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Unit4 Earthquake-Reading 唐山市第二十三中学英语组曹玥

【Learning aims】.

Students should be able to learn about Tangshan Earthquake and understand the text. Students should be able to master different reading skills. 【Important points】

Master the new words, phrases and useful expressions in the text more proficiently. 【Difficult points】

Train the reading ability to understand the content of the text in detail. 【Learning procedures】

Step1.Lead-in 1. Do you know what event is it in this video? Please watch the video carefully and answer the question: What do you think may happen before an earthquake? 2. Watch another video and answer: What kind of damage can an earthquake cause?

Step2. Pre-reading----Talk about the title “A Night the Earth Didn’t Sleep”

Step3. Fast reading

I. What does the passage mainly talk about? The passage mainly talks about a terrible________(what?) that happened in ________( where?) in _______( when? ) and caused great damage to people. (What result?) 2. Match the sentences.

Divide the passage into three parts and find out the main idea of each part. Part 1 (Para.1

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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 (

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Signs before the earthquake.

Step 4. Detailed reading Read the text carefully again and choose the best answer（1-5）. 1. The earthquake began at ________.

A. 3:00 am, June 28, 1976

B. 3:00 am, July 28, 1976

C. 3:42 am, July 28, 1976

2. What does “them” in the sentence “No wind, however, could blow them away.” (in Paragraph 3) refer to? A. Red autumn leaves

B. Bricks on the ground

C. Bodies of dead animals D. Sand in the wells 3. The title “A night the earth didn’t sleep” means _______.

A. the earth was awake all night long B. people on the earth couldn’t fall asleep that night

C. the earth shook like crazy that night

D. animals on the earth would not sleep that night 4. All the following unusual things happened before the quake except that ____.

A. the water in the village wells rose and fell

B. the chickens and even the pigs were too nervous to eat C. tens of thousands of cows would never give milk again

D. fish jumped out of bowls and ponds 5. People in the city went to bed as usual that night because ____.

A. they didn’t think it was strange for water pipes to crack and burst

B. they thought it was easy to experience an earthquake

C. they thought sleeping was the most important thing whatever would happen

D. they could never imagine there would be an earthquake 6. Discussion. According to the timeline and make a mind map For three days

At about 3:00 am on July 28, 1976

At 3:42 am on July 28, 1976

Afternoon of July 28, 1976

Soon after the quake

Step 5. Post-reading Work in groups, do an interview in your group. Some students can act the interviewers; some students can act survivors after the Tangshan Earthquake. Talk about what happened before the earthquake, during the earthquake and after the earthquake.