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

Unit 4 Natural disaster The Night The Earth Didn’t Sleep —Reading and Thinking Learning objectives: By the end of the class, students are able to: analyze the structure by scanning and skimming. gather the information about Tangshan earthquake and appreciate the language features of the text. use the target language to describe the topic-related scene. reflect on the lessons that we can learn from the earthquake. watch films until night. spend hours scrolling Douyin? stay up late to do the work If you don’t sleep at night, what will you do? Lead in What will the earth do if it doesn’t sleep? tsunami wildfire tornado volcanic eruption Have a prediction Look at the title and pictures. 2. What do you think the text is mainly about? 1. What does the title “The night the earth didn’t sleep” mean? Find out the topic sentence of each paragraph. 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. warning signs damage rescue and revival How many parts can the article be divided into? Before During After Read for structure The text is organized in ______ order. time Summarize each part with key words . How does the author organize the passage? Part 1 Before the earthquake above the ground Strange things on the ground under the ground water (rose and fell, rose and fell) wall (deep cracks) smelly gas 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 were heard repetition specific verbs Read for language features sight smell hearing sight space or time ? How do you feel about the description? Why ? How did people react to the strange things? How does the author organize this parag