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Unit 4 Natural Disasters
Reading and Thinking
Warming-up
1. What kinds of natural disasters do you know
Disasters
tonador
tusnami
hurricane
volcanic eruption
landslide
earthquake
flood
drought
wildfire
2017
Great earthquakes in China
The Tangshan earthquake in with a magnitude of 7.8. (A video)
The Wenchuan earthquake with a magnitude of 8.0.
The Yushu earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1
The Lushan earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0
The Jiuzhaigou earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0
2010
1976
2013
2008
2. What great earthquakes in China do you know
What can happen to a city during a big earthquake
The buildings were razed to the ground and turned into ruins.
The roads were damaged with cracks.
The electricity went down.
The people were killed or badly injured.
THE NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN'T SLEEP
What does the title mean
What are the people doing in the photo
Pre-reading
地球的不眠之夜
They are rescuing the injured after an earthquake.
2. In what order is the text organized
The text is organized in _______ order.
(time/importance/place)
time
1. What is the type of the text
literary journalism（报告文学）
Skimming
3. Find out the topic sentence of each paragraph
Warning signs before the earthquake.
B
The immediate effects of the earthquake.
C
Read the text and match the main idea with each paragraph.
The revival of the city.
D
Scanning
during the earthquake
after the earthquake
before the earthquake
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 5
The happening of the big earthquake.
A
The rescue work.
E
Paragraph1:
Before the Quake
What were some of the strange things happening before the earthquake
How do you understand the last sentence in paragraph 1
Careful reading
1.What were some of the strange things happening before the earthquake
Before the earthquake, the water in the village wells rose and fell.
Deep cracks appeared in their walls. Animals were acting strangely.
2. How do you understand the last sentence in paragraph 1
This sentence indicates that the people in Tangshan city were ignorant of the upcoming earthqueke and this was the reason why it caused such great damage later.
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 July 1976, bright lights were seen in the sky outside the city of Tangshan and loud noises were heard. But the city's one million people were asleep as usual that night.
Underground water
Animals
Weather
Warning Signs
Parallelism 排比
Topic sentence
Repetition 反复
Paragraph2-3:
During the Quake
When and where did the earthquake happen
Why was it one of the most deadly earthquakes of the 20th century What happened to the city and people
What happened later that afternoon How did the people feel
How do you think the earthquake would affect Tangshan
1. When and where did the earthquake happen
At 3:42 a.m. on 28 July 1976, a deadly earthquake hit Tangshan city.
2. Why was it one of the most deadly earthquakes of the 20th century
What happened to the city and people
Because this earthquake killed too many people.Two thirds of people
were dead or injured and the city was totally destroyed.
What would you do if you were outdoors during the earthquake
Go to an open space away from buildings, trees, or power lines.
At 3:42 a.m., everything began to shake. It seemed as if the world were coming to an end! Eleven kilometres directly below the city, one of the most deadly earthquakes of the 20th century had begun, a quake that even caused damage more than 150 kilometres away in Beijing. Nearly one third of the whole nation felt it! A huge crack, eight kilometres long and 30 metres wide, cut across houses, roads, and waterways. Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt. In less than one minute, a large city lay in ruins. Two thirds of the people who lived there were dead or injured. Thousands of children were left without parents. The number of people who were killed or badly injured in the quake was more than 400,000.
Orphans 4024
Injured 708851
23s
Deaths 242769
Topic sentence
Equal to 400 atomic bombs
Metaphor 隐喻
Loss of life
Hyperbole 夸张
What happened later that afternoon How did the people feel
Later that afternoon, another big quake shook Tangshan again. People were in shock, wondering how long the disaster would last.
How do you think the earthquake would affect Tangshan
Everything in the city was destroyed, and a large number of people were dead or injured in various degrees. The survivors suffered serious shortage of drinking water, food, shelters and electricity.
Everywhere survivors looked, there was nothing but ruins. Nearly everything in the city was destroyed. About 75 percent of the city’s factories and buildings, 90 percent of its homes, and all of its hospitals were gone. Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves, but no wind could blow them away. Most bridges had fallen or were not safe to cross. The railway tracks were now useless pieces of metal. Tens of thousands of cows, hundreds of thousands of pigs, and millions of chickens were dead. Sand now filled the wells instead of water. People were in shock—and then, later that afternoon, another big quake shook Tangshan again. Even more buildings fell down. Water, food, and electricity were hard to get. People began to wonder how long the disaster would last.
At 18:45 that day, a 7.1 magnitude earthquake occurred in Luan County.
Simile 明喻
Topic sentence
Financial
loss
10 billion￥
Climax 渐进法
Climax 渐进法
helpless
hopeless
What would you do if you were trapped under bricks
Use a cell phone to get help. Tap on a pipe or a wall, or whistle for help.
Paragraph4-5:
After the Quake
Who came to the rescue What did they do
What does the writer mean by “Slowly, the city began to breathe again”
What do you think helped in the revival of Tangshan City
What's Tangshan like now
What has Tangshan proved to China and the rest of the world
Who came to the rescue What did they do
Soldiers came to dig out the trapped and bury the dead. Doctors and nurses provided medical care. Workers built shelters for survivors.
What does the writer mean by “Slowly, the city began to breathe again”
The writer means that the city began to function again, because the
earthquake had stopped people and supplies moving about, and so it was like the city couldn't breathe.
But hope was not lost. Soon after the quakes, the army sent 150,000 soldiers to Tangshan to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead. More than 10,000 doctors and nurses came to provide medical care. Workers built shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed. Hundreds of thousands of people were helped. Water and food were brought into the city by train, truck, and plane. Slowly, the city began to breathe again.
Personification 拟人
Manpower
Material resources
Topic sentence
Hope&Survival
The writer means that the city began to function again, because the
earthquake had stopped people and supplies moving about, and so it was like the city couldn't breathe.
What do you think helped in the revival of Tangshan City
I think the revival of Tangshan was helped by the strong support of the government and the people who all worked in unity to rebuild the city even better than before.
What's Tangshan like now
Tangshan has been a new city with more than 7 million people, great improvements in transportation, industry and environment.
What has Tangshan proved to China and the rest of the world
In times of disaster, people must unify and show the wisdom to stay positive
and rebuild for a brighter future.
Tangshan started to revive itself and get back up on its feet. With strong support from the government and the tireless efforts of the city’s people, a new Tangshan was built upon the earthquake ruins. The new city has become a home to more than seven million people, with great improvements in transportation, industry, and environment. Tangshan city has proved to China and the rest of the world that in times of disaster, people must unify and show the wisdom to stay positive and rebuild for a brighter future.
Topic sentence
Tangshan has been a new city with more than 7 million people, great improvements in transportation, industry and environment.
I think the revival of Tangshan was helped by the strong support of the government and the people who all worked in unity to rebuild the city even better than before.
In times of disaster, people must unify and show the wisdom to stay positive
and rebuild for a brighter future.
What's the change of people’s feelings
the timeline of the earthquake
strange
three days ago
at 3:00am
at 3:42am
later that afternoon
after the quakes
hopeless
shocked
ignorant
hopeful
fighting
Why are many verbs and verbal phrases such as rose, fell, coming out of, and ran out of used in paragraph 1
Verbs are important to clear writing. They help to make your expression more detailed and vivid and give readers a feeling of actually being there before the earthquake.
Why are so many numbers are mentioned in the text
Numbers can help to make the text more accurate and convincing.
Reading for writing skills
What are the language features of this text
real; accurate; vivid; emotional
Thank you!

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