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Unit 4 Natural Disasters
Reading and Thinking
To understand the language features and narrative points of literary journalism.
To analyze the structure of the literary journalism and differenciate it from a news report.
To obtain the situation before, during and after the Tangshan earthquake;
Discuss the significance of the Tangshan earthquake to us today.
Pair work
1
Work in pairs. Discuss what would happen to a city during a big earthquake.
A city would be destroyed;
Water would be unsafe to drink;
People would panic and get severely injured;
...
Prediction
2
Look at the title and photo below and guess what the text is about. Then read and check if you are right.
The text is about earthquake
The Night the Earth Didn’t Sleep
Main idea
The passage mainly talks about a/an ___________(what) that happened in
_________ (where) on ______ (when).
earthquake
Tangshan
July 28, 1976
Read the passage quickly and match the main idea with each paragraph.
Reading for main ideas
E.Tangshan came back to life again.
Para.1
Para.2
Para.3
Para.4
Para.5
A.Unbelievable destruction was caused to Tangshan during the quake.
B.The earthquake happened and caused deaths and injuries in Tangshan.
C.Help came soon after the earthquake.
D.Warning signs before the earthquake.
Divide the passage into three parts and choose the correct word to summarize each part.
the earthquake
the earthquake
the earthquake
Part2
Part1
Part3
before
damage
signs
after
during
rescue
Reading for main ideas
Para. 1
Para. 4-5
Para. 2-3
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:
In what order is the text written?
A. Time B. Space C. Feeling
The order
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Read the text carefully and try to get some details of the text.
Reading for details
Details about Para.1 ---- the signs before the earthquake.
What happened
Wells
Animals
Light and loud noises
Strange things
Water, rose and fell,rose and fell,deep cracks;smelly gas
Chickens and pigs were too nervous to eat ;Dogs refused to go inside;Mice ran out; Fish jumped out.
Could be seen and heard
People were asleep as usual that night.
unaware
Reading for details
Details about Para. 2-3 —— the ruins during the earthquake
shocked
hopeless
A huge crack, 8 km long and 30 meters wide
Hard hills of rock
In less than 1 minute, a large city
75% of factories and buildings
The railway tracks
Tens of thousands of cows,pigs and chickens
Water,food,electricity
People
cut across houses,roads, and waterways
lay in ruins
were gone
covered the ground like the red autumn leaves
fell down/not safe to cross
useless pieces of metal
were dead
were hard to get
were dead or injured; wondered how long the disaster would last
became rivers of dirt
Bricks砖头
Most bridges
Rescue
150000 soldiers
Over 10000doctors
& nurses
workers
water&food
Details about Para.4-5
What does the first sentence mean in Para4?
-------- rescue and revival after the earthquake
hopeful
unaware
shocked
hopeless
hopeful
before the earthquake
during the earthquake
during the earthquake
after the earthquake
The change of people's feelings
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Retell this passage
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Time Events
For several days
The water in the village wells began to rose and fell,rose and fell
At about 3:00 a.m. on 28 July 1976
Bright lights,loud noise
At 3:42 a.m.
Everything began to shake
Later that afternoon
Another big quake shook Tangshan again
Soon after the quakes
The army sent 150,000 soldiers to Tangshan
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Rhetorical Devices修辞手法
1.It seemed as if the world were coming to an end.
2.Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves.
3. Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt.
4.The earth didn’t sleep.
5.The city began to breathe again.
A.Exaggeration夸张 B.Simile明喻
C. Metaphor暗喻 D.Personification拟人
A
B
C
D
D
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1 minute
150
kilometres
8 & 30
2/3
75%, 90%
400,000
11
kilometres
To show the earthquake was very serious and it caused a lot of damage to people and the city.
Task 3 Why did the writer use so many numbers in the
Why does the writer use so many numbers in the text?
before
during
after
According to the title, photo and language features.
Guess what the style of the text is.
News report
Literature
Literary journalism
(纪实性报告文学)
点击添加相关标题文字
ADD RELATED TITLE WORDS
What are the differences between news report and literary journaliam?
Similarity
Differences
what (事件)
when (时间)
where(地点)
who (人物)
why (原因)
新闻报道:记叙文,语言客观平实,往往没有过分花哨的词汇和过于复杂的句型。
报告文学:对事件所发生的环境和涉及的人物进行生动的描绘,并运用多种修辞手法来组织语言,这样更能激发读者的情感而打动读者
1. as if
1.Look at the clouds in the sky! It looks as if it is going to rain.
2.He treats me as if I were his own daughter
3.They talked as if they had been friends for many years.
4.He opened his as if he would say something.
考点归纳
(1) as if从句用陈述语气:从句表示的情况是真实的或极有可能发生的
(2) as if从句用虚拟语气:
① 从句用一般过去时 (与现在的事实相反)
② 从句用过去完成时 (与过去的事实相反)
③ 从句用would/could/might do形式 (与将来的事实相反)
[能力提升]——句式升级
(普通表达)The teacher walked here and there on the playground as if he was looking for something.
④(高级表达)The teacher walked here and there on the playground as if ______________________.(省略)
单句语法填空
① When a pencil is partly put into water, it looks as if it
(break).
② When he saw his mother at the street corner, the boy cried sadly as if he _______________(scold) by someone else.
③ He opened his mouth as if ______(say) something.
were broken
had been scolded
would say
looking for something
2. 不定式主动形式表示被动意义
教材P50 Water, food, and electricity were hard to get.
(1)常用的形容词有:easy, difficult, hard, interesting, pleasant,
comfortable, impossible, safe, fit, dangerous等
The book is difficult to understand.
(2)如果不定式中的动词为不及物动词,则其后要接相应的介词。
This kind of paper is not hard enough to write on.
(3)变式: It+ be+ adj.+不定式(含宾语)
The man is easy to get along with.
It is easy to get along with the man.
练习:
The question is difficult for such a little boy _________(answer).
leave+宾语+宾语补足语
1.Don’t leave a child alone in a room with an open fire.
2.We’re leaving him to do it.
3.He left some housework unfinished.
4.You can leave your case with me.
考点归纳
leave作使役动词,意为“使……处于某种状态”,构成复合结构:
leave+宾语+doing 表主动、进行
done 表被动、完成
to do 表将来的动作
介词短语:强调状态
形容词:强调状态
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