1. Life is beautiful.
We must love our lives.

2. Teaching schedule One unit Warming-up and Reading (1/2)
Language focus (1)
Learning about language (1)
Using language (1)
Listening, speaking and writing
Test (1/2)

3. Unit 4
Earthquakes

4. Warming-up
How many natural disasters do you know?

5. fire

6. flood

7. tsunami

8. typhoon / hurricane

9. tornado

10. volcano eruption

11. snow slide

12. mudflow

13. sandstorm

14. earthquake

15. volcano eruption 火山爆发
typhoon/ hurricane 台风/飓风
twister/ tornado 龙卷风
snow slide 雪崩
landslide 滑坡
mudflow 泥石流
tsunami 海啸
sandstorm 沙尘暴
earthquake 地震

16. A Night the Earth didn't Sleep
Reading
A Night the Earth didn't Sleep

17. Pre-reading

18. Team work Discussion --to challenge your creativity and cooperation
If you have time to take only one thing in an earthquake, what will you take? Why?

19. While-reading

20. skimming
-- to get a general
idea
Find out the topic sentence of each paragraph and try to divide the passage into three parts.

21. Have you found them? 1 2 3 4 Topic sentence
Para-gragh
Topic sentence
Position in the para 1 2 3 4
Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeast Hebei.
beginning
Everything began to shake. It seemed as if the world was at an end.
beginning
Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed.
beginning
All hope was not lost.
beginning

22. Divide this passage into three parts
Part 1: para 1
Part 2: para 2&3
Part 3: para 4
damage
signs
rescue
Choose one word to describe each part.

23. Scanning
-- to get certain information

24. Part 1
Signs before the earthquake

25. Part1 Strange things the water in the village wells rose and fell
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

26. During the earthquake
(damage)
Part 2

27. happening damage shake felt cut across burst dirt injured gone fell
Fill in the blanks according to paragraph 2 and 3:
happening
(Para 2)
Part 2
shake
1.At 3:42am 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.
5.Hard hills of rock became rivers of ______.
6.Two thirds of the people died or ______.
felt
cut across
burst
dirt
injured
damage
1.Hospitals, factories and buildings were ____.
2.Two dams and most of the bridges ____.
3.The railway tracks were _____ pieces of steel.
4.Cows would never give _____again.
5.Pigs and chickens were _____.
6.Sand______ the wells instead of water.
(Para 3)
gone
fell
useless
milk
dead
filled

28. After the earthquake
(rescue)
Part 3

29. Part 3 Answer the following questions according to paragraph 4:
1. Who came to help the rescue workers?
Soldiers.
Part 3
2.What did the army do?
The army organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead.
3.What did the workers do?
Workers built shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed .

30. Tasks after reading -- to understand the text
better

31. Retelling
-- to understand the text better
____________ 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 about 3:00 am, everything began to ______.It seemed that the world was _________. _________ of the nation ____ it. ___________cut across the city. The city lay _______.

32. 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 _____________.

33. Retelling
-- to understand the text better
____________ 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 about 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
a smelly gas
nervous
shake
at an end
One-third
felt
A huge crack
in ruins

34. 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

35. Discussion (group work) --to challenge your creativity and cooperation
Suppose there would be an earthquake, what should we do to keep ourselves safe?

36. Some key words:
Keep away 远离 squat down 蹲下 protect 保护
hide 隐藏 in the corner of 在角落

39. Ways on self-rescue
Drop onto the ground and protect your head by putting your bag on your head.

40. Keep away from the power lines.
Keep away from the signs.

41. Keep away from the buildings.
Hide in the corner of the house.

42. · 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, etc.

43. If on the street: 1.Use something hard to protect your head.
2.Avoid the buildings and bridges.

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

45. Choose the best answer according to the text.
Exercises in class– to learn your advantages and disadvantages
Choose the best answer according to the text.
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
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

46. 3. What does “them” in the sentence “No wind, however, could blow them away.”(Para3) refer to?
A. Red autumn leaves.
B. Bricks on the ground.
C. Bodies of dead animals.
D. Sand in the wells.
4. What is the mood of this passage?
A. Happy B. Serious
C. Serious and a bit sad D. Calm

47. 5. What can be inferred from the text?
A. If mice run out of the fields looking for places to hide, there must be an earthquake.
B. If some natural signs had not been ignored, all the people in Tangshan city might have had a chance to survive.
C. There wouldn’t have been such a great earthquake, if people had paid enough attention to some natural signs.
D. If some natural signs had not been ignored, more people might have had a chance to survive.

48. 6.What does the sentence “All hope was not lost.” mean in Paragraph 4?
A. None of the hope was lost.
B. There was no hope at all.
C. Not all hope was lost.
D. People still had hope as usual.
7.How do you understand the real meaning of the idiom" It is always calm before a storm”?
A. It is unusually quiet before a thunderstorm hit.
B. One should not trust situations that seem peaceful since bad things may happen.
C. The weather is fine before a storm.
D. You should stay calm before a storm.

49. 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
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

50. 3. What does “them” in the sentence “No wind, however, could blow them away.”(Paragraph 3) refer to?
A. Red autumn leaves.
B. Bricks on the ground.
C. Bodies of dead animals.
D. Sand in the wells.
4. What is the mood of this passage?
A. Happy B. Serious
C. Serious and a bit sad D. Calm

51. 5. What can be inferred from the text?
A. If mice run out of the fields looking for places to hide, there must be an earthquake.
B. If some natural signs had not been ignored, all the people in Tangshan city might have had a chance to survive.
C. There wouldn’t have been such a great earthquake, if people had paid enough attention to some natural signs.
D. If some natural signs had not been ignored, more people might have had a chance to survive.

52. 6.What does the sentence “All hope was not lost.” mean in Paragraph 4?
A. None of the hope was lost.
B. There was no hope at all.
C. Not all hope was lost.
D. People still had hope as usual.
7.How do you understand the real meaning of the idiom" It is always calm before a storm”?
A. It is unusually quiet before a thunderstorm hit.
B. One should not trust situations that seem peaceful since bad things may happen.
C. The weather is fine before a storm.
D. You should stay calm before a storm.

53. Summing up
--to sum up to experience success

54. --also an enjoyable learning experience
Homework
--also an enjoyable learning experience
1. Read the text fluently;
2. Finish 0ff the comprehending Exercises 1 and 2 ;
3. Try to retell the text in your own words;
4.Preview the next period.

55. QQ: