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Witness the aftermath of a deadly disaster as survivors face ruins and hopelessness. Through vivid imagery and metaphors, explore the emotions of loss and destruction.
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英语·必修第一册 Unit 4 Reading and ThinkingReading – The Night the Earth Didn’t SleepPeriod 2 赖朝晖 刘晓燕 蔡笑薇 郑珊 郑赛娟 浙江省建德市严州中学
deadly; hopeless • 1. It seemed as if the world were coming to an end. • 2. Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt. • 4.Everywhere survivorslooked, there was nothing but ruins. • 5. Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves, butno wind could blow them away. exaggeration夸张 • 1. It seemed as if the world were coming to an end. • 2. Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt. • 3. Thousands of children were left without parents. • 4. Everywhere survivors looked, there was nothing but ruins. • 5. Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves, but no wind could blow them away. • 6. People began to wonder how long the disaster would last. • … metaphor 暗喻 exaggeration夸张 simile 明喻 contrast 对比
1.1 It seemed as if the world were coming to an end. • 1.2 Peoplee were more than terrified! • 2. 1 Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt. • 2.2 Many rocks broke and fell off the hills. • 3.1Everywhere survivorslooked, there was nothing but ruins. • 3.2 Everything was destroyed. • 4.1 Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves, butno wind could blow them away. • 4.2 A lot of buildings fell down to the ground into thick pieces. Compare:
ignorant/efficient/deadly More examples: 1. The water in the village wells rose and fell, rose and fell…But…were asleep as usual. (repetition重复, contrast对比) 2. Slowly, the city began to breathe again.（personification拟人） 3. In less than one minute, the whole city fell into hopelessness … (contrast 对比； personification 拟人） …
THE NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN’T SLEEP What is shown in the video?
A woman was waiting for her husband and daughter. To show that she felt really hopeless. A woman shouted and shouted, hoping that her husband could bring back their daughter, but they never returned.
To show that she felt extremely sad. • She was extremely sad as if the world were coming to an end. The woman was sad.
Buildings fell down to the ground one after another, and the sky was filled with rocks of all sizes, falling like heavy rain, but no shelter could protect people from it. To show that buildings were severely destroyed in the earthquake Buildings were destroyed in the earthquake.
The whole city fell into hopelessness. The whole city was destroyed To show that the city was almost completely destroyed
Reorder the following sentences: 1. A woman shouted and shouted, hoping that her husband could bring back their daughter, but they never returned. 2. She was extremely sad as if the world were coming to an end. 3. Buildings fell down to the ground one after another, and the sky was filled with rocks of all sizes, falling like heavy rain, but no shelter could protect people from it. 4. The whole city fell into hopelessness.
Use proper link words: All of a sudden ____________________, buildings fell down to the ground one after another, and the sky was filled with rocks of all sizes, falling like heavy rain, but no shelter could protect people from it. ____________________, a woman shouted and shouted, hoping that her husband could bring back their daughter, but they never returned. She was extremely sad as if the world were coming to an end. _______________________, there was nothing but ruins. _______________________, the whole city fell into hopelessness. Among the ruins Everywhere she looked In less than one minute
Use the first person to rewrite the passage: All of a sudden, Buildings fell down to the ground one after another, and the sky was filled with rocks of all sizes, falling like heavy rain, but no shelter could protect us from it. Among the ruins, I shouted and shouted, hoping that my husband could bring back our daughter, but they never returned. I felt extremely sad as if the world were coming to an end. Everywhere I looked, there was nothing but ruins. In less than one minute, the whole city fell into hopelessness. All of a sudden, buildings fell down to the ground one after another, and the sky was filled with rocks of all sizes, falling like heavy rain, but no shelter could protect people from it. Among the ruins, a woman shouted and shouted, hoping that her husband could bring back their daughter, but they never returned. She was extremely sad as if the world were coming to an end. Everywhere she looked, there was nothing but ruins. In less than one minute, the whole city fell into hopelessness.
