Unit 4 Reading and thinking 阅读课 公开课课件-2023-2024学年高中英语人教版（2019）必修第一册

Unit 4 Natural Disasters Reading and Thinking tornado / twister tsunami landslide volcanic eruption flood THE NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN'T SLEEP Prediction Look at the title and photo below An earthquake Predict： What is the text about? Do you know any earthquakes that happened in China? 青海 玉树 河北 唐山 汶川 雅安 Tangshan, July 28th, 1976 Wenchuan, May12th, 2008 Yushu， April 14th, 2010 Ya’an， April 20th, 2013 What will happen during a big earthquake？ Buildings will ____________. People will be___________ or _________. fall down injured dead/killed Skim the passage and identify the topic sentence of each paragraph: Para.1 Para.2 Para.3 Para.4 Para.5 Strange things were happening in the... Everything began to shake.It seemed as if the world were coming to an end. There was nothing but ruins. But hope was not lost. Tangshan started to revive itself and get back on its feet. Main idea of the passage: The passage mainly talks about a/an ___________(what) that happened in ________ (where) in ______(when). earthquake Tangshan 1976 3.Fill in the blanks by time order. Time Details ______ the earth-quake (para.1) For several days 1.Water in the village wells _______________ . 2.Well walls developed ____________ 3.___________ come out of the cracks. 4. Mice ___________ the fields. 5. Fish _______________ the water. At about 3:00 a.m. on July 28,1976 1. ______________appeared in the sky. 2. _____________ were heard. rose and fell deep cracks Smelly gas ran out of jumped out of Bright lights Loud noises What was people’ attitude towards these strange things? Before Warning signs of the quake. People ignored the warning signs. They thought little of the warning signs. Listen to paragraphs 2 and 3 and circle the data/numbers: Time Details _______the earthquake (para.2-3) At 3:42 am on July 28, 1976 1.Everything began to _______ . 2. _____________ cut across houses. 3.Rock turned into_____________. 4. ______ of the buil