Unit4 Natural Disasters Reading and Thinking 课件-2024-2025学年高中英语人教版（2019）必修第一册

Natural Disasters Reading and Thinking Leading What’s the news ? A 6.2 magnitude earthquake hit in Jishishan county linxia state Gansu province on December 18th 2023 What can happen to a city during a big earthquake? Discussion People’s injury and death, ruins in homes Pre-reading Look at the title and photo below and guess what the text is about. A disaster---Earthquake Read the text quickly and match the main idea of each paragraph. Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4 Paragraph 5 The revival of the city. Warning signs before the earthquake. The happening of the big earthquake. The rescue work. The immediate effects of the earthquake. Fast-reading Tips: focus on topic sentences How is the text organized? A. By time sequence B. By space sequence C. By logic sequence Fast-reading P1 Before earthquake P2 P3 During earthquake P4 P5 After earthquake Read and answer the questions. 1. What were some of the strange things happening before the earthquake? Do you think they were warning signs? Why or why not? ①The water in the village wells rose and fell. Deep cracks appeared in their walls. Animals were acting strangely. ②They were warning signs as they don’t usually happen. Careful-reading 2. What does the writer mean by “Slowly, the city began to breathe again”? 3. What kind of help do you think people who have suffered an earthquake need? The writer means that the city began to function again, because the earthquake had stopped people and supplies moving about, and so it was like the city couldn’t breathe. Basic things; water, food,tent.... Medical care; medicine,first aid kit(急救箱)， disinfectent(消毒液) ③Psychological(心理的) care and help ...... Scan the text and find the words below. Guess what they mean from the context. Ruin: It describes the city straight after the earthquake. In a short time, a lot of damage was done, so it must describe a place that has been badly damaged. Brick: It is used to describe the buildings that have fallen. They are red like leaves, but they are heavy, because the wind cannot move them. It is the material of building Trap: It is used to describe people who are not dead, but they need help to be dug out, so it must mean they cannot move because they are stuck somewhere. Bury: It is used to describe what happens to the dead bodies. They are often put into the ground and covered. 1) _________things were happening. 2) For several days. the water in the village wells_______________; deep cracks appeared in the well walls. some _______gas coming out of the wall. Chickens and even pigs were too _______ to eat, and _______ refused to go inside buildings. Mice ran out of the fields looking for places _________, and fish jumped out of the water. 3) At about 3: 00 a.m.,on 28 July 1976, __________ were seen in the sky outside the city of Tangshan and _________ were heard. But the people were _______as usual that night. Strange nervous rose and fell smelly dogs to hide bright lights loud noises asleep Before earthquake During earthquake At 3: 42 a.m., everything began__________ . It seemed as if the world were______________! In less than one minute, a large city lay________ . The number of people who were killed or badly injured in the quake was ___________400,000. Everywhere was nothing but ruins. Nearly everything in the city was _________. People were ________ and then, later that afternoon, another __________ shook Tangshan again. Even more buildings fell down. Water, food, and___________ were hard to get. People began to ___________how long the disaster would last. to shake coming to an end in ruins more than destroyed in shock big quake electricity wonder After earthquake But hope was not _______. Soon after the quakes, the army sent 150,000 _______ to Tangshanto dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead. More than 10,000 doctors and nurses came to provide___________ . Workers built ________for survivors . ____________were brought into the city. Slowly, the city began to _______ again. Tangshan started to ________ itself and get back up on its feet. With strong support from the ___________and the ____________of the city's people, a _____ Tangshan was built upon the earthquake ruins. Tangshan city has proved that in times of disaster, people must _______ and show the wisdom to ____________and rebuild for a brighter future. lost soldiers medical care shelters Water and food breathe revive government tireless efforts new unify stay positive Post-reading Discussion: What can we do to reduce the ruins in natural disasters 1. Developing better ways to detect and prepare for these disasters 2. Acting quickly and in unity. The present situation in Wenchuan The power of China Several days before July 28, 1976, many strangethings happened in Tangshan. They were ______(sign) for an earthquake. But people _______livedthere didn't think much of that. At 3: 42 am that day,the earth began ____________(shake), whichdestroyed almost all the city in less than one minute.Many people,________(include)rescue workers and doctors, came ________ (rescue) those who were trapped under the_______(ruin). Later that afternoon, another big earthquake hit the city. More people were killed or injured andmore buildings fell _____. Very soon the army sent a lot of soldiers to help, and teams were organised to dig out the trapped and to bury______ dead. By and by things improved and thecity began to breathe again. With strong supportfrom the government and the ______ (tire)efforts of the city's people, a new Tangshan________ (build) upon the earthquake ruins. who to shake/shaking including to rescue ruins down the tireless was built signs Exercise Homework Describe another disaster by the following structures Before the disaster During the disaster After the disaster Results/ Scenes Lesson...... Lavf58.20.100 Lavf58.20.100 $$