高一英语必修一unit4学2.doc

Stepl•语篇导读 Lead-in

1. What natural disasters have you heard of?

2. Which disaster may cause the worst damage? Have you ever experienced an earthquake?

3. Discussion： How much do you know about an earthquake?

Step2. Pre-reading-…Talk about the title “A Night the Earth Didn't Sleep\" Step3. Fast reading

I. 用一句话概括 What does the passage mainly talk about?

The passage mainly talks about a terrible __________ (冋答 what?) that happened in _______ ( where?) in _______ ( when? ) and caused great damage to people. (What result?)

II. Find out the topic sentence of each paragraph・ Para .1 Para.2

Para. 3

Para.4 _____________

Divide the passage into three parts and find out the main III. Match the sentences,

idea of each part. Part 1 (Para」 ) What happened during the quake and the damage caused by

the quake. Part 2 (

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The rescue work after the earthquake

Part 3 ( ) Signs before the earthquake.

☆点 拨：Structure of the whole passage

How is the passage organized? (In what order is the passage written?)—> IV Choose the best answers.

1) The title \"A Night the Earth Didn't Sleep\" means “ ________ \" A. The earth was wide awake all night long・

B. People on the earth couldn't fall asleep that night.

C・ The earth shook like crazy and wouldn't stop that night, causing great damage to people ・

D. Animals on the earth would not sleep that night. 2) What can be inferred from the passage?

A. If mice run out of the fields looking for places to hide, there must be an earthquake. B. If the earthquake had happened in the daytime, 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.

3) According to the author^ description, which of the following statements about the earthquake is not right? ___________________ .

A. The whole nation felt it. B. Buildings were badly destroyed during it. C. Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt D. A large number of people lost their lives.

4) Which of the following statements can not be part of the main reasons for the heavy loss of life in Tangshan Earthquake?

A. The earthquake happened in the deep night and people were sleeping in bed at the very moment・

B. There weren't enough rescue workers.

C. The buildings were poorly constructed and most of them were destroyed in the earthquake.

D. People were not careful enough to notice some natural signs before the earthquake. 5 ) What is the mood of this passage? A・ Sad・ B・ Serious. C. Serious and a bit sad・

D. Calm・

Step4< Careful reading I・完成下列表格

Main idea

Details

Signs before the 仃) things were happening in the countryside of

earthquake northeast Hebei. (Para.l) The water in the wells (2) and (3) .

A (4) gas came out of the cracks. The chickens and even the pigs were too (5) to (6) Mice (7) out of the fields looking for places to hide. Fish (8) out of their bowls and ponds. At about (9) a.m. on July 28J 976, people saw

(10)

in the sky.

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Damage caused At 3:42 a.m.the (11) earthauake of the 20th

by earthquake century had begun (12) kilometres directly below the city. (13)(Paras.2 〜3) burst from holes in the ground.

Hard hills of rock became rivers of 仃 4)

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(15) covered the ground like red autumn leaves.

Two (16) and most of the bridges fell. The railway tracks were now (17) pieces of (18) (19) now filled the wells instead of water. Water, food, and (20) were hard to get.

II.•填入正确的数据 (—The data show how _______ the earthquake was.) (1) of the nation felt the earthquake・

(2) In terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins.

(3) ____ of the people died or were injured during the earthquake.

(4) The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than ______ . (5) A11 of the city's hospitals, ____ of its factories and buildings and _______ of its homes were gone. III. Discussion

1) How did the army and rescue workers help the people in Tangshan? 2) Why did so mangy people die in the earthquake according to the text? 3) What can we do to keep ourselves safe from an earthquake? StepS..课文回顾

Go through the Reading again and then fill in the blanks with the books closed according to the given capital letter.

Several days before July 2& 1976, many s ______________ things happened in Tangshan. They were signs for the e _________ • But people in the city of Tang Shan thought 1 _______ of these. At 3:42 am everything began to s ____________ , which d ______ everything of the city. People were s _________ . Then, later that afternoon, another big quake shook Tang Shan. Some of the r __________ workers and doctors were t _______ under the r _________ . More buildings fell down. Water, food, and e _______ were hard to get. People began to wonder how long the d _____________ would last. Soon after the quakes, soldiers were sent to help the people in Tangshan. Slowly, the city began to b _______ again.

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