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

The Night The Earth Didn’t Sleep Unit4 Reading and Thinking Yesterday Today Prediction 1. In what order is the passage developed? 2. Read and divide the passage into three parts. Try to summarize each part with one word. Second reading Before (Para ) —— __________________________ During (Para ) —— __________________________ After (Para ) —— __________________________ 1 Signs before the earthquake 2 The damage caused by the earthquake The revival of the city 3 Signs before the earthquake (para1) 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. Q1:What were the signs? Q2: How did people react to the strange things? Strange things People’s reaction? Result? The damage caused by the earthquake (para2-3) What detail in para2 and 3 impresses you most? Why? It impresses me most that ______, because __________ The damage caused by the earthquake (para2-3) 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 than 150 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 large city lay in ruins. Two thirds