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

Unit4 Reading and Thinking Describe a natural disaster 1 Leading-in Watch a video and describe what happened with your partner. 2 How do you feel after watching the video? scared? breathless? horrible? frightening? destroying terrible? Leading-in 3 Look at the title and the picture below, guess: What might happen on the night? What is the text about? Prediction THE NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN'T SLEEP personification 4 Skimming 1. What’s the main idea of the passage? ---A terrible earthquake of Tangshan. 2. Find out the topic sentence of each paragraph. Main idea _______________ before the earthquake. The ____________ of the big earthquake. The immediate ________ of the earthquake. The __________ work. The ___________ of the city. Warning signs happening effects rescue revival Skimming 3. In what order is the text organized? later that afternoon soon after the quakes For several days At 3:42 a.m. At about 3:00 a.m., on 28 July 1976 Time order 4. How many parts can we divide the passage into? Before During After Para. before the earthquake Para. during the earthquake Para. after the earthquake 1 2-3 4-5 __________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 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 Detailed reading Read Para1 and find out: What were some strange things happening before the earthquake? 8 Detailed reading 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. What was people’s attitude towards those strange things? People ignored the warning signs Ignorant/ Unconscious Detailed reading Read Para2-3 and find out: What was the damage caused by the earthquake? The city ___ kilometers directly below, caused damage more than ____ kilometers… A huge crack that was __ kilometres long and ___ metres wide cut across houses. In less than ___ minute, a large city lay in ruins. All of the city’s hospitals, _______ of its factories and buildings and of its ________ homes were gone. The people _______ of the nation felt the earthquake. ___________ of the people died or were injured during the earthquake. ____________ of children were left without parents. The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than _______. 1/3 8 30 11 150 1 400,000 75% 90% 2/3 Thousands How do you feel when seeing these figures? Why are these data used? To show the earthquake was deadly and people suffered a lot. one of the most deadly earthquakes of the 20th century Detailed reading How did people feel during the earthquake? Hopeless Shocked Desperate exaggeration metaphor simile Detailed reading Why did the writer say “But hope was not lost” ?(Para4) Detailed reading Why did the writer say “But hope was not lost” ?(Para4) Rescue & Revival The army Doctors and nurses Workers Water and food send 150,000 sodiers to Tangshan to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead. came to provide medical care. built shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed. were brought into the city by train, truck, and plane. What does the writer mean by “Slowly, the city began to breathe again”? personification People’s feeling? Positive, hopeful Detailed reading Read Para5 and think: What helped in the revival of Tangshan city? “Tangshan started to revive itself and get back up on its feet.” personification strong support from the government various assistance from the whole nation tireless effort from the city’s people What can we learn from Tangshan’s revival? “In times of disasters,we must unify and show the wisdom to stay positive and rebuild for a brighter future.” Work in groups, each group choose one role and prepare a short speech to talk about: 1) what you experienced in the earthquake; 2) what you learned from Tangshan earthquake. As a government officer As a survivor As a student As a rescue worker Role play 20 Para.1 Para.2 Para.3 Para.4 Para.5 before the earthquake during the earthquake after the earthquake Warning signs The damage Rescue revival Summary 21 People were asleep as usual The world seemed to come to an end. the city began to breathe again. unconscious shocked/hopeless/ desperate hopeful/ positive feelings change Summary 22 The text type belongs to Literary journalism文学新闻, which usually describes real historical events and real characters. It contains a lot of details and normally uses figures of speech to provide vivi pictures. These writing techniques can stimulate readers' feelings and thus touch the readers. What type of text is it? Text type 23 Reflection 1. What other cities or towns have gone through similar disasters? Wenchuan county, Yushu city and some other towns. 2. What lessons can we learn from these events? pay attention to some warning signs. develop better ways to detect and prepare for these disasters. unify, stay positive, and act quickly to get over such disasters. government provides strong support and everyone gives a hand ... Live to tell: Raising awareness, reducing mortality. ——United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction(2016) 用生命呼吁：增强减灾意识，减少人员伤亡。 May we all be safe in the coming days. thank you 26 EV.Movie.Editor Lavf58.20.100 www.ieway.cn Lavf55.33.100 Lavf55.33.100 Lavf55.33.100 Lavf55.33.100 $$