Book1Unit4ReadingforwritingDescribeanaturaldisasterTolearntogetthemainpointsofreadingmaterials.Tolearnwhatasummaryis.TolearntowriteasummaryparagrapghofthetextonP50.ReadingforwritingReadthenewsreportreleasedthedayafteratsunamiandanswerthequestions.Whendidthetsunamihappen?Whatcausedthetsunami?Whywoulditbedifficulttodeliverfoodandsupplies?Whendidthetsunamihappen?Whatcausedthetsunami?Whywoulditbedifficulttodeliverfoodandsupplies?1.Ithappenedon26December,2004.2.Apowerfulearthquakeof9.0-magnitudewhichhappenedundertheseaoffthewestcoastofSumatraIslandinIndonesia.3.Dangerousconditionsanddamagedroadswillmakeitdifficulttodeliverfoodandsupplies.Trytounderstandthefollowingsentences.1.Iwashavingbreakfastwithmythreechildrenwhenwaterstartedfillingmyhome.bedoing……when……正在做…突然…h(huán)ad(just)done…when……剛做完…突然…beabouttodo…when……剛要做…突然…2.Thousandsofpeoplearestillmissing,andthenumberofdeathsisexpectedtogrowevenhigheroverthenextfewdays.3.However,dangerousconditionsanddamagedroadswillmakeitdifficulttodeliverfoodandsupplies.Readthesummaryofthenewsreport.Checkthemainpointsitincludes.On26December2004,atsunamikilledmorethan6,500tourists,fishermen,andtheotherlocalsinSoutheastAsia.Thousandsofpeoplearemissingandthenumberofdeathsisexpectedtogrow.Thedamagecausedbythetsunamiismakingitdifficultforrescueworkerstohelpthesurvivors.dateeventplaceeffectcauseAsummaryisashortstatementofmainpoints.Ittellsthemainideasandthemostimportantinformationofalongerpassage.Followthestepsbelowtowriteasummaryforthetextonpage501.Readthetextandwritealistofthemainidea.Strangethingshappenedinthecountrysidebeforetheearthquake.Anearthquakehit____________Chinaon28July1976.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________TangshanChinaThenumberofpeoplewhowerekilledorbadlyinjuredinthequakewasmorethan400,000Nearlyeverythinginthecitywasdestroyed.Soldiersandmedicalworkerscametohelpthepeoplewho……Withstrongsupportfromthegovernmentandthetirelesseffortsofthecity’speople,anewTangshanwasbuiltupontheruins.Writedownthemainideaofeachparagraphbasedonthedetailsabove.StrangethingshappenedinthecountrysideofHebei,China.AstrongearthquakehitTangshan,andmanypeoplewerekilledorinjured.Thecitywasgreatlyaffectedandnearlydestroyed.Therescueworkbegansoonafterthequakes.Withstrongsupportfromthegovernmentandthecity’speople,thenewcityofTangshanwasbuilt.WriteasummaryUseyourownwordstosummarizethetext.Youcanusedifferentwordsandsentencepatternstowriteasummary.SamplewritingForseveraldays,strangethingsoccurredinthecountrysideofnortheasternHebei.Then,on28July1976,anearthquakehitTangshancity.Thecitywasgreatlyaffectedandnearlydestroyed.Manypeoplewerekilledorinjured.Therescueworkbegansoonafterthequakes.Soldiersandmedicalworkersarrivedtofindsurvivorsandhelpthe