1、Stories from HistoryVolcanic eruptionPompeiiWords and Expressionsvolcanic eruptionpreservecapsulewitnessoccurtrembleblock outparticularly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 Expressionslossawesomein a wayrewindarchitectureauthenticcharacteristicmonumentn.遗失，丢失adj.令人敬畏的从某种程度上v.
2、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 Expressionsgatheron ones sidesorrowsympathyburstsplit upon the way topay risev.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增加工资On August 23,79 AD,Pompeii looked like any other busy,prosperous city.People were moving about,trading goods,news,and friendly talk.Thr
3、ee 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 1500years.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 su
4、ddenly 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 city named Pompeii.First Reading:Read the whole passage quickly,and
5、 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 whol
6、e 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
7、 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 eruptiondescribed a cloud coming down the mountain,blocking out the sun and b
8、urying 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 protection in their last hours of life.One person,sitting alone,looks like
9、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 learn more about the ancient worldThose scientists:1.What is the ar
10、ticle 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 describe Pompeii as a“time capsule”?Because it preserves a frozen mome
11、nt 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 a
12、ncient architecture,statues,decorated walls and authentic objects characteristic of the time.1.He had witnessed as a youngmanv.see something by oneself2.The eruption had occurred on August 24th,79AD.take place,happen(Vi.)Paraphrase3.The earth began to tremble and a volcanoshake 4.He described a clou
13、d comingdown the mountain,blocking out the sun and burying everything in its path.hide the sun from being seen/bury everything when it was passing5.Time rewinds.v.go back to ancient times6.You can admire the ancient architectures,statues,decorated walls and authentic objects characteristics of the t
14、ime.typical of that time7.One person,sitting alone,lookslike he is praying.alone is an adverb(副词).8.One can only feel sorry and deepsympathy for these once-living statues.9.The city lives on nearly 2,000 years after its loss.keep alivea container used to store for children a selection of objects tho
15、ught 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 provides an interesting service,kinda TIME CAPSULE.but the capsule would be an e-mai
16、l.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 andtheatres,works of art on walls;Summarydestroyed and covered by a t
17、errible 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 tense1.Pliny wrote about a terrible volcanic eruption that he had witnessed a
18、s 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 ear
19、lier,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 lateafter the film had st
20、arted.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.2.A.will plan B.has planned C.would plan D.had planned2.The young girl sitting next to me on the plane was v
21、ery 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 givenHenry,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
