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NATURAL DISASTERS
UNIT 4
Can you guess what natural disaster happened according to the pictures
Para1.Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeastern Hebei.
Para3.Everywhere survivors looked, there was nothing but ruins.
Para4. But hope was not lost.
Para2.At 3:42,everything began to shake.
Para5.Tangshan began to revive itself and get up on its feet again.
Figure out the structure of the passage from topic sentence .
In what order was the passage written
Read the passage and complete mindmap in your handouts
or create your own mindmap.
Find out some sentences which contains the following figures of speech,personification（拟人）,repetition（重复）andsimile(比喻) and think about the author’s reasons for using them .presenter&organizerIdeas1.For three days, the water in the village wells rose and fell, rose and fell.Repetition2.Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves.Simile3.The city began to breathe again.PersonificationUsing figures of speech can make the passagevividand express somemeaningsconvincingly, clearly and easily.
Words Review
crack
as if
ruin
in ruins
percent
brick
metal
shock
in shock
n. 裂纹；裂缝 vt. & vi.（使）破裂
似乎；好像；仿佛
n. & vt. 破坏；毁坏
严重受损；破败不堪
n. 百分之…… adj.&adv. 每一百中
n. 砖；砖块
n. 金属
n. 震惊；令人震惊的事；休克
vt.（使）震惊
震惊；吃惊
Words Review
electricity
trap
bury
breathe
revive
revival
effort
unify
wisdom
context
suffer
n. 电；电能
vt. 使落入险境；使陷入圈套
n. 险境，陷阱
vt. 埋葬；安葬
vi. & vt. 呼吸
vt. & vi. 复活；（使）苏醒
n. 振兴；复苏
n. 努力；艰难的尝试；尽力
vi. & vt. 统一；（使）成一体
n. 智慧；才智
n. 上下文；语境；背景
vt. 遭受；蒙受
vi. （因疾病、痛苦、悲伤等）受苦
Part 1: the signs before the earthquake
Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeastern Hebei. For several days, the water in the village wells rose and fell, rose and fell. There were deep cracks that appeared in the well walls. At least one well had some smelly gas coming out of it. Chickens and even pigs were too nervous to eat, and dogs refused to go inside buildings. Mice ran out of the fields looking for places to hide, and fish jumped out of the water. At about 3:00 a.m., on 28 July1976, bright lights were seen in the sky outside of the city of Tangshan and loud noises were heard. But the city's one million people were asleep as usual that night.
unaware
unprepared
How did
people feel
less than 1 minute
11 kilo
meters
8 kilo
meters
30 meters
2/3
75%, 90%
all
400,000
3:42 am
What do these numbers stand for
Careful reading
Part 2 (para3-4): the damage during the earthquake
AfterSlowly, the city began tobreatheagain.Change of people's feelingRescue after the earthquake.hopeful/optimistic/positive...
United
noble behavior
firm faith
yearning for revival
What helped in the revival of Tangshan
immediate action
unify
While-reading. Activity 4. Review.
What is the genre(体裁) of this passage
Report
Literature
Demonstration（说明文）
Description
Literary journalism (报告文学)
While-reading. Activity 4. Review.
Characteristics:
Literary journalism (报告文学)
Techniques:
Personification
Repetition
Sensory description
Contrast
Statistics
…
Vivid生动的
Concrete具体的
Accurate精确的
Reliable可信的
Authentic权威的
Compare these two sentences and answer the following questions.
Reading
It seemed as if the world was at an end!
What rhetoric figure is used here Why does the author write in this way
Contrast:
pessimistic and optimistic
To show the earthquake is of no emotion, but we human beings are.
Slowly the city began to breathe again!
Notes
1. It seemed as if the world were coming to an end!
as if/though 意为“好像；似乎；仿佛”。
e.g. She was sitting there as if nothing had happened.
她坐在那儿，一副若无其事的样子。
近义短语：as though
e.g. He speaks English perfectly as though he had lived in England for years.
他英语讲得很好，好像他在英国生活了很多年似的。
Notes
2. The number of people who were killed or badly injured in the quake was more than 400,000.
the number of 意为“数字；数量”。
e.g. The number of competitors is limited.
参赛者的数量是有限的。
相关词组：a number of 多个，许多
e.g. I decided not to go, for a number of reasons.
我决定不去，有几个理由。
Oral work
Supportive words and expressions:
I remembered there were… before the quake, but…
It was terrible when…
I felt shocked/frightened/hopeless/desperate…, because…
It seemed as if …
Luckily, …
Suppose you were a survivor of the Tangshan earthquake in 1976, would you please share your experience with us Please discuss with your partner.
For Man and Nature: Building a Community of Life Together
构建人与自然生命共同体
We must be committed to harmony between man and nature.
----At the Leaders Summit on Climate
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