Unit4 reading A night the earth didn27t sleep

Railway tracks are now useless pieces of steel.
The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than 400,000.
More damage caused by the quake
Do you know any natural disasters?
earthquake
floods
volcano eruption
natural disasdo
typhoon/ hurricane
Unit 4
我国地震分布
How much do you know about the following earthquake?
Tears in Heaven
Eric Clapton
• Would you know my name 你还记得我的名字吗 • If I saw you in heaven 如果我在天堂遇见你
Would it be the same 你我还能像从前一样吗 • If I saw you in heaven 如果我在天堂遇见你 • I must be strong and carry on 我必须坚强、坚持下
rose and fell deep cracks, smelly gas
chickens & pigs
too nervous to eat
mice
ran out of the fields, looking for places to hide
fish
jumped out of bowls & ponds
Reading
Fast reading
1.What is the text mainly about ?
A.Soldiers in Tangshan B. Tangshan earthquake C. Love in Tangshan D. People in Tangshan
2. The text is organized in the order of___.
In 15 terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins. 2/3 of the people died or were injured during
the earthquake.
The number of people who were killed or injured
All hope was not lost.
What did the soldiers and rescue workers do for the city?
1 dug out the people who were trapped 2 buried the dead 3 saved the coal miners 4 built shelters for survivors 5 transported the water
on July 28, could be heard
1976
although there were
no planes
3 some water pipes burst
TIME
EVENTS
1 everything began to shake
2 huge cracks appeared in the
At 3:42 roads
• chickens/pigs
died
• Wells
filled with sand
• Rescue workers/doctors trapped
• Water ,food, electricity
hard to get
It seemed as if the world was at an end!!!
去
• Cause I know I don't belong here in heaven
• 因为我知道我还不属于天堂 • Would you hold my hand 你会握我的手吗 • If I saw you in heaven 如果我在天堂遇见你 • Would you help me stand 你会扶我一把吗 • If I saw you in heaven 如果我在天堂遇见你
A. places B. time C. events D. importance
3.How will you divide the text into 3 parts?
Main idea of the text
Part1
Paragraph 1
The army came to help the rescue work.
(after the earthquake)
Part2
Paragraph 2&3
The earthquake destroyed the city of Tangshan.
(during the earthquake)
Part3
Paragraph 4
Strange things happened before the earthquake.
All hope was not lost.
Who went into the city?
rescue workers, army,
soldiers,
doctors,
nurses, volunteers ……
What did the soldiers and rescue workers do for the city?
All of the city’s hospitals ,75% of its factories and buildings and 90% of its homes were gone.
Two dams and most of the bridges fell or were not safe for travelling.
Reading Comprehension
Make a timeline as below
TIME
EVENTS
For three days
At about 3:00 am on July 28, 1976 At 3:42 am on July 28, 1976
Afternoon of July 28, 1976
(before the earthquake)
What things were strange before the earthquake?
What strange things happened to them?
Things
What happened
water in the well well walls
Soon after the quake
TIME
EVENTS
1 water in the village wells
rose and fell
2 well walls had deep cracks
For 3 a smelly gas came out of
three the cracks
days 4 chickens and pigs were too
Wen chuan Tang shan Weihe Plain
Time
May 12,2008 July 28,1976 Jan. 23, 1556
province Si chuan He bei
Shaanxi
Richter 8.0 scale
Death toll
7.8 242,000
8.0 830,000
am
3 steam burst from holes in
on July the ground
28,
4 rock turned into dirt
What time did At about __3_:_4_2_a_m____
the earthquake
happen?
Where did the 1_1__k_i_lo_m__e_te_r_s__directly
earthquake
below the city
begin?
How long did the ___1_5___ seconds.
earthquake last?
Part 2
(Para. 2-3)
Details
1.At _3_:_4_2_ am, the _g_r_e_a__t_e_s_t_ earthquake of
the 20th century began .
2._S_t_e__a_m_ burst from holes in the ground. 3.Hard hills of the rock became rivers of _d_i_r_t. 4._B__r_ic_k__s_ covered the ground like red
autumn leaves.
5.Two _d_a_m__s__ and most of the bridges fell. 6.The railway tracks were now _u_s_e_l_e_s_s_pieces of _s_t__e_e_l_. 7._S_a__n_d_ now filled the wells instead of water.
8.Water,food,ande_l_e_c_t_r__ic_i_t_ywere hard to get.
Para. 2-3 Data(数据)
1/3 of the nation felt the earthquake . A huge crack that was 8 kilometres long and 30 metres wide cut across houses.
sky
bright lights
sound
sound of planes heard even no planes
water pipes
cracked and burst
Bright lights flash in the sky
Please listen to Part 2 and then answer the following questions.
Find out sentences from the text to match the following pictures.
A huge crack that was 8 kilometers long and 30 meters wide cut across houses, roads and canals.
• I'll find my way through night and day 我会找到度日的 方式
• Cause I know I just can't stay here in heaven 因为我 知道我不能留在天堂
• Time can bring you down 时间使人消沉 • Time can bend your knees 时间使人屈服 • Time can break your heart 时间使人伤心 • Have you begging please 你是否向它祈求 • Begging please 祈求 • Beyond the door 在那道门后 • There's peace I'm sure 必定是一片祥和 • And I know there’ll be no more 而我知道我将不再 • Tears in heaven 泪洒天堂
nervous to eat
5 mice ran out of the fields
6 fish jumped out of their
bowls and ponds
TIME
EVENTS
1 bright lights appeared
At about in the sky
3:00 am 2 the sound of planes
reached more than 400,000. All of the city’s hospitals, 75%_ of its factories and buildings and 90% of its homes were gone.
What damage did the earthquake cause?