Unit 4 The Night the Earth didn't sleep[教育专用]

1、 Unit 4 Natural Disasters -The Night the Earth Didnt Sleep2019级2班陶举美If our classroom starts shaking now, what do you think might happen？ some pictures of Wenchuan earthquakeBefore AfterThe Night the Earth Didnt Sleepwhen?At about 3:00 a.m. , on 28 July 1976where?Tangshanwhat? earthquakeFast Reading1

2、.Skim the passage quickly and answer:2.Read the passage quikly and find out the topic sentence of each paragraph. Para.Topic sentence 12345Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeastern Hebei.Everything began to shake. It seemed as if the world were coming to an end!Nearly everythi

3、ng in the city was destroyed.Hope was not lost.Tangshan began to revive itself and get up on its feet again.Read the text quikly, and divide the whole passage into three parts, according to the three words.signdamagerescuePart 1 (para._)Part2 (para._)Part3 (para._)1. What happened during the quake a

4、nd the damage caused by the quake.3. Signs before the earthquake.Matching2. The rescue work after the earthquake.12&34&5Careful Reading Part 1Signs before the earthquakeSigns before the earthquake1.The water in the village wells rose and fell.2.There were deep cracks that appeared in the wel

5、l walls.3. At least one well had some smelly gas coming out of it.1.Chickens and pigs were too neverous to eat,and dogs refused to go inside buildings.2.Mice ran out of the fields looking for places to hide, and fish jumped out of the water.Bright lights were seen in the sky outside of Tangshan and

6、loud noise were heard.Careful Reading part 2 The damages caused during the earthquake Read para.2&3 carefully and fill in the blanks with data(数据).1.Nearly _ of the whole nation felt it!2. A huge crack, _ kilometers long and _meters wide, cut across houses, roads, and waterways.3.In less than_mi

7、nute, a large city lay in ruins.4._of the people who lived there were dead or injured.5. The number of people who were killed or badly injured in the quake was more than _.6. About _of the citys factories and buildings ,_ of its homes, and all of its hospitals were gone.1/383012/3400,00075%90%Whats

8、your feelings towards these data?Natural disaster causes terrible damages, we should try our best to protect the earth and improve our awareness of self-production.Careful Reading part 3Rescue work after the earthquakeRead para.4& para.5 carefully and choose the best answer: (1) Which of the fol

9、lowing is not true according to the passage?A. Many soldiers helped to rescue the people who were trapped under the ruins.B. More than twenty thousand doctors and nurses came to provide medical care.C. Workers built shelters for homeless survivors.(2)What does the sentence “Slowly, the city began to

10、 breath again” mean? A. The animals began to breathe.B. The city returned to normal gradually.C. People who were trapped came to life.BBTen thousandPersonification 拟人Suppose there would be an earthquake in the following situations, what should we do to keep ourselves safe?If we are.I think we should.1.at school2. at home 3. on the road4.in a building If at school/ home: (1)Hide beside a hard desk or table, andAway from windows.(2) Run to the open placesIf on a road:1. use something hard to protect your head2.avoid the buildings and bridgesIf in a high bulding :1. never tr