1、If you dont sleep at night,what can happen to you?The Night the Earth didnt SleepTangshan,HeBei 3:42 a.m.,28 July 1976 What can happen to the earth if it doesnt sleep?What can you see in the two photos?What is the relationship between the photos?What would be included in the text according to the ti
2、tle and photo?Find out the topic sentence and circle the key wordsPara1 Strange things were happening.Para2 It seemed as if the world were coming to an end!Para3 Nearly everything in the city was destroyed.Para4 Hope was not lost.Para5 Tangshan started to revive itself and get back on its feet Check
3、 your prediction and match them.Topic sentence can often exist in the in a paragraph.How does the author describe each part?1._ below,one of the _ earthquakes of the 20th began.2.An _ crack cut across.3.Hard hills of rock became _.4.In less than _,the city lay _.1._ people were dead or injured.2._ c
4、hildren were left without parents3._ people were killed or badly injured.11 kmmost deadly8-km-long and 30-metre-widerivers of dirt1 minutein ruins2/3Thousands ofMore than 400,000Para3 Nearly everything in the city was destroyedbuildingstransportationsanimalssupplyhospitalsfactorieshomesgone.bridges(
5、fallen,unsafe)railway tracks(useless metal)cows,chickens,pigsdead.water,food,electricityhard to getIf you had experienced the earthquake in Tangshan,how would you have felt?How did people in the earthquake feel?What kind of help do you think the survivors need?Para 4 Hope was not lostWhat does the w
6、riter mean by“slowly,the city began to breathe again”?Para 5 Tangshan started to revive itself and get back up on its feet.a home to.great improvements in.What do you think helped in the revival of the city?Draw a mindmap in pairs and retell the whole event.?Time:14:28,May 12,2008Place:WenChuanMagni
7、titude:8.0Deaths:69227Injured:374643Lost:17923Affect most of china and many countries in Asia.What lessons can we learn from them?develop better ways to detect and prepare for the same disastersact quickly and in unity strong support from the country and the people around.Compare the two earthquakes,what do you think brought more damage in Tangshan?1.Make a poster introducing the recent earthquake.2.Appreciate the sentences impressing you most and imitate them.
