Unit

4How

many

kinds

of

disasters

are

therein

theworld?Warming

uptornado,hurricanetsunamivolcanic

eruptionsand

stormthunderstormfiretyphoondroughtfloodSARS（Spring

2003

）The

World

Trade

Center

wasdestroyed(2001.9.11)EarthquakeWhich

disastermaycause

the

worstdamage?earthquake1)

What

do

you

think

willhappenbefore

an

earthquake?How

much

do

youknowaboutanearthquake?Pre-readingBright

lights

will

flash

in

the

sky.Animals,

such

as

cows,

dogs,

horsesandsnakes,

will

be very

nervous

and

upset.smelly

gas.Animals,

such

as

cows,

pigs,

horses

and

snakes

arevery

nervous

andupset.Mice

run

out

to

look

for

places

to

hide.Fish

jump

out

of

theponds.Predictions

of

anearthquake:Bright

lights

flash

in

the

sky.The

water

in

the

well

rise

and

fall.The

well

walls

have

deep

cracks

withDiscuss

No.

1

in

Pre-reading

onP25.How

much

more

do

you

know

about

anearthquake?What

may

happen

in

an

earthquake?People

may

lose

their

homes….Many

things

may

be

destroyed…..Many

people

may

bekilled……Pre-readingVideoTangshan,HebeiJuly

28th,

1976The

earthquake

destroyed

almost

all

the

city.

Manypeople

were

hurt.

Hundreds

of

thousands

of

peopledied.

Most

of

the

buildings

in

the

city

fell

down.5.12 Wenchuan

EarthquakeTangshan

earthquakeA

NIGHTTHE

EARTHDIDN’T

SLEEPDivide

the

whole

passage

into

three

partsand

then

find

out

the

main

idea

of

eachpart.Structure

of

the

text

:Clue(線索)of

thestory:Before~during~afterPart

1.（Para.1）Strange

things

were

happening

before

theearthquake,

but

no

one

took

any

notice

ofthem.The

earthquake

destroyed

the

city

ofTangshan,

caused

a

lot

of

loss

and

shockedthe

people

very

much.part

2.(Para.2,3)part

3.(Para.4)Time

orderthe

earthquakeSigns(征兆)Damage損害RecoveryThe

army

came

to

help

the

survivors,bringin復g原hope

for

a

newlife.Careful

readingWhat

strange

things

happened

befoan

earthquake?The

water

in

thewellsrose

and

fell.

And

the

wellwalls

had

deep

cracks

inthem.A

smelly

gas

came

out

of

the

cracks.The

chickens,

cows,dogs

and pigs

were

toonervous

to

eat.Mice

ran

out

of

theFields

lookingforplaces

tohide.Fish

jumped

outof

bowls

and

ponds.People

could

see

bright

lights

in

the

sky.The

sound

of

planes

couldbe

heard

even

when

noplanes

were

in

the

sky.The

water

pipes

in

some

buildings

cracked

and

burst.What

happenedduring

the

earthquake?The

buildings

fell

down.buildingsrailwaybridgeMany

things

were

destroyed,

such

as

…roadThe

cracks

cut

across

theroads

.The

citylay

in

ruinsafter

the

earthquake

.Dataof

the

nation

felt

the

earthquake

.of

the

people

died

or

were

injured

during

the

earthquake.Thenumberofpeoplewhowerekilledorinjuredreachedmorethan

of

its

homes

were

gone.

1/3Ahugecrackthatwas

kilom8etres

long

and

30

metres

wide

cut

across

houses.In

15

terrible

seconds

a

large

city

lay

in

ruins.

2/3.All

of

the

city’s

hospitals4,

00,0_00ofitsfactoriesandbuildingsand

75%90%Para. 2-3pigs

and

Thousands

of

families were

killed

and

manychildren

were

left

without

parents.cows

would

never

give

milk

again.Tens

of

thousands

ofchickens

were

dead.Half

amillionmillions

ofWhat happened

after

theearthquake?The

army:Workers:---sent

soldiers

to

Tangshan.

organized

teamsto

dig

out

those

who

were

trapped

and

to

burythe

dead.Result:---built

shelters

for

survivors

whose

homes

hadbeen

destroyed.The

city

began

to

breathe

again.All

hope

was

not

lost.Tangshan’s

new

lookWhat

shall

we

do

if

an

earthquake

happensAHide

under

the

hardfurniturePut

out

the

fire

and turn

offthe

gasBNever

try

touse

the

liftCUse

s