浙江省宁波第二中学 王淑娅 (Sherry)

A Night The Earth Didn’t Sleep

earthquakecrack

lie in ruins

rescue

...

destroyuseless

survivor

shelter

Skim to find the structure:

signs( 迹象 )

damage

rescue

Part 1: para ____

Part 2: para ____

Part 3: para ____

in the order of ____________time

1

2-3

4

eventsevents

3:421/38x3015400,00075%150,00010,000...

datadataeverything...shake

nation... feel

crack... cut across

city...lie in ruins

factories, buildings, home... be gone

soldiers... help...dig out...bury

miners...rescue

people... killed/ injured

Why are data used?

1. Steam

2. dirt

3. Bricks

4. dams

5. track, steel

6. trapped

7. electricity

damagdamagee

Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves.

simile

personification

English rhetoric ( 英语修辞 )

A night the earth didn’t sleep

The building shook like...

People ran out of the room like...

shocked(para2)

hopeless(para3)

ignorant(para1)

relieved

hopeful(para4)

feelingsfeelings

What is the writing style of this passage?

documentary writing( 纪实 )

Describe the video by using vivid verbs, accurate figures, simple sentences and rhetoric. Add your feelings if possible.

A Moment The Earth Felt Angry

Practice in documentary writing:

Homework:

1. Polish your passage in groups.

2. Further thinking: ① What’s the purpose of writing this passage? ② Why is the Tangshan Earthquake the most d

eadly one in the 20th century?③ What can you do to help survivors?

The earth seldom sleeps!

tsunami

typhoon/

hurricane

volcano