reading. before after time: place: disaster: july 28, 1976 tangshan, hebei a big earthquake main...

Reading

before

after

•Time: •Place: •Disaster:

July 28, 1976Tangshan, HebeiA big earthquake

Main idea:

An earthquake happened in Tangshan on July 28, 1976

SkimmingSkimming

Para1 Before

Para2-3 During

Part3 After

Time Order

signs

damage

recovery

1. Four group members:

a. read your own paragraph;underline the time

b. finish your exercise

2. Leaders and spokesmen: P27 exercise 1, 2.

3. Put the paragraphs into the right order.

C D A B

ScanningScanning

The water in the wells ____and____. And

some deep ______could be seen in the well

walls. A ______ gas came out the cracks.

rose fell

crackssmelly

In the __________, the chickens and even

pigs were ____ nervous ___ eat.too to

farmyards

Mice ran out of the fields _________ places t

o hide. Fish _______ out of bowls and ponds.

looking for

jumped

People could see ______ lights in the sky.bright

At 3:42 am

House, roads and canals

Steam

Hills of rock

The large city

had a huge crack

burst from holes in the ground.

became rivers of dirt

lay in ruins

1. Two-thirds of the nation felt the earthquake. ( )

2. All the people in Tangshan were dead or injured during the earthquake. ( )

3. All of the city’s hospitals, factories, buildings and homes were damaged in the earthquake. ( )

F

F

F

One-third

Two-thirds

75%

90%

75%

True ( T ) or false( F )?

4. Later that afternoon, a terrible

earthquake shook Tangshan again. ( )

5. People slept outdoors after the

earthquake. ( )T

T

6. Not only the people but also the anim

als were shocked greatly.

7. Many rescue workers and doctors we

re trapped under the ruins during the a

ftershock.

T

T

Soon after the quakes

The army:

Workers:

sent soldiers to Tangshan; organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead.

built shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed.

Result: The city began to breathe again.

Tang shan’s new look

Homework

1. Finish the summary. 2. Be a teacher: Language Pointsburst ruin extreme

injure

shock rescue trap

bury

at an end as if

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8

9 10

Life is so beautiful.

We must love our lives.

In an earthquake

SPEED IS LIFE.

____________ happened in Tang Shan. For a few days, water in the wells _____________. From the ______ of wells __________come 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 thingsrose and fell

cracks smelly gas

nervous

shakeat an end One-third

felt A huge crackin ruins

Two-thirds of the people _____ or _____

______. Then later that afternoon, anoth

er big quake ______ Tang Shan. People

began to wonder ____________________

_______. But all hope ____________. ___

____ came to help those ________. Slowl

y, the city began to _____________.

died

were injured

shook

how long the disaster would last

was not lost Soldiers

breathe again

survivors