1、2nd Period Hongling Middle School Liu XiaohuaRevision ReadingComprehending Practice Do you know what would happen before an earthquake?What can we do to keep ourselves safe from an earthquake?Why the title is A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDNT SLEEP?Why were so many people killed or injured?What does the sente
2、nce “Slowly,the city began to breathe again”mean?1.What natural signs of a coming 1.What natural signs of a coming disaster were there?disaster were there?2.Can you think of some reasons why these 2.Can you think of some reasons why these signs werent noticed?signs werent noticed?3.What events proba
3、bly made the disaster 3.What events probably made the disaster worse?worse?4.What situations probably made the disaster4.What situations probably made the disaster worse?worse?5.How were the survivors helped?5.How were the survivors helped?Paragraph 1Paragraph 2Paragraph 3Paragraph 4Look at the each
4、 part and write down its main idea.Part 1Part 2Part 3Before the earthquake strange things began to happen but no one took any notice of them.The earthquake destroyed the city of Tangshanand shocked the people very much.The army came to help the survivors,bringing hope for a new life.Language points
5、1.Imagine your home begins to shake and 2.you must leave it right away.imagine:form a mental pictureimagine+n./pron./G./cl.imagine sb.to be shake:cause to move to and froright away:at once;in no time;immediatelyright now:at this very momentMake up your mind_.Ill return the book_.right nowright away2
6、.The water in the village well _ _ _.He _from his chair when the door bell rang.Her job is _chickens.Her temperature is still_.He _in rank recently.Compare:rise&raiseroseraisingrisinghas risensmelly:having a noticeable,usually unpleasant odorsmell+y=adj.smell n./v (smelt/smelled)They were all hungry
7、 and the food _good.I can _something burning in the kitchen.Please throw the _fish away.The house _of paint.smeltsmellsmellysmells3.A _ gas came _ _ the crackssmellyout of4.water pipes in some buildings_and_.burstcracked burst:to come open or fly apart suddenlyThe balloon suddenly burst.burst into +
8、n.Some robbers burst into that house.burst outburst out+doing They burst out laughing.Compare:He burst into laughter.=He burst out laughingHe burst into tears.=He burst out crying.burst into+n.burst out+doing5.But the one million people of the city,who thought little of these events,went to bed as u
9、sual that night.(Non-Defining Attributive Clauses)Do you want a friend whom you could tell everything to like your deepest.(Unit 1)because those who ruled England at that time spoke French.(Unit 2)The plains where rice grows.(Unit 3)(Defining Attributive Clause)at an endCompare:at the end of,by the
10、end of,in the end1.His father will return home _ this year.2.He will be a scientist _.3.How many English words had you learned _ last term?at the end ofin the endby the end ofA huge _ that was eight kilometers long and thirty meters wide cut _houses and roads cracksacrossHard hills of rock became ri
11、vers of _.dirtlie (lay,lain):to be,remain or be kept in a certain statein ruins:severely damaged or destroyedThe village _in ruins after the war.These machines have _idle since the factory closed.An earthquake left the whole town_.His career is_.laylainin ruinsin ruinsCompare:ruin;destroy;damageEver
12、ywhere they looked nearly everything was_.destroyedHe _ his girl friends prospectsruinedSoft wood _easily.damages injure:to hurt oneself /sb/sth.physicallyinjured two-thirds=two thirds More than 61%of the surface of the surface of the earth _covered by water.Seventy percent of the workers in this fa
13、ctory _young.isareCompare:injure;hurt;wound Their criticisms _him deeply.Smoking will _his health.He was slightly _in the car accident.He got _in the fighting.What you said _my feeling.have hurtinjuredinjuredwoundedhurt_covered the ground like autumn leaves.People were_.Bricksshocked10.The number of
14、 people who were killed or injured _ more than 400,000.reachedreach:to achieve of obtain sth.11.Some of the _workers and doctors were _under the ruins.rescuetrapped rescue:(n)an act of rescuing or being rescued rescue:(v)to save or set free from harm,danger,or loss trap:(v)in a place form which one
15、wants to escape but cannotwonder:v.A.to have a feeling of surprise.B.to be filled with curiosity or doubt.n.one that arouses astonishment,surprise;admirationIt is no wonder(that)=No wonder(that)wonder12.People began to _how long the disaster would last.-Tom often works deep into the night every day.
16、-No wonder he always gets first in the examinations.13.All hope was not lost.allnot =not all.:some but not all Not all the children are left.(=Only some of them left early.)Not all the children are noisy.(=Some of the children are not noisy.)none of.None of us were allowed to go there.None of these
17、reports is very helpful.The railway tracks were_pieces of _.uselesssteelThe army _ teams to _ _ those were trapped and to_ the deadorganizeddig out bury14.bury the dead.bury:A.to place in the ground:B.to occupy(oneself)with deep concentration;absorb:The dog buried the bone in the ground.I buried mys
18、elf in my studies.bury oneself in=be buried in devote oneself to=be devoted toPeople became_ as a _of the earthquake.They had to look for _ from the earthquake with their_things.homelessresultsheltersnecessarySome of the _ workers and doctors were_under the _.rescuetrappedruinsTo the north of the ci
19、ty,most of the100,000miners were _ _ the _ _.rescued fromcoal minesWorkers built _ for _ whose homes had been destroyed.shelterssurvivorsthe water in the village wells rise and fall a deep crack come out of in the farmyard too nervous to eat look for place to hide bright lights in the sky the water
20、pipes one million people of the city think little of as usual begin to shake at an end directly below the city one-third of the nationeight km long thirty km wide cut across houses steam burst from holes on/in the ground hard hills of rock rivers of dirt in ruins reach more than be destroyed bricks
21、covered the ground red autumn leaves be not safe for traveling tens of thousands half a million instead of be shocked rescue workers and doctors be trapped under the ruins begin to wonder all hope dig out the people who were trapped bury the death coal mines build shelters begin to breathe again1.Fa
22、rmers wives noticed that the well had deep cracks2.in them.3.2.It seemed that the world was at an end.3.Bricks covered the ground like read autumn leaves.4.The army organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead.5.Workers built shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed.P 26HomeworkHomework Do exercises on page 2728.Ex.1,2&3 (Learning about language)Do exercises 1&2 on page 63.(Using words and expressions)
