Unit 4 Natural Disasters Reading and Thinking 课件 2023-2024学年高一英语人教版（2019）必修第一册

The Night the Earth didn't Sleep huge/powerful earthquake destroy ruins rebuild / revive resuce Find out the topic sentence and circle the key words 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 warning signs happening effect rescue revival Topic sentence can often exist in the first or last sentence in a paragraph. Careful-reading Para 1 Strange things were happening Strange things wells animals outside the city water (rose and fell, rose and fell) walls (deep cracks) smelly gas chickens, pigs (too nervous to eat) dogs (refused to go inside) mice (ran out to look for places to hide) fish (jumped out of the water) bright lights in the sky loud noises repetition People sleep as usual Para 2 It seemed the world were coming to an end! the city people 1. _______ below, one of the _________ earthquakes of the 20th began. 2. An __________________ crack cut across... 3. Hard hills of rock became _____________. 4. In less than ________, the city lay _______. 1. ____________ people were dead or injured. 2. ____________ children were left without parents 3._____________ people were killed or badly injured. 11 km most deadly 8-km-long and 30-metre-wide rivers of dirt 1 minute in ruins 2/3 Thousands of More than 400,000 Para3 Nearly everything in the city was destroyed buildings transportations animals supply hospitals 75% factories 90%homes gone... bridges (fallen, unsafe) railway tracks (useless metal) cows, chickens, pigs dead... water, food, electricity hard to get people in shock wonder how long the disaster would last. Para 4 Hope was not lost 150,000 soldiers dug out the trapped and buried the dead more than 10,000 doctors provided medical care workers built shelters water, food... were brought there Para 5 Tangshan started to revive itself and ge