Unit4NaturalDisasters---ReadingandthinkingTHENIGHTTHEEARTHDIDN'TSLEEPLivetoTell:RaisingAwareness,ReducingMortality.用生命呼吁：增強(qiáng)減災(zāi)意識，減少人員傷亡。LearningObjectives:1.Identifythemainideaandstructureofthetextbyfindingoutthetopicsentence.2.ApplyskimmingandscanningtoknowaboutthebasicinformationoftheTangshanearthquake.3.Appreciatetherhetoricaldevices(修辭)andwritingskillsusedinthetext.Developstudents’senseofcooperativelearningandindividualcapability.whatmayhappeniftheearthdidn’tsleepatnight?

PredictthemainideabylookingatthetitleandthepictureTheNighttheEarthDidn’tSleepⅠskimmingReadthepassagequicklytofindthetopicsentenceofeachparagraphandanalyzehowmanypartsthepassagecanbedividedinto.

Skimming12345StrangethingswerehappeninginthecountrysideofnortheasternHebei.At3.42,everthingbegantoshake.Everywheresurvivorslooked,therewasnothingbutruins.Buthopewasnotlost.TangshanstartedtoreviveitselfandgetbackuponitsfeetSkimthetextandfindthetopicsentenceofeachparagraph.Howmanypartscanthetextbedividedinto?

:warningsignsbeforetheearthquake.

:damageduringtheearthquake:rescueandsurvivalaftertheearthquake.Part1Part2Part3SkimmingⅡscanning1.Describethestrangethingsbeforetheearthquake.2.Whatwaspeople’sreactiontothesestrangethings?Why?Beforetheearthquake(para1)Scanning1.Strangethingsbeforetheearthquake.SrangethingswerehappeninginthecountrysideofnortheasternHeibei.Forseveraldaysthewaterinthevillagewellsroseandfell,roseandfell.Thereweredeepcracksthatappearedinthewellwalls.Atleastonewellhadsomesmellygascomingoutofit.Chickensandevenpigsweretoonervoustoeat,anddogsrefusedtogoinsidebuildings.Miceranoutofthefieldslookingforplacestohideandfishjumpedoutofthewater.Atabout3:00am.,on28thJuly1976brightlightswereseenintheskyoutsidethecityofTangshanandloudnoiseswereheard.butthecity’sonemillionpepolewerealseepasususalthatnight.waterdeepcrackssmellygaspigsdogsMicefishbrightlights

loudnoises2.Whatwaspeople’sractiontothesestrangethings?Why?Thecity’sonemillionpeoplewereasleepasusualthatnight.Becausetheywereunconscious/unawareoftheearthquake.unconciousScanning1.Findthefiguresthatareusedinthispart.Whydoesthewriterusethesefigures?2.Findtherhetoricaldevicesthatareusedinthispart.Whydoesthewriterusetheserhetoricaldevices?3.Howdoyouthinkthepeoplefeel?Scanningduringtheearthquake

At3.42a.m.,everythingbegantoshake.Itseemedasiftheworldwerecomingtoanend!Elevenkilometersdirectlybelowthecity,oneofthemostdeadlyearthquakesofthe20thcenturyhadbegun,aquakethatevencauseddamagemorethan150kilometersawayinBeijing.Nearlyonethirdofthewholenationfeltit!Ahugecrack,eightkilometerslongand30meterswide,cutacrosshouses,roadsandwaterways.Hardhillsofrockbecameriversofdirt.Inlessthanoneminute,alargecitylayinruins.Twothirdsofthepeoplewholivedthereweredeadorinjured.Thousandsofchildrenwereleftwithoutparents.Thenumberofpeoplewhowerekilledorbadlyinjuredinthequakewasmorethan400,000.

causeddamagemorethan150onethirdofeightkilometerslongand30meterswideInlessthanonemiunuteTwothirdsThousandsofmorethan400,000Scanningparagraph2kilometersEverywheresurvivorslooked,therewasnothingbutruins.Nearlyeverthinginthecitywasdestroyed.About75percentofthecity’sfactoriesandbuildings,90percentofitshomes,andallofitshospitalsweregone.Brickscoveredthegroundlikeredautumnleaves,butnowindcouldblowthemaway.Mostbridgeshadfallenorwerenotsafetocross.Therailwaytrackswerenowuselesspiecesofmetal.Tensofthousandsofcows,hundredsofthousandsofpigs,andmillionsofchickenweredead.Sandnowfilledthewellsinsteadofwater.Peoplewereinshock--andthen,laterthatafternoon,anotherbigquakeshookTangshanagain.Evenmorebuildingsfelldown.Water,foodandelectricitywerehardtoget.Peoplebegantowonderhowlongthedisasterwouldlast.75percentofthecity’sfactoriesandbuildings90percentofitshomesTensofthousandsofcowshundredsofthousandsofmillionsofScanningparagraph3Tosupportthefactthattheearthquakecausedgreatdamage.Tomakethedescriptionmoreconvincingbygivingspecificexamples.

Why?para3.Brickscoveredthegroundlike

redautunmnleaves,butnowindcouldblowthemaway.rhetoricaldevicespara2.Itseemedasiftheworldwerecomingtoanend！para2.Hardhillsofrockbecameriversofdirtexaggeration夸張metaphor暗喻Scanningsimili明喻Toshowthattheearthquakewasreallypowerful,deadly,andcruel.Tovividelydescribetheseriousdamangecausedbytheearthquake.Why?3.Howdoyouthinkthepeoplefeel?

Peoplefelthopelessandworried.1.WhobroughthopetothepeopleinTangshan?2.Findthesentencesshowingthatpeoplehavehope.Scanningaftertheearthquake

Buthopewasnotlost.Soonafterthequakes,thearmysent150,000soilderstoTangshantodigoutthosewhoweretrappedandtoburythedead.Morethan10,000doctorsandnursescametoprovidemedicalcare.Workersbuiltsheltersforsurvivorswhosehomeshadbeendestroyed.Hundredsofthousandsofpeoplewerehelped.Waterandfoodwerebroughtintothecitybytrain,truck,andplane.Slowly,thecitybegantobreatheagain.thearmy150,000soilders10,000doctorsandnursesWorkersHundredsofthousandsofpeoplewerehelpedWaterandfoodthecity1.Whobroughthopetothepeople?Scanningparagraph4

2.Findthesentencesshowingthatpeoplehavehope.Tangshanstartedtoreviveitselfandgetbackuponitsfeet.Withstrongsupportfromthegovernmentandthetirelesseffortsofthecity’speople,anewTangshanwasbuiltupontheearthquakeruins.Thenewcityhasbecomeahometomorethansevenmillionpeople,withgreatimp