Check the answers to Ex.1 on p.28

• 1.useless 2.nation• 3.a great number of 4.diet• 5.at an end 6.extreme• 7.right away 8.steam• 9.shock • 10.track• 11.rescue• 12.ruin

Unit4 Earthquakes

Tangshan San Francisco

Can you imagine big earthquakes struck these two cities before?

It seems as if it is always calm before a storm. Actually there are usually some signs before an earthquake.

Reading

A Night the Earth didn’t Sleep

What made the earth not sleep that night An earthquake.

The passage mainly talks about a/an ___________(what) that happened in _________ (where) in ______(when).

earthquakeTangshan 1976

Task 2 In what order is the passage organized, in theorder of time or events? Underline the evidence.

Task1:General idea

TimelineFor three days

At about 3:00 am on July 28,1976

At 3:42 am

In fifteen seconds

Later that afternoon

Soon after the quakes

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

para.1

para.2＆3para.4

before the earthquake

during the earthquake

after the earthquake

Divide the passage into 3 parts and complete the main idea with one word.

( )

( )

( )

Signs

Damage

Rescue

______

1.What happened to the water pipes in some building before the earthquake?2.How many people were killed or injured during the earthquake?3.What happened to the railway tracks?4.What did the army do after the earthquake?

Instruction: Go back to the passage with “key words”.

1.What happened to the water pipes in some building before the earthquake?

2.How many people were killed or injured during the earthquake?

The water pipes in some building cracked and burst.

More than 400,000.

3.What happened to the railway tracks?

4.What did the army do after the earthquake?

The railway tracks were now useless pieces of steel.

The army sent soldiers to help the rescue workers and organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and bury the dead.

1. The chickens didn’t eat because

2. The people didn’t worry because

3. Such a great number of people died because

4. Water was needed because

5. The people did not lose hope because

A. the army came to help them.

B. the quake happened while they were sleeping.

C. they were nervous. D. dams and wells were

useless.E. they didn’t know what

the strange events meant.

July 28,1976---earthquake---shook/struck/hit---before---strange things ---thought little of ---3:42 am---began to shake---fifteen seconds---city lay in ruins ----got injured---died----damage---after the quake ---soldiers-----were sent -----rescue----dig out---bury ----began to breathe again.

On July28, 1976, an earthquake shook Tangshan. Before the earthquake, strange things were happening but people of the city thought little of these events. At 3:42 am everything began to shake. In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins. More than 400,000 people were killed or seriously injured. Great damage was caused. Soon after the quakes, soldiers were sent to help the rescue workers. They dug out those who were trapped and bury the dead. Slowly, the city began to breathe again.

Sentence enjoyment 1. For three days the water in the village wells rose

and fell, rose and fell.

2. It seemed as if the world was at an end!

3.Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves.

4.A night the earth didn’t sleep.

5.Slowly, the city began to breathe again.

repetition

simile

exaggeration

personification

personification

rhetorical devices

1.Review the text and find out the sentences difficult for you.2.Work in pairs to make an interview between a reporter and a survivor of Tangshan earthquake and write down the dialogue in exercise books. 3. Finish the exercises on p.36 in Mingxiaoxuean.

Homework