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Unit4 Natural Disasters
Reading and Thinking
Learning objectives
In this lesson,we will
1.read more about Tangshan Earthquake;
2.improve reading ability;
3.discuss earthquake safety measures;
4. learn about earthquake relief work.
Do you know these disasters ?
Warming up
[dɪ‘zɑːstə] n. 灾害
landslide
[ˈlændslaɪd]
滑坡
drought
[draʊt] 干旱
tornado
[tɔː‘neɪdəʊ]
龙卷风
wildfire
[ˈwaɪldfaɪə(r)]
野火
flood
[flʌd]
洪水
earthquake
[ˈɜːθkweɪk]
地震
3:42am,July28
Tangshan
Do you know what happened on this day?
A big earthquake
The night the earth didn’t sleep
Fast reading :
3. Match each paragraph with its main idea.
1.Skim the passage and think about the meaning of the title.
2. Write down the main idea of the whole text. (no more than 10 words.)
1. The title “The night the earth didn’t sleep” means _______.
A. the earth was awake all night long
B. people on the earth couldn’t fall asleep that night
C. a terrible earthquake happened that night
D. animals on the earth would not sleep that night
Time:
Place:
Disaster:
on 28July , 1976
in Tangshan
A big earthquake
Main idea:
A big earthquake happened
in Tangshan on 28July , 1976.
2. What’s the main idea of the text?
(no more than 10 words)
Task 3. Match each paragraph with its main idea.
(1) Paragraph 1 A. Damage the earthquake
(2) Paragraph 2~3 B. Rescue and revival the quake
(3) Paragraph 4~5 C. Signs the earthquake.
during
after
before
From the red words we can find that the text is developed in______ order( 顺序).
A. time B. place
A
Things What happened
The water in the
village wells
The well walls appeared
Chickens and even pigs were
rose and fell
deep cracks,smelly gas
too nervous to eat
Careful reading:
2 minutes ,please read the first paragraph and fill in the chart.
Signs before the earthquake.
Things What happened
Dogs
Mice
Fish
In the sky
refused to go inside buildings
ran out of the fi