(sherry) a night the earth didnt sleep. earthquake crack lie in ruins rescue... destroy useless...
TRANSCRIPT
Skim to find the structure:
signs( 迹象 )
damage
rescue
Part 1: para ____
Part 2: para ____
Part 3: para ____
in the order of ____________time
1
2-3
4
3:421/38x3015400,00075%150,00010,000...
datadataeverything...shake
nation... feel
crack... cut across
city...lie in ruins
factories, buildings, home... be gone
soldiers... help...dig out...bury
miners...rescue
people... killed/ injured
Why are data used?
Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves.
simile
personification
English rhetoric ( 英语修辞 )
A night the earth didn’t sleep
The building shook like...
People ran out of the room like...
Describe the video by using vivid verbs, accurate figures, simple sentences and rhetoric. Add your feelings if possible.
A Moment The Earth Felt Angry
Practice in documentary writing:
Homework:
1. Polish your passage in groups.
2. Further thinking: ① What’s the purpose of writing this passage? ② Why is the Tangshan Earthquake the most d
eadly one in the 20th century?③ What can you do to help survivors?