Unit4NaturalDisastersReadingforWritingWriteasummary1.Readthenewsreportreleasedthedayafteratsunamiandanswerthequestions.2.Whatcausedthetsunami?Around7:00a.m.Sunday,26thDecember,2004Whendidthetsunamihappen?Apowerfulearthquakethatreachedamagnitudeof9.0.3.Whywoulditbedifficulttodeliverfoodandsupplies?Becausedangerousconditionsanddamagedroadsmadeitdifficulttodeliverfoodandsupplies.2.Readthesummaryofthenewsreport.Checkthemainpointsitincludes.Summary:On26December2004,atsunamikilledmorethan6,500tourists,fishermenandmanyotherlocalsinSoutheastAsia.Thousandsofpeoplearemissingandthenumberofdeathsisexpectedtogrow.Thedamagecausedbythetsunamiismakingitdifficultforrescueworkerstohelpthesurvivors.口date 口time 口place 口event口cause 口effect 口followingevents

Asummaryisashortstatementofmainpoints.Asummaryparagraphtellsthemainideasandthemostimportantinformationofalongerpassage.√√√√√1).Readthetextandwritealistofthemaindetails.Strangethingshappenedinthecountrysidebeforetheearthquake.Anearthquakehit________________Chinaon28July1976.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________3.Followthestepsbelowtowriteasummaryforthetextonpage50.TangshanMorethan400,000peoplewerekilledorbadlyinjured.Nearlyeverythinginthecitywasdestroyed.Thegovernmentandthesoldierscameandbeganrescuingandrebuildingthecity.Paragraph1:WarningsignsbeforetheearthquakeParagraph2:__________________________________________________Paragraph3:___________________________________________________Paragraph4:___________________________________________________Paragraph5:____________________________________________________

___________________________________________________2).Writedownthemainideaofeachparagraph.Whathappenedduringtheearthquake.Thedamageaftertheearthquake.Therescueworkaftertheearthquake.TherevivalofTangshanwiththehelpfromthewholecountryaftertheearthquake.3).Organizetheideasanddraftyoursummary.?Asummaryshouldbearoundonethirdthelengthoftheoriginaltext.?Writedownthekeysupportingpointsforthetopic.?Do

notincludeunimportantdetailsorexamples.MainideaofthetextMIofPara.1Keysupportingpoint1UnimportantdetailsMIofPara.2Keysupportingpoint2UnimportantdetailsMIofPara.3Keysupportingpoint3UnimportantdetailsMIofPara.4Keysupportingpoint4UnimportantdetailsMIofPara.5Keysupportingpoint5UnimportantdetailsStructureofthetextonp.50Let’sdoit!MainideaofPara.

1:WarningsignsbeforetheearthquakeStrangethingswerehappeninginthecountrysideofnortheasternHebei.KeysupportingpointWaterinthewells…Cracksandsmellygasinthewells…Animals…Brightlightsandloudnoises…People…unimportantdetailsLet’sdoit!MainideaofPara.

2:Whathappenedduringtheearthquake.1.Elevenkilometersdirectlybelowthecity,oneofthemostdeadlyearthquakesofthe20thcenturyhadbegun…2.Thenumberofpeoplewhowerekilledorbadlyinjuredinthequakewasmorethan400,000.KeysupportingpointsNearlyonethirdofthewholenationfeltit…Ahugecrack…Hardhillsofrock…unimportantdetailsLet’sdoit!MainideaofPara.

3:Thedamageaftertheearthquake.Nearlyeverythinginthecitywasdestroyed.KeysupportingpointFactoriesandbuildings…Homes…Hospitals…Bricks,bridges,traintracks,cows,pigs,chickens,people,water,food,electricity…unimportantdetailsLet’sdoit!MainideaofPara.

4:Therescueworkaftertheearthquake.Soonafterthequakes,thearmysent150,000soldierstoTangshantodigoutthosewhoweretrappedandtoburythedead.Doctorsandnurses…Workersbuilt…KeysupportingpointsHundredsofpeoplewerehelped.Waterandfoodwerebroughtintothecity…unimportantdetailsLet’sdoit!MainideaofPara.

5:TherevivalofTangshan.Tangshanstartedtoreviveitselfandgetbackuponitsfeet.Withstrongsupportfromthegovernmentandthetirelesseffortsofthecity’speople,anewTangshanwasbuiltupontheearthquakeruins.KeysupportingpointsThenewcityhasbecomeahometomorethansevenmillionpeople…Tangshancityhasprovedto…unimportantdetailsUseyourownwords!StrangethingswerehappeninginthecountrysideofnortheasternHebei.Forseveraldays,strangethingsoccurredinthecountrysideofnortheasternHebei.OriginaltextparaphraseUseyourownwords!Elevenkilometersdirectlybelowthecity,oneofthemostdeadlyearthquakesofthe20thcenturyhadbegun…On28July1976,anearthquakehitTangshancity.OriginaltextparaphraseUseyourownwords!Thenumberofpeoplewhowerekilledorbadlyinjuredinthequakewasmorethan400,000.Over400,000peoplewerekilledorinjured.OriginaltextparaphraseUseyourownwords!Nearlyeverythinginthecitywasdestroyed.Almosteverythinginthecitywasdestroyedandlayinruins.OriginaltextparaphraseUseyourownwords!Soonafterthequakes,thearmysent150,000soldierstoTangshantodigoutthosewhoweretrappedandtoburythedead.Doctorsandnurses…Workersbuilt…Therescueworkbegansoonafterthequakes.Soldiersandmedicalworkersarrivedtofindsurvivorsandhelpthepeople.OriginaltextparaphraseUseyourownwords!Tangshanstartedtoreviveitselfandgetbackuponitsfeet.Withstrongsupportfromthegovernmentandthetirelesseffortsofthecity’speople,anewTangshanwasbuiltupontheearthquakeruins.Withstrongsuppor