T: Let's watch some pictures, and comparing the old Tangshan, the Tangshan after quake, and the new Tangshan we see today.

Step 4 Post-reading (discussing)

T: After read the news report, and see so many pictures, what impresses you most? Why?

Or what do you learn from such a disaster?

(Self-rescue, environment protection, rebuilt, love and help)

I: self-rescue (a video game)

T: When in a quake, if you know some self-rescue skills, you may probably save yourself. If you want to know some of the skills, click here. (Link to the index)

Let's do little game to see how much you know about self-rescue.

II. What did they suffer and feel?

T: Can you understand what they suffer and what they feel after such a disaster?

T: If you were one of the rescuers 30 years ago, what could you say and what can you do to comfort them? Or how could you help them?

III. Rebuilding

T: we see that the new Tangshan has been set up. What is needed to rebuild Tangshan.

IV: environment protection

T: nowadays there are more disasters than before. One of the reasons is that we pay more attention to our economy development than the earth we live.

Look at these pictures. What can we students do to save the earth?

T: Though the disasters destroy buildings, people's lives, but it can not destroy the love among us.

Step 5 Homework

1. Find more news reports about earthquake.

2. Write a piece of news about Tangshan. You can use the information in the passage.