Stories from History
Volcanic eruption
Pompeii
Words and Expressions
volcanic eruption
preserve
capsule
witness
occur
tremble
block out
particularly
火山爆发
vt
.
保护，保存
n.
胶囊，太空舱
v.
目击
vi.
发生
vi.
颤抖，发抖
堵住
adv.
特别地，特定地
Words and Expressions
loss
awesome
in a way
rewind
architecture
authentic
characteristic
monument
n.
遗失，丢失
adj.
令人敬畏的
从某种程度上
v.
倒回
n.
建筑
adj.
真正的，原作的
adj.
典型的
n.
纪念碑，纪念堂
Words and Expressions
gather
on one’s side
sorrow
sympathy
burst
split up
on the way to
pay rise
v.
聚集
侧身
n.
悲伤，难过
n.
同情
vi.
爆炸，冲，闯
断绝关系，分成小部分
在去
……
的路上
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On August 23, 79 AD, Pompeii looked like any other busy, prosperous city. People were moving about, trading goods, news, and friendly talk.
Three days later, on August 26, all of these sounds had fallen silent, and the place itself had vanished. Almost nothing was seen of Pompeii for more than 1500
years. Now, more than 1900 years later, we are learning more and more about the last days of Pompeii.
1. Once, there was a thriving city. But one day, it suddenly disappeared. Use your imagination, and see how this tragedy happened.
Discussion
2. Do you know any city that disappeared within a minute?
Pompeii
3. Read the title, can you guess from the title what the article is about?
It is about a 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:
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,
thousands 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-taking
a Roman writer
wrote about a terrible volcanic
eruption
described 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 world
gathered together for protection 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 towns
found an awesome historical site and started to dig out the ancient city of Pompeii
hundreds of scientists visit Pompeii every year to learn more about the ancient world
Those 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 exercise2
2. Why does the article describe
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 today?
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
man…
v. see something by oneself
2. The eruption
had occurred
on
August 24th, 79AD.
take place, happen (Vi.)
Paraphrase
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 times
6. You can admire the ancient
architectures, statues, decorated
walls and authentic objects
characteristics of the time.
typical of that time
7. One person,
sitting alone
, looks
like
he is praying.
alone is an adverb(
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.
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 capsule
Write to yourself an e-mail, and
receive it 20 years later. What will
the feeling be?
the Forbes provides 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, restaurants and
theatres, works of art on walls;
Summary
destroyed 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 scientists
every year
Grammar
Past Perfect tense
1. 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
died
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 others
had eaten all the food.
4. We arrived at the cinema late
after
the film had started.
5. When
I had arrived home and
looked around, I saw that a burglar
had stole my CD player.
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. would plan
D. had planned
2. The young girl sitting next to me on the plane was very nervous. She ____ before.
A. hasn’t flown B. didn’t fly C. hadn’t flown
D. wasn’t flying
3. 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 given
Henry, from London, married
Anna from Poland.
He once told a reporter that he
had never been in love until he
met Anna.
Oral Exercise
Suppose you were Henry, what else
would you like to say to the reporter?
Visit Poland…fall in love with a
girl…eat Polish food…want
children…spend all his time on
one person…talk so openly…
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