Unit16Lesson1

StoriesfromHistory

ByXuYucaiPompeii:ThecitythatbecameatimecapsuleLead-in:Review

Identifydifferentkindsofstories.

FantasyHarryPotter3SnowWhiteFairytaleDetectivestorySherlockHolmesAutobiographyStoriesfromHistoryPre-reading：MakePredictions1.HowmanyyearsagodidPompeiiCityexist?

A.500yearsago B.1500yearsago C.1000yearsagoD.2000yearsago

2.WhichdisasterdestroyedPompeiiCity?

A.desertificationB.volcaniceruption C.earthquakeD.warMountVesuviusTheeruptionoccurredonAugust24th,79AD.VolcanicEruptionoriginalstreetsofthecityoriginalstreetsofthecityoriginalstreetsofthecity3.WhichcountryisPompeiilocatedin? A.InItaly B.InChina C.InTurkeyD.InBrazilFirstReading:MainIdea

Para1Pompeiiwasdiscovered

Para2 Pompeiiwasdestroyed

bythevolcaniceruptionPara3Pompeiiasa“timecapsule”P(pán)aras4-5 Today’sPompeiiPara6 Pompeiiisforgotten bytheworldMatchthemainideaswitheachparagraphMainIdea：

ThepassageisaboutacitynamedPompeii,whichwasburiedbyavolcaniceruptionin79AD,butrediscoveredbysomescientists1,600yearslater…MainIdeaoftheTextDestroyedforgottendiscoveredpreservingvisitedSecondReading:SpecificInformation

Writedownthethingsinconnectionwiththefollowingnumbers:

August,24th,79AD:1,600:1748:250:

1,600:

Morethan1,600yearslater,somescientistsfoundthelosttownsthathadbeenburiedundertheashes.August,24th,79AD:

Theeruptionoccurredanddestroyedthewholecity.

1748:

By1748,scientistshadfoundanawesomehistoricalsite.

250:

Morethan250yearsafterscientistsfoundthecity,thousandsoftouristsandhundredsofscientistsvisitPompeiieveryyeartolearnmoreabouttheancientworld.ThirdReading:AskandAnswer1.

Who

wroteabouttheeruptionofVesuvius?2.WhathadPompeiibeenlikebeforetheeruption?3.WhatcanyouseeifyouwalkinthestreetsofPompeiitoday?4.WhydoesthearticledescribePompeii asa“timecapsule”?ReadthetextcarefullyandanswerthequestionsWhowroteaboutthevolcaniceruptionofMountainVesuvius?

Pliny，aRomanwriterwhohadwitnessedandwroteabouttheeruptionofVesuviuswhichoccurredonAugust24th,79AD2.WhathadPompeiibeenlikebeforetheeruption?PompeiihadbeenaboomingRomancitywithtemples,markets,restaurantsandtheatres.3.WhatcanyouseeifyouwalkinthestreetsofPompeiitoday?ancientarchitecture,statues,decoratedwalls,objectsofthetime.theimpressionsofpeopleintheirlasthoursoflife.marksleftbypressingahard

objectintoasurface印記，痕跡Imaginewhattheyweredoingatthelastmomentoflife：StrugglingtogetupPeoplegatheredtogetherforprotectionintheirlasthoursoflife.Oneperson,sittingalone,lookslikehewaspraying.Theman,lyingonhisside,looksasifhewastryingtogetup.escaping

sleeping4.WhydoesthearticledescribePompeiiasa“timecapsule”?

Pompeii,asatimecapsule,preservedafrozenmomentinhistory,suchasbuildings,objectsandevenimpressionsofpeoplefromthetime.PostReading:ListentoFillinGapsPlinywasaRomanwriterwhohad

_________andwroteabouta_________eruptionwhich________onAugust24th,79ADanditwasofMt.Vesuvius.Thetragedyhadleftadeep__________onPlinywhohadlosthisuncleintheaccident.Thepeople,townsandvillageshad

been______undertheashesofMtVesuvius.By1748,scientistshad

startedto________theancientcityPompeii.Itislikea“timecapsule”__________

afrozenmomentinhistory.

NotonlydothebuildingsandauthenticobjectsofPompeiiattractpeople,butalsotheformsofthepeoplecaughtinthe_______havemadethecitya__________tohumanhistory.Thebodiesofpeoplewhohad

diedinPompeiishowedtheirexact_______ofgettingtogetherfor_________intheirlasthoursoflife.Today,peopleandscientistsvisitPompeiieveryyeartolearnmoreaboutthe___________.Inthisway,thecity,whichtheworldhad

onceforgotten________nearly2,000yearsafterits______.witnessedvolcanicocc