1. Module 1 unit 4
Earthquakes
Period 1 Reading
界首市第一中学 李晓慧

2. How many Natural Disasters do you know?
tornado
typhoon
tsunami

3. sand storm
thunderstorm
volcanic eruption

4. earthquake

5. Unit 4
Earthquakes

6. What do you think may happen before an earthquake?

7. What do you think may happen before an earthquake?
The water in the wells
____and____. And some
deep ______could be seen
in the well walls. A______
gas came out of the cracks.
rose
fell
cracks
smelly

8. What do you think may happen before an earthquake? B
Mice ran out of the
fields___________
places to hide.
Fish _________out
of bowls and ponds.
looking for
jumped

9. What do you think may happen before an earthquake? C
The chickens and
even pigs were______
nervous _____eat.
The dog was________
loudly again and again.
too to
barking

10. What do you think may happen
before an earthquake? D
People could see _______lights in the sky.
bright

11. Can you describe what may happen in an earthquake?

12. The buildings fell down.
fall down倒塌

13. Roads might crack. 裂开

14. The city lay in ruins.
lie in ruins成为废墟

15. Many people were killed or injured.
受伤的

16. A great number of people lost their homes.
许多，大量

17. Tangshan, Hebei
July 28th, 1976

18. Reading
A NIGHT
THE EARTH DIDN'T SLEEP

19. Fast-reading :
Divide the whole passage into three
parts and try to get the main idea of
the text.

20. Part 1( ) Part 2( ) Part 3( ) Main idea for each part: P.1
Rescue work after the earthquake.
P.2-3
Signs before the earthquake.
P.4
Damage caused by the earthquake.

21. Read Paragraph 1 to complete the chart orally.
Main idea
Details ?
The water in the wells
The well walls
A smelly gas
The chickens
and the pigs
Mice
Fish
In the sky
The water pipes
rose and fell
had deep cracks in them
Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeast of Hebei
came out of the cracks
were too nervous to eat
ran out of the fields
jumped out of bowls and ponds
Signs
before the earthquake
some people saw bright lights
cracked and burst

22. What numbers can express the quake is GREAT?
One-third of the nation felt…
eight km long…thirty m wide cut across…
In 15 terrible seconds
Two-thirds…died or injured
Thousands …killed,…more than 400,000
All, 75%, 90%
Two dams …most of the bridges….
Tens of thousands of cows…
Half a million…and millions…
Why does the author use so many numbers/ data?

23. What verbs are used to describe the damage ?
1.Everything began to ______.
2.One third of the nation _____ it.
3.A huge crack _________ houses,roads
and canals.
4.Steam _____ from holes in the ground.
shake
felt
happening
cut across
burst
1.Two thirds of the people died or _______.
2.Hospitals, factories and buildings were ______.
3.Two dams and most of the bridges ______.
4.The railway tracks were _______ pieces of steel.
5.Cows would never ______ ______again.
6.Pigs and chickens were ______.
injured
gone
fell
damage
useless
give milk
dead

24. In this part, the author uses simile to say the quake is GREAT
In this part, the author uses simile to say the quake is GREAT.Can you find the sentence?
Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves. No wind, however, could blow them away.
What happened when rescue work was going on?
Another big quake shook Tangshan.

25. at an end. destroyed. What do Para.2-3 want to tell us?
The world seemed
Everything was
destroyed.

26. Para.4: What did people do for the city? dig out …& bury ...
All hope was not lost / Not all hope was lost / Only some hope was lost
What did people do for the city?
Firstly, __________________
secondly,____________________
thirdly, _____________________
the last, _____________________
dig out …& bury ...
rescue the coal miners
build shelters for survivors
transport fresh water to the city
What can we learn from ‘breathe’?
Slowly, the city began to breathe again.

27. United , we stand; Divided , we fall.
When one place is hit by a disaster,
help streams in from all over the country.(一方有难，八方支援)
United , we stand; Divided , we fall.

28. The water in the village wells rose and fell, rose and fell.
Simile Exaggeration Personification Repetition 拟人 比喻 夸张 重复
The water in the village wells rose and fell, rose and fell.
It seemed as if the world was at an end.
Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves.
Slowly, the city began to breathe again.
Repetition
Exaggeration
Simile
Personification

29. Personification (拟人化) describes a specific thing, object or idea by making it into a person. This gives a kind of ‘life’ to the thing like a person
The leaves are dancing happily in the air.
The earth didn’t sleep that night.
The city began to breathe again.

30. Exaggeration (hyperbole) 夸张 makes something more than it really is
I caught a fish as big as a house
He runs as fast as wind
The world was at an end

31. C 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 C
a poetic way of saying that an earthquake happened

32. Suggest another title: Which is better? Why?
A night the disaster happened
Tangshan is never ever getting back
The world was at an end
A frightening night
Death is coming
The earth was shaking that night
A night the nation couldn’t forget
The greatest earthquake in Tangshan

33. 2. All the following unusual things happened in the countryside before the earthquake except that _______.
A. the water in the village wells rose and fell
B. the chickens and even the pigs were too nervous to eat
C. tens of thousands of cows would never give milk again
D. fish jumped out of bowls and ponds C

34. 3. What does “them” in the sentence “No wind, however, could blow them away.” (in Paragraph 3) refer to?
Red autumn leaves.
B. Bricks on the ground.
C. Bodies of dead animals.
D. Sand in the wells. B

35. Post-reading: Retell the story
____________ happened in Tang Shan. For a few days, water in the wells _____________. From the ______ of wells __________came 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

36. 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

37. What should we do to protect ourselves if an earthquake happened?
Discussions
What should we do to protect ourselves if an earthquake happened?

38. · keep away from windows. .Follow teachers’ advice
If at school:
· Hide under a desk or table. 
· keep away from windows.
.Follow teachers’ advice
If at home:
· Hide under a heavy table or bed.
· Sit in a corner, away from doors, windows, ect.

39. If on a road:
Use something hard (硬的) to protect your head.

40. Stay calm! If we are in a high building Never try to use the lift.
Don't rush out without order.