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

The Night the Earth didn’t Sleep Natural Disasters hurricane wildfire earthquake Questions & Answers: Work in pairs: What can happen to a city during a big earthquake? Let’s learn The Night The Earth Didn’t Sleep 1.Look at the title and picture below and guess what the text is about. title The passage is about an earthquake Fast reading What does the passage mainly talk about? An earthquake happened in Tangshan in 1976.  In what order was the passage written? The text is written in time order. 5 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.The earthquake caused unbelievable destruction to Tangshan. B.The earthquake happened and caused deaths and injuries in Tangshan. 　 C.Help came soon after the quakes. D.Strange things happened，but no one paid attention to them. 22:32:22 Find out some sentences which contains the following figures of speech,personification（拟人）, repetition（重复） and simile(比喻) and think about the author’s reasons for using them . presenter &organizer Ideas 1.For three days, the water in the village wells rose and fell, rose and fell. Repetition 2.Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves. Simile 3.The city began to breathe again. Personification Using figures of speech can make the passage vivid and express some meanings convincingly, clearly and easily. Analyze and identify the change of people’s feelings. 22:32:22 After Before During Before Change of people's feeling signs before the earthquake. But the city's one million people were asleep as usual. unconscious/ unaware/ ignorant... 22:32:22 structure key words supporting details There be句型 and 并列句 先行词 V-ing 做状语 Para 1 定语从句 谓 谓 主 主 There were deep cracks that appeared in the well walls. Mice ran out of the fields looking for places to hide, and fish jumped out of the water. 最后一句话旨在引导学生进一步思考人与自然之间的关系，提高学生的自我保护意识。这一部分提示学生凌晨三点这一时间，与后一段进行承接。 定语从句 状语 the part of a building that is left after the rest has been destroyed. The earthquake caused so much damage. 谓 先行词 Para 2 主 谓 Eleven kilometres directly below the city, one of the most deadly earthquakes of the 20th century had begun, a quake that even caused damage more than 150 kilometres away in Beijing. 2. Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt. In less than one minute, a large city lay in ruins. 报告文学（literary journalism) 要遵循真实性原则 and并列目的状语 状语 宾 目的状语 先行词 定语从句 谓 谓 宾语 先行词 定语从句 Para 4 主 主 (v.) to put someone who has died in a grave (v.) to prevent someone from escaping from somewhere, especially a dangerous place Soon after the quakes, the army sent 150,000 soldiers to Tangshan to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead. Workers built shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed. 12 Several days before July 28,1976, many strange things happened in Tangshan. They were 1.signs (sign) for an earthquake. But people 2. who lived there didn’t think much of that. At 3:42 am that day, the earth began 3. to shake (shake), which destroyed almost all the city in fifiteen terrible seconds. Many people, 4. including (include) rescue workers and doctors, came 5. to rescue (rescue) those who were trapped under the 6. ruins (ruin). Later that afternoon, another big earthquake hit the city. More people were killed or injured and more buildings fell 7. down. Very soon the army sent a lot of soldiers to help, and teams were organised to dig out the trapped and to bury 8. the dead. By and by things improved and the city began to breathe again. With strong support from the government and the 9. tireless (tire) efforts of the city’s people, a new Tangshan 10. was built (build) upon the earthquake ruins. Summarizing and Questions United noble behavior firm faith yearning for revival What helped in the revival of Tangshan ? immediate action unify Summarize with the help of the mindmap in groups. 22:32:22 ways Hide on the hard furniture（家具） Put out the fire and turn off the gas Use something hard to protect your head Never try to use the elevator How can we protect ourselves in an earthquake? Speed is life! 16 Don’t be nervous and keep calm. Don’t try to run out of the classroom. Sit down under your desk. Protect your head by putting your bag on your head. Don’t use lift. If possible, run to the schoolyard. Name Unit4 The Night the Earth didn’t Sleep assessment contents scores 1 2 3 4 5 I understood the basic information of Tangshan Earthquake after this class. I took active part in class activities by thinking and responding to the teacher’s questions. After this class, I firmly believe that Chinese people should unify to confront natural disasters. I agree that getting voluntarily and actively involved to get personalized understanding can increase my interest in the language. Reflection for further growth and development $$