Unit4NaturalDisastersReadingandthinking课件高中英语人教版

TheNightTheEarthDidn'tSleepPredictionLookatthetitleandpicturesbelowandguesswhatthetextisabout.Tangshan,HeBeiUnderlinethetopicsentencesandsummarizethestructureofthetext.Para1Strangethingswerehappening.Para3Nearlyeverythinginthecitywasdestroyed.Para4Hopewasnotlost.Para5TangshanstartedtoreviveitselfandgetbackonitsfeetScanningbeforetheearthquakeduringtheearthquakeaftertheearthquake

BeforetheearthquakeWarningsignsWhat?

How?

Why?

Para1Whydidn'tpeopledoanythingbeforetheearthquake?Peoplewereasleepasusualthatnight.unawareUnusualsignsUsualbehaviorcontrast(对比)DuringtheearthquakeHow?exaggeration(夸张)specificnumbersmetaphor(暗喻)causeddamagecutacrosslayinruinsweredeadorinjuredwereleftwithoutparentswerekilledorbadlyinjuredobjectiveconvincingWhy?

vividPara2Everywheresurvivorslooked,therewasnothingbutruins.Nearlyeverythinginthecitywasdestroyed.About75percentofthecity'sfactoriesandbuildings,90percentofitshomes,andallofitshospitalsweregone.Brickscoveredthegroundlikeredautumnleaves,butnowindcouldblowthemaway.Mostbridgeshadfallenorwerenotsafetocross.Therailwaytrackswerenowuselesspiecesofmetal.Tensofthousandsofcows,hundredsofthousandsofpigs,andmillionsofchickensweredead.Sandnowfilledthewellsinsteadofwater.Peoplewereinshock—andthen,laterthatafternoon,anotherbigquakeshookTangshanagain.Evenmorebuildingsfelldown.Water,food,electricitywerehardtoget.Peoplebegantowonderhowlongthedisasterwouldlast.DuringtheearthquakeHow?

wasdestroyedweregonecoveredfallnotsafetocrossuselessweredeadinshockshookfelldownhardtogetbuildingstransportationanimalspeoplenecessitiessimile(明喻)parallelism(排比)Para3DamageDuringtheearthquakeHowdidthosesurvivorsfeelduringtheeathquake?shockedhelplessfrightenedhopelessPara2-3Aftertheearthquake

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Who?

How?

HopeWhatdoestheauthormeanby“slowly,thecitybegantobreatheagain”?Para4-5

Groupwork

Whydidtheauthorwritethepassage?TangshancityhasprovedtoChinaandtherestoftheworldthatintimesofdisaster,peoplemustunifyandshowthewisdomtostaypositiveandrebuildforabrightfuture.AheroiccityThewaterinthevillageroseandfell,roseandfell.Repetition(反复)Tips:figuresofspeech（修辞）Whatkindofwritingskillsdoestheauthoruse?simile(明喻)Slowly,thecitybeganto

breatheagain.personification(拟人)FurtherThinkingexaggeration(夸张)

metaphor(暗喻)parallelism(排比)

contrast(对比)numbers&factsfiguresofspeechfactualreportingnarrativelanguageliteraryjournalism(报告文学)FurtherThinkingWhattypeoftextisthispassage?DiscussingroupsandtrytobeanewsreportertoreportWenchuanearthquake.2008年5月12日四川汶川发生8.0级地震GroupdiscussionDescribeadisasterTime:14:28,May12,2008Place:WenChuanMagnititude(震级):Deaths:69,227Injured:374,643Lost:17,923AffectmostofchinaandmanycountriesinAsia.Thenaturehasnofeeling,butpeoplehave.Allhopewasnotlos