1、Lesson 1 Stories from History |1. Pliny described a cloud down the mountain, blocking out the sun and burying everything in its path, including whole villages and towns.巧解句型:coming down, blocking out, burying 作宾补,including短语作定语Including用法eg: Ten people died in the accident, including 3 children. Ten
2、 people died in the accident, 3 children included.2. This particular sad event left a deep impression on Pliny who had lost an uncle in the event.巧解句型:who引导的句子做定语,修饰Plinyleft a deep impression on 给人留下印象I dont want to leave any false impression on you.拓展延伸:Impress vt. impressive adj. Impress sth on s
3、b./ones memory/ ones mindImpress sb with sthBe impressed by/at withEg: I will impress one thing on you. He impressed me with the need to work hard. I was deeply impressed by his speech.3. Pompeii is like a “time capsule” preserving a frozen moment in history.巧解句型:preserving修饰a “time capsule,做后置定语Pre
4、serve vt.保存,保管,保护The city should take steps to preserve the old temple.Oil preserves metal form rust.= protectfrom4. however, much more than buildings and objects, it is the forms of the people who were caught in the disaster that made the city a monument to human history.巧解句型: who引导的定语从句修饰 the peop
5、le, that引导的定语从句修饰the disasterGet/be caught in 突然遇到,处于困境中I was caught in a heavy rain on my way home.Catch sb doing :发现,撞见(某人正在做。)The teacher caught him sleeping in class.5. One person, sitting alone, looks like he is praying.巧解句型: sitting alone作后置定语修饰person. look like后接宾语从句作宾语。Look likeShe looks so much like her mother.Look at that dark cloud. It looks like rain.