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(共27张PPT)
Unit 4 Natural Disasters
Reading and Thinking 1
课本P50
Teaching objectives
By the end of the class, you will be able to:
Identify the language features of literary journalism and
the structure of the text.
01
02
03
Appreciate the figures of speech and writing skills used in the text.
Learn about the basic information of the Tangshan earthquake.
Tangshan
Tangshan has now taken on a new look.
The Night the Earth didn’t Sleep
The Night the Earth didn’t Sleep
1.Look at the title and photo below and guess What the text is about
Main idea of the passage:
The passage mainly talks about a/an ___________(what) that happened in
________ (where) in ______(when).
earthquake
Tangshan
1976
Self-study&
Group Work
独立学习&同伴互助
7+3mins
Skim(略读) the passage and identify the main idea of each paragraph from the text: Divide the main ideas in time order.
Para.1
Para.2
Para.3
Para.4
Para.5
Warning signs before the earthquake.
Everything began to shake.It seemed as if the world were coming to an end.
There was nothing but ruins.
But hope was not lost.
Tangshan started to revive itself and get back on its feet.
What was the attitude of the people in the city towards those strange things
But the city’s one million people were asleep as usual that night.
People didn’t focus on the warning signs
ignorant(无知的)
Strange things
People’s reaction
Result
Para 1 Warning signs before the earthquake
They thought little of the warning signs.
At _________, everything began to shake.
____________ of the nation felt the earthquake.
A huge crack that was _______ kilometres long and
_____ metres wide cut across houses.
In less than___ minute, a large city lay in ruins.
___________ of the people died or were injured during
the earthquake.
The number of people who were killed or badly
injured reached more than ________.
All of the city’s hospitals, _____ of its factories and
buildings and _____ of its homes were gone.
Para 2. Everything began to shake.It seemed as if the world were coming to an end.
3:42 a.m.
One third
eight
30
one
Two thirds
400,000
75%
90%
How did people feel at that time
shocked
Supporting details
What was the people’s feeling at that time
People felt hopeless at that time.
Para 3. Everywhere survivors looked, there was nothing but ruins.
Supporting details
Para4. But hope was not lost.
who what result
hopeful
Supporting details
soldiers
doctors and nurses
workers
to dig out those who
were trapped and to
bury the dead
came to provide
medical service
build shelters for
survivors whose homes
had been destroyed
the city began to
breathe again
Para 5. Revival after the earthquak
Who do you think helped the revival of the city
The army sent soldiers
Doctors and nurses provide medical care
Workers built shelters
Support from government
Tireless efforts of local people
People didn’t lose hope and made some efforts
In times of disaster, people must unify and show the wisdom to stay positive and rebuild for a brighter future.
Summary
总结提升
Retell the story according to the mind map
hopeful
well, chicken and pigs, dogs, mice, lights, loud noise
Summary
signs damage rescue & revival
———|——————|——————|———→ before → during → after
(Para.1) (Para.2.3) (Para.4.5)
1/3 of the whole nation, 2/3 of the people, thousands of children, nothing but ruins, nearly everything..., in shock, later that afternoon...
army, doctor and nurses, workers, government...
The change of people's feeling
ignorant
shocked
hopeless
hopeful
before the earthquake
during the earthquake
after the earthquake
when the rescue came
Summarize the language features and structure.
1. What kind of text is it
2. How are the events arranged
The type of writing of the text is literary journalism.（报告文学）
Literary journalism usually describes real historical events and real characters. The usage of the figures of speech（修辞手法） can stimulate（刺激） readers' feelings and thus touch the readers.
The text is organized in order.
time
1.① The night the earth didn’t sleep.
②Slowly, the city began to breathe again.
2. ...the water in the village wells rose and fell, rose and fell...
Read for figures of speech and writing skills.
Figure of speech: personification 拟人
Function: to make the language vivid and expressive, and resonate(共鸣) with readers.
Figure of speech: Repetition重复
Function: to make the description more vivid and involve the readers in the atmosphere.
Figures of speech
3. It seemed as if the world were coming to an end.
4. ①Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves.
②Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt.
Reading for language features and writing skills
Figure of speech: ①simile明喻②metaphor 暗喻
Function: to make the description more vivid.
Figure of speech: exaggeration夸张
Function: to show the destruction（破坏）was extremely severe（严重的）.
Live to tell: Raising
awareness, reducing mortality.
用生命呼吁：增强减灾意识，
减少人员伤亡。
What shall we do if anearthquakehappens at school
at home
Hide beside/under a desk or table. Try to find a triangle(三角) area.
Self-evaluation
达标测评 2mins
阅读理解（根据课文内容选择正确答案）
1. The title “The night the earth didn’t sleep” means ________.
A. the earth was awake all night long
B. the earth shook like crazy that night
C. animals on the earth would not sleep that night
D. people on the earth couldn’t fall asleep that night
2. How did the author write the details of the damage
A. In time order. B. In space order.
C. By examples with data(数据). D. By making contrasts(对比).
3. What does the last sentence “Slowly，the city began to breathe again. ”in the last but one paragraph mean
A. The trees turned green.
B. The animals began to breathe.
C. The city returned to normal gradually(逐渐地).
D. People who were trapped came to life.
4. According to the last paragraph，in which aspect（方面）has Tangshan improved itself
A. Industry. B. Environment.
C. Transportation. D. All of the above.
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