Unit4 Reading and Thinking 课件-2022-2023学年高中英语人教版（2019）必修第一册

Unit 4 Natural Disasters Reading and Thinking 1 Pair work Discuss what would happen to a city during a big earthquake. A city would be damaged; Thousands of buildings were falling apart. People would panic and get severely injured; ... Prediction 2 Look at the title and photo below and guess what the text is about. The text is about earthquake personification(拟人) 1. What’s the main idea of the passage? The passage mainly talks about a/an___________(what) that happened in _________ (where) in ______(when). earthquake Tangshan 1976 3. In what order is the text written? A. Time B. Space C. Feeling 2. What’s the type of this text? A. a news report B. a literary journal（报告文学） C. a novel 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。 While reading---Task 1 Skimming for main idea. Task 2 Scanning for general ideas of each paragraph. The first and last sentences of each paragragh usually give us the main idea. Para.1 Para.2 Para.3 Para.4 Para.5 The earthquake happened and caused death injuries in Tangshan. Help came soon after the quakes. The earthquake caused unbelievable damage to Tangshan. Tangshan came back to life again. Warning signs before the earthquake. How many parts can this passage be divided into? Why? Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Para. Structure Para. Para. the earthquake Task 3 Think and use one word to summarize each part. Before During After Signs Damage Rescue＋Revival 1 2-3 4-5 the earthquake the earthquake time order Find the topic sentence of each paragraph. 6 Strange 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, and dogs refused to go inside buildings. Mice ran out of the fields lo