A Night the Earth Didn’t Sleep

1、a night the earth didnt sleepanighttheearthdidntsleep.whydoesthewriteruse“anighttheearthdidntsleep”asthetitle?_.fastreading.whatdoesthepassagemainlytalkabout?whenandwheredidtheearthquakehappen?_.scanthepassageandfindoutthetopicsentenceofeachparagraph.paragraphtopicsentencepositioninparagraph1234.how

2、manypartscanthispassagebedividedinto?partparagraphmainidea1.carefulreading.readthepassagecarefullyandfindmoreinformationaboutit.datav_ofthenationfelttheearthquake.vahugecrackthatwaskilometerslongandmeterswidecutacrosshouses.vinterriblesecondsalargecitylayinruins.vofthepeoplediedorwereinjuredduringth

3、eearthquake.vthenumberofpeoplewhowerekilledorinjuredreachedmorethan.vallofthecityshospitals,_ofitsfactoriesandbuildingsandofitshomesweregone.translatethefollowingsentencesintochinese.1.buttheonemillionpeopleofthecity,whothoughtlittleoftheseevents,wereasleepasusualthatnight.2.thenumberofpeoplewhowere

4、killedorinjuredreachedmorethan400,000.3.then,anotherbigquakewhichwasalmostasstrongasthefirstoneshooktangshan.4.thearmyorganizedteamstodigoutthosewhoweretrappedandtoburythedead.語言點(diǎn)：1.imagineyourhomebeginstoshakeandyoumustleaveitrightawayimagine:imagine+n./pron./g./cl.imaginesb.tobeshake:causetomoveto

5、andfrorightaway:atonce;innotime;immediatelyrightnow:atthisverymomentmakeupyourmind_.illreturnthebook_.2.burst:tocomeopenorflyapartsuddenlytheballoonsuddenlyburst.burstinto+n.somerobbersburstintothathouse.burstoutburstout+doingtheyburstoutlaughing.burstinto+n.burstout+doingheburstintolaughter.=heburs

6、toutlaughingheburstintotears.=heburstoutcrying.3.buttheonemillionpeopleofthecity,whothoughtlittleoftheseevents,wenttobedasusualthatnight.doyouwantafriendwhomyoucouldtelleverythingtolikeyourdeepestbecausethosewhoruledenglandatthattimespokefrench.theplainswherericegrows.4.two-thirdsofthepeoplediedorwe

7、re_injured_duringtheearthquake.two-thirds=twothirdsmorethan61%ofthesurfaceofthesurfaceoftheearth_coveredbywater.seventypercentoftheworkersinthisfactory_young.injure:tohurtoneself/sb/sth.physicallycompare:injure/hurt/woundtheircriticisms_himdeeply.havehurtsmokingwill_hishealth.hewasslightly_inthecara

8、ccident.hegot_inthefighting.whatyousaid_myfeeling.5.peoplebegantowonderhowlongthedisasterwouldlast.wonder:v.a.tohaveafeelingofsurprise.b.tobefilledwithcuriosityordoubt.n.onethatarousesastonishment,surprise;admirationitisnowonder=nowonder-tomoftenworksdeepintothenighteveryday.-nowonderhealwaysgetsfir

9、stintheexaminations.6.allhopewasnotlost.allnot=notall.:somebutnotallnotallthechildrenareleft.notallthechildrenarenoisy.&noneof.noneofuswereallowedtogothere.noneofthesereportsisveryhelpful.homework1.findoutthedifficultsentencesinthepassage.2.doexercisesonpage2728.ex.1,2&33.doexercises1&2o

10、npage63.4.reviewattributiveclause5.imagineyourhomebeginstoshakeandyoumustleaveitrightaway.youhavetimetotakeonlyonething.whatwillyoutake?why?答案anighttheearthdidntsleep.whydoesthewriteruse“anighttheearthdidntsleep”asthetitle?nightisthetimetosleep,andnightshouldbesafeandquiet.butthatnighteverythingchan

11、ged.thewriterusesitastitletoshowhowterribleandunusualthatnightwas.fastreading.anearthquakehappenedintangshanin1976.scanthepassageandfindoutthetopicsentenceofeachparagraph.paragraphtopicsentencepositioninparagraph1strangethingswerehappeninginthecountrysideofnortheasthebei.beginning2everythingbegantos

12、hake.itseemedasiftheworldwasatanend.beginning3everywheretheylookednearlyeverythingwasdestroyed.beginning4allhopewasnotlost.beginning.howmanypartscanthispassagebedividedinto?partparagraphmainidea1paragraph1strangethingshappenedbeforetheearthquake.2paragraph2/3theearthquakedestroyedthecityoftangshan3paragraph4the