1、作者信息：THE NIGHT THE EARTH DIDNT SLEEPTHE NIGHT THE EARTH DIDNT SLEEPUnit 4Unit 4Watch a video and point out which natural disaster appears in this video.WhenWhereWhat Time:Place:Disaster:July 28,1976Tangshan,Hebei A big earthquakeFast readingA big earthquake happened in Tangshan,Hebei Province on Jul
2、y 28,1976.Skim the passage and guess what the text is about.Pre-reading2.Find out the time in this text.during the earthquake before the earthquake after the earthquake later that afternoonat 3:42 a.m.at 3:00 a.m.several days ago soon after the quakes Time orderPara.1Para.2&3Para.4&5While-readingbef
3、ore the earthquakePart 1Read para.1 carefully and find out the signs before the earthquake._appeared in the well walls.Deep cracks2The water in the village wells _ and_.rosefell _came out of wells.Smelly gas 3 3 Chickens and pigs were _.too nervous to eat Dogs refused to _.go inside buildings4 4 Mic
4、e _of the fields looking for places to _.ran out hide5 5 Fish _the water.jumped out of_ were seen in the sky outside of Tangshan and _ were heard.Bright lightsloud noises6 6While-readingduring the earthquakePart 2Read para.2&3 carefully and fill in the blanks with data(数据数据)._of the whole nation fel
5、t the earthquake.A huge crack that was _kilometres long and _metres wide cut across houses,roads and waterways.In less than _ minutes a large city lay in ruins._of the people died or were injured during the earthquake.The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than_.About _ of the
6、citys factories and buildings and _of its homes were gone.1/32/3400,00075%90%8301The damage caused by the earthquake is so great.While-readingafter the earthquakePart 3volunteer workers_army,soldiersdoctors,nurses_ the people who were trappeddig out_ the deadbury_ medical careprovidebuild shelters f
7、or _survivors_ the water and food transport What did they do for the city?Who went into the city?rescue 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
8、miners were rescued.What does the sentence“Slowly,the city began to breathe again.”mean?Main idea with each paragraphMatch the main idea with each paragraph.Para.1 A.The earthquake caused unbelievable destruction to Tangshan.Para.2 B.The earthquake happened and caused deaths and injuries in Tangshan
9、.Para.3 C.Help came soon after the quakes.Para.4 D.Strange things happened,but no one paid attention to them.Para.5 E.Tangshan came back to life again.Tangshans new Tangshans new looklookPost-readingWhats your feeling towards this passage?Post-readinggovernments support+peoples efforts=unify=a brigh
10、ter futureRetell the story_ happened in Tangshan.For a few days,water in the wells _.From the cracks of wells some _ come out.Mice,chickens,pigs and even fish became nervous.At 3 a.m.,everything began to _.It seemed that the world was _.One-third of the nation _it._ cut across the city.The city lay
11、_.Two-thirds of the people _or_.Then later that afternoon,another big quake _ Tangshan.People began to wonder _.But all hope came to help those survivors.Slowly,the city began to_.THANKSSummaryPart 3_ the earthquake_ the earthquake_the earthquakebeforeduringaftersignsdamagerescue/revivalUse one word
12、 to summarize each part.Part 1Part 2Retell the story_happened in Tangshan.For a few days,water in the wells _.From the cracks of wells some _come out.Mice,chickens,pigs and even fish became nervous.At 3 a.m,everything bagan to _.It seemed that the world was _.One-third of the nation _it._cut across
13、the city.The city lay _.Two-thirds of the people _or_.Then later that afternoon,another big quake_Tangshan.People began to wonder _.But all hope came to help those survivors.Slowly,the city began to_.Strange thingsRose and fellSmelly gasshakeat an endfeltA huge crackin ruinsdiedwere injuredshookhow
14、long the disaster would lastbreathe again3.Third reading Fill in the blanks according to the text.Tangshan EarthquakeBefore the earthquakeThe water 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 h
15、ard hills of rock became rivers of _.Damages of the earthquakeOver 400,000 people were killed or _ in the earthquake.And nearly everything was _.rosenervous shakedirtinjureddestroyed 3.Third reading Fill in the blanks according to the text.The help from the whole nationSoldiers dug out those who wer
16、e _ 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.trappedcareshelters improvements _ Compared with Wenchuan Earthquake,why
17、did Tangshan Earthquake cause such great losses?People took no notice of the signs before the earthquake.People thought little of the earthquake.People didnt make good preparations for the earthquake.They lack knowledge about how to survive the earthquake.The buildings were not strong enough to resist.
