1、 Reading Reading whats your feeling when we talk about earthquake?whats your feeling when we taA Night the Earth Didnt SleepA Night the Earth Didnt SleepTask 1 Listen to the tape and then answer the question.Fast readingTime: Place: Disaster: July 28, 1976Tangshan, HebeiA big earthquakeMain idea: A

2、strong earthquake hit the city of Tangshan on July 28, 1976.Task 1 Listen to the tape andPara1Para2Para3Para4Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeast Hebei.It seemed as if the world was at an end!Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed.All hope was not lost.Read t

3、he text quickly and find out the topic sentence of each paragraph.Task 2Para1Strange things were happe Sum up the main idea of each part of the passage. (choose one word to describe)Part 1: para 1signsPart 2: para 2&3Part 3: para 4damagerescueA. rescue B. signs(征兆) C. cause D. damage(before the eart

4、hquake)(during the earthquake)(after the earthquake)Task 3 Sum up the main idea of eachCareful Reading According to the text describe the changes in the pictures. Part 1 Signs（paragraph1）Careful Reading According to t things what happenedwater in the wellwell wallschicks and pigsmicefishskysoundwate

5、r piperose and felldeep cracks, smelly gasran out of, looking for places to hidetoo nervous to eatjumped outsound of planes heard even no planescracked and burstbright lightsFill in the chartsPart1 Signs (paragraph1) things a huge crackpeople died/were injuredPart2 Damage/ Loss（paragraph2-3）steam bu

6、rst from holesIt seemed as if the world was at an end.factories&buildings / gonea huge crackpeople died/were irailway tracks/ uselessthe farm animals/ deadEverywhere they looked nearly everthing was destroyed.Part2 Damage/ Loss（paragraph2-3）dams&bridges / fellrailway tracks/ uselessthe farDetails1.A

7、t _ am, the _ earthquake of the 20th century began .2._ cut across houses, roads and canals.3._ burst from holes in the ground.4.Hard hills of the rock became rivers of _.5.Two _ and most of the bridges fell.6.The railway tracks were now _pieces of steel.7._ now filled the wells instead of water.8.W

8、ater,food,and _ were hard to get.Para. 2-3(During the earthquake)3:42greatestA huge crackdirtSteamdamsuselessSandelectricityDetails1.At _ am, the _Who came to help ? What did they do? 1. _those who were trapped.2._ the dead .3. _ 10,000 miners .4. _ for survivors. 5. took _ to the city.The army & th

9、e rescue workersdug out buried rescued built sheltersfresh water Para. 4: After the earthquakeWho came to help ? 1. _th1. The title “A night the earth didnt sleep” means _.A. the earth was awake all night longB. people on the earth couldnt fall asleep that nightC. the earth shook like crazy that nig

10、htD. animals on the earth would not sleep that nightRead the text carefully and choose the best answer. Exercise1. The title “A night the eart 2. What does “them” in the sentence “No wind, however, could blow them away.” (in Paragraph 3) refer to? A. Red autumn leaves. B. Bricks on the ground. C. Bo

11、dies of dead animals. D. Sand in the wells. 2. What does “them” in t3.Who played the most important part in helping the people in the earthquake? A. The soldiers and the rescue workers. B. The college students. C. The miners in the coal mines. D. The injured and the dead.3.Who played the most import

12、an _ happened in Tangshan. For three days, water in the wells _. From the cracks of wells _came out . Mice, chicken, pigs and even fish became _. At 3:42 am, everything began to _. It seemed as if the world was _. _ of the nation felt it. In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay _. More than _pe

13、ople were killed and seriously _. But all hope was not lost. Soldiers and the _ came to help . Slowly, the city began to _again.Strange thingsrose and fellsmelly gasnervousshakeat an endOne-thirdin ruins400,000injuredrescue workersbreatheSummary: Fill in the blanks and retell the story. _ happened c

14、ome onWhat shall we do or not do if an earthquake happens?Dos Donts1.Stay in a small room,such as kitchen or bathroom2. If you havent time to escape , you may stand close to the inside wall with some things covering on the head.3. If you stay in the open air ,keep off the tall building, and go to th

15、e fields without trees .1. Be close to the outside wall2.Stay on the balcony3. Jump out of the tall building4. Use the lift. Thinkingcome onWhat shall we do or notIm the monitor,I must save my classmates! I must go first!Discussion？Whats your opinionIm the monitor,I must save myHomework1.Underline t

16、he usefull words and phrases in the text;2.Write a short passage about Tangshan earthquake according to what we have learnt. earthquakesignrescuedamageHomework1.Underline the useful_of the nation felt the earthquake . A huge crack that was_ kilometres long and_metres wide cut across houses.In_terrib

17、le seconds a large city lay in ruins. _of the people died or were injured during the earthquake._families were killed and many children were left without parents. The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than_. All of the citys hospitals, _of its factories and buildings and_of its homes were gone._dams fe