内容正文:
The Night The Earth Didn’t Sleep
Unit 4
Natural Disasters
Period 2 Reading and Thinking ( 1 )
1
本课结束时,你将能够:
1. 通过阅读文本,获取与梳理关于唐山大地震的事实性信息(迹象、破坏、救援、重建等);
2. 通过对文本的深度解读,分析并体会人们的心情变化;
3. 通过词义猜测,培养在语境中猜词的能力;
4. 通过小组合作,讨论地震带给人们的教训。
学习目标
Q1: Did you sleep well last night?
Q2: What might happen to a person if he / she didn’t sleep?
Read the title and think:
Q1: Why didn’t the earth sleep?
Q2: What might have happened in the text?
Q3: What will the author tell us?
Free talk and prediction
Read the passage and underline the topic sentence of each
paragraph.
1st reading
Topic sentence
Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeastern Hebei.
It seemed as if the world were coming to an end.
Nearly everything in the city was destroyed.
But hope was not lost.
Tangshan began to revive itself and get up on its feet again.
1st reading
Write down the main idea by rewriting the topic sentences.
Para 1 Warning signs before the earthquake
Paras 2&3 Serious damage during the earthquake
Para 4 Rescue work after the earthquake
Para 5 The revival of Tangshan city
* include the most important information only
* try to summarize the main idea in similar structure
Read the text again and write down the key information.
time surroundings animals people
before
during
after
wells, sky
1/3 felt, crack, rock/
sand, buildings, supplies
supplies
chickens, pigs, dogs, mice, fish
cows, pigs,
chickens
were asleep as usual
killed
injured
in shock
... helped
... were helped
2nd reading
How did people’s feelings change?
time clues 文中线索 feelings
before
during
after
were asleep as usual
the serious damage
in shock
wonder how long ... last
were helped
stay positive
ignorant
scared
hopeless
hopeful
confident
3rd reading
1. What do you think helped in the revival of Tangshan city?
2. What other cities or towns have gone through similar changes? What lessons can we learn from these events?
... in times of disaster, people must unify and show the wisdom to stay positive an