book5 P2 reading.ppt

1、-Reading,Earthquake,Natural disasters occur throughout the world, and China has a particular problem with earthquakes. Wenchuan earthquake in 2008 is a case in point. So it is especially important to take steps to reduce the damage caused by quakes.,Discussion,How can we know the coming of an earthq

2、uake?,1.seismometer,2. Signs before an earthquake,Seismology: the study of Quake recordings the person who studies quakes. the machine to record seismic waves. the inventor of the 1st seismology,Seismologist:,Seismometer:,Zhang Heng in Han Dynasty:,How it functions:,Sensed the direction of seismic w

3、aves,Guess:,what may happen before an earthquake?,There is bright light in the sky,The animals were too nervous/upset to sleep, such as dog , cows, pigs, horses, and chickens,Mice ran out of the holes,Fish jumped out of bowls and ponds.,There were cracks in the well walls. The water in the well rose

4、 and fell.,Reading:,Read the title “A night the earth didnt sleep”. Explain in your own words what the passage is about.,Skimming,Look at each Paragragh of the reading passage ,first find the topic sentence and then write down its main idea in your owner words.,the first sentence,Before the earthqua

5、ke strange things happened but no one paid attention to them.,the first and the second sentence,The earthquake happened and destroyed the city of Tangshan.,the second sentence,the first and the last sentence,The army came to help the survivors, bringing hope for a new life.,Nearly everything was des

6、troyed and later that afternoon, another big earthquake happened again.,Read the passage and make a timeline,at about 3:00am on July 28,1976,for three days,1. Water in the village wells rose and fell.,Well walls developed deep cracks.,3. A smelly gas came out of the cracks.,4. Mice ran out of the fi

7、elds.,5. Fish jumped out of their bowls and ponds.,1. Bright lights appeared in the sky.,2. The sound of planes could be heard although there were no planes.,3. Some water pipes burst.,at 3:42 am on July 28, 1976,1. Everything began to shake.,2. Huge cracks appeared in the roads.,3. Steam burst from

8、 holes in the ground.,4. Rock turned into rivers of dirt.,5. More than 400,000 people killed or injured.,6. 75% buildings and 90% of homes were gone.,afternoon of July 28, 1976,1. A second quake almost as strong as the first one.,2. More damage to buildings and rescuers.,soon after the quake,1. The

9、army arrived.,2. Shelters were built for survivors.,3. Water supplies were brought in.,water, well walls, smelly gas, chickens and pigs, mice, fish, bright lights, the sound of planes, water pipes,seem strange,Signs before an earthquake,the earthquake began, a huge crack, steam, hard hills, people d

10、ied or injured,began to shake,What happened in the earthquake,hospitals, factories, buildings, bricks, dams, bridges, railway tracks, cows, pigs and chickens,destroyed,After the earthquake,the army helps, dig out, bury the dead, miners rescued, built shelter,rescue,the city began to breathe again,Sc

11、an the passage and answer the following question.,1.How the army helped the people in Tangshan?,2.How to understand the word “shelter” in the last para?,1.How the army helped the people in Tangshan ?,The army organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to bury those who were dead.,Miners w

12、ere rescued from the coal mines.,Shelters were built for survivors whose homes had been destroyed.,Fresh water was taken to the city.,2.How to understand the word “shelter” in the last para?,Structure built to give protection, esp from rain, wind or attack.,join the correct parts of the sentences.,T

13、hinking:,Explain in your own words what the writer means by the title “A night the earth didnt sleep” again. In pairs, suggest another title for the text.,“A night the earth didnt sleep” is a poetic way of saying that an earthquake happened,Another title might be “Tangshans great challenge” or “How

14、Tangshans citizens overcame the citys greatest disaster”.,Choose a paragraph and act out an interview between a reporter and a sruvivor from the Tangshan earthquake. An EXAMPLE: Paragrahp1 REPORTER: Did you notice anything strange before the earthquake? SURVIVOR: There were some strange things,A sam

15、ple interview: R=reporter S=survivor,R: Did you notice anything strange before the earthquake? S: There were some strange things. I didnt see all of them. R: What did you see? S: I saw some cracks in pipes on some buildings but I didnt worry too much about them. R: Did you hear of other things? S: Y

16、es, some people saw cracks in the wells and a smelly gas coming out of them. Some of the animals behaved strangely too. R: Thank you. You have been very helpful.,Difficulties:,But the one million people of the city, who thought little of these events, were asleep as usual that night.,though little o

17、f these events 对这些情况几乎没有去考 虑，没当回事。,类似的用法还有:,think nothing of it 认为没什么,think highly of the work 对这项工作评价很高,think badly/ill of the work 对这项工作评价很糟,Who 引导了一个非限制性定语从句，用来说明先行词the one million people of the City,就其意义来说，在句中相当与一个并列的句子。,2. In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins.,在可怕的15秒钟内，一座大城市就沉

18、沦在一片废墟之中。,lie,: (lay,lain) to be, remain or to be kept in a certain condition 处于某种状态,eg: The whole area has lain waste for many years.,The factory lay idle after the strike.,In ruin(s),: badly damaged or destroyed毁坏了,eg: After the accident his life seemed to be in ruins.,The city of Berlin was in ruins at the end of the war.,3. All hope was not lost.,并非所有的希望都破灭了。,= Not all hope was lost.,当not与all, both, everyone. everybody, everything以及every +名词出现在同一个句子中，不管not在它们之前还是之后都表示部 分否定。,eg: All bamboo