A Night the Earth Didn’t Sleep Unit 4 Earthquakes A Night the Earth Didn’t Sleep 靖边中学 李林霞老师

How many Nature Disasters do you know? tornado, hurricane typhoon seismic sea wave / tsunami

sand storm thunderstorm volcanic eruption

earthquake

Bright lights flash in the sky

Animals are too nervous, such as cows, dogs, horses, and snakes, etc.

Predictions of an earthquake: 1) Bright lights flash in the sky; 2) The water in the well rise and fall; 3) The well walls have deep cracks with smelly gas; 4) Animals are too nervous, such as cows, pigs, horses, and snakes, etc; 5) Mice run out to look for places to hide; 6) Fish jump out of the ponds.

An Earthquake

A terrible earthquake happened in India.

Tangshan, Hebei July 28th, 1976

Tang shan’s new look

Reading A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN'T SLEEP

Step 1. Main ideas of the passage: Para.1 Para. 2 -3 Para.4 Strange things were happening before the earthquake. Helps came to Tangshan. All hope was not lost. The disaster happened and caused a lot of loss.

Step 2. Choose the correct answers. (P.45 Ex.IV 文本感知创新)

Step 3. Structure of the text Part Events Before the earthquake (Paragraph _______) _____________ were happening both in the countryside and in the city of Tangshan but ______________ them. During the earthquake (Paragraph _______) The earthquake ________ the city and _______ the people. Strange things 1 no one noticed destroyed shocked 2-3

Part Events After the earthquake (Paragraph _______) Soldiers were sent to dig out those trapped and _______ the dead; _______ were built for the homeless and ___________ was taken to the city. to bury shelters 4 fresh water

Step 4. Some figures in the text What’s the population of Tangshan in 1976? About _________ What time did the earthquake happen? At about ____________________. How long did the earthquake last? _______ seconds. one million 3:00 am on July 28, 1976 15

400,000 75% 90% Tens of thousands of millions Half a million of What’s the number of people killed or injured in the quake? Over _______. How serious was the earthquake? _______ of the factories and buildings and _______ of the homes were gone; ___________________ cows would never give milk again; ___________ pigs and _______ ____ chickens were dead. 400,000 75% 90% Tens of thousands of millions Half a million of

How many soldiers were sent to rescue? _______. 150,000

☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ Step 5 Question. How the army helped the people in Tangshan? The army organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to bury those who were trapped. ☆ Miners were rescued from the coal mines. Shelters were built for survivors whose homes had been destroyed. ☆ Attributive clause P29 ☆ Fresh water was taken to the city.

Homework To read the whole passage and recite para. 2.