Unit 4 Reading and Thinking 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语人教版（2019）必修第一册

Unit4 Natural Disasters The Night The Earth Didn’t Sleep At the end of this lesson, I will be able to: 1. use the expressions about the earthquake to describe its damage; 2. get the main idea of each paragraph ; 3. repeat the main content of the article according to the chart. Teaching objectives What would happen if the earth doesn’t sleep? Activity 1 Lead-in How do you feel if you can’t go to sleep ? What comes to your mind when talking about earthquake? natural disaster shocked hopeless frightened damage Acticity 2 Brainstorming What can you see in the pictures? What do you think the text is mainly about? Activity 3 Prediction What does the title mean? Activity 4 Fast reading In what order is the passage organized? Time What is the article mainly talking about? What are the topic sentences of each paragraph? Para 3: Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed. Para 5: Tangshan started to revive itself and get back up on its feet. Para 4: All hope was not lost. Para 2: It seemed as if the world was at an end! Para 1: Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeast Hebei. Topic sentences Activity 4 Fast reading Before the earthquake During the earthquake After the earthquake para 1 para 2-3 para 4-5 signs recovery damage Activity 4 Careful reading Let’s enjoy reading! 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. signs Before the earthquake