Before the quake. strange things were happening in the countryside in northeast Hebei. During the earthquake, the city was destroyed and people were killed or injured. Shortly after the quake, the disaster lasted. After the quake, the army came to help, bringing hope for a new life.What strange eventshappened before theearthquake in Tang Shan?In the wellIn the farmyardIn the skyIn the city well water, cracks ,smelly gas chickens, pigs , mice , fish bright light ,the sound of planeswater pipes nervous to eat, run out to hide, jump cracked and burst rose and fell, came out ofrose and fell, came out ofWhat do all the numbers referred to in the 2nd paragraph? 3:4211 kilometres 20th century200 kilometres1/3 began to shakebelow the city, under groundthe greatest earthquake of …heard away from Beijing1/3 nation felt this earthquake 8 kilometres 30 metres 15 seconds thousands of 400,000 the crack was long the crack was widethe earthquake last …a large city lay in ruinsfamilies killed ,children left without parents…number of people who were killed or injuredThe numbers in paragraph 3 75% 90% two tens of thousands of half a million millions of Chickens diedThe factories and buildings were gone.The homes were gone.Dams fell. Pigs diedThe cows would never give milk again.He uses third-person to describe the quake. For example, “Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed.”1. From whose point of view are events described? How do you know?Although the writer was not there, he felt sad for the people of Tangshan. With some feeling, he will make the reading more interesting.2. Why do you think the writer choose to express his feelings about the quake rather than report what had happened?Night is the time to sleep, and night should be safeand quiet. But That night everything changed. It was a terrible and unusual night.3. Why the title is A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN’T SLEEP?Several days before July 28, 1976, many s_______things happened in Tangshan. They were signs for the e________. But people in the city of Tangshan didn’t think m____of these. At 3:42am that day,the earth began to s________, which d______the city. Filling the blacks with the first given letter:trangearthquakeuchhakeestroyedMany people, including workers and doctors, came to r______those t_______under the ruins. Later that afternoon,another big earthquake struck Tangshan. More people were killed or injured and more buildings f____down. Soldiers were called in to help the rescue workers. T______were organized to dig out the trapped and b____ the dead.escuerappedelleamsury
