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

M1U4 Earthquakes Lead-in On July 20th, there was a serious disaster in Zhenzhou, Henan Province. What was it ? A severe flood caused by the rainstorm, which is not seen in decades. Trees __________ fell down The traffic was stopped. Water, food and ________ were hard to get electricity People were _________in the flood and couldn’t get out in a short time. trapped The city was ________. in ruins ___________________ spared no effort to help the trapped people. Rescuers workers THE NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN'T SLEEP Prediction Look at the title and photo below and guess what the text is about. Read and Answer An exposition (说明文) B. An argumentation(议论文) C. A narration(记叙文) 1. What is the writing style of this passage? M1U4 Reading A night the earth didn't sleep Read and Answer 2. What is structure of the passage? 3. What is the order of the passage? 1. 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 looking for places to hide，and fish jumped out of the water. At about 3：00 a.m. on 28 July 1976，bright lights were seen in the sky outside the city of Tangshan and loud noises were heard. But the city’s one million people were asleep as usual that night. 2. At 3：42 a.m.，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 deadly 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 less than one minute，a large city