescue workers,dug out,buried,rescued,built shelters,fresh water,Para. 4: After the earthquake,1. The title “A night the earth didnt sleep” means _. A. the earth was awake all night long B. people on the earth couldnt fall asleep that night
6、 C. the earth shook like crazy that night D. animals on the earth would not sleep that night,Read the text carefully and choose the best answer.,Task 5,2. What does “them” in the sentence “No wind, however, could blow them away.” (in Paragraph 3) refer to? A. Red autumn leaves. B. Bricks on the grou
7、nd. C. Bodies of dead animals. D. Sand in the wells.,3.Who played the most important part in helping the people in the earthquake? A. The soldiers and the rescue workers. B. The college students. C. The miners in the coal mines. D. The injured and the dead.,Task 5: Fill in the blanks and retell the
8、story.,_ happened in Tangshan. For three days, water in the wells _. From the cracks of wells _came out . Mice, chicken, pigs and even fish became _. At 3:42 am, everything began to _. It seemed as if the world was _. _ of the nation felt it. In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay _. More than
9、 _people were killed and seriously _. But all hope was not lost. Soldiers and the _ came to help . Slowly, the city began to _again.,Strange things,rose and fell,smelly gas,nervous,shake,at an end,One-third,in ruins,400,000,injured,rescue workers,breathe,_ happened in Tangshan. For three days, water
10、 in the wells _. From the cracks of wells _ came out. Mice, chicken, pigs and even fish became _. At 3:42 am, everything began to _. It seemed as if the world was _. _ of the nation felt it. In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay _. More than _people were killed and seriously _. But all hope w
11、as not lost. Soldiers and the _ came to help . Slowly, the city began to _again.,_ happened in Tangshan. For a few days, water in the wells _. From the cracks of wells _ came out. Mice, chicken, pigs and even fish became _. At 3:42 am, everything began to _. It seemed as if the world was _. _ of the
12、 nation felt it. In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay _. More than _people were killed and seriously _. But all hope was not lost. Soldiers and the _ came to help . Slowly, the city began to _again.,Strange things,rose and fell,smelly gas,nervous,shake,at an end,One-third,in ruins,400,000,in
13、jured,rescue workers,breathe,Retell the passage according to the key words.,1.strange things, 2.water,rose and fell, smelly gas 3.nervous 4.at 3:42 am, shake 5.It seemed as ifat an end 6.1/3 of the nation 7. in 15 seconds, lay in ruins 8.more than 400,000, injured 9.But all hope was not lost. 10.cam
14、e to help 11.slowly,breathe,What can we learn from the text?,How terrible the earthquake is! However, we are lucky and live a happy life，so we should work harder and cherish(珍惜) our lives! ,?,Discussion,Homework,Write a short passage about Tangshan earthquake according to what we have learnt.,Thank you!,