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Unit4Make PredictionsLook atthe pictureson pp.50-51and thetitle“THE NIGHTTHE EARTHDIDNT SLEEP,and thenguess whatthe textis mainlyabout.A.Its a story about a disaster.B.Its astory aboutgreat changes.C.If sastory aboutasleepless night.D.Its astoryaboutthe buildingof anew city.Skim for Main IdeaMatch themain ideawith eachpart of the text.
1.Part1Para.1A.Revival afterthe earthquake
2.Part2Paras,23B.Signs beforethe earthquake
3.Part3Paras,45C.Damage duringthe earthquakeAnalyze the Structure Readthe textcarefully andfill in the followingchart.THE NIGHTTHE EARTHDIDNT SLEEPTime Whathappened Peoplesreaction Theresult★The wellwater roseand fell,well walls
1.some smellygas cameout.★Chickens andpigs weretoo nervousto eat,and dogs
2.______to goinside Peoplepaid noPeople wereBefore thebuildings.attention tothem
5.—as earthquake★
3.ran out of theand didnothing.usual.fields andfish jumpedoutof the water.★
4.were seenin
13.itself andget backup onits feet.the sky and loudnoises wereheard.★Everything began to
6.★A largecity layin
9..During the★A hugecrack
7.People were★Two thirdsof the earthquake houses,roads,and waterways.
8.________people livingthere★Hard hillsof rockbecame were dead or
10..rivers ofdirt.People unifiedand★The armysent soldiers to andnurses camePeople wereused theirAfter therescue,doctors tohelp andworkers builtfor
11.hopeful and
15.______to earthquakesurvivors.
14.rebuild anew★Tangshan.The citybegantoagain.
12.Tangshan beganto Scanfor SpecificInformation Readthe textquickly tofind dataabout Tangshan earthquake.TangshanearthquakeTime Atabout
1.,on28July1976Range Nearly
2.of thewhole nationfelt it.★A hugecrack,
3.kilometres longand
4.metres wide,cut acrosshouses,roads,and waterways.★
5.of thepeople wholived therewere deador injured.The numberof peoplewho werekilled orbadly injuredin thequake wasmore thanDamage
6..★About
7.of the citys factories and buildings,
8.of its homes,and allof itshospitals weregone.★Tens ofthousands ofcows,hundreds ofthousands ofpigs,and millionsof chickensweredead.★The armysent
9.soldierstoTangshan todig outthose whowere trappedand tobury thedead.Rescue★More than
10.doctors andnurses came to providemedical care.★Workers built shelters forsurvivors whosehomes hadbeen destroyed.Revival Thenew city has becomea hometo more than
11.people.Make aSummary Writea summaryofthetext Usecontext tounderstand newwords阅读时我们不可避免会遇到一些生词,这时,应该先判断该生词是否对理解其所在的句子构成影响如果该词与文章的要点以及主要细节有关,这时我们就应该通过各种线索来推测词义今天我们来学习利用语境猜测词义利用语境猜测词义可用以下三种线索信息
一、生词所在句子或段落中出现的其它词汇的意思;
二、文本的主题知识;
三、生词所在句子中的语法结构知识下面我们结合课文“THE NIGHTTHE EARTHDIDNT SLEEP”看看如何利用语境猜测ruin和brick的词义观察第二段ruin出现的上下文,我们可以提取出关键信息coming toan enddeadly earthquakesdamage crackcut acrossrivers ofdirt dead、injured withoutparents killedbadly injuredo这些表达描述了一幅毁灭性的画面,即the largecity wasdestroyed completely,故而我们可以猜测出ruin在此意为“毁坏,破坏,根据第三段brick的上文About75percent ofthe citysfactoriesandbuildings,90percent of itshomes,and allofitshospitals weregone及该词所在句covered theground likered autumnleaves,but nowind couldblow themaway可知,工厂、建筑物、房子、医院等消失不见了,风没能吹走的红色物体遍地都是,进而我们可以推测出brick应该是hard materialsused forbuilding wallsand houses,其词义为“砖,石专块同学们在阅读中遇到生词时要有意识地训练自己的猜词能力,同时养成用英语思考的习惯答案Make PredictionsA SkimforMainIdea1-3BCA AnalyzetheStructure
1.cracked
2.refused
3.Mice
4.Bright lights
5.asleep
6.shake
7.cut across
8.shocked/in shock
9.ruins
10.injured
11.shelters
12.breathe
13.revive
14.positive
15.wisdom Scanfor SpecificInformation
1.3:00a.m.
2.one third
3.eight
4.
305.Two thirds
6.400,
0007.75percent
8.90percent
9.150,
00010.10,
00011.seven millionMake aSummary In thecityof Tangshan,Hebei in1976,strange thingswere happening.People heardstrange noisesand sawbright lightsin theskyandanimals wereafraid.Then,intheearly hoursofthemorning ofJuly28,theearthshook.Nearly athird ofChina feltone ofthe biggestearthquakes inthe twentiethcentury.In lessthan oneminute Tangshanwas inruins andmorethan400,000people werekilled orinjured.Intheafternoon anotherquake shookTangshan again.But thenthe army,doctors,nurses andworkers allcametohelp.They rescuedthe trappedpeople,brought waterand foodfor thesurvivors,provided medicalcare andbuiltshelters.Slowly,Tangshan beganto recover.Now,the newcityhasrevived andshown theworld thewisdom tostay positive.。