1、 Unit 4 Natural Disaster Reading and thinking Language Capacity Learning Capacity Cultural capacity Thinking Quality Know about the elements and features of literary journalism. Grasp the strategies of guessing the meanings of the words in the text. Know more about the disasters that occur in the te
2、xt; raise awareness of how to protect ourselves from disasters. Learn more information about earthquake,and know how to deal with it. Improve the ability to solve the problem. Learning Aims Review Brainstorm: Look at the pictures and think out some new words relating to the natural disasters. tornad
3、o drought landslide tsunami flood volcano wildfire Earthquake Lead-in Discuss what can happen to a city during a big earthquake. Lead-in Building electricity injury people Prediction Look at the pictures and guess what the text is about . earthquake Read the passage quickly and match the main idea w
4、ith each paragraph. Reading for main ideas E.Tangshan came back to life again. Para.1 Para.2 Para.3 Para.4 Para.5 A.The earthquake caused unbelievable destruction to Tangshan. B.The earthquake happened and caused deaths and injuries in Tangshan. C.Help came soon after the quakes. D.Strange things ha
5、ppened，but no one paid attention to them. Read the text quickly and try to get some details of the text. Reading for details Details about Para.1 - the signs before the earthquake. What happened wells animals Light and sound Strange things Water, rose and fell, cracks Chickens and pigs didnt eat ;Mi
6、ce ran out; Fish jumped out. Could be seen and heard Reading for details Read the text quickly and try to get some details of the text. Details about Para. 2-3 the ruins during the earthquake a huge crack cut Hard hills of rock rivers of dirt A large city in ruins Factories and buildings gone Bricks
7、 Bridges The railway tracks Cows,pigs and chickens Water,food,electricity The suffering of people covered the ground like the red autumn leaves fell down/not safe to cross useless dead hard to get extreme Reading for details Read the text quickly and try to get some details of the text. Details abou
8、tPara.4-5 - rescue and revival after the earthquake The army. Doctors and nurses. Workers. Water and food. How did the city begin to breathe? Who came to the city？ Tang shans new look With strong support from the government and the tireless efforts of people, Tangshan started to revive itself and ge
9、t back up on its feet. Guessing 1.A huge crack,eight kilometers long and 30 meters wide,cut across houses,roads and waterways.Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt.In less than one minutes,a large city lay in ruins. 2.Soon after the quakes,the army sent 150,000 soldiers to Tangshan to dig out tho
10、se who were trapped and to bury the dead.Waterand food were brought into the city by train,truck,and plane. 3.Slowly the city began to breathe. badly damaged keep sb in a dangerous place put a dead body into the ground come to life Guess what they mean from the context. ruin trap bury breathe P1 P2-
11、3 P4-5 The night the earth didnt sleep Before the earthquake During the earthquake After the earthquake Summary abnormal signs unprepared deadly damage hopeless rescue and revival hopeful Summary Timely Documentary Literary Styles of documentary literature Explore the figure of speech（修辞格（修辞格) in th
12、e following sentences. 1. A night the earth didnt sleep.(title) 2. One-third of the nation felt it.(L11) 3. Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt.(L13) 4. Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves.(L20) 5. Slowly, the city began to breathe again.(L37) Discussion Suppose youre a survivor fr
13、om Tangshan, please talk about your feeling after the earthquake. Show time during：What happened？Feeling？ shake/fall down ruins/ hopeless after：thinking and attitude thankful/ unify positive /hopeful before ： What were you doing？ Feeling？ unprepared Thingking What can we learn from the passage? Disa
14、sters are .We should take notice of the warning or the would be extreme. In front of disaster ，life is weak，but if we are and show to stay positive， well have a brighter future. power sign damage unify wise powerful signs damage unified wisdom There is no love in disaster, but we have love in human heart. 1. Make a poster about the earthquake 2. Finish the exercises on Page 79. Homework THANKS
