A night the earth didn’t sleep 郭健，东莞实验中学

Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair If you're going to where?  You're gonna meet some gentle people there For those who come to where? Summertime will be a love-in there In the streets of ? Gentle people with flowers in their hair  

San Francisco Be sure to wear some what? in your hair If you come to where? Summertime will be a love-in there If you come to ?? All across the nation such a strange vibration People in motion   There's a whole generation with a new explanation People in motion, people in motion For those who come to ?

A night the earth didn’t sleep

Tangshan after the earthquake Tangshan today

Tangshan today All hope is not lost! Wenchuan and Yushu has begun to breathe again and they will take on a new look. Wenchuan and Yushu in the future Tangshan today

It is always calm before a storm.

Early warnings! …in the sky animals Water and wells

Bright lights flash in the sky

Animals are too nervous.

Signs before an earthquake Bright lights 1) __________ flash in the sky. 2) the water in the well _____________, and the well wall have deep cracks. 3) Animals like chickens and pigs are too ________ to eat. 4) Fish _____________the pond(池塘), and mice run out of the fields. …… rises and falls nervous jump out of

Skills for finding topic sentence A topic sentence(主题句) is usually the 1st sentence of a paragraph(段落) The topic sentence sometimes comes after a question. …

Find out the topic sentence(s)(主题句) of each para. Task 1: Read the passage quickly Find out the topic sentence(s)(主题句) of each para. Para 1 Para 2 Para 3 Para 4 Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeast Hebei. At 3:42 everything began to shake. It seemed as if the world was at an end. Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed. All hope was not lost.

Soon after the quakes For three days TIME EVENTS(事件) For three days Strange things were happening. Water, well walls, a smelly gas, mice… At about 3:00 on July 28 ___________ appeared in the sky. ________________could be heard although there were no planes. Some water pipes burst. At 3:42 am Everything began to shake. 2. _________-_cut across houses, road and canals. 3. _______ burst from holes in the ground. 4. ___________________ people were killd or injured. Bright lights The sound of planes A huge crack Steam More than 400,000 Later that afternoon 1. 2. 3. 4. There was another big quake almost as strong as the first one. Some workers and doctors were trapped. More buildings fell down. 4. … The army sent 150,000 soldiers to help. The rescue teams dig out those who were trapped and buried the dead; 10,000 miners were rescued. Workers built shelters for survivors. Fresh water was taken to the city. Soon after the quakes

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Everything was destroyed. It is unfair!! I want to say to him…

Group work If you were a survivor(幸存者) from Tangshan earthquake, what would you like to say to a survivor from the Yushu earthquake?

Everything was destroyed. It is unfair!! I want to say to him…

Everything was destroyed. A sample dialogue A: 555~ I want to die, too B: Why? A: Everything was destroyed. I lost everything, my parents, my wife, my children… B: That’ terrible. I know you must be feeling sad now, but maybe you don’t know, I am also a survivor from like you. A: You tell lies! You so happy now… B: No, I don’t. I understand you now because I know when the moment came we may think about death. But to be honest, going to die helps nothing. A: Then what should I do? B: why not leave here first? I can share something with you which helped me all the way. A: Ok! But if you tell lies, I’ll let you go with me. B: …