内容正文:
Live to Tell: Raising Awareness, Reducing Mortality.
用生命呼吁:增强减灾意识,减少人员伤亡
huge cracks
railway tracks
in ruins
The Night the Earth Didn’t Sleep
Find out topic sentence of each paragraph
Para Topic Sentence
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Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeastern Hebei.
At 3:42, everything began to shake. It seemed as if the world were coming to an end!
There was nothing but ruins everywhere.
But hope was not lost.
Tangshan started to revive itself and get back up on its feet.
Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeastern Hebei.
Para 1
Para 2
At 3:42, everything began to shake. It seemed as if the world were coming to an end!
There was nothing but ruins everywhere.
But hope was not lost.
Tangshan started to revive itself
and get back up on its feet.
Para 3
Para 4
Para 5
Main idea
Warning signs before the earthquake.
The happening of the earthquake.
The effects during the earthquake.
The rescueworkafter the earthquake.
The revival of the city after the earthquake.
Main idea
Warning signs before the earthquake.
The happening of the earthquake.
The effects during the earthquake.
The rescueworkafter the earthquake.
The revival of the city after the earthquake.
Warning signs before the earthquake
Damage during the earthquake
Revival after the earthquake
The text is developed in order of _____
time
Warning signs before the earthquake
Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeast Hebei. For three 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 wer