【公開課】必修一Unit4 Reading

Unit4EarthquakesReadingTangshan—in1976Tangshan—now

SkimmingTime:Place:Whathappened:July28,1976Tangshan,HebeiAbigearthquakeMainidea:AnearthquakehappenedinTangshanonJuly28,1976Theorderofthepassage:Time

ForthreedaysSoonafterthequakeslaterthatafternoonAtabout3:00amAt3:42am(Para1)(Para2&3)(Para4)BeforetheearthquakeDuringtheearthquakeAftertheearthquake

ScanningWhathappenedbeforetheearthquake?

Thewaterinthewells____and____.Andsomedeep______couldbeseeninthewellwalls.A______gascameoutthecracks.rosefellcrackssmellyPart1VerbsThechickensandevenpigswere___nervous___eat.tootoMiceranoutoftheFields__________placestohide.Fish_______outofbowlsandponds.lookingforjumpedPeoplecouldsee_______lightsinthesky.brightWhatwereTangshanpeopledoingwhentheearthquakehappened?Theythoughtlittleoftheseevents,wereasleepasusualthatnight.Thewaterpipesinsomebuildings______and____.crackedburstPart2Datas____________ofthenationfelttheearthquake.Ahugecrackthatwas_____kilometreslongand

_______metreswidecutacrosshouses.In_________terriblesecondsalargecitylayinruins.

________ofthepeoplediedorwereinjuredduringtheearthquake.________________familieswerekilledandmanychildrenwereleftwithoutparents.Onethird830152/3ThousandsofThenumberofpeoplewhowerekilledorinjuredreachedmorethan

.Allofthecity’shospitals,______ofitsfactoriesandbuildingsand_______ofitshomesweregone.________________________cowswouldnevergivemilkagain._______________pigsand_________chickenshaddied.75%90%TensofthousandsofHalfamillionmillionsof400,000Part3Thearmysent150,000soliderstoTangshanaftertheearthquake.All

hopeswerenot

lost.Thearmyorganizedteamsto______thosewhoweretrappedand_______

thedead.digouttobury

10,000_____wererescuedfromthecoalminesthere.MinersExplainthetitle“Anighttheearthdidn’tsleep”.Thensuggestanothertitleforthetext.Thetitlemeansatthatnight,theearthdidn’tfallasleepasusual,butbecameactive.Itisapoeticwayofsayingthatanearthquakehappened.GroupworkHowdoyouunderstandtherealmeaningoftheidiom“Itisalwayscalmbeforeastorm”?A.Itisunusuallyquietbeforeathunderstormorhurricanehit.B.Oneshouldnottrustsituationsthatseempeacefulsincebadthingsmayhappen.C.Theweatherisfinebeforeastormcomes.D.Youshouldstaycalmbeforeastorm.Choosethebestanswer.A2.Whatcanbeinferredfromthepassage?Ifthepigsweretoonervoustoeat,theremustbeanearthquake.B.Ifsomenaturalsignshadnotbeenignored,allthepeopleinTangshancitymighthavehadachancetosurvive.C.Therewouldn’thavebeensuchagreatquakeifpeoplehadpaidenoughattentiontosomenaturalsigns.D.Ifsomenaturalsignshadnotbeenignored,peoplemighthavehadachancetosurvive.D3.Whichofthefollowingisthemainreasonfortheheavylossoflifeinthequake?A.Theearthquakehappenedinthedeepnightwhenpeopleweresleepingdeeply.B.Thereweren’tenoughrescueworkers.C.Thebuildingwerepoorlyconstructedandmostofthemweredestroyedinthequake.D.Peoplewerenotcarefulenoughtonoticesomenaturalsignsbeforetheearthquake.AWhatrhetoricaldevicescanyoufindinthispassage?Hardhillsofrockbecameriversofdirt.Brickscoveredthegroundlikeredautumnleaves.Slowly,thecitybegantobreatheagain.metaphorsimilepersonificationLanguagePoints1.Forthreedaysthewaterinthevillagewellsroseandfell,roseandfell.rise(rose,risen)

vi(不能用于被動語態(tài))eg:1)Thefloodhasrisentwofeet.2)Thesunrisesfromeast.3)Sheusuallyrisesearlyinthemorning.4)Herosefromhisseatwhenheheardsomebodycallhisname.上漲，上升，起床，站起來raise(raised,raised)vt.“舉起，升高，喂養(yǎng)，募捐”

eg:Heraisedhisgunandtookaimatthefox.arise(arose,arisen)vi.常加from/outof“由...引起，起因于”eg:Thisproblemarisesfromyourdecision.arouse(aroused,aroused)vt.“喚醒，激起”eg:1.Thealarmclockarousedmethismorning.2.Ioftentellthemsomethingfunnytoarousetheirinterest.辨析:rise,raise,arise,arouseTheysaythatinmanywesterncountriesalargenumberofcattle_______.A.areroseB.arearousedC.areraisedD.arearoseExercise1CHertemperatureisstill______.rising2.Inthefarmyards,thechickensandeventhepigsweretoonervoustoeat.1)too...to...意為“太…而不能…”翻譯：這個句子太難了我翻譯不出來。Thissentenceistoodifficultformetotranslate.2)too...to...在下列情況下表示肯定意義：too+glad,eager,satisfied,happy,pleased等,相當于very。eg:Weweretooeagertoknowtheresultoftheexam.3）only/just/all/but+too...to...時，表“veryvery”語氣更重。eg：TheforeignvisitorsareonlytoogladtohaveanopportunitytovisittheGreatWall.這些外賓們非常高興有機會參觀長城。4）not/never+too...to...,表肯定It'snevertoolatetomend.亡羊補牢，為時未晚。5）不定式在句中做定語或真正的主語的時候eg:Ihavetoomanyquestionstoanswer.Itistoolatetoapologize.3.Miceranoutofthefieldslookingforplacestohide.runoutof“從...中跑出來”；“耗盡，用完”翻譯：我們剩余的時間不多了。eg:Wearerunningoutoftime.Exercise2Whatshallweuseforpowerwhenalltheoilintheworldhas_____?A.runoutB.putoutC.heldupD.putupA4.thewaterpipesinsomebuildings

crackedandburst.burstvi.(burst,burst)爆裂，爆發(fā)

n.突然破裂，爆發(fā)eg:Theballoonsuddenlyburst.Exercise3Hissudden_____ofviolentangerputanunpleasantendtothemeeting.A.breakB.burstC.attackD.expressB與burst有關的固定搭配：burstinto+n.burstout+doingburstintotears=burstoutcryingburstintolaughter=burstinto/in突然闖進翻譯：大白突然闖進了我的房間。eg:Suddenly,BayMaxburstintomyroom.注意：burstinto=breakinto“闖進”突然...burstoutlaughing5.Buttheonemillionpeopleofthecitythoughtlittleoftheseevents,wereasleepasusualthatnight.thinklittleof

意為“輕視，小看，沒把...當回事”thinkhighlyof

“重視，對...評價高”thinkwellof“對...看法好”被動形式：bewell/highlythoughtof“被...高度評價”翻譯：政府高度評價了一中的食堂。ThegovernmentthoughthiglyofthecanteenofPuTianNO.1highschool.6.Itseemedasiftheworldwasatanend.

1)asifasif在表語從句中相當于that:

Itseemedas

ifthemeetingwould

never

end.

看起來會議沒完沒了。改造原句：=Itseemedthattheworldwasatanend!2)

atanend意為“結(jié)束”。如：翻譯：戰(zhàn)爭結(jié)束了。Thewarwasatanend.end用作名詞構(gòu)成的短語:attheendof“在……末尾”

+時間/地點eg:翻譯：我的房子在這條路盡頭。Myhouseisattheendofthisroad.

翻譯：這節(jié)課快結(jié)束的時候，他睡著了。

Attheendoftheclass,hefellasleep.bytheendof

“到……為止”+時間eg:Wewillfinishtheprojectbytheendofnextweek.Wetoanend完結(jié)putanendto結(jié)束，終止

Exercise3TheUNis_____anendtotheconflictbetweenthetwocountries.I'msuretheissuewill______anendsoon.puttingcometo7.Infifteenterriblesecondsalargecitylayinruins.

ruin在此為名詞,意為“廢墟”，常和介詞in搭配,inruins意為“成廢墟,毀滅”be/lieinruins

變成廢墟

Thisearthquakeleftthewholetowninruins.

翻譯：因為毒品，他的未來毀了。Becauseofdrug,hisfutureis/liesinruins.ruin用作名詞,構(gòu)成的常見短語有：

beontheroadtoruin

正在走向毀滅、eg:Thecompanycannotpayitsbillsandisontheroadtoruin.gotoruin=fallintoruin

衰落,敗落Hehadletthefarmgotoruin.ruin還可作動詞,意為“毀壞,毀掉”，ruined作形容詞時,只用在名詞前，意為“毀壞的,破敗不堪的”。如：Thisillnesshasruinedhislife.Whenwearrived,wesawaruinedcastle.8.Two-thirdsofthepeoplediedorwereduringtheearthquake.injuredinjurevt.損害，傷害；“損害名譽”等翻譯：她在一次事故中受了重傷。Shewasbadlyinjuredinanaccident.injuryn.傷害

doaninjurytosb=dosbaninjury傷害某人eg:Jack'sdeathdidaninjurytoRose.injuredadj.受傷的aninjuredlook/expression委屈的樣子/表情the

injured傷者,傷員翻譯：許多傷者的情況依然很糟糕。Manyoftheinjuredarestillinaseriouscondition.Theircriticisms_________himdeeply.Smokingwill__________yourhealth.Hewasslightly________inthecaraccident.Hegot_________inthefighting.Whatyousaid_____myfeelings.have

hurtdoharmtoinjuredwoundedhurtCompare:

injure

hurtharmwound

多指意外事故造成的多指精神，感情上受傷多指有害于多指戰(zhàn)斗中，刀槍的傷口9.Thenumberofpeoplewhowereseriouslyinjuedreachedmorethan400,000.reach

v.達到，達成（協(xié)議），伸手夠到

n.范圍與之相關的搭配：beyondone'sreachoutofone'sreach

withinone'sreach

某人伸手可及Don'tleavethecigarettesonthetablewithinthe______oflittlechildren.某人手夠不到reach10.Everywheretheylookednearlyeverythingwasdestroyed.destroyv.破壞①damagen/v指部分“損壞”、“損害”、“破壞”或指使用價值有所降低，可修復。Idamagedmyshoesinfootballmatchtoday.②destroy

v.指徹底破壞,很難修復，“破壞”“毀滅”，也可以指希望、計劃等破滅。Thebuildingwas

destroyedbyfire.

③ruinv.表示破壞嚴重，以致無法修復，主語多為天災人禍，摧毀美好珍貴的事物。Thestormruinedthecrops.辨析:damage,ruin,destroy