1. A night the earth didn’t sleep
M1U4
A night the earth didn’t sleep
Reading(第一课时)
Sue(陈素贞)

2. Earthquake A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN’T SLEEP What happened that night?
What can you see in the video?

3. Strange things Para. 1 Para. 1 ________before the earthquake Signs 1.
What events are mentioned?
1).
2).
3).
4).
5).
6).
7).
8).
9).
The well water
_______________.
rose and fell
The well walls
________________ in them.
had deep cracks 1.
A smelly gas
______________ the cracks.
came out of
The water pipes
Strange things
___________________.
burst and cracked
didn’t eat/ were too nervous
___________________.
Chickens & pigs
ran out of 2.
________________ the fields.
Mice
jumped out of
____________ their bowls and ponds.
Fish
Bright lights
were seen
___________ in the sky at midnight. 3.
The sound of planes
was heard
___________ outside the city of
Tangshan.

4. Para. 2-3
Pairwork:
Find out the following information and then report to each other. When one is reporting, the other take notes.
What happened to the city? (A)
What happened to the animals & people? (B)

5. Para. 2-3
Use “be+adj./done” to complete the sentences.
Two-thirds of the people died or______________ during
the earthquake.
Thousands of families ___________ and many children
__________without parents.
The number of people who ____________or seriously
injured reached more than 400,000.
All of the city’s hospitals, 75% of its factories and
buildings and 90% of its homes __________.
Two dams, most of the bridges and the railway tracks
______________.
Half a million pigs and millions of chickens __________.
Some of the rescue workers and doctors _____________
under the ruins.
were injured
were killed
were left
were killed
a great number of people were killed or injured.
were gone/destroyed
were useless
These descriptive(描述性的) sentences are used to show how___________the earthquake was.
great
were dead
were trapped
terrible/...

6. _________caused by the earthquake Damage
Para. 2-3
_________caused by the earthquake
Damage
Can you find out some general(概括性的) sentences to show the earthquake was destructive(毁灭性的)?
It seemed as if the world was at an end. Para.2
…one of the greatest earthquakes of the 20th century had begun. Para.2
Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed.
Para.3
How did the people feel?
People were __________.
shocked

7. ________after the earthquake
Para. 4
Rescue
/Recovery
________after the earthquake
All hope was not lost.
A. 所有的希望都没有破灭 B.不是所有的希望都破灭了
What would the author write next?
rescue work

8. Small things can foretell (预示)big events.
Discussion
Why did the earthquake cause so much damage?
But the one million people of the city, who thought little of these events, were asleep as usual that night.
thought little of
A. knew B. recognized C. ignored D. suffered
Small things can foretell (预示)big events.

9. 1. People ignored the signs.
Discussion
Why did the earthquake cause so much damage?
1. People ignored the signs.
2. It happened in the early morning when people were asleep. ……