Unit+4+Reading+and+Thinking 高中英语人教版（2019）必修第一册

THENIGHTTHEEARTHDIDN'TSLEEPPredictionLookatthetitleandphotobelowandguesswhatthetextisabout.Skimmingwhenwherewhat

Itisaliteraryjournalism(报告文学).Thetextisdevelopedinorderof____timeorspace

time____theearthquake____theearthquake____theearthquakebefore

Para.1during

Para.2-3after

Para.4-5THENIGHTTHEEARTHDIDN'TSLEEPAtextusingadescriptivelanguageandrhetoricaldevices(修辞手法)topresentfacts.ScanningPara.1beforetheearthquakeStrangethingswerehappeninginthecountrysideofnortheasternHebei.Forseveraldays,thewaterinthevillagewellsroseandfell,roseandfell.Thereweredeep

cracks

thatappearedinthewellwalls.Atleastonewellhadsomesmellygascomingoutofit.Chickensandevenpigsweretoonervoustoeat,anddogsrefusedtogoinsidebuildings.Miceranoutofthefieldslookingforplacestohide,andfishjumpedoutofthewater.Atabout3:00a.m.,on28July1976,brightlightswereseenintheskyoutsidethecityofTangshanandloudnoiseswereheard.Butthecity'sonemillionpeoplewereasleepasusualthatnight.Whatwerethestrangethings?topicsentencewarningsigns

______________beforetheearthquakerepetition

ToimpressreadersdeeplyWhatwerepeopledoingthatnight?PeoplewereasleepasusualwarningsignsbeforetheearthquakeextremedamageScanningthoughtlittleofPara.1beforetheearthquakedescribedbydata

ofthenationfelttheearthquake.Ahugecrack,____

kilometerslongand_____meterswide,cutacrosshouses,roadsandwaterways.Inlessthan_____minute,alargecitylayinruins.

_______ofthepeoplewholivedthereweredeadorinjured.Thenumberofpeoplewhowerekilledorbadlyinjuredinquakewasmorethan__________.About______ofthecity'sfactoriesandbuildings,______ofitshomes,andallofitshospitalweregone.1/383012/3400,00075%90%Scanningoneofthemostdeadlyearthquakesofthe20thcenturyTomaketheinformationconvincingPara.2-3extremedamageduringtheearthquakeSentencestoappreciate1.Hardhillsofrockbecame_____________.2.Brickscoveredtheground_____________________,butnowindcouldblowthemaway.riversofdirtlike

redautumnleavesPeoplebegantowonderhowlongthedisasterwouldlast.Peoplefelt____________anxiousshockedhelpless

scared/terrifieddesperate/hopeless…simileTopresentvividpicturesmethaphorPara.4_________aftertheearthquakeButhopewasnotlost.Thearmysent150,000soldiersto…Mostthan10,000doctorsandnursescameto...Workersbuiltsheltersfor…Waterandfoodwerebrougtinto…Slowly,

thecitybegantobreatheagain.reviverescue________fromalloverthecountryvarioushelpScanningpersonificationTogivepeoplehopePara.5________aftertheearthquakerevivalScanningTangshanstartedto

revive

itselfandgetbackuponitsfeet.Withstrongsupportfromthegovernmentandthetirelessefforts

ofthecity'speople,anewTangshanwasbuiltupontheearthquakeruins.Thenewcityhasbecomeahometomorethansevenmillionpeople,withgreatimprovementsintransportation,industry,andenvironment.TangshancityhasprovedtoChinaandtherestoftheworldthatintimesofdisaster,peoplemust

unify

andshowthe

wisdom

tostaypositiveandrebuildforabrighterfuture.topicsentencereasonsresultsconclusionFurther-thingkingWhatmakesTangshandevelopsofast?Further-thingkingWhatmakesTangshandevelopsofast?tirelsseffortsofthecity'speoplestrongsupportfromthegovernmentvarioushelpfromthewholenationunifyPairworkSupportivewordsandexpressions:Irememberedtherewere…beforethequake,but…Itwasterriblewhen…Ifeltshocked/frightened/hopeless/desperate…,because…Itseemedasif…Luckily,…SupposeyouwereasurvivoroftheTangshanearthquakein1976,wouldyoupleaseshareyourexperiencewithus?Pleasediscusswithyourpartner.Itwasa7.8magnitudeearthquake,whichwasverydestructive.Ithappenedinthesmallhours,whenpeoplewereenjoyingasoundsleep.AnunexpectedbigaftershockstruckTangshanafterwards.Peoplepaidlittleattentiontothewarningsigns....

Further-thinkingWhydoyouthinktheearthquakecausedsuchgreatdamagetothecityanditspeople