TheNighttheEarthDidn’tSleepUNIT4ReadingandthinkingTangshangearthquake1976SkimmingFindoutthetopicsentenceofeachparagraphSkimmingFindoutthetopicsentenceofeachparagraph.Para.TopicsentencePara.1Para.2Para.3Para.4Para.5StrangethingswerehappeninginthecountrysideofnortheasternHebei.At3:42a.m.,everythingbegantoshake.Itseemedasiftheworldwerecomingtoanend!…therewasnothingbutruins.Nearlyeverythinginthecitywasdestroyed.Buthopewasnotlost.Tangshanstartedtoreviveitselfandgetbackuponitsfeet.Para.TopicsentenceMainideaPara.1StrangethingswerehappeninginthecountrysideofnortheasternHebei.Para.2At3:42a.m.,everythingbegantoshake.Itseemedasiftheworldwerecomingtoanend!Para.3…therewasnothingbutruins.Nearlyeverythinginthecitywasdestroyed.Para.4Buthopewasnotlost.Para.5Tangshanstartedtoreviveitselfandgetbackuponitsfeet.StrangethingsbegantoshakeruinseverythingwasdestroyedButhopereviveitselfWarningsignsbeforetheearthquakeThehappeningoftheearthquakeTheeffectsduringtheearthquakeTherescueworkaftertheearthquakeTherevivalofthecitySkimmingHowisthetextorganized?Howmanypartscanthetextbedividedinto?Whatarethey?ScanningandcarefulreadingPart1:beforeWhatarethestrangethings?ScanningandcarefulreadingPart1:beforeWhatarethestrangethings?Part11.Howdidpeoplereacttothestrangethings?Why?2.Ifthereweresomepeopleawake,wouldtheypaymuchattentiontothestrangethingsandtakeimmediateaction?Possiblynot,becausetheyhadlittleunderstandingandlackedawarenessoftheearthquake.Becausetheyareunaware/ignorantofearthquakes.ScanningandcarefulreadingPart2:duringFindoutonesentencethatcansummarizetheseverityoftheearthquake.Itseemedasiftheworldwerecomingtoanend!ScanningandcarefulreadingPart2:duringScanningandcarefulreadingPart2:duringWhatcanweinferfromthesenumbers?twoaspects:thegreatdamagetothecitytheextremesufferingofthepeopleWhydoestheauthorusesomanynumbers?terrified;shocked;frightened;desperate;hopeless;helplessmakethelanguagemorescientificandvividmakethearticlemoreconvincingandimpressivemaketheexamplesmoreshockingandconcrete.Theauthorusesasimiletodescribetheseverityoftheearthquakeandthedamagetonaturecausedbyit.ScanningandcarefulreadingPart2:duringWhatdoestheauthormeanbysaying“Hardhillsofrockbecameriversofdirt.”(para2)Theauthorusesasimiletodescribebuildings’falling,soastoillustratetheseverityandpermanentdamageoftheearthquake.ScanningandcarefulreadingPart2:duringWhatdoestheauthormeanbysaying“Brickscoveredthegroundlikeredautumnleaves,butnowindcouldblowthemaway.”

(para.3)Howdoestheauthordemonstratethedamage?ScanningandcarefulreadingPart3:afterHowwashopebroughttothecity?Whoandwhathelpeditsrevival?hopefulWhatdoyoufeelafterreadingPart3?thepowerofhopeandunity;thewisdomtostaypositiveandrebuildforabrighterfuture;whendisasterstruck,helpcamefromallsides;everyoneshouldworktogetherandsupporteachotherandwecanovercomeeverytoughsituation.FiguresofspeechSentencesFiguresofspeechItseemedasiftheworldwerecometoanend.ExaggerationBrickscoveredthegroundlikeredautumnleavesSimileHardhillsofrockbecameriversofdirtMetaphorThenighttheearthdidn’tsleepPersonificationSlowly,th