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课件网) Reading and Thinking Unit 4 Natural Disasters 1.Know about the historical event of Tangshan earthquake and introduce to others 2.Obtain some basic reading skills such as skimming and scanning 3.Increase the awareness of protecting ourselves when facing an earthquake Learning objectives Video Watching What happened in the video An earthquake happened Lead-in What happened during the big earthquake Buildings_____ fell down People were_____ trapped or buried The water pipes . cracked and burst The city was_____and lay_____ destroyed in ruins What is the text about Look at the title and photos below and guess what is the text about Then read and check if you are right. The text is about _____ earthquake Pre-reading Match the main idea with each paragraph. Para.1 Para.2 Para.3 Para.4 Para.5 the immediate effects of the earthquake Help came soon after the quakes. the happening of the big earthquake. Tangshan came back to life again. Warning signs before the earthquake. How many parts can this passage be divided into Why While-reading Para.1: warning signs before the earthquakes Para. 2: the happening of the big earthquake. Para. 3: the immediate effects of the earthquake. Para. 4: the rescue work. Para. 5: the revival of the city. during the earthquake after the earthquake before the earthquake The text is organized in _____ order. time signs damage rescue revival 1. What’s the main idea of the passage The passage mainly talks about a/an_____(what) that happened in _____ (where) at _____(when). earthquake Tangshan 3:42 a.m. on 28 July 1976 2. What’s the type of this text a news report a literary journalism a novel Compared with a news report, literary journalism uses more vivid language with many figures of speech. Find out the topic sentence of each paragraph. Para. Topic sentence 1 2 3 4 5 Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeastern Hebei. Everything began to shake. It seemed as if the world were coming to an end! Nearly everything in the city was destroyed. Hope was not lost. Tangshan started to revive itself and get back up on its feet again. Read Para 1: What were some of the strange things that were happening before the earthquake 震前怪异征兆？ strange things in the village well in the farmyard outside the city (rose and fell, rose and fell) (deep cracks) gas (too nervous to eat) (refused to go inside) (ran out to look for places to hide) (jumped out of the water) bright lights in the sky loud noises water _____ walls _____ _____ come out _____ _____ _____ People’s attitude: The city’s one million people were asleep as uaual that night. Unaware The damage caused by the earthquake The suffering of the people Para. 2 At _____, everything began to shake. ___ kilometers directly below, …damage more than ____ kilometers… _____ of the nation felt the earthquake. A huge crack that was __ kilometres long and___ metres wide cut across... In less than___ minute, a ... ...
