1. Reading A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN’T SLEEP 神木职教中心 贺 敏

2. Brainstorm some natural disasters. disasters

3. drought

5. flood

7. snowstorm

9. volcano

11. hurricane

13. tsunami

17. Reading A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN’T SLEEP 《地球的一个不眠之夜》

18. A great earthquake happened in a usual night.

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20. Discussion: What do you think will happen before an earthquake?

21. Scan the passage and find out the topic sentence of each paragraph. P1 ： Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeast Hebei. （ beginning ） P2 ： Everything began to shake. It seemed as if the world was at an end. （ beginning ） P3 ： Everywhere they looked nearly every-thing was destroyed. （ beginning ） P4 ： All hope was not lost. （ beginning ）

22. Careful reading （ 6minutes ） Find the key words to support the topic sentences. Water, well walls, smelly gas, chickens and pigs,mice, fish, bright lights, the sound of planes, water pipes seem strange Signs The earthquake began, a huge crack, steam, hardhills, people died or injured began to shake What happened

23. Hospitals, factories, buildings,bricks, dams, bridges, railway tracks, cows, pigs and chickens destroyed Destruction The army helps, dig out, bury the dead, miners rescued, built shelter hope Rescue work

24. 1. The chickens didn’t eat because 2. The people didn’t worry because 3. Such a great number of people died because 4. Water was needed because 5. The people did not lose hope because A. the army came to help them. B. the quake happened while they were sleeping. C. they were nervous. D. dams and wells were useless. E. they didn’t know what the strange events meant.

25. Look at some pictures about earthquakes. Learn some new words in the text.

26. I am injured.

27. He is trapped.

28. Somebody must be buried.

29. They are rescuing somebody.

30. A young survivor is having reverence for the soldiers.

31. I am safe now, but the suffering is not at an end.

32. I need a shelter.

33. The boy is praying for the dead.

34. 表达方式充当成分 英语英语 1 ） It was felt in Beijing, which is more than two hundred kilometers away. 定 语 从 句 2 ） A huge crack that was eight kilometers longs and thirty metres wide cut across houses, roads and canals. 3 ） The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than 400,000. 4 ） Later that afternoon, another big quake which was almost as strong as the first one shook Tangshan. 5 ） Workers built shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed. 汉语汉语 1 ）二百多公里外的北京都能感觉到这场地震。 定 语 2 ）一条 8 公里长 30 米宽的巨大裂缝横穿房舍、马路和渠道。 3 ）死伤的人数达到 40 多万。 4 ）在下午晚些的时候，又一次和第一次一样的强烈的地震震撼着唐山。 5 ）救援人员为那些家园被毁的幸存者盖起了避难所。 A grammar item

35. Sum up the main idea of the passage: ______things happened in Tangshan. For a few days, water in the wells_____ and fell. From the ______ of wells _______ gas came out. Mice, chicken, pigs and even fish became ________. At 3:00 am, everything began to ______.It seemed that the world was _________. _________ of the nation ____ it. ___________ cut across the city. The city lay _______. Strange rose crackssmelly nervous shake at an endOne-third feltA huge crack in ruins

36. Two-thirds of the people died or were______. Then later that afternoon, another big quake ______ Tangshan. People began to wonder how long the _________would last. But all hope was not_____. Soldiers came to help those ________. Slowly, the city began to ________again.. injured shook disaster lost survivors breathe

37. 1) How do you protect yourself during the earthquake? if you have enough time,you can rush out to a safe place with something on your head; If there is no time for you to rush out,you’d better choose a strong conner to hide in. 2) What measures should the government take to prevent the earthquake? Prediction is an important method. They should help to build strong buildings. Discussion

38. Homework List more words or expressions to enrich your vocabulary of earthquake. （ language points ）