Unit 4 Natural Disasters Reading and Thinking 课件-2024-2025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 1 Match the pictures with the natural disasters. earthquake___ tsunami___ volcanic eruption___ sandstorm___ drought___ hurricane/typhoon___ landslide___ tornado___ wildfire___ flood___ 1 2 3 4 5 10 9 8 7 6 3 2 10 6 7 9 8 1 4 5 What can happen to a city during a big earthquake? Buildings will _______. People will ___________ _______or even dead. The disaster-stricken area will be ________. People will __________ fall down get trapped. be seriously injured in ruins THE NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN'T SLEEP Guess what is the text mainly about? It’s a story about a disaster of earthquake.  Pre-reading: Prediction Look at the title and photo personification 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 2. What’s the type of this text? A. a news report B. a literary journalism（报告文学） C. a novel D. a story Pre-reading---Skimming for main idea. A literary journalism usually describes real historical events and real characters. The usage of the numbers and figures of speech can inspire readers’ feelings and thus touch the readers. What rhetorical devices were used in the article?(para 2-3) exaggeration metaphor simile parallelism 4.How does the author organize the passage? The passage is organized in ________order. Before 3.How many parts can we divide the passage into? time 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. During After Para. Para. Para. 1 2-3 4-5 before the earthquake during the earthquake after the earthquake SUMMARY Pay attention to the first and last sentences of each paragragh. Para.1 Para.2 Para.3 Para.4 Para.5 A. The another earthquake struck Tangshan, causing death and injuries. B. Help came soon after the quakes. C. The earthquake caused unbelievable damage to Tangshan. D. Tangshan came back to life again. E. Warning signs before the earthquake. __________were seen in the sky ___________were heard Chickens and pigs were ______________ Mice ________of the fields _______________________ bright lights ____________ appeared in the well walls deep cracks too nervous to eat. _________ come out of cracks smelly gas Please read paragragh 1 and fill in the blanks. Water in the village wells _____________________ rose and fell, rose and fell Dogs ______________________ refused to go inside buildings looking for places to hide. Fish ____________________ jumped out of the water run out loud noise 10 Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeastern Hebei. For several days, the water in the village wells rose and fell, rose and fell. There were deep cracks that appeared in the well walls. At least one well had some smelly gas coming out of it. Chickens and even pigs were too nervous to eat, and dogs refused to go inside buildings. Mice ran out of the fields looking for places to hide, and fish jumped out of the water. At about 3:00 a.m., on 28 July 1976, bright lights were seen in the sky outside the city of Tangshan and loud noises were heard. But the city's one million people were asleep as usual that night. topic sentence ______________ before the earthquake While-reading： find the topic sentence warning signs strange things warning signs Feeling Ignorant People ignored the warning signs The damage caused by the earthquake The suffering of the people Para. 2 At _________, everything began to shake. ___ kilometers directly below, …damage more than ____ kilometers… _______ of the nation felt the earthquake. A huge crack that was __ kilometres long and___ metres wide cut across... In less than___ minute, a large city lay in ruins. 3:42 a.m. 1/3 8 30 1 ___________ of the people died or were injured during the earthquake. ____________ of children were left without parents. The number of people who were killed or ….reached more than ________. 2/3 400,000 11 150 Thousands Please listen to paragragh 2 and finish the chart. numbers one of the most deadly earthquakes of the 20th century Feeling Shocked The earthquake caused unbelievable damage to Tangshan. 14 There was nothing but ruins. buildings/factories/homes/hospitals bricks bridges/tracks cows/pigs/chickens Hopeless Para. 3 Feeling water/food/electricity People began to wonder how long the disaster would last. Please read paragragh 3 and find the destroyed things. Topic sentence Supporting details 15 Who came to this city? What did they do? Read paragragh 4 ---rescue To dig out and bury To provide medical care To build shelters But hope was not lost! Feeling Positive Hopeful In the past, Tangshan was________. At present, the new city has become a __________to more than seven million people, with great ___________ in __________________________________________________ home improvements in ruins transportation, industry and environment. Read paragragh 5 ---revival Appreciate the picture 1.The huge earthquake left the whole city____________ 2.Everyone was _________, thinking the world must be coming to an end 3.Millions of people were left without water, food, or ________ 4.Soliders and volunteers worked as hard as they could to pull away________ and rocks, and rescue those who were________ under the ruins. 5.Some were found alive, though they were suffering from terrible injuries, but others had already stopped_________ when they weree discovered. 6.A few buildings were still standing, but people were afraid to use them as shelters, worrying they would be ________if the building fell. in ruins in shock eletricity bricks trapped breathing buried Fill in the blanks according to the passage. Strange things happened 1.________the Tangshan earthquake happened. The well walls had deep cracks. A 2.______ (smell) gas came out of them. The water pipes cracked and burst. At 3:42 3.________the morning of July 28, 1976, everything began to shake. 4._________seemed as if the world was at an end. Steam burst from holes in the ground. Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt. The whole city lay in 5.________ ( ruin). Many people died or were 6.________ (injure). Everything in the city 7.__________(be) destroyed. People were 8._________(shock) at before smelly on It ruins injured was shocked Describe the disasters and fill in the blanks this and wondered how long the disaster would last. The army organized teams to dig out those 9._______were trapped and to bury the dead. Workers built shelters for 10.___________ (survive). Fresh water was taken to the city. 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