高考英语 精品英语阅读课件.ppt

* Unit 4 Earthquakes Natural disasters(自然灾害) Have you ever experienced(经历) any natural disasters or can you tell me some natural disasters you know? ? Typhoon Forest fire Flood Earthquake Sandstorm Drought Hailstone Which is the most terrible (可怕) one? And why? Earthquake If an earthquake happen, what will the city in the pictures look like? Earthquake Which is the most terrible earthquake in China since 1949? Tangshan, Hebei July 28,1976 A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN’T SLEEP Fast Reading Scan the passage and find out the topic sentences (中心句) for each paragraph. Para. 1-- Para. 2-- Para. 3-- Para. 4-- Strange things were happening in the countryside in northeast Heibei. Everything began to shake and it seemed that the world was at an end. Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed. All hope was not lost. Part 1: Part 2 Part 3: Careful Reading Read paragraph 1 and finish the following table. Saw:* water in wells and . * well walls had . * chickens and pigs were . * mice . * fish . * people saw in the sky. * the water pipes . Heard: the sound of . Smelt: a came out of the tracks. Strange things before the earth-quake Details Main idea rose fell deep cracks too nervous to eat ran out of the fields jumped out of bowls and ponds bright lights cracked and burst planes smelly gas There were so many strange things happening in the countryside, but did the people in Tangshan know there would be a big earthquake at that time ? No, they just went to bed as usual. And then, A big earthquake happened !!! Paragraph 23: Everything shook nearly e