1 Unit 4 Warming up and Reading EARTHQUAKE

2 What disaster are they? Warming up

3 tornado, tornado, hurricane hurricane tsunami

4 mud-rock flow

5 landslide

6 volcanic eruption thunderstorm

7 sandstorm

8 fire

9 typhoon

10 flood

11 Earthquake

12 Do you know a big earthquake happened in china in 1976

13 It’s Tangshan Earthquake that happened in 1976.

14 A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN’T SLEEP Reading

15 Skimming 1.Skim the passage and think about the meaning of the title 2. Find out the topic sentence of each paragraph

16 1. The title “A night the earth didn’t sleep” means _______. A. the earth was awake all night long B. people on the earth couldn’t fall asleep that night C. the earth shook like crazy that night D. animals on the earth would not sleep that night

17 2.Topic sentence of each paragraph. Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeast Hebei. Everything began to shake. Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed. All hope was not lost. to get the main idea, you should pay special attention to the beginning and ending sentences in each paragraph

18 Sum up the main idea of each part of the passage. (use “during, before, after” to fill in the blank) Part 1: Para 1 Part 2: Para 2&3 Part 3: Para 4 signs damage recovery the earthquake Before During After

19 1.One-third of the people died or were injured during the earthquake. 2. Such a great number of people died because the quake happened while they were working. 3. All the hospitals had been destroyed. 4. Water was needed because dams and wells were useless. Scanning True or False F F T T

20 5. Only supply of water and electricity was cut off. 6. Almost everything inTangshan was destroyed. 7. Before the earthquake there wasn’t anything strange happening. 8. Workers rescued most of the 10,000 coal miners to the south of the city. F T F F

21 Make a timeline below. TIMEEVENTS For three days At about 3:00 am on July 28, 1976 At 3:42 am on July 28 Afternoon of July 28 Soon after the quake Scanning

22 TIMEEVENTS For three days 1. water in the village wells rose and fell 2. well walls developed deep cracks 3. a smelly gas came out of the cracks 4.The chickens and the pigs didn’t eat 5. mice ran out of the fields 6. fish jumped out of their bowls and ponds

23 TIMEEVENTS At about 3:00 am on July 28, bright lights appeared in the sky 2 the sound of planes could be heard although there were no planes 3 some water pipes burst

24 TIMEEVENTS At 3:42 am on July 28, everything began to shake 2 huge cracks appeared in the roads 3 steam burst from holes in the ground 4 rock turned into rivers of dirt 5 75% buildings and 90% of homes were gone 6 more than 400,000 people killed or injured

25 TIMEEVENTS Afternoo n of July 28, a second quake almost as strong as the first one 2 more damage to buildings and rescuers Soon after the quake 1 the army arrived 2 shelters built for survivors 3 water supplies brought in

26 1).”All hope was not lost.” A None of the hope was lost. B There was no hope at all. C Not all hope was lost. 2).“The city began to breathe again.” The two sentences appear in the last part Guess the meaning of them according to the context. A Slowly, the wind began to blow in the city. B Slowly, the people in the city began to breathe. C Slowly, the city began to come to life. Why? What is your feeling when reading this part? What is your opinion on the earthquake?

27 Tangshan’s new look

28 Life is beautiful. We must love our lives. We should learn to be grateful. Remember

29 Homework Finish filling in the blanks. Do some translations.