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

B1U4 Natural Disasters ---Reading and thinking THE NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN'T SLEEP 1 Did you sleep well last night? What would happen if the earth didn’t sleep last night? Lead-in Do you know some earthquakes that happened in China? 青海 玉树 河北 唐山 汶川 雅安 Tangshan, July 28th, 1976 Wenchuan, May12th, 2008 Yushu， April 14th, 2010 Ya’an， April 20th, 2013 Work in pairs. Discuss what can happen to a city during a big earthquake. Thousands of buildings will ____________. Many people will be dead or ________________. fall down badly injured Find the main idea and the topic sentence of each paragraph. The first and last sentences of each paragraph usually give us the main idea. Para.1 Para.2 Para.3 Para.4 Para.5 The happening of the big earthquake. The rescue work after the earthquake The damage of the big earthquake. The revival of the city. Warning signs before the earthquake. How many parts can this passage be divided into? Why? Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Para. Para. Para. the earthquake Think and use one word to summarize each part. Before During After Signs Damage Revival 1 2-3 4-5 the earthquake the earthquake It tells us what happened_______, _______ and _______ the earthquake. before during after How can we divide the text? 9 ___________ in the sky Chickens & pigs were ______________ Mice ran out ________________ bright lights ________ in the well walls deep cracks too nervous to eat. looking for places to hide. _________ from it. smelly gas Please read para. 1 and fill in the blanks. People’s attitude: The city’s one million people were asleep as uaual that night. Unaware What about the people? What did they do? They were asleep as usual that night. Attitude ignorant Activity 5: Retell the text. Suppose you are a witness(目击者)---before the earthquake a survivor-------------during the earthquake a rescuer--------------after the earthquake, you may begin your story retelling like this: I’m a witness(目击者)/ survivor/ rescuer in the Tangshan earthquake. I saw/ heard/ found/ joined in... ： 00 2 1 0 59 58 57 56 55 54 53 52 51 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 00 ： 00 3 开始 0 Presentation Presentation 3.Fill in the blanks by time order. Time Details Before the earth-quake (para.1) For several days 1.Water in the village wells _______________ . 2.Well walls developed ____________ 3.___________ come out of the cracks. 4. Mice ___________ the fields. 5. Fish _______________ the water. At about 3:00 a.m. on July 28,1976 1. ______________appeared in the sky. 2. _____________ were heard. rose and fell deep cracks Smelly gas ran out of jumped out of Bright lights Loud noises What was the attitude of the people in the city towards those strange things? People ignored the warning signs. How did people feel at that time? shocked hopeless 1 minute 150 kilometres 8 & 30 2/3 75%, 90% 400,000 3:42 am 11 kilometres Why did the writer use so many numbers in the text? To show the earthquake was very serious. To make the text more credible(可信的). ___________ in the sky Chickens & pigs were ______________ Mice ran out ________________ bright lights ________ in the well walls deep cracks too nervous to eat. looking for places to hide. _________ from it. smelly gas Please read para. 1 and fill in the blanks. People’s attitude: The city’s one million people were asleep as uaual that night. Unaware What about the people? What did they do? They were asleep as usual that night. Attitude ignorant The change of people's feeling hopeful unaware shocked hopeless The city's one million people were asleep as usual that night. People were shocked. People began to wonder how long the disaster would last. But hope was not lost. Slowly, the city began to breathe again. positive … a new Tangshan was built upon the earthquake ruins. Finish the mind map about the change of people's feeling according to the passage. 1. It was a 7.8 magnitude earthquake, which was very destructive. 2. It hit the city at night, when people were enjoying a sound sleep. 3. People paid no attention to the warning signs. 4. People didn’t have enough rescue knowledge. 5. The buildings and bridges were poorly built. … Further Thinking Why did this earthquake cause such extreme damage ? Don’t be nervous and keep calm. Don’t try to run out of the classroom immediately. Sit down under your desk. Protect your head by putting your bag on your head. If possible, run to the schoolyard. Think and discuss with your group member. How can we protect ourselves in an earthquake at school? Union is strength, strength changes the world. 团结就是力量，力量改变世界。 333164.28 $$