高一英語Earthquakes教案
we can do something to minimize the damage
caused by earthquake.
topic sentence of 1st paragraph strange things were happening in the countryside in
northeast hebei.
topic sentence of 2nd paragraph everything began to shake and it seemed that the
world was at an end.
topic sentence of 3rd paragraph everywhere they looked nearly everything was
destroyed.
topic sentence of 4th paragraph all hope was not lost.
ii. a text structure analysis
read the text “a night the earth didn’t sleep”, and then complete the following chart.
time/ order what happened result
three days before the earthquake
at about 3:00 am saw: cracks
water in the wells--- rose and fell,
animals--- too nervous , hide
fish jumped out of bowls & ponds
bright light in the sky
water pipes---cracked and burst
heard: sound of planes
smelt: smelly gas in the cracks of the wells people thought little of the
events and went to bed
as usual
at 3:42 am
felt: everything shook
one-third nation felt it
heard in beijing 100 kilometers away
a huge crack cut across houses,
roads…
saw: steam burst from holes in the ground
hard hills of rock-rivers of dirt
city lay in ruins
4 400,000 people
killed/injured
75% factories
90% home were gone
bricks covered
dams/bridges fell
not safe railway tracks
useless
cows never milk
pigs/chickens died
wells filled with sand
rescue workers and doctors trapped under the ruins
buildings fell down
water/food/electricity
hard to get
after that hope not lost
army sent 150,000 soldiers
workers built shelters for survivors
fresh water was taken to the city the city began to breathe again
iii. a retold version of the text
one possible version
strange things happened in tang shan. for three days the water in the village wells rose and fell. the well walls had deep cracks and a smelly gas came out the cracks. the chickens, pigs and mice were too nervous. fish jumped out of bowls and ponds. bright light appeared in the sky. people heard the sound of planes even when no planes were in the sky. the water pipes in some buildings cracked and burst.
at 3:42 am everything began to shake. it seemed that the world was at the end! one-third of the nation felt it. a huge crack cut across the city. in fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins. two-thirds of the people died or were injured. nearly everything was destroyed in the city. 75% of its factories and 90% of its homes were gone. then later that afternoon, another big earthquake shook tangshan. people began to wonder how long the disaster would last.