understand the passage better，the teacher can provide some comprehending exercises，including matching sentences，ordering events. At last students should divide the whole passage into three parts and write down the main idea of each paragraph. The purpose of this step is to train students' ability of reading comprehension，which is a very important skill.

　　At last，students will do a speaking task in pairs. One acts as a newspaper reporter from China Daily and the other acts as a witness of the Tangshan Earthquake. The reporter is asking the witness some questions about the terrible quake. This part not only helps the students to revise what they have learned in this part but also provides them with an opportunity to speak in English.