1、Natural DisastersReading and ThinkingLearning ObjectivesBy the end of the class,you will be able to:1.Mater some words of natural disasters2.Know some basic knowledge about earthquake3.Improve reading ability by fast and careful readingMatch the pictures with the natural disasters.earthquake_ tsunam
2、i_ volcanic eruption_sandstorm_ drought_ hurricane/typhoon_ landslide_ tornado_ wildfire_ flood_ 1234510987632106798145Pre-readingLook at the title and photo below and guess what the text is about.The text is about an _.earthquakeWhat can happen to a city during a big earthquake?personificationBuild
3、ings will fall down.People will be seriously injured or even dead.People will get trapped.The disaster-stricken area will be in ruins.Watch a video about the Tangshan earthquake.While-reading1.Skim through the text and answer the following two questions.Whats the main idea of the passage?The passage
4、 mainly talks about an _(what)that happened in _(where)in _(when)Whats the type of the text?A.A news report B.A literary journal（文学期刊）C.A novelearthquakeTangshan1976A literary journal usually describes real historical events and real characters.The usage of the numbers and figures of speech can insp
5、ire readers feelings and thus touch the readers.How does the author organize the passage?The passage is organized in _order.BeforeDuringAfter How many parts can we divide the passage into?timeBeforeDuringAfterAn earthquake2.Read the text carefully and then write down the main idea of each paragraph.
6、T i p s:U s e t h e c o n t e x t（语 境）（语 境）t o understand the new words.When you see a word you dont know,do not stop and look it up in a dictionary.If you continue reading,the context will probably help you understand what it means.Paragraph 1:Warning signs before the earth quake.Paragraph 2:Paragr
7、aph 3:Paragraph 4:Paragraph 5:The process of occurrence.Destruction of the earthquake.Help from all over the country.The revival of the city.3.Read paragraph the text again and answer the questions.What were some of the strange things happening before the earthquake?What were the damages caused by t
8、he earthquake?How did people feel during the earthquake?Why did the writer say“But hope was not lost”?What makes Tangshan develop so fast?What were some of the strange things happening before the earthquake?(para 1)Strange thingsabove the groundon the ground _in the sky _were heard dogs_ mice _ fish
9、_ _rose and fell _appeared in the well walls _came out of the wellunder the groundbright lightloud noisesrefused to go insideran out to look for places to hidejumped out of the waterwater in the village wellsdeep crackssmelly gaslanguage featuressighthearingspecific verbsrepetitionsightsmell What we
10、re the damages caused by the earthquake?(para 2-3）the city _ kilometers directly below.cause damage more than _ kilometers away an _kilometers long and _ meters wide crack cut across.in less than _ minute,the city lay in ruinspeople _ people were dead or injured _ children were left without parents
11、_ people were killed or badly injured1115083012/3thousands of more than 400,000specific numbersThe earthquake was deadly and people suffered a lot.How did people feel during the earthquake?(para 2-3)exaggeration metaphorsimileparallelism Why did the writer say“But hope was not lost”?the armysoldiers
12、doctorsnursesworkersdug outprovided medical carebuilt sheltersbrought water and food“Slowly,the city began to breathe again”.personificationWho?What?What makes Tangshan develop so fast?strong support from the governmentvarious assistance from the whole nationtireless effort from the citys peopleUnif
13、yUnifyunitednoble behaviorsimmediate actionfirm faithyearning for revivalPost-reading4.Work in groups.Discuss the questions.What do you think helped in the revival of Tangshan city?What other cities or town have gone through similar changes?What lessons can we learn from these events?It was the stro
14、ng support from the government and tireless efforts of the citys people and various help from the whole nation that helped the revival of Tangshan city.In China,Wenchuan county was also struck by a big earthquake.People there work hard and make an effort to make Wenchuan a happy place to live.After
15、years of development,people there lead a happy and peaceful life.Whatever happens in life,there is always hope as long as we have dreams.There is no love in disaster,but we have love in humans hearts.May we all be safe in the coming day.灾难无情，人有情。愿灾难无情，人有情。愿我们在接下来的日子里我们在接下来的日子里都能平安。都能平安。Search for in
16、formation about another natural Search for information about another natural disaster to write an article and polish it to be disaster to write an article and polish it to be vivid and descriptive using what we have vivid and descriptive using what we have learnt in class.learnt in class.HomeworkThank You
