1、The towns lay in ruins.The buildings fell down.Roads cracked.Many people were killed or injured.A great number of people lost their homes.What can happen to a city during a big earthquake?了解唐山大地震发生的过程 掌握新闻报道类文章的语言要素 学会从文中找出关键内容，并归纳段落大意Pre-Reading 1.PredictingLook at the title and the picture and pre
2、dict what the text is probably about.A terrible earthquake happened.The Night the Earth Didnt Sleep2.What do you think may happen before an earthquake?Animals may be too nervous to eat.Fish may jump out of water.Mice may run out of holes looking for places to hide.Well walls may have deep cracks.Bri
3、ght lights in the sky may appear.match the main idea with each paragraph.Check-upPara.1 A.The earthquake caused unbelievable destruction to Tangshan.Para.2 B.The earthquake happened and caused deaths and injuries.Para.3 C.Help came soon after the quakes.Para.4 D.Strange things happened before earthq
4、uake.Para.5 E.Tangshan came back to life again.Where did you find the key sentence?Warning signs before the earthquake.The earthquake happened and caused deaths and injuries.The earthquake caused unbelievable destruction to Tangshan.Help came soon after the quakes.Tangshan came back to life again.Sk
5、imming(1)When did the earthquake happen?A.At night on July 28，1976.B.On the morning of July 28，1976.C.On the afternoon of July 28，1976.D.The writer didnt tell us.(2)How many people who lived there were dead or injured?A.A half.B.Two thirds.C.One third.D.The text didnt tell us.(3)What does the senten
6、ce“Slowly,the city began to breathe again.”mean?A.The city will not die;it has hope and it can recover from the pain.B.The army sent 150，000 soldiers to Tangshan to help people.C.Hundreds of thousands of people were helped.D.Most of the 10，000 miners were rescued.ScanningBefore the earthquakeThe wat
7、er in the village wells _and fell again and again.Animals in the farmyards became too _to eat.During the earthquakeAt 3:42 am everything began to _.And hard hills of rock became rivers of _.Damages of the earthquakeOver 400,000 people were killed or _in the earthquake.And nearly everything was _.The
8、 help from the whole nationSoldiers dug out those who were _and buried the dead.Medical workers came to provide medical _.Workers built _for survivors.The great success people have achievedThe new city has taken on a new look,with great _ in transportation,industry,and environment.rosenervousshakedi
9、rt injured destroyedtrappedcaresheltersimprovementsDetailed-ReadingDiscussion:What are the elements in a news report1.Compared with Wenchuan Earthquake，why did Tangshan Earthquake cause such great losses?People took no notice of the signs before the earthquake.People thought little of the earthquake
10、.People didnt make good preparations for the earthquake.The buildings were not strong enough to resist.They lack knowledge about how to survive the earthquake.Post-Reading2.What would you do if a big earthquake hit your city?_ 3.Imagine the room begins to shake and you must leave it right away.You h
11、ave time to take only one thing.What will you take?Why?_Post-ReadingIn class exerciseSeveral days before July 28,1976,many strange things happened in Tangshan.The water in the village wells rose _ fell.In the city,the water pipes in some buildings cracked and burst.They were _(sign)for the earthquak
12、e.But people in the city didnt think much _ these events.At 3:42 am that day,the earth began to shake,_ destroyed the city.andwhichsignsof Many people,_(include)rescue workers and doctors,came to rescue those _(trap)under the ruins._(late)that afternoon,another big quake struck Tangshan.More people _(kill)or injured and _(many)buildings fell down.Soldiers were called in to help the rescue workers.Teams were organized to dig out the trapped and to _(bury)the dead.were killed LatertrappedincludingmoreburyIn class exerciseSummaryHomeworkThank you for your listening!
