1、 Reading Reading whats your feeling when we talk about earthquake?A Night the Earth Didnt SleepTask 1 Listen to the tape and then answer the question.Fast reading Time:Place:Disaster:July 28,1976Tangshan,HebeiA big earthquakeMain idea:A strong earthquake hit the city of Tangshan on July 28,1976.Para
2、1Para2Para3Para4Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeast Hebei.It seemed as if the world was at an end!Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed.All hope was not lost.Read the text quickly and find out the topic sentence of each paragraph.Task 2 Sum up the main idea
3、 of each part of the passage.(choose one word to describe)Part 1:para 1signsPart 2:para 2&3Part 3:para 4damagerescueA.rescue B.signs(征兆)C.cause D.damage(before the earthquake)(during the earthquake)(after the earthquake)Task 3Careful ReadingCareful Reading According to the text describe the changes
4、in the pictures.Part 1 Signs（paragraph1）things what happenedwater in the wellwell wallschicks and pigsmicefishskysoundwater piperose and felldeep cracks,smelly gasran out of,looking for places to hidetoo nervous to eatjumped outsound of planes heard even no planescracked and burstbright lightsFill i
5、n the chartsFill in the chartsPart1 Signs(paragraph1)a huge crackpeople died/were injuredPart2 Damage/Loss（paragraph2-3）steam burst from holesIt seemed as if the world was at an end.factories&buildings/gonerailway tracks/uselessrailway tracks/uselessthe farm animals/deadthe farm animals/deadEverywhe
6、re they looked nearly everthing was destroyed.Part2 Damage/Loss（paragraph2-3）dams&bridges/fellDetails1.At _ am,the _ earthquake of the 20th century began.2._ cut across houses,roads and canals.3._ burst from holes in the ground.4.Hard hills of the rock became rivers of _.5.Two _ and most of the brid
7、ges fell.6.The railway tracks were now _pieces of steel.7._ now filled the wells instead of water.8.Water,food,and _ were hard to get.Para.2-3(During the earthquake)3:42greatestA huge crackdirtSteamdamsuselessSandelectricityWho came to help?What did they do?1._those who were trapped.2._ the dead.3._
8、 10,000 miners.4._ for survivors.5.took _ to the city.The army&the rescue workersdug out buried rescued built sheltersfresh water Para.4:After the earthquake1.The title“A night the earth didnt sleep”means _.A.the earth was awake all night longB.people on the earth couldnt fall asleep that nightC.the
9、 earth shook like crazy that nightD.animals on the earth would not sleep that nightRead the text carefully and choose the best answer.Exercise 2.What does“them”in the sentence“No wind,however,could blow them away.”(in Paragraph 3)refer to?A.Red autumn leaves.B.Bricks on the ground.C.Bodies of dead a
10、nimals.D.Sand in the wells.3.Who played the most important part in helping the people in the earthquake?A.The soldiers and the rescue workers.B.The college students.C.The miners in the coal mines.D.The injured and the dead._ happened in Tangshan.For three days,water in the wells _.From the cracks of
11、 wells _came out.Mice,chicken,pigs and even fish became _.At 3:42 am,everything began to _.It seemed as if the world was _._ of the nation felt it.In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay _.More than _people were killed and seriously _.But all hope was not lost.Soldiers and the _ came to help.Sl
12、owly,the city began to _again.Strange thingsrose and fellsmelly gasnervousshakeat an endOne-thirdin ruins400,000injuredrescue workersbreatheSummary:come onWhat shall we do or not do if an earthquake happens?Dos Donts1.Stay in a small room,such as kitchen or bathroom2.If you havent time to escape,you
13、 may stand close to the inside wall with some things covering on the head.3.If you stay in the open air,keep off the tall building,and go to the fields without trees.1.Be close to the outside wall2.Stay on the balcony3.Jump out of the tall building4.Use the lift.ThinkingThinkingIm the monitor,I must
14、 save my classmates!I must go first!DiscussionDiscussion？Whats your opinionHomeworkHomework1.Underline the usefull words and phrases in the text;2.Write a short passage about Tangshan earthquake according to what we have learnt.earthquakeearthquakesignsignrescuerescuedamagedamagev_of the nation felt
15、 the earthquake.v A huge crack that was_ kilometres long and_metres wide cut across houses.vIn_terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins.v_of the people died or were injured during the earthquake.v_families were killed and many children were left without parents.v The number of people who were kill
16、ed or injured reached more than_.vAll of the citys hospitals,_of its factories and buildings and_of its homes were gone.v_dams fell and most of the bridges also fell or were not safe for travelling.v_cows would never give milk again.v_pigs and_ chickens were dad.81/315400,00075%90%2Tens of thousands ofHalf of a million millions of302/3Thousands ofDescription of Data(数据数据)
