Lead-in What can you see in the picture?

Many young people are praying for the dead in the Wenchuan earthquake. What happened in this earthquake?

Buildings were destroyed.

A great number of people were killed and the number of people losing their homes was large.

. Unit 4 Earthquakes Reading :A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN’T SLEEP

So what happened in the earthquake?

The main idea for each paragraph : Para.1 Para.2 Para.3 Para.4

Scanning: What happened before the earthquake? 1. Read through Para.1 carefully and then answer the following question:

What happened before the earthquake? The water in the wells ____and____. And some deep ______could be seen in the well walls. A______ gas came out of the cracks. rosefell cracks smelly

The chickens and the pigs were too nervous to eat. Mice ran out of the fields looking for places to hide. Fish jumped out of bowls and ponds.

People could see bright lights in the sky.

The sound of _______could be heard outside the city even when no planes were in the sky. The water pipes in some buildings cracked and________. planes burst

Careful reading: 2. Read through Para. 2-3 carefully and then do the true or false exercises: True or false: 1. Two-thirds of the nation felt the earthquake. ( ) 2. The city of Tangshan fell into ruin within 15 seconds. ( ) 3. All of the city ’ s hospitals, factories, buildings and homes were damaged in the earthquake. ( ) 4. Later that afternoon, a terrible earthquake shook Tangshan again. ( ) F T F T

After the earthquakes __________soldiers were sent to Tangshan. Lots of survivors were rescued and the dead were _________. _______were built for survivors who lost their homes. ______________was transported to the city. The city began to ___________. Careful reading: 3. Read through Para. 4 carefully and fill in the blanks: 150,000 buried Shelters Fresh water breathe again

Destroy the difficult sentences one by one: Underline the sentences below in your text and learn them carefully. 1. But the one million people of the city, who thought little of these events, were asleep as usual that night. 2. Thousands of families were killed and many children were left without parents. 3. All hope was not lost. 但是，唐山市的一百万居民几乎都没有把这些情况当回事， 当天晚上照常睡着了。 成千上万个家庭遇难，许多孩子失去了父母。 并没有丧失所有希望。

Discussion Explain in your own words what the writer means by the title ”A night the earth didn’t sleep”.In groups, suggest another title for the text.

1. Read the text aloud after class. 2.Suppose you are the reporter. Write a short article about the Tangshan Earthquake based on the text.

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