Unit4 Natural Disasters 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 THE NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN'T SLEEP Live to Tell: Raising Awareness, Reducing Mortality. 用生命呼吁：增强减灾意识，减少人员伤亡。 1 lead-in Brainstorm: Look at the pictures and think out some new words relating to the natural disasters. tornado drought landslide tsunami flood volcano wildfire Can you guess what happened during a big earthquake? Buildings_____________ fell down People were_________________________ trapped or buried The water pipes ____________________________ cracked and burst The city was____________and lay_________ destroyed in ruins 3 The Night the Earth didn’t Sleep Prediction：Look at the title and the picture and predict what the text is probably about. A terrible earthquake is likely to happen. 4 Skimming for main information. 1. What kind of text is it? 2. How are the events arranged? literary journalism(报告文学）. Literary journalism usually describes real historical events and real characters. The usage of the figures of speech can stimulate readers' feelings and thus touch the readers. The text is organized in time order. 5 Read the passage quickly and match the main idea with each paragraph. Reading for main ideas E.Tangshan came back to life again. Para.1 Para.2 Para.3 Para.4 Para.5 A.The earthquake caused unbelievable destruction to Tangshan. B.The earthquake happened and caused deaths and injuries in Tangshan. 　 C.Help came soon after the quakes. D.Warning signs before the earthquake. Tip：To get the main idea, pay attention to the beginning sentence in each paragraph. Para. 1 before the earthquake Para. 2+3 during the earthquake Para. 4+5 after the earthquake Use one word to summarize each part. signs destroy rescue Read the text quickly and try to get some details of the text. Reading for details Details about Para.1 ---- the signs before the earthquake. What happened wells animals Light and sound Strange things Water, rose and fell, cracks Chickens and pigs didn’t ea