Module3Unit3Reading.ppt

Unit3BacktothePast Thesecondperiod Reading Wherearetheplacesinthepictures Whathaveyouknownaboutthem Whatelsedoyouwanttoknowaboutthem Pompeii Loulan Readingstrategy readingdiaryentries Whenyouarereadingdiaryentriesrecordingsomeone stravels youshouldlookfor datesandplacenames factsandhistoricalinformation personalfeelingsandopinions 1 WherearePompeiiandLoulan 2 WhatisonemainsimilaritybetweenPompeiiandLoulan 3 WhatwasLoulanburiedbeneath Italy China Bothofthembecamelostcivilizationabout2 000yearsago Thesand A Readthediaryentriesquicklyandanswerthesequestions Listenandanswerthefollowingquestions WhathappenedtoPompeiiinAugustAD79 2 Howwastheburiedcitydiscovered MountVesuviuseruptedandlava ashandrockspouredoutofitontothesurroundingcountryside AllthepeopleinPompeiiwereburiedalive andsowasthecity Itwasdiscoveredinthe18thcenturywhenafarmerfoundsomestonewithwritingonit Peoplestartedtodigintheareafortreasure whichcausedmuchdamage Soin1860 theItalianarchaeologistGiuseppeFiorelliwasmadedirectorofthePompeiidig 3 WhatwerethesteppingstonesalongtheroadinPompeiiusedfor 4 WhywasLoulananimportantcityabout2 000yearsago 5 Accordingtothelastsentence howdidtheauthorfeelaboutthelossofLoulan Withthestones peopledidnothavetostepinthemudinthestreetsonrainydays BecauseitwasastoppingpointonthefamousSilkRoadbetweentheEastandtheWest Shefeltthatitwasapity 1 Ifeelluckytohavewonaplaceonthistrip 2 ThismorningwewenttoalectureaboutPompeii 3 Manypeoplewereburiedalive andsowasthecity 4 Howamazing C2 DothesentencesbelowexpressEmotions E oractions A E AE AE AE A 5 Peoplestartedtodigintheareafortreasure6 WhenIwalkedaroundthecity Isawstreetsjustastheyhadbeen 7 Iamsoexcitedtobehere 8 Svenfoundtheremainsofbuildingburiedunderthesand E AE AE AE A 1thecity Line7 them Line26 3it Line31 4that Line44 D2 Findthefollowingwordsinthetextanddecidewhattheyreferto Pompeii true to lifefiguresofthepeoplewhohaddiedinthedisaster Loulan thefactthattreeswerecutdown Itwasfounded ItwastakenoverbytheRomans MountVesuviuserupted Theareawasputundergovernmentprotection Itexistedasacommercialcity Itwascoveredovergraduallybysandstorms ItwasdiscoveredbyaEuropeanexplorer FindthehistoricalinformationaboutPompeiiandLoulan DiscussionIsitusefulforpeopletostudythingsfromthepast Whyorwhynot Frommypointofview itisusefulforpeopletostudythingsfromthepastbecauseknowledgecanbetransferredandaccumulatedfromgenerationtogeneration Peopleinthepasthavecreatedmagnificentcivilizationsthatnolongerexist Itwouldbeamuchbetterworldifwehadretainedalltheirknowledge Besides learningfromthepastalsomeanslearningtoavoidmakingsimilarmistakesasecondtime Peoplehavesufferedagainandagainfromwarsanddiseasesandperhapsmuchofthesufferingcouldbeprevented Wecouldhaveamorepeacefulworldifwelearnfromourpastfailure BothPompeiiin andLoulaninChinabecame about2000yearsago Pompeiiwas inthe8thcenturyBCandwas bytheRomansin89BC On24thAug AD79 MountVesuvius andthecitywere Loulanwasa ontheSilkRoad Itdisappearedunderthe Therearejustafew left Some suchascoinsandpaintedpots wasfound Fillintheblankswithproperwords Italy lostcivilizations founded takenover erupted buriedalive stopping point sandstorms ruins Treasures Languagepoints arrangeforsb todosth feelluckyto beknownas for to attendalecture takeover continuetodo doingsth beburiedalive Sowas cause domuchdamagetosb underone sprotection inthemud onrainydays bedecoratedwith Itturnsoutthat breakdown acommercialcity cutdown resultin Wordstudy 1 representvt 1 actorspeakforagroup Thecompetitionattractedover500contestants 8differentcountries representing ThePresidentwasattheceremonybytheVice President represented 2 tobeasymbolof Eachcoloronthechart adifferentdepartment represents Theroseadifferentdepartment represents 2 takeover takecontrolof Thearmyhas theparty Thefirmhas byalargecompany Whenhewasillhisson thebusiness takenover beentakenover tookover 3 unfortunatelyadv unluckily regrettably hewasinjuredinthefirstgame Iwon tbeabletoattendthemeeting Unfortunately Unfortunately unfortunateadj Itwasan accident Itis thatyoumissedthemeeting unfortunate unfortunate 4 aliveadj living notdead Shewasstill whenshewassenttothehospital Hewasburied intheearthquake alive alive live living lively She sa childandpopularwitheveryone fish coverageoftheWorldCup languages lively live live living 5 destroyvt todamagesth sobadlythatitnolongerexists works Thebuildingwas byfire They ve alltheevidence Herhusbandwaskilledinthewar which herhopesofhappiness destroyed destroyed 6 housevt toprovideaspacefor Thegovernmentwilltakemeasuresto therefugees Thegallery 2000worksofmodernart house houses destroyed 7 preventsb sth from doingsth stopsb fromdoingst