1、The Night The Earth Didnt SleepUnit 4 (period 2)Reading and Thinking collect and master some words and phrases to describe a natural disaster.catch the key information and draw a mind map.appreciate the language for description and apply it to practice.Learning objectivesWhats the meaning of the tit
2、le?What happened?Lead-in Lead-in An Earthquakeshockedscaredfrighteneddestroy injurecrack fall downWhen?When?An EarthquakeWhere?Where?What?What?The passage mainly talks about a terrible _ (what?)that happened in _(where?)in_(when?)and caused great _ to people.(What result?)earthquakeTangshan1976damag
3、e While reading:Read for main ideaWhat happened?What happened?Whats the main idea of each paragraph?While reading:Read for main ideaRead the passage quickly.Find the topic sentence of each paragraph.Then summarise each paragraph in one phrase based on its topic sentence.tips:Strange things were happ
4、ening in the countryside of northeastern Hebei.For several days,the water in the village wells rose and fell,rose and fell.There were deep cracks that appeared in the well walls.At least one well had some smelly gas coming out of it.Chickens and even pigs were too nervous to eat,and dogs refused to
5、go inside buildings.Mice ran out of the fields looking for places to hide,and fish jumped out of the water.At about 3:00 a.m.,on 28 July1976,bright lights were seen in the sky outside of the city of Tangshan and loud noises were heard.But the citys one million people were asleep as usual that night.
6、At 3:42 a.m.,everything began to shake.It seemed as if the world were coming to an end!Eleven kilometres directly below the city,one of the most deadly earthquakes of the 20th century had begun,a quake that even caused damage more than 150 kilometres away in Beijing.Nearly one third of the whole nat
7、ion felt it!A huge crack,eight kilometres long and 30 metres wide,cut across houses,roads and waterways.Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt.In less than one minute,a large city lay in ruins.Two thirds of the people who lived there were dead or injured.Thousands of children were left without par
8、ents.The number of people who were killed or badly injured in the quake was more than 400,000.Everywhere survivors looked,there was nothing but ruins.Nearly everything in the city was destroyed.About 75 percent of the citys factories and buildings,90 percent of its homes,and all of its hospitals wer
9、e gone.Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves,but no wind could blow them away.Most bridges had fallen or were not safe to cross.The railway trackes were now useless pieces of metal.Tens of thousands of cows,hundreds of thousands of pigs,and millions of chickens were dead.Sand now filled t
10、he wells instead of water.People were in shock-and then,later that afternoon,another bit quake shook Tangshan again.Even more buildings fell down.Water,food,and electricity were hard to get.People began to wonder how long the disaster would last.para.1:Warning signs before the earthquakepara.2:The _
11、 of the big earthquakepara.3:The immediate _ of the earthquake.happeningeffects But hope was not lost.Soon after the quakes,the army sent 150,000 soldiers to Tangshan to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead.More than 10,000 doctors and nurses came to provide medical care.Workers built
12、 shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed.Hundreds of thousands of people were helped.Water and food were brought into the city by train,truck,and plane.Slowly,the city began to breathe again.Tangshan started to revive itself and get back up on its feet.With strong support from the gove
13、rnment and the tireless efforts of the citys people,a new Tangshan was built upon the earthquake ruins.The new city has become a home to more than seven million people,with great improvements in transportation,industry,and environment.Tangshan city has proved to China and the rest of the world that
14、in times of disaster,people must unify and show the wisdom to stay positive and rebuild for a brighter future.para.4:The _ work.para.5:The _ of the city.rescuerevival 1:warning signs before the earthquakes2:the happening of the big earthquake.3:the immediate effects of the earthquake.4:the rescue wo
15、rk5:the revival of the city.during the earthquake after the earthquakebefore the earthquakeWhile-reading While reading:Read for main ideaThe text is organized in _ order.time signsdamagerescuerevivalPart 1:the signs before the earthquake Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeaste
16、rn Hebei.For several days,the water in the village wells rose and fell,rose and fell.There were deep cracks that appeared in the well walls.At least one well had some smelly gas coming out of it.Chickens and even pigs were too nervous to eat,and dogs refused to go inside buildings.Mice ran out of th
17、e fields looking for places to hide,and fish jumped out of the water.At about 3:00 a.m.,on 28 July1976,bright lights were seen in the sky outside of the city of Tangshan and loud noises were heard.But the citys one million people were asleep as usual that night.While reading:Read for detailsWhat wer
18、e the strange things that were happening before the earthquake?water well wallsChickens and even pigsdogsMicefishbright lights loud noiseswarningunawareunpreparedasleepHow did people feel?Collect the details and prepare for your mind map.Strange happenings rising and falling water cracked well walla
19、bnormal animalsbright lightsunawareunprepared Peoples feelingloud noisessmelly gasBeforenaturehumanusualunusualPart 2:The damage during the earthquake At 3:42 a.m.,everything began to shake.It seemed as if the world were coming to an end!Eleven kilometres directly below the city,one of the most dead
20、ly earthquakes of the 20th century had begun,a quake that even caused damage more than 150 kilometres away in Beijing.Nearly one third of the whole nation felt it!A huge crack,eight kilometres long and 30 metres wide,cut across houses,roads and waterways.Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt.In l
21、ess than one minute,a large city lay in ruins.Two thirds of the people who lived there were dead or injured.Thousands of children were left without parents.The number of people who were killed or badly injured in the quake was more than 400,000.Everywhere survivors looked,there was nothing but ruins
22、.Nearly everything in the city was destroyed.About 75 percent of the citys factories and buildings,90 percent of its homes,and all of its hospitals were gone.Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves,but no wind could blow them away.Most bridges had fallen or were not safe to cross.The railwa
23、y trackes were now useless pieces of metal.Tens of thousands of cows,hundreds of thousands of pigs,and millions of chickens were dead.Sand now filled the wells instead of water.People were in shock-and then,later that afternoon,another big quake shook Tangshan again.Even more buildings fell down.Wat
24、er,food,and electricity were hard to get.People began to wonder how long the disaster would last.While reading:Read for detailsWhy did the writer use so many numbers in the text?3:42 am The quake even caused damage more than 150 kilometres away in Beijing.One third of the whole nation felt it.A huge
25、 crack was 8 kilometres long and thirty metres wide Two thirds of the people in Tangshan died or were injured.The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than 400,000.75%of the citys factories and buildings and 90%of its homes were gone.Tens of thousands of,hundreds of thousands of,
26、millions of 3:43 amin less than one minute to show the earthquake was very _ and it _ to people and the city.to make the article more _ and _.powerfulcaused a lot of damageconvincingshockingPart 2:The damage during the earthquake Everywhere survivors looked,there was nothing but ruins.Nearly everyth
27、ing in the city was destroyed.About 75 percent of the citys factories and buildings,90 percent of its homes,and all of its hospitals were gone.Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves,but no wind could blow them away.Most bridges had fallen or were not safe to cross.The railway trackes were
28、now useless pieces of metal.Tens of thousands of cows,hundreds of thousands of pigs,and millions of chickens were dead.Sand now filled the wells instead of water.People were in shock-and then,later that afternoon,another bit quake shook Tangshan again.Even more buildings fell down.Water,food,and ele
29、ctricity were hard to get.People began to wonder how long the disaster would last.While reading:Read for detailsHow did people feel?shockedhopelessCollect the details and draw your mind map(group work).Requirments:1.a topic in the center2.some branches3.key words4.the storylineOPENBest wishes!奖励5分OP
30、ENBest wishes!免抄写作业一次Part 3:The rescue and the revival after the earthquake.But hope was not lost.Soon after the quakes,the army sent 150,000 soldiers to Tangshan to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead.More than 10,000 doctors and nurses came to provide medical care.Workers built she
31、lters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed.Hundreds of thousands of people were helped.Water and food were brought into the city by train,truck,and plane.Slowly,the city began to breathe again.Tangshan started to revive itself and get back up on its feet.With strong support from the governme
32、nt and the tireless efforts of the citys people,a new Tangshan was built upon the earthquake ruins.The new city has become a home to more than seven million people,with great improvements in transportation,industry,and environment.Tangshan city has proved to China and the rest of the world that in t
33、imes of disaster,people must unify and show the wisdom to stay positive and rebuild for a brighter e back to life or recover While reading:Read for detailsWho came to the rescue?What did they do?How did people feel?Collect the details and prepare for your mind map.DetailsDetailsThe armyDoctors and N
34、ursesWorkersgovernmentssent soldiers to _ _those who were_and to_ the dead.dig outtrappedburycame to _medical care.providebuilt _for survivors whose homes had been destroyedsheltersWith strong _ from the government and the tireless_of the citys people,a new Tangshan was built.supporteffortshopelessh
35、opeful While reading:Read for writing style and language features1.Explore the figure of speech（修辞格（修辞格)in the following sentences.personification(拟人拟人)repetition(反复反复)simile(比喻)exaggeration(夸张夸张)Function:to make the description _.more vivid and expressive While reading:Read for writing style and la
36、nguage features Function:to make the description _.real and convincing1 minute150kilometres 8&302/375%,90%400,0003:42 am11 kilometres2.the features of literary journalismPost-reading:Summary Several days before July 28,1976,many strange things happened in Tangshan.The well walls had deep cracks.Some
37、 _(smell)gas came out of them,and animals were too nervous _ (eat).At 3:42 a.m._ the morning of that day,the earth began to shake.It seemed _ the world was coming at an end.More people were killed or _(injure)and more buildings _ (fall)down.In less than one minute,the whole city lay in _(ruin).Soldi
38、ers were sent to help dig out those who were _(trap)and to bury the dead.The city began to _(breath)again.With the strong support from the government and the tireless efforts of the citys people,a new Tangshan _(build)upon the earthquake ruins.smellyto eatonas ifinjuredfellruinstrappedbreathewas bui
39、lt Post-reading:Tangshans new lookFaced with natural disasters,people must _ and show the_ to stay_ and _ for a brighter future.unifywisdom positiverebuild Post-reading:Tangshans change Post-reading:Discussion What other cities or towns have gone through similar changes?What lessons can we learn fro
40、m these events?In China,Wenchuan county was also struck by a big earthquake on May 12th,2008.It can be said it is one of the largest earthquakes in the world.People there work hard and make an effort to make Wenchan a happy place to live.After fourteen years of development,people there lead a happy and peaceful life.Whatever happens in life,there is always hope so long as we have dreams.signs damage rescue&revival|before during after Assignment:Retell the story according to the mind map.The change ofpeoples feelingunawareshockedhopelesshopeful
