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 Pre-reading: How much do you konw about Earthquake？ Before the earthquake: warning signs During the earthquake: shake fiercely be homeless or injured or even killed buildings will fall down Pre-reading: How much do you konw about Earthquake？ After the earthquake: needed supplies will be donated work as volunteers rescuers will arrive in time Read the text quickly and get the topic sentence of each paragraph. Para1: Para2: Para3: Para4: Para5: Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeastern Hebei. It seemed as if the world were coming to an end. Nearly everything in the city was destroyed. But hope was not lost. Tangshan started to revive itself and get back on its feet. Warning signs before the earthquake. The terrible effect during the earthquake. Rescue and revival after the earthquake. in time order Careful-reading: Para. 1 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. 5 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 6 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.” Why did people fail to notice so many strange things? Ignorance（无知） might be deadly sometimes. 7 Careful-reading: Circle the numbers in para. 2&3 and find the information about them. 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. 8 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/deadly the damage was. To make the description more vivid so as to stimulate readers' feelings. To make the whole fact more believable. 12 Is this the end of the earthquake? Everyting was in ruins! Careful-reading: Para.4 What brought poeple hope? 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. 15 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. Slowly, the city began to breathe again. When one part of China cries for help, we come together. 一方有难 八方支援 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. 17 Tang shan’s new look With strong support from the government and the tireless efforts of people, Tangshan started to revive itself and get back up on its feet. Para. 5 Post-reading: B C A B A B C A Group discussion How to reduce the loss caused by earthquake? Now it’s time for you to show. You need to choose a card and finish the task on the backside of the card. Group leaders, please come here and click on a card. 19 Possible answers Before the quake: During the quake: After the quake: popularize（普及） related knowledge; build standard buildings; improve detective（检测的） methods; improve the quality of medical care（医疗） hide under the hard furniture turn off the gas and electricity use something hard to protect your head never try to use the lift or jump from the window timely(及时的） rescue organise fund-raising activity donate money, blood or camp etc... Here are some possible reasons. From these three reasons, we can conclude that our country has developed a lot. 20 Suffering develops our extraordinary role, not to bow to the disaster, but to be strong. — Balzac 苦难培养我们这种非凡的作用：不向暴风雨低头，灾难来了，也能处之泰然。 ——巴尔扎克 As long as we work as a team, we are sure to thrive through all the disasters. 众志成城，多难兴邦 Homework Summarize the passage in a way of mind map. Thanks for your listening! 23 $$