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Unit 4

Earthquake

------A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN’T SLEEP

ⅠTeaching aims: 1. Knowledge aim:

students will have a better understanding of the meaning and structure of the text. 2. Ability aims: 1.) use what we have learned to describe what would happen before – during – after the earthquake 2.) improve the reading skill and use English to express one’s ideas

3. Moral education aims:

learn the bravery of people in Tangshan and we should always hold an optimistic attitude ⅡThe important and difficult points: Important points: 1.) some knowledge about earthquakes 2.) to improve the students reading ability Difficult points: using the learned phrases and sentence patterns to express one’s ideas

ⅢTeaching methods: Communicative Language Teaching, Take-based Activity ⅣTeaching aids: A tape recorder, the blackboard and PPT ⅤThe teaching procedures: Step1. Lead-in:

1.) show some pictures of disasters（Typhoon，tsunami，Sand storm，Tornado，Floods，Mudflow，Volcanic eruption，Drought，Thunderstorm，earthquake）

2.) Q: What should we do to protect ourselves if an earthquake happened?

Step2. While reading:

1. fast reading: scanning & skimming Q: What does the passage mainly talk about?

An earthquake happened in Tangshan in 1976.

2. careful reading: intensive reading

1)Fill in the blanks on PPT, get the detailed information.

●

strange

things were happening in the countryside in northeast Hebei. ●

The water in the wells

rose

and

fell

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A __smelly__ gas came out of the cracks. ●

The chickens and pigs were too _nervous__ to eat. ●

Fish __jumped_ out of the bowls and ponds. ●

Mice __ran__ out of the fields. ●

At _3:00____am on July 28, 1976, people saw __bright lights_ in the sky. ●

At __3:42_ am, the __greatest_ earthquake of the 20th century began. ●

__steam___ burst from holes in the ground. ●

Hard hills of the rock became rivers of __dirt__. ●

__bricks____ covered the ground like red autumn leaves. ●

Two _dams____ and most of the bridges fell.

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The railway tracks were now _useless__ pieces of _steel____. ●

__sand_ now filled the wells instead of water. ●

Water, food, and __electricity__ were hard to get. 2) Decide whether the sentences on PPT are true(T) or false(F) and correct them in groups. T

1.

There were one million people in Tangshan at that time.

F

2.

The earthquake began 10 kilometers directly below the city. F

3.

There was only one quake at that time. F

4. Only supply of water and electricity was cut off. F

5. Workers rescued most of the 10,000 coal miners to the south of the city.

3) Do some multiple choice questions on PPT. 1. Which of the following sign is NOT mentioned in the text___? A. The well walls had deep cracks in them. B. The chickens and even the pigs were too nervous to eat. C. Mice ran out of the fields looking for places to hide. D. Fish jumped out of the cracks of the well walls. 2. The second and third paragraph are mainly about______.

A. the great loss the earthquake brought to Tangshan. B. the number of people who were killed or injured. C. when and where an earthquake happened. D. the cause of the big earthquake in Tangshan 3. The title “A night the earth didn’t sleep” means______.

A. the earth was awake all night long.

B. a terrible earthquake happened that night.

C. people on the earth couldn’t fall asleep that night.

D. animals on the earth couldn’t fall asleep that night.

(a competition: divide the Ss into four group, and then the one who stand up fast and give the right answer can get a mark for his group, the group which gets the highest marks will get a present) Step3. Post reading - discussion

Retell the story in your words.

Tell the Ss: Where there is a life, there is hope. Step4. Homework Review the passage and preview the grammar—attributive clause （定语从句）and underline the attributive clause in the passage.