beautifulpeaceful terribleshockingbe /lay in ruins What happened?Earthquake What happened in an earthquake?Buildings and bridgesfall downWhat happened in an earthquake?Roadsbreak/burst What happened in an earthquake?Peoplebe buried/injured/killed What happened in an earthquake?ChildrenLeft without parents/become homeless/be an orphan Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed. Their suffering was_________. How did the survivors feel?extreme Unit 4 A night the earth didn’t sleepReading •Divide the passage into three parts and find out the main idea for each.Main idea of each partPart IPart IIPart IIIPara.1Para.2Para.3Para.4Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeast Hebei.It seemed as if the world was at an end.Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed.All hope was not lost. Skimming Main idea of each partPart IPart IIPart IIIPara.1Para.2Para.3Para.4Strange things that happened in Tangshan before an earthquakeAll hope was not lost.Before the earthquake---SignsDuring the earthquake---DamageAfter the earthquake---RescueIt seemed as if the world was at an end.Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed. Part I (Para.1)Topic sentence:Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeast Hebei.Supporting points:* water pipes…* well walls …* well water…* animals: the chickens and the pigs/ mice and fish …* bright lights/the sound of planes…Result:People thought little of them Scanning Part II (Para.2--3)Main IdeaDetails•_______ burst from holes in the ground.•Hard hills of the rock became rivers of ____.•_____covered the ground like red autumn leaves.• Two _______ and most of the bridges fell.• The railway tracks were now _________ pieces of _______.•______ would never...
