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What happened?

Unit 4Unit 4 EarthquakesEarthquakes

How many terrible earthquakes do you know in the world ?

Sichuan wenchuan earthquake May 12th, 2008

Haiti , Japan, Chile, India …How about in china?

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Sichuan Yaan earthquake April 20th, 2013

Gansu Yushu earthquake April 14th, 2010

Yunnan Jinggu earthquake October 7th, 2014

What happened in those earthquakes?

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The roads cracked.

开裂、破裂

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The railway was destroyed.

vt. 破坏 毁坏

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Steam burst from holes

in the ground.

vi. 爆裂 爆发

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The buildings fell down.

倒塌、跌倒

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People were trapped

and injured.

vt. 使陷入困境

vt. 损害 伤害

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The city lay in ruins.

严重受损 破败不堪

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A Night the Earth Didn’t Sleep

Listen to the tape while read the text and try to answer the following questions. (5 min.)

What does the passage mainly talk about?

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What type of writing is this passage?

In what order is this passage written?

An earthquake happened in

Tangshan

Narration(Narration( 记叙记叙文文 ))

Time orderTime order

While-readingWhile-reading ： ： Task 2-Task 2-finish the mind map (3 min.)finish the mind map (3 min.)

July 28, 1976July 28, 1976

TangshanTangshan

people in Tangshanpeople in Tangshan

The city began to breathe again.The city began to breathe again.

for 3 daysfor 3 days

3:00am on July 283:00am on July 28

3:42am3:42am

later that afternoonlater that afternoon

soon after the quakessoon after the quakes

narrationnarration

Time orderTime order

According to time order, divide the passage into 3 parts and sum up the main idea of each part in a word.

Part 1 Before the earthquake

Part 2 During the earthquake

Part 3 After the earthquake

While-readingWhile-reading ： ： Task 3 (3 min.)Task 3 (3 min.)

Para.1 signsPara.1 signs

Para.2-3 damagePara.2-3 damage

Para.4 recoveryPara.4 recovery

Water in wells_____and fell.

A ______gas came out of the cracks.

Animals were_________.

There were bright______in the sky.

Loud________could be heard.

Para.1:warning signs before the earthquake

rose

smelly

nervous

sound

lights

Chickens and pigs__________________________.Mice____________________________.Fish________________________________.jump out of the bowls and ponds

ran out of field

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were too nervous to eat

What about the people in Tangshan?What about the people in Tangshan?

……were asleep as were asleep as usual.usual.

Data( 数据 ) of the nation felt the earthquake .

A huge crack that was kilometres long and

metres wide cut across houses.

In terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins.

of the people died or were injured during the earthquake.

The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than .

All of the city’s hospitals, of its factories and buildings and of its homes were gone.

1/38

30 1

52/3

400,000 75%

90%

Para. 2-3While-readingWhile-reading ： ： Task 5 (3 min.)Task 5 (3 min.)

These numbersThese numbers directly show directly show the destructive effectsthe destructive effects of the earthquake.of the earthquake. (( 破坏性的破坏性的 ))

Para.4 How were the people helped after the earthquake?

The army organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead.Miners were rescued from the coal mines.Shelters were built for survivors whose homes had been destroyed.

Fresh water was taken to the city.

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While-readingWhile-reading ： ： Task 6 (2 min.)Task 6 (2 min.)

All hope was not lost.Slowly, the city began to breathe again.

Tang shan’s new look

Pair work: Act out an interview between a report and a survivor from the Tangshan earthquake.

Sample dialogue:

Reporter: Did you notice anything strange before the earthquake?

Survivor: There were some strange things….

Reporter: Then what did you do during the earthquake?

Survivor: ….

Reporter: What do you want to say to the people who helped you?

Survivor: ….

After-readingAfter-reading ：： role-play(5min.)role-play(5min.)

Although the world is full of suffering, Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.it is full also of the overcoming of it.

— Helen Keller

虽然世界多苦难，但是困难总是能战胜的。虽然世界多苦难，但是困难总是能战胜的。

— 海伦 ·凯勒

Assignment:Assignment:

1. Draw a mind map (time order) of the passage.

2. Finish the summary on P.48 on your exercise book.