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 Disasters ---Reading and thinking THE NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN'T SLEEP Live to Tell: Raising Awareness, Reducing Mortality. 用生命呼吁：增强减灾意识，减少人员伤亡。 1 lead-in Brainstorm: Look at the pictures and think out some words related to the natural disasters. tornado drought landslide tsunami flood volcanic eruption wildfire Can you guess what natural disaster happened according to the pictures? 3 The Night the Earth didn’t Sleep Prediction：Look at the title and the picture and guess what the text is probably about. A terrible earthquake struck at night. 4 1.What’s the main idea of the passage? The passage mainly talks about a/an______________(what) that happened in ____________ (where) at _____________________________(when). earthquake Tangshan 3:42 a.m. on 28 July 1976 Task 1 Skimming 2.Find out the topic sentence of each paragraph. 2. Find out the topic sentence of each paragraph. Para.2 Para.1 Para.3 Para.4 Para.5 Strange things were happening. At 3:42 a.m., everything began to shake. There was nothing but ruins. But hope was not lost. Tangshan started to revive itself. Note: The topic sentence is usually the first sentence of each paragraph, sometimes the middle or last sentence. 6 Task 1 Skimming 3.How are the events arranged? 4.Try to divide(分成) the passage into some parts. later that afternoon soon after the quakes For several days At about 3:00 a.m. on 28 July 1976 At 3:42 a.m. before during after Timeline: Task2 Reading for details use one word to summarize each part Part 1para.1 ---- the ________before the earthquake. wells animals Light and sound water in the wells rose and fell,；deep cracks appeared in the well walls；smelly gas came out chickens and pigs didn’t eat ;dogs refused to go inside; mice ran out; fish jumped out bright lights could be seen and loud noises were heard What was the attitude of the people in the city towards those strange things? unpepared /unaware signs Task2 Reading