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整篇文章按照时间顺序描写了1976年发生在唐山的大地震，全文可以分成三个部分：第一部分为第一段，主要描述地震前夕，唐山地区发生的一系列反常的现象，这些都是地震前的预兆，可惜在当时并没有引起人们的注意和警觉；第二部分为第二、三段，主要讲20世纪最大的一场地震就在唐山市发生了，短短15秒钟的地震就几乎将整个城市夷为平地，伤亡人数达到40多万，幸存者感到悲哀的同时又产生了惊恐和不安；第三部分为第四段，主要讲地震后，解放军的救援和全国各地的支援使得被地震摧毁的城市又开始得以复苏。理清文章的结构后，请回答以下问题：
①How do you understand the title “A Night the Earth Didn’t Sleep”? Could you explain it in
your own words?
②What were the signs of a coming disaster?
③What happened to the city when the earthquake struck?
④How were the survivors helped?
(1) For three days the water in the village wells rose and fell, rose and fell.
三天来，村里的井水升升降降，起起伏伏。
rise (vi.)______/_______pt/pp ________________________
Flood waters are still rising.
★raise (vt.) ________/________pt/pp ___________________________
I raised my hand to get her attention.
(2) But the one million people of the city, who thought little of theses events, were asleep as
usual that night.
但是，唐山市的一百万居民几乎都没有把这些情况当一回事，当天晚上照常睡觉了。
who thought little of these events是由who引导的非限制性定语从句，用来说明先行词the one million people of the city。
She told the funny story to John, who later did it to his brother.
The Chairman’s daughter, whose name is Ann, gave me a friendly smile.
It was felt in Beijing, which is more than two hundred kilometers away.
【考题链接】
Chan’s restaurant on Baker Street, ______ used to be poorly run, is now a successful business.
A. that
B. which
C. who
D. where
★think little of these events 没当回事；对这些情况几乎没考虑
★think nothing of 认为没什么
She thinks nothing of walking thirty miles a day.
★think highly/ a lot/ a great deal of-对……高度评价
★think poorly/badly/ill of 对……评价很低
People think ill of the new restaurant, which offers bad service.
(3) In fifteen terrible seconds，a large city lay in ruins.
在可怕的十五秒钟之内，一座大城市就沉沦在一片废墟之中。
lie -lay-lain-lying (vi.) 躺、位于、处于某种状态
The whole area _______(lie) waste for many years.
The factory lay idle（闲置的）after the strike.
I ________(lie) awake for about ten minutes and then got up.
★lie -lied- lied-lying vi./n.--- 说谎
You _________(lie) to me, that is, you told me a lie.
★lay-laid-laid-laying vt. 产卵放置
He laid his coat over a chair.
（4）Two-thirds of them died or were injured during the earthquake.
2/3的人在地震中受伤或死去。
分数的表达方法如下：分子用基数词（one，two，…）, 分母用序数词（first，second，…）,当分子超过1时，分母的字尾需加s，如：
If an apple is cut into six equal slices, each slice is called one-sixth. If you eat two slices, you eat two-sixths or one third.
如果一个苹果被分成六等份，每一份就是1/6；如果你吃掉两块，就是吃掉了2/6或
