during the earthquake.
❖ The number of people who were killed or injured
reached more than 400,000 . ❖All of the city’s hospitals, 75% of its factories and buildings and 90% of its homes were gone.
Workers: built shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed.
Result: The city began to breathe again. All hope was not lost.
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△Which night? ○Where? ◇Why?
Fast reading
△Which night? ○Where? ◇Why?
• Time:
July 28, 1976
• Place:
Tangshan, Hebei
• Disaster: A big earthquake
Read the text quickly, and divide the whole passage into three parts, according to the three words.
The city was in ruins 一片废墟.
Before
After
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