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

The Night the Earth Didn’t Sleep Unit 4 Unit 4 Reading and Thinking We are so lucky to lead a peaceful life, but in some parts of the world, there are people who are suffering from disasters. I’ll show you a video. 1 Lead-in What do you see? How do you feel? Pre-reading Task 2: Read for the main idea of each paragraph _______________ before the earthquake. Warning signs The ____________ of the big earthquake. happening The immediate ________ of the earthquake. effects The __________ work. rescue The ___________ of the city. revival Para.1 Para.2 Para.3 Para.4 Para.5 Task 3: Read for the writing order of the passage several days ago at 3:00 a.m. at 3:42 a.m. late in the afternoon soon after the quakes before earthquake during earthquake after earthquake In what order did the writer write the passage? A．Importance B．Place C．Time D．Position √ While-Reading Careful-reading: Para. 1 (2 minutes) Warning signs before the earthquake The water in the village wells __________, ___________. There were __________ that appeared in the well walls. rose and fell rose and fell deep cracks At least one well had some _________ coming out of it. smelly gas Now let’s focus on the first part. Read paragraph 1 carefully and find out what happened before the earthquake. You have 2 minutes to read and fill in the blanks on your worksheet. 7 Dogs refused to ________ buildings. Careful-reading: Warning signs before the earthquake Chickens and even pigs were _______________. Mice _________ the fields _________ places to hide. too nervous to eat go inside ran out of looking for 8 At about 3: 00 a.m., on 28 July 1976, __________ were seen in the sky outside the city of Tangshan and ___________were heard. Careful-reading: Warning signs before the earthquake Fish _____________ the water. jumped out of bright lights loud noises “But the city’s one million people were asleep as usual that night.” 9 Careful-reading: Circle the numbers in para. 2&3 and find the information about them. (2 minutes) 3:42am 11km 150km 1/3 8km 30m 2/3 400,000 75% 90 % Read paragraph 2 and 3 very carefully. Circle these numbers in the passage and find the information about them. 10 At 3: 42 a.m., everything began to shake. 3: 42am Eleven kilometers directly below the city… 11km The earthquake even caused damage more than 150 kilometers away in Beijing. 150km Nearly one third of the nation felt the earthquake! 1/3 A huge crack, eight kilometers long… 8km …and 30 meters wide, cut across houses, roads, and waterways. 30m Two thirds of the people who lived there were dead or injured. 2/3 The number of people who were killed or badly injured in the quake was more than 400,000. 400,000 About 75 percent of the city’s factories and buildings, 90 percent of its homes, and all of its hospitals were gone. 75%, 90% Thinking: Why does the writer use so many numbers? 3:42am 11km 150km 1/3 8km 30m 2/3 400,000 75% 90 % To show how great the damage was To make the whole fact more believable 14 It seemed as if the world were coming to an end! But hope was not lost! Careful-reading: Para.4 The rescue work The army sent 150, 000 soldiers to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead. More than 10,000 doctors and nurses came to provide medical care. The earthquake was so terrible, then what was done immediately after the earthquake? Read para 4 carefully and find out what kinds of rescue work were done after the earthquake. You have one minute. 16 Careful-reading: The rescue work Workers built shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed. Water and food were brought into the city by train, truck, and plane. Q2：What does “Slowly, the city began to breathe again” mean? A. Large number of people were helped. B. The trapped were dug out and the dead were buried. C. The city came back to life little by little. D. Shelters were built for the survivors in the city. Gradually, the city came back to normal/revived itself. Tip:Use context to understand When you see a word you do not know , the context will probably help you understand what it means. Slowly, the city began to breathe again. Thinking: What else can we do to help those survivors who lost families, especially those kids who lost parents? Disasters have no mercy, but humans do. Except for those rescue work, what else can we do to help those survivors? I always believe that disasters have no mercy, but as humans, we have. 20 Para. 5 How is Tangshan now? Did it become better or worse? “Tangshan started revive itself and get back up on its feet.” The earthquake happened 45 years ago. How is Tangshan now? Better or worse? From the first sentence in paragraph 5, we know that “Tangshan started revive itself and get back up on its feet.” With the joint efforts of the government and all the Chinese people, Tangshan showed a brand new look. 21 Tangshan’s New Look 在合集中“唐山现状视频” From this video, we can see Tangshan has really developed into a very beautiful and modern city. 22 What makes Tangshan develop so fast? tirelss efforts of the city’s people various help from the whole nation strong support from the government unify Post-reading The night the earth didn’t sleep.(title) For three days the water in the village wells rose and fell, rose and fell. (L2) It seemed as if the world was at an end.(L8) Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves.(L20) 1. Explore the figure of speech（修辞格) in the following sentences. personification(拟人) repetition (反复) simile(比喻) exaggeration(夸张) Function: to make the description __________________________. more vivid and expressive Literary The type of this text is literary journalism (报告文学). Thinking What does the passage convey(传达)? A. No pains, No gains!没有努力，就没有收获 B. All things are difficult before they are easy.万事开头难 C. Where there is a will, there is a way.有志者，事竟成 D. Where there is life, there is hope.有生命的地方，就有希望 Though the disaster caused severe damage to people’s life, it couldn’t destroy the love, care and hope among People. 作者编号：33003 The spirit of combating disaster relief 抗震救灾精神 Whether in Tangshan earthquake or in Wenchuan earthquake, the most important thing is the spirit of Chinese people. Every time a disaster happens, we fight against it together and we never lose hope. That is the spirit of combating disaster relief. 27 The spirit of combating COVID-19 伟大抗疫精神 Recently, in the battle against COVID-19, China did the best in controlling the virus. That is the spirit of combating COVID-19. 28 Chinese spirit These are just parts of Chinese spirit. As teenagers, it is our duty to pass on excellent Chinese spirit and try to help our country become better and better. Can you do that? Yes, I heard that and I believe in you. 29 Lavf55.33.100 $$