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Unit 4 Natural Disasters
Period 2 Reading and Thinking(1)
Describe a natural disaster
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经过本课的学习,你将能够:
1. 根据标题和图片预测文本内容;
2. 获取梳理地震前的征兆、地震中的危害、地震后的措施及其产生的影响;
3. 画思维导图,概括、整合、阐释地震前的征兆、地震中的危害、地震后的措施以及它产生的影响。
Brainstorm
a big earthquake
What can happen to a city during a big earthquake?
injured
buildings falling down
even dead
despair
missing
no water
no food
no electricity
Predict
The Night
the Earth Didn’t Sleep
Look at the title and picture and guess
what the text is
about?
Skim the passage and find out the topic sentence of each paragraph.
(重点看每段前两句)
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
Para. 4
Para. 5
Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeastern Hebei.
Everything began to shake and it seemed as if the world were coming to an end.
Everywhere survivors looked, there was nothing but ruins.
All hope was not lost.
The city began to revive itself and get up on its feet again.
Skimming
How many parts can you divide the passage into and what's their main idea?
part 1 (Para. 1)
part 2 (Para. 2-Para. 3)
part 3 (Para. 4-Para. 5)
Before the earthquake
During the earthquake
After the earthquake
Thinking
Para. 1 What happened to these things?
1. The water in the village wells ...
2. The well walls …
3. The chickens and pigs …
4. Mice …
5. Fish …
6. The sky …
7. Water pipes …
signs
But …
Second reading: before the earthquake
Para. 2 What do all the numbers referred to in the paragraph? How do you feel?
3:42
11 kilometres
20th century
150 kilometres
1/3
8 kilometres
30 metres
less than one minute
thousands of
400,000
began to shake
below the city, ...
one of the most deadly earthquakes
caused damage 150 kilometers away in Beijing
1/3 nation felt this earthquake
the crack was 8 kilometres long
the crack was 30 metres wide
a large city lay in ruins
children were left without parents
the number of people who were killed or injured ...
Second reading: during the earthquake
Second reading: during the earth