A night the earth didn’t sleep M1U4 A night the earth didn’t sleep Reading(第一课时) Sue(陈素贞)

Earthquake A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN’T SLEEP What happened that night? What can you see in the video?

Strange things Para. 1 Para. 1 ________before the earthquake Signs 1. What events are mentioned? 1). 2). 3). 4). 5). 6). 7). 8). 9). The well water _______________. rose and fell The well walls ________________ in them. had deep cracks 1. A smelly gas ______________ the cracks. came out of The water pipes Strange things ___________________. burst and cracked didn’t eat/ were too nervous ___________________. Chickens & pigs ran out of 2. ________________ the fields. Mice jumped out of ____________ their bowls and ponds. Fish Bright lights were seen ___________ in the sky at midnight. 3. The sound of planes was heard ___________ outside the city of Tangshan.

Para. 2-3 Pairwork: Find out the following information and then report to each other. When one is reporting, the other take notes. What happened to the city? (A) What happened to the animals & people? (B)

Para. 2-3 Use “be+adj./done” to complete the sentences. Two-thirds of the people died or______________ during the earthquake. Thousands of families ___________ and many children __________without parents. The number of people who ____________or seriously injured reached more than 400,000. All of the city’s hospitals, 75% of its factories and buildings and 90% of its homes __________. Two dams, most of the bridges and the railway tracks ______________. Half a million pigs and millions of chickens __________. Some of the rescue workers and doctors _____________ under the ruins. were injured were killed were left were killed a great number of people were killed or injured. were gone/destroyed were useless These descriptive(描述性的) sentences are used to show how___________the earthquake was. great were dead were trapped terrible/...

_________caused by the earthquake Damage Para. 2-3 _________caused by the earthquake Damage Can you find out some general(概括性的) sentences to show the earthquake was destructive(毁灭性的)? It seemed as if the world was at an end. Para.2 …one of the greatest earthquakes of the 20th century had begun. Para.2 Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed. Para.3 How did the people feel? People were __________. shocked

________after the earthquake Para. 4 Rescue /Recovery ________after the earthquake All hope was not lost. A. 所有的希望都没有破灭 B.不是所有的希望都破灭了 What would the author write next? rescue work

Small things can foretell (预示)big events. Discussion Why did the earthquake cause so much damage? But the one million people of the city, who thought little of these events, were asleep as usual that night. thought little of A. knew B. recognized C. ignored D. suffered Small things can foretell (预示)big events.

1. People ignored the signs. Discussion Why did the earthquake cause so much damage? 1. People ignored the signs. 2. It happened in the early morning when people were asleep. ……