新人教版高中英语必修第一册：Reading and Thinking The Night the Earth Didn’t Sleep [课文理解].pptx

Reading and Thinking The Night the Earth Didn’t SleepUnit 4 Natural disasters At the end of this class, you will be able to1.Know about the basic information of the Tangshan Earthquake through reading.2.Describe an earthquake by using expressions learnt through practice.3.Understand Chinese spirit better via examples. tornadodroughtlandslidetsunamifloodvolcanowildfireearthquakeLead-inBrainstorming: Look at the pictures and think of some new words relating to the natural disasters. 1. Discuss what can happen to a city during a big earthquake.Pre-readingResults of Earthquakeroad crackdestroyinjurypower offWater pipe crackhomeless video timeHow much do you know about earthquake? (1)What do we know from the photo?(2)Who are these people?(3)What are they doing?(4)What might happen to the night?2. Look at the title and photo on Page 50 and guess what the text is about.Then try to answer the following questions. While-readingFast-readingParagraphTopic sentence1.To get the main idea, pay attention to the beginning and ending sentences in each paragraph. Skim and find out the topic sentences.Para.1Para.2Para.3Para.4Para.5Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeastern Hebei. …everything began to shake. It seemed as if the world were coming to end!Everywhere survivors looked, there was nothing but ruins.But hope was not lost. Tangshan started to revive itself and get back up on its feet. Para.1: Para.2: Para.3: Para.4: Para.5:2. Match the main idea with each paragraph.A．The rescue work.B．The revival of the city.C．Warning signs before the earthquake.D．The happening of the big earthquake.E．The bad effects of the earthquake. 3. Read the passage and choose the best answer.(1)What is the main idea of the text?A. A terrible earthquake of Tangshan.B. Strange signs before the earthquake of Tangshan.C. Rescue work after the earthquake of Tangshan.D. Damages of the earthquake of Tangshan.√(2) In what order did the writer write the passage?A. Importance. B. P