【新教材精创】4.2 Reading&Thinking 导学案（1）-人教版高中英语必修第一册018_导学

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Unit 4 Natural Disasters
Period 2 Reading and Thinking:
The Night the Earth Didn’t Sleep
导学案


1. To find out the paragraph topic sentences, understand the basic information of the Tangshan earthquake through skimming, searching and other reading skills
2. To sort out the details of the paragraph, to understand the strange things before the Tangshan earthquake, the tremendous destructive force caused by the earthquake, and the rapid and selfless rescue and reconstruction after the disaster;
3.To discuss the thinking brought by earthquake and sublimate the theme significance.


1. To acquire reading ability such as skimming, scanning and summarizing.
2. To talk about the precursor before the earthquake, the damage caused by the earthquake, the rescue after the earthquake and the reconstruction after the earthquake.


1.What do you know about Tangshan Earthquake?
2.What’s the main idea in each paragraph.
Paragraph1:
Paragraph2:
Paragraph3:
Paragraph4:
Paragraph5:
3. In what order does the author describe the earthquake?
4.Read paragraph1 answer the following questions
1: What are the strange things?
2: What was people’s reaction to these strange things?
3. Why didn’t people pay attention to these strange things/the signs before the earthquake?
4. When does this paragraph mainly talk about?
2). Read to get detailed information about Paragraph 2.
1. How strong was the earthquake?
2 .How did the people feel when the earthquake happened?
3. What does this paragraph mainly talk about?
3. Read to get detailed information about Para. 3.
1 .What were destroyed?
2. How does the writer describe “everything in the city”?
3. How did the people feel?
4. What does this paragraph mainly talk about?
4). Read to get detailed information about Paragraph 4.
1. Who brought hope back? And what did they do?
2. How did the people feel after a lot of people came to rescue?
3.  How was the city after a lot of people came to rescue?
5). Read to get detailed information about Paragraph 5.
1. What shows the revival of Tangshan?
2. How can Tangshan revive itself and get up on its feet again?
Q3. In times of disasters, how can we go through it?
5.  Highlighting the theme and reflecting

• Make a summary of the text.
  

time	What happened	People’s response
Before
during
after

2. Further understand the title
After our learning, why do you think the earth didn’t sleep on that night?
3. Reflect through discussion on what can be learnt after reading.
【答案】
1 What do you know about Tangshan Earthquake?
It was a terrible disaster, which almost destroyed a city and caused lots of people to die and become homeless.
2 .What’s the main idea in each paragraph.
Paragraph1: Warning signs before the earthquake.
Paragraph2:the deadly damage of the quake
Paragraph3: the deadly damage of the quake
Paragraph4: the rescue after the quake
Paragraph5:the revival of the city
2. In what order does the author describe the earthquake?
Order of time
Step 3 Reading for the detailed information
1). Read to get detailed information about Paragraph 1.
1: What are the strange things?
The water in the wells rose and fell
Deep cracks in the well
Smelly gas coming out of the well
Animals were too nervous to eat and refused to go inside
Mice ran out
Bright lights were seen
Loud noises were heard
2: What was people’s reaction to these strange things?
Go to sleep as usual.
3. Why didn’t people pay attention to these strange things/the signs before the earthquake?
At that time, people knew little or nothing about the warning signs of quakes.
4. When does this paragraph mainly talk about?
Before the quake
2). Read to get detailed information about Paragraph 2.
1. How strong was the earthquake?
One of the most deadly earthquake of the 20th century ; it caused damage more than 150 kilometers away  ; nearly one third of the nation felt it.
2 .How did the people feel when the earthquake happened?
The end of the world.

• What does this paragraph mainly talk about?
  

the deadly damage of the quake
3. Read to get detailed information about Para. 3.
1 .What were destroyed?
Nearly everything was destroyed.
2. How does the writer describe “everything in the city”?
Use some numbers and use some figure of speech to vividly express the destruction.
3. How did the people feel?
Wonder how long the disaster would last
4. What does this paragraph mainly talk about?
the deadly damage of the quake
4). Read to get detailed information about Paragraph 4.
1. Who brought hope back? And what did they do?
The army and soldiers, workers , government and volunteers
2. How did the people feel after a lot of people came to rescue?
Hopeful,positive and confident to rebuild their homes
3.  How was the city after a lot of people came to rescue?
The city started to revive and get back up on its feet.
5). Read to get detailed information about Paragraph 5.
1. What shows the revival of Tangshan?
The new city becomes a new home.
2. How can Tangshan revive itself and get up on its feet again?
With strong support and the tireless efforts of the city’s people.
Q3. In times of disasters, how can we go through it?
In times of disasters, we should unify, show the wisdom and stay positive.
Step 4  Highlighting the theme and reflecting

• Make a summary of the text.
  

time	What happened	response
Before	Abnormal things	Unprepared
during	Deadly damage	hopeless
after	rescue and revival	Efficient ,positive and hopeful

2. Further understand the title
After our learning, why do you think the earth didn’t sleep on that night?
An earthquake happened, the people in the earthquake suffered a lot, and the people outside Tangshan were concerned about the people there a lot.
3. Reflect through discussion on what can be learnt after reading.
Disasters are powerful, unpreparedness can be deadly and life is weak, but if people work together to help each other, disasters can be defeated.
There is no love from disaster, but we have love in the human heart.