Unit4 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 Disasters Reading and Thinking Do you know some earthquakes that happened in China? Lead-in 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 Discuss what can happen to a city during a big earthquake. Thousands of buildings will ___________. Many people will be dead or ________________. fall down badly injured The bridge will be too dangerous to cross. The railway tracks will be ____________________. useless piece of metal People will be _____________. The city will be _________. sad/sorrowful in ruins 01 Pre-reading The night the earth didn’t sleep Look at the title and picture below and guess what the text is about. title A big earthquake happened at night and made everyone awake. Let’s learn What does the title mean? Does the earth sleep as you do? Try to imagine what can happen to the earth if it doesn’t sleep? 02 While-reading The passage mainly talks about a/an___________(what) that happened in _________(where) at ______________________(when). earthquake Tangshan 3:42 a.m. on 28 July 1976 1. What’s the main idea of the text? 3. How are the events arranged? The text is organized in time order. While reading---Task 1 Skimming for main idea. 2. What kind of text is it? a news report B. a literary journalism(报告文学) C. a novel D. a story event place time A text using descriptive language and rhetorical devices to present facts. 第一题提醒学生复习新闻报道的五个要素 rhetorical devices(修辞手法) 9 a news report 真实性+客观直接(语言) a literary journalism 真实性(historical events历史事件)+ 文学性(语言) the earth didn’t sleep lay in ruins rivers of dirt brick ...like red autumn leaves .... Para.5 Para.4 Para.3 Para.1 E.The revival of the city. Para.1 Para.2 Para.3 Para.4 Para.5 A.The immediate effects of the big earthquake. B.The happening of the big earthquake. C.The rescue work. D.Warning signs before the earthquake. Tip: To get the main idea, pay attention to the topic sentence in each paragraph.