1. A Night the Earth Didn’t Sleep
Unit 4 Earthquakes
A Night the Earth Didn’t Sleep
靖边中学 李林霞老师

2. How many Nature Disasters do you know?
tornado,
hurricane
typhoon
seismic sea wave / tsunami

3. sand storm
thunderstorm
volcanic eruption

4. earthquake

5. Bright lights flash in the sky

6. Animals are too nervous, such as cows, dogs, horses, and snakes, etc.

7. Predictions of an earthquake:
1) Bright lights flash in the sky;
2) The water in the well rise and fall;
3) The well walls have deep cracks with smelly gas;
4) Animals are too nervous, such as cows, pigs, horses, and snakes, etc;
5) Mice run out to look for places to hide;
6) Fish jump out of the ponds.

8. An Earthquake

9. A terrible earthquake happened in India.

10. Tangshan, Hebei
July 28th, 1976

11. Tang shan’s new look

12. Reading
A NIGHT
THE EARTH DIDN'T SLEEP

13. Step 1. Main ideas of the passage:
Para Para Para.4
Strange things were happening before the earthquake.
Helps came to Tangshan. All hope was not lost.
The disaster happened and caused a lot of loss.

14. Step 2. Choose the correct answers. (P.45 Ex.IV 文本感知创新)

15. Step 3. Structure of the text
Part
Events
Before the earthquake (Paragraph _______)
_____________ were happening both in the countryside and in the city of Tangshan but ______________ them.
During the earthquake (Paragraph _______)
The earthquake ________ the city and _______ the people.
Strange things 1
no one noticed
destroyed
shocked
2-3

16. Part
Events
After the earthquake (Paragraph _______)
Soldiers were sent to dig out those trapped and _______ the dead; _______ were built for the homeless and ___________ was taken to the city.
to bury
shelters 4
fresh water

17. Step 4. Some figures in the text
What’s the population of Tangshan in 1976?
About _________
What time did the earthquake happen?
At about ____________________.
How long did the earthquake last?
_______ seconds.
one million
3:00 am on July 28, 1976 15

18. 400,000 75% 90% Tens of thousands of millions Half a million of
What’s the number of people killed or injured in the quake?
Over _______.
How serious was the earthquake?
_______ of the factories and buildings and _______ of the homes were gone;
___________________ cows would never give milk again;
___________ pigs and _______ ____ chickens were dead.
400,000
75%
90%
Tens of thousands of
millions
Half a million of

19. How many soldiers were sent to rescue?
_______.
150,000

20. ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ Step 5 Question. How the army helped the people in Tangshan?
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. ☆
Attributive clause P29 ☆
Fresh water was taken to the city.

21. Homework
To read the whole passage and recite para. 2.