ANighttheEarthDidn’tSleepWhat?Where?When?Howserious?Tangshan,Hebei3:42am,July28,1976AbigearthquakeAbigearthquakehappenedinTangshan,Hebeiat3:42am,July28,1976anditcausedgreatdamage.NightItseemedasiftheworldwasatanend!Oneofthegreatestearthquakesofthe20thcenturymainidea:shook/hit/struckEverywheretheylookednearlyeverythingwasdestroyedstrangestrangesigns(signs(迹象）迹象）roseandfell,roseandfellsmellygas,cameoutofcracksbrightlights,soundofplanesPara1chickens&pigsmicefishtoo…toranoutof…lookingforjumpedoutofThewaterpipescrackedandburst.But...thoughtlittleof…wereasleepasusual...Smalleventscanforetellbigevents.People?ignoredThewriter’sfeeling?regretful/pitifulThinking:Wouldtherebeanydifferenceifpeoplehadn’tignoredtheevents?Para.2&3layinruinsdied,wereinjuredwerekilledandleftwithoutGreatdamageEverywheretheylookednearlyeverythingwasdestroyedOne-thirdof…In15terribleseconds…TwothirdsofThousandsof400,00075%...90%..Twodams,mostbridgestensofthousandsofhalfamillion,millionsofdetailsfeltthenumber…reachedItseemedasiftheworldwasatanend!Oneofthegreatestearthquakesofthe20thcenturyweregonefellwouldnevergavemilkweredeadPara.2&3uselessGreatdestructioncoveredcutacrossriversofdirt.Ahugecrack(8km*30m)railwaytracksBricks_______thegroundlikeredautumnleaves.However,nowindcould______themaway.Hardhillsofrockbecame__________blowFeeling?shockedLaterthatafternoon?aftershock(trapped,felldownhardtoget)Feeling?hopelesshopeless?hopeful!rescuework(para.4)Notallhopewaslost.“Allhopewasnotlost”Whocametohelp?Whatdidtheydo?Wherethereislife,thereishope!Organize,digout,bury,buildSlowly,thecitybegantobreatheagain.Brickscoveredthegroundlikeredautumnleaves.AppreciatingCanyoufinddifferentkindsofEnglishrhetoric(英语修辞)inthepassage?1.Repetition重复2.Exaggeration夸张3.Personification拟人4.Simile明喻Forthreedays…roseandfell,roseandfell.Itseemsasiftheworldwasatanend.Anighttheearthdidn’tsleepSlowlythecitybegantobreatheagain.AstoryofasurvivorinWenchuanearthquakeWhenIcametolife,Isawtheentirecityl_______.EverywhereIlookednearlyeverythingwasd_______.Iwasgreatly______.However,noonecried.Survivorsincludingpeoplewhowerei______werediggingthroughtherubble(碎石),tolookfortheirfamilymembers.Thetaps(水龙头）wereu_______.Wecouldhardlygetwater.Itappearedthattheendoftheworldcame.Allhopewasnotlost.Thousandsofsoldiersandvolunteersfloodedintothecitytor_____thosewhoweret_____.Andwiththeirhelp,thousandsofs______werebuiltforhomelesspeople,justlike___________(simile比喻)Ibelieveourcitywill____________(personification拟人）.lyinginruinsdestroyedinjureduselessItseemedasiftheworldwasatanend.shockedrescuetrappedsheltersEachgroupmakesup“Astoryofarescueworker”.Don’tforgettorefertotheusefulexpressionsinthepassageandrhetoric(修辞).Homework1.Writeastoryofarescueworkerandtrytousetheexpressionsinthepassage.2.Findmoreinformationfromwww.answers.com/topic/1976Tangshanearthquake
