1、Stories from HistoryVolcanic eruptionPompeiiWords and Expressionsvolcanic eruptionpreservecapsulewitnessoccurtrembleblock outparticularly火山爆发火山爆发vt.vt.保护，保存保护，保存n.n.胶囊，太空舱胶囊，太空舱v.v.目击目击vi.vi.发生发生vi.vi.颤抖，发抖颤抖，发抖堵住堵住adv.adv.特别地，特定地特别地，特定地Words and Expressionslossawesomein a wayrewindarchitectureauthe
2、nticcharacteristicmonumentn.n.遗失，丢失遗失，丢失adj.adj.令人敬畏的令人敬畏的从某种程度上从某种程度上v.v.倒回倒回n.n.建筑建筑adj.adj.真正的，原作的真正的，原作的adj.adj.典型的典型的n.n.纪念碑，纪念堂纪念碑，纪念堂Words and Expressionsgatheron ones sidesorrowsympathyburstsplit upon the way topay risev.v.聚集聚集侧身侧身n.n.悲伤，难过悲伤，难过n.n.同情同情vi.vi.爆炸，冲，闯爆炸，冲，闯断绝关系，分成小部分断绝关系，分成小部分在
3、去在去的路上的路上增加工资增加工资1.Once,there was a thriving city.But one day,it suddenly disappeared.Use your imagination,and see how this tragedy happened.Discussion2.Do you know any city that disappeared within a minute?Pompeii3.Read the title,can you guess from the title what the article is about?It is about a
4、city named Pompeii.First Reading:Read the whole passage quickly,and try to find out what happened to Pompeii.It was destroyed and covered by a volcanic eruption and discovered again by some archaeologists 1,600 years later.Second Reading:write down the things in connection with the following numbers
5、:August,24th,79 AD:The eruption had occurred and destroyed the whole city.1,600:More than 1,600 years later,some scientists found the lost towns that had been buried under the ashes.1748:By 1748,scientists had found an awesome historical site.250:More than 250 years after scientists found the city,t
6、housands of tourists and hundreds of scientists visit Pompeii every year to learn more about the ancient world.Go through the whole passage,and find out what the following people did.Pliny:People in Pompeii:scientists:Third Reading:Note-takinga Roman writer wrote about a terrible volcanic eruption d
7、escribed a cloud coming down the mountain,blocking out the sun and burying everything in its path,including whole villages and towns.Pliny:Those sad events left a deep impression on Pliny.People in Pompeii:disappeared under the ashes were gradually forgotten by the worldgathered together for protect
8、ion in their last hours of life.One person,sitting alone,looks like he is praying.Another man,lying on his side,looks as if he is trying to get up.found the lost townsfound an awesome historical site and started to dig out the ancient city of Pompeiihundreds of scientists visit Pompeii every year to
9、 learn more about the ancient worldThose scientists:1.What is the article about?It is about a city named Pompeii,which was destroyed and covered by a devastating volcanic eruption and discovered again by some archaeologists 1,600 years later.Answer the questions in exercise22.Why does the article de
10、scribe Pompeii as a“time capsule”?Because it preserves a frozen moment in history.4.What had Pompeii been like before the eruption?Before the eruption occurred,it had been a booming roman city with temples,markets,restaurants,and theaters.5.What can you see If you walk in the streets of Pompeii toda
11、y?Now as you walk along the streets of the city,you can admire the ancient architecture,statues,decorated walls and authentic objects characteristic of the time.1.He had witnessed as a young manv.see something by oneself2.The eruption had occurred on August 24th,79AD.take place,happen(Vi.)Paraphrase
12、3.The earth began to tremble and a volcano shake 4.He described a cloud coming down the mountain,blocking out the sun and burying everything in its path.hide the sun from being seen/bury everything when it was passing 5.Time rewinds.v.go back to ancient times6.You can admire the ancient architecture
13、s,statues,decorated walls and authentic objects characteristics of the time.typical of that time 7.One person,sitting alone,lookslike he is praying.alone is an adverb(副词副词).8.One can only feel sorry and deep sympathy for these once-living statues.9.The city lives on nearly 2,000 years after its loss
14、.keep alive a container used to store for children a selection of objects thought to be representative of life at a particular time.Time capsules are interesting to people of all ages.10.Time capsuleWrite to yourself an e-mail,and receive it 20 years later.What will the feeling be?the Forbes provide
15、s an interesting service,kinda TIME CAPSULE.but the capsule would be an e-mail.you may send emails to yourself,and decide the mails to be received 1 or 3 or 5 or 10 or even 20 years later!the mails will be kept and sent by yahoo.Changes of Pompeii City:A thriving Roman city with temples,markets,rest
16、aurants andtheatres,works of art on walls;Summarydestroyed and covered by a terrible volcanic eruption;people disappeared and forgotten by the world;the locations of the buried towns and villages were lost.discovered by some scientists;visited by tourists and scientistsevery yearGrammarPast Perfect
17、tense1.Pliny wrote about a terrible volcanic eruption that he had witnessed as a young man.2.However,more than 1,600 years later,some scientists found the lost towns that had been buried under the ashes.3.Before the eruption occurred,it had been a booming Roman city.4.The bodies of people who had di
18、ed in Pompeii left impressions in the ash.It shows an event that happened earlier,before the other past event in the story.1.The audience left after the film had finished.What is past perfect tense?2.We got married a year after we had fallen in love with each other.3.By the time I got home,the other
19、s had eaten all the food.4.We arrived at the cinema lateafter the film had started.5.When I had arrived home and looked around,I saw that a burglar had stole my CD player.1.John,a friend of mine,who got married only last week,spent$3,000 more than he _ for the wedding.A.will plan B.has planned C.wou
20、ld plan D.had planned2.The young girl sitting next to me on the plane was very nervous.She _ before.A.hasnt flown B.didnt fly C.hadnt flown D.wasnt flying3.I was giving a talk to a large group of people,the same talk I _ to half a dozen other groups.A.was giving B.am giving C.had given D.have givenH
21、enry,from London,married Anna from Poland.He once told a reporter that he had never been in love until he met Anna.Oral ExerciseSuppose you were Henry,what else would you like to say to the reporter?Visit Polandfall in love with a girleat Polish foodwant childrenspend all his time on one persontalk so openly
