英语：unit《earthquakes》课件--reading(新人教版必修1).pptVIP

Before the quake. strange things were happening in the countryside in northeast Hebei. During the earthquake, the city was destroyed and people were killed or injured. Shortly after the quake, the disaster lasted. After the quake, the army came to help, bringing hope for a new life. What strange events happened before the earthquake in Tang Shan? In the well In the farmyard In the sky In the city well water, cracks ,smelly gas chickens, pigs , mice , fish bright light ,the sound of planes water pipes nervous to eat, run out to hide, jump cracked and burst rose and fell, came out of What do all the numbers referred to in the 2nd paragraph? 3:42 11 kilometres 20th century 200 kilometres 1/3 began to shake below the city, under ground the greatest earthquake of … heard away from Beijing 1/3 nation felt this earthquake 8 kilometres 30 metres 15 seconds thousands of 400,000 the crack was long the crack was wide the earthquake last …a large city lay in ruins families killed ,children left without parents… number of people who were killed or injured The numbers in paragraph 3 75% 90% two tens of thousands of half a million millions of Chickens died The factories and buildings were gone. The homes were gone. Dams fell. Pigs died The cows would never give milk again. He uses third-person to describe the quake. For example, “Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed.” 1. From whose point of view are events described? How do you know? Although the writer was not there, he felt sad for the people of Tangshan. With some feeling, he will make the reading more interesting. 2. Why do you think the writer choose to express his feelings about the quake rather than report what had happened? Night is the time to sleep, and night should be safeand quiet. But That night everything changed. It was a terrible and unusual night. 3. Why the title is A NIGH