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M3 U3 Back to the pastPeriod I-Reading comprehensionWelcome to the unit & readingTeaching Aims:l To develop students ability of reading an article about lost civilizations l To improve the ability in reading diary entriesl To arouse your sense of protecting civilizations【Activity procedures】学生学习活动教师组织教学方案Reading Lost civilizations Activity 1 Fast reading 1Activity Aim：make Ss have a brief understanding of the passage2Teaching Method：students-centered practice Step 1.Warming up. Answer the following questions: 1) Do you know about The seven wonders of the world? What are they?2) Have you ever been to a museum and seen anything from ancient civilization?3) Do you think it is important to protect cultural heritage? Why?Step 2. Reading strategy - reading diary entries. What should we pay attention to when we are reading diaries? When you are reading diary entries recording someones travels, you should look for: 1 dates and place names 2 facts and historical information 3 personal feelings and opinions Step 3. Fast reading: Go through the passage as quickly as they can and try to find answers to the following questions:1. What is the text made up of? 2. Where are Pompeii and Loulan?3. What is one main similarity between Pompeii and Loulan?Key: 1 5 diary entries 2 Pompeii is in Italy and Loulan is in China 3 Both of them became lost civilizations long ago_Activity 2 Detailed reading 1Activity Aim : make Ss get some details of the text2Teaching Method: students-centered practice Step 1. Answer the following questions using the information from the article.1. What happened to Pompeii in August AD 79?2. How was Pompeii the buried city discovered?3. What were the stepping stones along the road in Pompeii used for?4. Why was Loulan an important city about 2,000 years ago?5. How do many people think Loulan disappeared?6. According to the last sentence, how did the author feel about the loss of Loulan?Step 2. Read the passage fast and complete the table. How does the writer feel about the trip? DatesActionsEmotions15th JulyWe are in ItalyFeel lucky16th JulyWe attended a lecture about PompeiiHow unfortunate17th July I saw the ancient Roman city of PompeiiHow amazing24th JulyWe arrived in LoulanSo exited to be here25th July The discovery of Loulan and its present situationWhat a pity Compare Pompeii with Loulan:CityPompeiiLoulanWhere was it located?ItalyChinaWhen was it founded?in the 8th century B.C about 2000 years agoDisappearance Because of the volcano eruption. It gradually disappeared because of sandstorms. DiscoveryA farmer found some stones with writing on it. In 1860, the area was put under government protection. An European explorer discovered the ruins of the Loulan Kingdom round the year 1900What we can see in the city1. streets with stepping stones.2. houses decorated withwall paintings.3. bodies that have been turned to stones1. some treasures 2. some buildings such as the city walls, palaces, temples, workshops, and towers.3. water system that ran through the middle of the city.Activity 3 Consolidation1Activity Aim：make Ss master the text structures2Teaching Method：students-centered practice Task- based readingLost civilizationsDay 1- 15th JulyFelt 1_ to be on this trip. Planned to visit Pompeii and Loulan the next week, both of which became 2_ cicilizations long ago.Day 2- 16th JulyAttended a lecture about when Pompeii was 3 _, when and how it disappeared.Day 3- 17th JulyI Visited Pompeii 4 _ it was 2000 years ago.II Saw several houses 5_ with wall paintings and true-to-life 6_ which were produced by using the empty spaces after real bodies 7_ down.Day 4- 24th JulyVisited Loulan, which was a 8_ point on the famous Silk Road between the East and the West.Day 5- 25th JulyI Got more information about Loulan by listening to Professor Zhang.II Saw lots of things that a city had, including the water 9_.III Knew about what 10_ the citys disapppearance.Key: 1 lucky 2 lost 3 founded 4 as 5 decorated 6 figures 7 broke 8 stopping 9 system 10 caused Activity4 A pair work1. Activity Aim : practice oral English and writing 2. Teaching Method: students-centered practice Suppose one of you is a reporter and the other is the author of the diary. The reporter is interviewing the author about general information about Pompeii and Loulan. Please make up dialogue between them like this:Reporter: I am a reporter from China Dail and many readers are interested in Pompeii and Loulan ,so can I ask you some questions about them.Author: Sure! Its my honor to answer your questions. .Homework :Retell the main idea of these five diary entries.M3 U3 LanguagePeriod Language Points【Teaching Aims】1. Help students to learn some useful words and expressions2. Enable students to master some important language points3. Make use of the important words, phrases and sentences flexibly【Teaching Procedures】学生学习活动教师组织教学方案【Activity procedures】1. Activity Aim：Enable students to master important words, phrases and sentences 2. Teaching Method：Explanation by teachers Step1 Key words 1. unfortunate / unlucky adj. 【知识拓展】 fortunate / lucky adj. fortune / luck n. unfortunately / unluckily adv. make a fortune 发财；致富 seek / try ones fortune 碰运气 be fortunate to do. / in doing. 在.方面运气好2. decorate vt. decorate.with / be decorated with 用.装饰 E.g. We decorate our room with flowers. They decorate the Christmas tree with lights. decoration n. 3. remains n. 残留物，剩饭菜，遗物，遗址【知识拓展】 remain vi. / link-v. 剩下，剩余，遗留；仍然是 remain+ adj. / n. / v-ed / v-ing. / prep-phrase remain to be done / seen remaining adj. 剩下的（前置定语） e.g. A few apples remained on the tree. 剩下 I remained three days in that country. 逗留 We must always remain modest. 保持 Most of the people there remain in deep poverty. 仍十分贫困 Many questions remain unanswered. 仍未解答 With the remaining money, he paid the bill. It remains to be seen whether the decision is right or not. 【考题链接】 1. Ladies and gentlemen, please remain _ until the plane has come to a complete stop. A seated B seating C to seat D seat 2. Nothing _after the terrible fire caused by the careless doorkeeper. A left B continued C kept D remained 3. It remains _ whether the patient can survive the major operation or not. A to observe B to be observed C observing D being observedStep2 Important phrases Translate the following phrases 1 arrange for sb. to do. 安排某人做.2 go on a cultural tour 进行一次文化旅行3 feel lucky to do. 感到幸运做.4 be known as 作为.而著名5 attend a lecture about. 听关于.讲座6 take over 夺取，接管7 pour out of 从.不断流出8 be buried alive 被活埋9 put. under protection 列入.保护下10 on rainy days 下雨天11 be decorated with 用.装饰12 turn out 结果是. / 最后情况是.13 fail to flee the city 没能逃离城市14 break down 分解, 分化; 出故障; 垮掉; 失败15 a stopping point 歇脚点，停止点16 cover over 盖住，遮没17 the ruins of the Loulan Kingdom 楼兰王国的遗迹18 run through 贯穿19 cut down 砍倒，砍伐20 result in 导致Step3 Important sentences I Try to analyze the sentences:1. Near the city was a volcano.2. Many people were buried alive, and so was the city.3. Today I saw the ancient Rome city of Pompeii as it was 2000 years ago.4. When I walked around the city, I saw streets just as they had been, with steppimg stones along the road so you did not have to step in the mud on rainy days!5. It turns out that after the ash covered the people (who failed to flee the city), their bodies nearly completely broke down and disappeared, leaving empty spaces in the ash.6. Its hard to imagine how this peaceful volcano destroyed the whole city!7. It is believed to have been gradually covered over by sandstorms.8. That resulted in the city being buried by sand.II Learn the important and difficult points:1. Near the city was a volcano. Many people were buried alive, and so was the city. 倒装结构： Near the city 为地点状语，位于句首，句子用全部倒装。 In front of our company runs a clean river. On the ground lay an old sick goat. 地上躺着一只有病的老山羊。 “so+be动词 / 助动词 / 情态动词+主语”结构，表示前面所述的肯定情况也适用于后者。 You are clever and so is your son. If she goes there, so will I. I ignored that possibility, so did my wife. 【考题链接】1) I bought a beautiful dress yesterday and _. A. so did Lily B. so was Lily C.nor does Lily D. neither didnt Lily 2) Mary never eats ice cream and _. A . so does Lily B . neither doesnt Lily C. neither does Lily D. neither Lily does 3) On the walls of the sitting room _ some paintings. A are hanged B hangs C hang D is hung2. Today I saw the ancient Rome city of Pompeii as it was 2000 years ago. When I walked around the city, I saw streets just as they had been, with steppimg stones along the road so you did not have to step in the mud on rainy days! as conj. 像.那样，像.的样子 引导方式状语从句 E.g. Tom still feels hopeful about life as he did ten years ago. Dont try to change yourself; you look fine as you are. 你现在看起来挺好。 Leave it as it is. 保持原样。 Things were almost as they had been before. 东西几乎都还像以前一样。【考题链接】1) We were told to leave everything in the museum _. A as they are B as they could be C like they were D as it was 2) With the house price_ ,the young couple decided not to buy a house at the moment. A gone up B going up C being gone up D went up3. It turns out that after the ash covered the people (who failed to flee the city), their bodies nearly completely broke down and disappeared, leaving empty spaces in the ash. 1) It turns out that.It proves that.E.g. It turns out that the gentleman is a thief. The gentleman turns out to be a thief. It turned out that the experiment was a failure. It proved that I was fit for the important work. 2) break downE.g. After many years, rocks break down into dirt. (分解) The car broke down when we were on the way to work. （抛锚，出故障） Her health broke down under the pressure of work. （身体垮掉） Talks between the two sides have broken down. （谈判失败） 3) v-ing 作结果状语He dropped the plate, breaking it into a hundred pieces.The number of cars in Chinese cities is increasing rapidly, making the air polluted seriously.4. Its hard to imagine how this peaceful volcano destroyed the whole city!E.g. Can you imagine living without water? Jack always imagines himself to be a successful lawyer. Its hard to imagine what difficulty our parents have raising us! That is the only way we can imagine to reduce the overuse of water in students bathrooms. It is beyond my imagination that he lived on the deserted island for so long.【课堂检测】I. Word spelling 1. The PRC was f_ on October 1st ,1949.2. The best way to avoid embarrassment when traveling abroad is to follow the wise saying, “When in Rome, do as the R_ do.”3. The excited fans p_out of the stadium, cheering after their favourite team won.4. U_, he lost his parents during the earthquake and became an orphan.5. We have d_ the Christmas tree with colorful lights and ballons.6. As is known, Chinese _(文明) is one of the oldest in the world.7. The debris flow (泥石流) buried the whole city, only a few people _(逃跑) to the hill nearby and survived.8. _(逐渐地), the village grew bigger and bigger into what it is today.9. Its a common practice to feed the dog or cat with the _(剩余物) of a dinner.10. The poet had a strong love for the land _(在.下) his feet.Key: 1 founded 2 Romans 3 poured 4 unfortunately 5 decorated 6 civilization 7 fled 8 Gradually 9 remains 10 beneathIIFill in the blanks using the proper forms of the given phrasesresult in ; cause damage to ; turn out ; decorate.with ; together with; break down ; run through ; bury.alive ; take over; pour out of; be known as ; put.under protection ; 1. A large audience _the theatre into the street.2. London _the City of Fog.3. Tourism can bring in more money, but it can also _the local environment.4. The river _the city used to be dirty, but now it is getting clearer and clearer.5. It was her carelessness that _ the accident which happened two days ago.6. It _ that the two tourists got lost in the forest, and their bodies were found three days later.7. The business has been getting better and better since he _the company.8. The children helped their parents _ the house _ ballons before the approach of the New Year.9. Since included on the Worlds Heritage List, the temple has _ by the government.10. Plastic bags pollute the environment because they dont _easily.Key:1 poured out of 2 is known as 3 cause damage to 4 running through 5 resulted in 6 turned out 7 took over 8 (to) decorate.with 9 been put under protection 10 break downIII. Multiple choices1. Jiangsu is known _ people _ its mild climate, and its also known _”land of fish and rice”. A by; as; to B by; for; as C to; for;as D to; as; for2. Jack is expected to_ his fathers business, but he shows no interest in it at all. A take away B take down C take over D take off3. I promise that if he _tomorrow, _. A goes; so did I B goes; so I do C will go; so will I D goes; so will I4. I think we should choose someone to _ us to attend the conference. A defeat B represent C present D visit5. _ with lights, the Christmas tree looks