1、Unit 4 Natural Disasters Reading and ThinkingWhat can happen to a city during a big earthquake?Read the text quickly and get the main idea of each paragraph. Para1: Para2: Para3: Para4: Para5:Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeastern Hebei.It seemed as if the world were coming
2、 to an end.Nearly everything in the city was destroyed.But hope was not lost.Tangshan started to revive itself and get back on its feet.Warning signs before the earthquake.The terrible effect during the earthquake.Rescue and revival after the earthquake. in chronological order Read the text carefull
3、y and answer: What happened before, during and after the earthquake? What peoples feeling do the following sentences describe? But the citys one million people were asleep as usual that night. People began to wonder how long the disaster would last. Slowly, the city began to breath again.Before the
4、earthquake The well water rose and fell, well walls 1. _, and some smelly gas came out. Chicken and pigs were too 2. _ to eat, and dogs refused to go 3. _ buildings. Mice ran out of the 4. _ and fish jumped out of the water. 5. _ were seen in the sky and loud noises were heard.crackednervousinsidefi
5、eldsBright lightsBut the citys one million people were asleep as usual that night.People were unconcerned about the strange things.During the earthquake Nearly _of the nation felt the earthquake . A huge crack that was _ kilometres long and _ metres wide cut across houses, roads and waterways. In le
6、ss than _minute a large city lay in ruins. _ of the people died or were injured during the earthquake. _ children were left without parents. The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than _. About _ of the citys factories and buildings, _ of its homes and all of the citys hospital
7、s were gone. _ cows, _ pigs, and _ chickens were dead.1/383012/3400,00075%90%Thousands of Tens of thousands of hundreds of millions of Whats the function of the data? To make the text more credible(可信的可信的) and describe how terrible damage the earthquake brought.People began to wonder how long the di
8、saster would last.People felt hopeless because of the terrible effect caused.After the earthquakeThe armysent soldiers to _those who were _ and to_ the dead.Doctors and nursescame to _medical care.Workersbuilt _for survivors whose homes had been destroyed.Government With strong _ from the government
9、 and the tireless _ of the citys people, a new Tangshan was built.dig outtrappedburyprovideshelterssupporteffortsSlowly, the city began to breathe again.People felt hopeful.What made the revival possible? People must unify and show the wisdom to stay positive and rebuild for a brighter future.Retell
10、 the text.Before the earthquakeunconcernedDuring the earthquakehopelessAfter the earthquakehopefulCritical thinking What other cities or towns have gone through similar changes? What lessons can we learn from these events? What kind of help do you think people who have suffered an earthquake need? H
11、ow do you understand the title?Language featuresSimile（明喻）（明喻）Exaggeration(夸张夸张)Repetition (重复重复)Personification(拟人拟人)Metaphor （暗喻暗喻）Data（数据）（数据）What kind of text is it? news , narrative(记叙文记叙文) or ? The type of writing of the text is literary journalism.Literary journalism usually describes real hi
12、storical events and real characters. The usage of the figures of speech can stimulate readers feelings and thus touch the readers.Tang shans new lookWhat can we learn from this event? Disasters are _. Ignorance might be _. Life is _. But if people _, disasters can be _.deadlyweakunify togetherdefeateddestructive / heartless
