Unit 4 Natural Disasters Reading and Thinking 课件-2025-2026学年高中英语人教版必修第一册

Unit 4 Natural Disasters Reading and Thinking 1 课本P50 Teaching objectives By the end of the class, you will be able to: Identify the language features of literary journalism and the structure of the text. 01 02 03 Appreciate the figures of speech and writing skills used in the text. Learn about the basic information of the Tangshan earthquake. 单击此处编辑母版标题样式 Tangshan Tangshan has now taken on a new look. The Night the Earth didn’t Sleep The Night the Earth didn’t Sleep 1.Look at the title and photo below and guess What the text is about? 单击此处编辑母版标题样式 6 Main idea of the passage: The passage mainly talks about a/an ___________(what) that happened in ________ (where) in ______(when). earthquake Tangshan 1976 Self-study& Group Work 独立学习&同伴互助 7+3mins 单击此处编辑母版标题样式 8 Skim(略读) the passage and identify the main idea of each paragraph from the text: Divide the main ideas in time order. Para.1 Para.2 Para.3 Para.4 Para.5 Warning signs before the earthquake. Everything began to shake.It seemed as if the world were coming to an end. There was nothing but ruins. But hope was not lost. Tangshan started to revive itself and get back on its feet. What was the attitude of the people in the city towards those strange things? But the city’s one million people were asleep as usual that night. People didn’t focus on the warning signs ignorant(无知的) Strange things People’s reaction? Result? Para 1 Warning signs before the earthquake They thought little of the warning signs. 单击此处编辑母版标题样式 10 At _________, everything began to shake. ____________ of the nation felt the earthquake. A huge crack that was _______ kilometres long and _____ metres wide cut across houses. In less than___ minute, a large city lay in ruins. ___________ of the people died or were injured during the earthquake. The number of people who were killed or badly injured reached more than ________. All of the city’s hospitals, _____ of its factories and buildings and _____ of its homes were gone. Para 2. Everything began to shake.It seemed as if the world were coming to an end. 3:42 a.m. One third eight 30 one Two thirds 400,000 75% 90% How did people feel at that time? shocked Supporting details 单击此处编辑母版标题样式 11 What was the people’s feeling at that time? People felt hopeless at that time. Para 3. Everywhere survivors looked, there was nothing but ruins. Supporting details 单击此处编辑母版标题样式 12 Para4. But hope was not lost. who what result hopeful Supporting details soldiers doctors and nurses workers to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead came to provide medical service build shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed the city began to breathe again 单击此处编辑母版标题样式 13 Para 5. Revival after the earthquak Who do you think helped the revival of the city? The army sent soldiers Doctors and nurses provide medical care Workers built shelters Support from government Tireless efforts of local people People didn’t lose hope and made some efforts In times of disaster, people must unify and show the wisdom to stay positive and rebuild for a brighter future. Summary 总结提升 单击此处编辑母版标题样式 15 Retell the story according to the mind map hopeful well, chicken and pigs, dogs, mice, lights, loud noise Summary signs damage rescue & revival ———|——————|——————|———→ before → during → after (Para.1) (Para.2.3) (Para.4.5) 1/3 of the whole nation, 2/3 of the people, thousands of children, nothing but ruins, nearly everything..., in shock, later that afternoon... army, doctor and nurses, workers, government... The change of people's feeling ignorant shocked hopeless hopeful before the earthquake during the earthquake after the earthquake when the rescue came 单击此处编辑母版标题样式 17 Summarize the language features and structure. 1. What kind of text is it? 2. How are the events arranged? The type of writing of the text is literary journalism.（报告文学） Literary journalism usually describes real historical events and real characters. The usage of the figures of speech（修辞手法） can stimulate（刺激） readers' feelings and thus touch the readers. The text is organized in order. time 单击此处编辑母版标题样式 18 1.① The night the earth didn’t sleep. ②Slowly, the city began to breathe again. 2. ...the water in the village wells rose and fell, rose and fell... Read for figures of speech and writing skills. Figure of speech: personification 拟人 Function: to make the language vivid and expressive, and resonate(共鸣) with readers. Figure of speech: Repetition重复 Function: to make the description more vivid and involve the readers in the atmosphere. Figures of speech 单击此处编辑母版标题样式 19 3. It seemed as if the world were coming to an end. 4. ①Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves. ②Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt. Reading for language features and writing skills Figure of speech: ①simile明喻②metaphor 暗喻 Function: to make the description more vivid. Figure of speech: exaggeration夸张 Function: to show the destruction（破坏）was extremely severe（严重的）. 单击此处编辑母版标题样式 20 Live to tell: Raising awareness, reducing mortality. 用生命呼吁：增强减灾意识， 减少人员伤亡。 单击此处编辑母版标题样式 21 What shall we do if an earthquake happens? 22 at school at home Hide beside/under a desk or table. Try to find a triangle(三角) area. Self-evaluation 达标测评 2mins 单击此处编辑母版标题样式 24 阅读理解（根据课文内容选择正确答案） 1. The title “The night the earth didn’t sleep” means ________. A. the earth was awake all night long B. the earth shook like crazy that night C. animals on the earth would not sleep that night D. people on the earth couldn’t fall asleep that night 2. How did the author write the details of the damage? A. In time order. B. In space order. C. By examples with data(数据). D. By making contrasts(对比). 单击此处编辑母版标题样式 3. What does the last sentence “Slowly，the city began to breathe again. ”in the last but one paragraph mean? A. The trees turned green. B. The animals began to breathe. C. The city returned to normal gradually(逐渐地). D. People who were trapped came to life. 4. According to the last paragraph，in which aspect（方面）has Tangshan improved itself ? A. Industry. B. Environment. C. Transportation. D. All of the above. 单击此处编辑母版标题样式 THE END Lavf58.20.100 人民教育电子音像出版社 普通高中教科书 英语 第一册 2019-08-09 310749.03 $