Unit 4 Natural Disasters Reading and thinking 课件-2022-2023学年高中英语人教版（2019）必修第一册

The Night The Earth Didn't Sleep Prediction Look at the title and pictures below and guess what the text is about. Tangshan, HeBei Underline the topic sentences and summarize the structure of the text. Para1 Strange things were happening. Para2 It seemed as if the world were coming to an end ! Para3 Nearly everything in the city was destroyed. Para4 Hope was not lost. Para5 Tangshan started to revive itself and get back on its feet Scanning before the earthquake during the earthquake after the earthquake Before the earthquake 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 the water. At about 3:00 a.m., on 28 July 1976, bright lights were seen in the sky out side the city of Tangshan and loud noises were heard. But the city's one million people were asleep as usual that night. Warning signs rose and fell appeared come out of too nervous to eat refuse to go inside ran out of jumped out were seen/ heard What? How? Why? Para1 Why didn't people do anything before the earthquake? People were asleep as usual that night. unaware Unusual signs Usual behavior contrast(对比) During the earthquake 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 than150 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