内容正文:
NATURAL DISASTERS
UNIT 4
Lead-in. Guess
Hebei province
7.8
1976.7.28
a compound word
Tangshan Earthquake
The Night the Earth Didn’t Sleep
Pre-reading. Activity 1. Predict.
time
earthquake
personification
Order:
Theme:
time order?
people and nature?
Key words
Disaster
Order
Theme
Words Review
crack
as if
ruin
in ruins
percent
brick
metal
shock
in shock
n. 裂纹;裂缝 vt. & vi.(使)破裂
似乎;好像;仿佛
n. & vt. 破坏;毁坏
严重受损;破败不堪
n. 百分之…… adj.&adv. 每一百中
n. 砖;砖块
n. 金属
n. 震惊;令人震惊的事;休克
vt.(使)震惊
震惊;吃惊
Words Review
electricity
trap
bury
breathe
revive
revival
effort
unify
wisdom
context
suffer
n. 电;电能
vt. 使落入险境;使陷入圈套
n. 险境,陷阱
vt. 埋葬;安葬
vi. & vt. 呼吸
vt. & vi. 复活;(使)苏醒
n. 振兴;复苏
n. 努力;艰难的尝试;尽力
vi. & vt. 统一;(使)成一体
n. 智慧;才智
n. 上下文;语境;背景
vt. 遭受;蒙受
vi. (因疾病、痛苦、悲伤等)受苦
Warning signs before the earthquake.
The earthquake happened and caused deaths and injuries in Tangshan.
Tangshan came back to life again.
Para.1
Para.4
Para.3
Para.2
Para.5
The earthquake caused unbelievable destruction to Tangshan.
Help came soon after the quakes.
While-reading. Activity 2. Scan.
before
the earthquake (P )
the earthquake (P )
the earthquake (P )
during
after
1
2-3
4-5
While-reading. Activity 3. Careful reading.
Time Details
Before the earth-quake 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
While-reading. Activity 3. Careful reading.
Paragraph 1
Guess or review the words “ crack” and “ smelly” .
What images(意象) have you found in this paragraph? Please circle them out! How did the author organize them?
What techniques(手法) did the author use?
While-reading. Activity 3. Careful reading.
Techniques
Strange things were happ