1、M3U3 Lost CivilizationsReading 2Ning JieNanjing No.66 Middle SchoolPompeiiVesuvius(volcano)It then became a rich and busy city.*tiny palaces,forum,little shops,wine bars,theatre*a model of the whole Roman Empire*trading ships*golden pleasure boats for the rich*the boats of the fishermenBefore the vo
2、lcanic eruptionimagine?Pompeiinouns&noun phrases describe(描写描写)However the cloud-capped top of Mount Vesuvius appeared.Its ashy rocks,now dark,now light,told a story of past eruptions that might have warned the city what was to come!volcano The awful night rolled slowly away,and the dawn greyly brok
3、e on THE LAST DAY OF POMPEII!Verb(phrase):Adjective(形容词形容词):Adverb(副词副词):Capital letters(字母大写字母大写):THE LAST DAY OF POMPEIIslowly,greylyawful(fearful)During the volcanic eruptioncloudfire Description of“cloud”Description of“fire”Description of“people”Appreciation of languageRead Para.2 to 4 to find o
4、ut sentences describing“cloud”,“fire”,“people”and circle your favorite words or phrases.Description of“cloud”a huge cloud shooting from the peak of the volcano.It took the form of a huge tree:the branches were made of blackness,the trunk,fire!so amazing and beautifulhuman sense of sight This fire mo
5、ved and changed in colour with every moment:now it was wildly bright,now of a pale and dying red,and now again it burnt with an unbearable light!Description of“fire”Figure of speech(修辞修辞)：parallel construction(排比排比)human sense of sight The busy citizens looked upwards,and saw,with unspeakable fear T
6、he cries of women broke out;men looked at each other,but were silent.At that moment,they felt the earth shaking beneath their feet;beyond,in the distance,they heard the sound of falling roofs.Description of“people”human sense of hearing&touch A moment later,the mountain-cloud seemed to roll towards
7、them,dark and rapid,like a river;at the same time,it threw out a shower of ashes and huge pieces of burning stone!Over the crowded streetsover the forumfar and widewith many a noisy crash in the stormy seathat awful shower fell!human sense of sightBut danger from far to nearso quickly Each turned to
8、 flyeach running,pressing,pushing against the other.If,in the darkness,wife was separated from husband,or parent from child,there was no hope of their meeting again.Each hurried blindly and fearfully on.Your feelings its too latescene of confusion（混乱的场面）（混乱的场面）Why does the author use so many words o
9、r phrases that can reflect human sense of hearing&touchhuman sense of sight Human Senses Sense of sightSense of hearingColors:blackness,dark,light,bright,pale,red,greyly cries,be silent,the sound of falling roofs,a noisy crashSense of touchfelt the earth shaking(earthquake)Even if we are readers,we
10、seem to suffer the disasters by ourselves and have a feeling of actually being there.To create a sense of fear and confusion and make this feeling stronger through the vivid(生动的生动的)description.Title The Last Day of Pompeii The rich and busy scene of PompeiiThe amazing and powerful cloud and fire Peo
11、ple were hopeless and buried alive.Sharp contrastPompeii was ruined.Technique of expression(表现手法表现手法)Group discussion do you understand the sentence in the last paragraph“the remains of their beautiful city survive to remind us that human lives burn bright and short”?What should we do as students?Af
12、ter the volcanic eruption Life is fragile(脆弱的脆弱的)and short,so we should cherish(珍惜珍惜)our life and live everyday to its fullest.intention(intention(意图意图)Read the passage again and take down your favorite sentences.Put the group discussion part into the written form.(about 100 words)Homework Thank you for your cooperation.
