1. Earthquake
Reading
A night the earth didn’t sleep

3. Before the earthquake:
Time:
Place:
Disaster:
Before the earthquake:
Damage:
Rescue:
On July 28, 1976
Tangshan, Hebei Province
A big earthquake
Many strange things
__________________happened
in ruins
The city lay______.
More than _____________people were killed or injured
400,000
150,000
___________soldiers were sent to help.
Most of the _______miners were rescued.
10,000

4. ruin recovery signs Structure of the whole passage :
Clue ( 线索 ) of the story:
time order
Before~during~after
the earthquake
Summarizes each part in one word
Part 1.
（Para.1）
signs
ruin
Part 2.
(Para.2,3)
recovery
Part 3.
(Para.4)

5. Main ideas of parts Part 1 (par.1) Part 2 (par.2-3) Part 3 (par.4)
Before the earthquake strange things began to happen but no one took any notice of them.
The earthquake destroyed the city of Tangshan and shocked the people very much.
The army came to help the survivors, bringing hope for a new life.

6. Listen to the record and then judge the following sentences whether true or false.
People in Tangshan were warned of the
earthquake and didn’t go to bed that night. F
2) People in Beijing also felt the earthquake. T
3) More than people were killed in the earthquake. F
4) Many rescue workers and doctors were trapped under the ruins during the aftershock. T
5) People tried to get fresh water from
under the ground in Tangshan. F

7. Signs before the earthquake:
Part1
Signs before the earthquake: A
The water in the wells
____and____. And some
deep ______could be seen
in the well walls. A______
gas came out the cracks.
rose
fell
cracks
smelly

8. Signs before the earthquake:
Mice ran out the
fields___________
places to hide.
Fish _________out
of bowls and ponds.
looking for
jumped

9. Signs before the earthquake:C
The chickens and
even pigs were______
nervous _____eat.
The dog was________
loudly again and again.
too to
barking

10. Signs before the earthquake:D
People could see _______lights in the sky.
bright

11. the water in the village wells
Strange things
the water in the village wells
the well walls
the chickens and pigs
mice
fish
rose and fell
had deep cracks and a smelly gas came out
were too nervous to eat
ran out of the fields , looking for places to hide.
jumped out of bowls and ponds

12. Para. 2-3 greatest 3:42 Steam dirt Bricks dams useless steel Sand
Details
1.At _____ am, the __________ earthquake of the 20th century began .
2._______ burst from holes in the ground.
3.Hard hills of the rock became rivers of ____.
4.________ covered the ground like red autumn leaves.
5.Two _______ and most of the bridges fell.
6.The railway tracks were now ________pieces of _______.
7.______ now filled the wells instead of water.
8.Water,food,and ____________ were hard to get.
greatest
3:42
Steam
dirt
Para. 2-3
Bricks
dams
useless
steel
Sand
electricity

13. Fill in the Data(数据) 1/3 8 30 15 2/3 400,000 75% 90% Para. 2-3
of the nation felt the earthquake .
A huge crack that was kilometres long and
metres wide cut across houses.
In terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins.
of the people died or were injured during the earthquake.
The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than
All of the city’s hospitals, of its factories and buildings and of its homes were gone. 8 30 15
2/3
400,000
75%
90%

14. How were the people helped by the army?
Part3
How were the people helped by the army?
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.
Fresh water was taken to the city.
Would you please discuss some ways to help them with your partners?

15. True or false
1.There were one million people in Tangshan at that time. T
2.The earthquake began 10 kilometres directly bellow the city. F
3.Not only the people but also the animals were shocked greatly. T F
4.There was only one quake at that time.
5.Before the earthquake there wasn’t anything strange happening. F
6.Workers rescued most of the 10,000 coal miners to the south of the city. F T
7.Almost everything in tangshan was destroyed.

16. What haven’t we learned from this reading passage?
A. We’ve learned to pay attention to unusual signs ;
B. We’ve learned about the great harm that earthquakes can do;
C. What the army do to help others?
D. What should we do or not do if an earthquake happens?

17. Roads get huge cracks.

18. gaps

19. fall onto

20. Dams and bridges fall down. Hard hills of rock become rivers of dirt .

21. Railway tracks are now useless pieces of steel.

22. Steam burst from holes or wells in the ground
Steam burst from holes or wells in the ground. Water pipes are destroyed.

23. Houses fall down. Bricks cover the ground . Brick building are destroyed.

24. Factories, hospitals, buildings are gone.

25. destroy

26. The great fires

27. bury

28. homeless

29. People died and injured
People died and injured. Families are killed and many children are left without parents.
A few seconds, a large city lies in ruins. Everything is destroyed. It seems the world was at an end.

30. Earthquake fall down/ onto hurt die destroy break shake homeless
Describe the damage by the earthquake.
fall down/ onto
hurt
die
destroy
Earthquake
break
shake
homeless

31. What shall we do or not do if an earthquake happens?
Discussions
What shall we do or not do if an earthquake happens?
Dos
Don’ts
1.Stay in a small room,such
as kitchen or bathroom
1. Be close to the outside wall
2.Hide under the table or
bed , if you haven’t time
to escape , you may stand
close to the inside wall with
some things covering on the
head.
2.Stay on the balcony
3. Jump out of the tall building
4. Use the lift
3.If you stay in the open air ,keep off the tall building,
and go to the fields without trees .

32. 地震科普知识

33. Task 4: This is the summary of the text
Task 4: This is the summary of the text. Now, please complete the passage.
Several days before July 28, 1976, many s______ things happened in Tangshan. They were signs for the e_________. At 3:42 am that day, the earth began to s____, which destroyed the city. Later that afternoon, another big earthquake struck Tangshan. More people were killed or injured and more buildings f__ down. Soldiers were called in to help the rescue workers. T____ were organized to dig out the trapped and b___ the dead.
trange
arthquake
hake
ell
eams
ury
GAME TIME

34. Retell the story
____________ happened in Tang Shan. For a few days, water in the wells _____________. From the ______ of wells __________come out. Mice, chicken, pigs and even fish became ________. At 3:00 am, everything began to ______.It seemed that the world was _________. _________ of the nation ____ it. ___________cut across the city. The city lay _______.
Strange things
rose and fell
cracks
smelly gas
nervous
shake
at an end
One-third
felt
A huge crack
in ruins

35. Two-thirds of the people _____ or ___________
Two-thirds of the people _____ or ___________. Then later that afternoon, another big quake ______ Tang Shan. People began to wonder ___________________________. But all hope ____________. _______ came to help those ________. Slowly, the city began to _____________.
died
were injured
shook
how long the disaster would last
was not lost
Soldiers
survivors
breathe again

36. 1. Practice reading the whole text.
2. Finish off the exercise.
Learning about language.