Anighttheearthdidn tsleep when Where What 3a m onJuly28 1976 Tangshan Hebei abigearthquake Mainidea AnearthquakehappenedinTangshanonJuly28 1976 Task Skimmingforkeyinformation Thetextiswrittenintheorderof A placeB time fastreadingfortopicsentences Para 1 ManystrangethingswerehappeninginthecountrysideofnortheastHebei Para 2 Itseemedasiftheworldwasatanend Para 3 Nearlyeverythingwasdestroyed Para 4 Allhopewasnotlost signsbeforetheearthquake damageduringtheearthquake rescueaftertheearthquake roseandfell wellwalls cracked smellygas toonervoustoeat jumpedoutofbowlsandponds ranoutof lookedfor brightlights waterpipes crackedandburst Para1strangesigns n v verb noun events Peopleofthecity whothoughtlittleoftheevents wereasleepasusualthatnight Extensivethinking Smalleventscanforetellbigevents bigevents Para2 3greatdamage data 1 38x3015 2 3thousandsof400 000 all75 90 tensofthousandsofhalfamillionmillionsof felttheearthquake cutacrosshouses roadsandcanals layinruins died wereinjured werekilled weregone couldnevergivemilkagain weredead Whysomanydifferentnumbersareusedinthepassage weresentthereto Miners Shelters Soldiers Teams wereorganizedto wererescuedfrom werebuiltfor comebacktolife recover weresentthereto Para4timelyrescue hopeless hopeful Notallhopewaslost Allhopewasnotlost Whocametohelp Whatdidtheydo Wherethereislife thereishope Tryit TheTangshanearthquakeofJuly28 1976isoneofthelargestearthquakestohitthemodernworld intermsoflife Theearthquake intheearlymorning at localtime andlastedforaround Ithasbeenreportedthatanimalsintheareasensedtheearthquake Chickensandpigsreportedlyrefusedto micewerelookingforplacesto dogswouldnotstop andgoldfish outoftheirbowls Besides wellwaterinavillagereportedly threetimesthedaybeforetheearthquake manywellsacrossthearea andsmellygas outofthe Waterpipesalso and inthecity hit 3 42am 15seconds eat hide barking jumped roseandfell cracked came cracks cracked burst Tryit Theearthquakealmost thecity Thenumberofpeoplewhowere orseriously reachedmorethan oftheindustrialbuildings oftheresidentialbuildings 80 ofthewaterpumpingstation and14 ofthesewagepipesinTangshanwere orseriously Fortunately soldiersanddoctorsaswellasrescueworkerswere tohelpthepeoplethere Thosewhowere undertheruinswere andthedeadwere Additionally coalminerswere fromthecoalminetothenorthofthecity Shelterswere forthehomelessandfreshwaterwas tothecitybyallmeansoftransport Thankstothetimely thecitybeganto againafterasleeplessnight ruined killed injured 400 000 75 90 destroyed damaged 150 000 sent trapped dugout buried rescued built taken rescue breathe Justbecauseofthe23seconds becauseof ANightTheEarthDidn tSleep thecitytakes32yearstorecover Andmoresadly it simpossibleforthosedeadtowakeup tosmileandtosing Disasterscannotbeavoided but let sbelieveinthepoweroflove let sbelieveinthestrengthofsmile Ifwefacethedisasterwithasmile Thereisalwayshopeforlife Ifwefacethedisasterwithlove Therearealwayssignsoflife WriteapassageabouttheWenchuanEarthquake 1 nouns verbs ruin burst crack destroy damage injure rescue bury shelter breathe 2 data 95 ofthebuildingsdestroyed morethan32 000missing atleast50 000deaths millionsof thousandsof 3 TrytousethesentencesasmanyaspossibleyoulearnedinthepassageANIGHTTHEEARTHDIDN TSLEEP At14 28pmonMay12 2008 amajorearthquakehitWenchuan SichuanProvince Twothirdsofthenationfeltit