Lesson1StoriesfromHistory

1、,Unit 16 Stories,Welcome to my class！,1. Do you like reading stories?,2. Can you name some kinds of stories?,warm-up,historical stories,adventure stories,biographies,detective stories,true stories,love stories,science fiction,horror stories,fairy tales,humorous stories,travel stories,fantasies,Lesso

2、n 1 Stories from History,Pompeii: The city that became a time capsule,6,Pompeii is located in southwest Italy near the great city of Naples. The city of Pompeii was built around the southeast section at the foot of Mount Vesuvius near the Gulf of Naples.,Pompeii was a booming Roman city with temples

3、, markets, restaurants and theatres.,What happened in the picture?,Reading,Find the main idea of each paragraph,Para.1 Para.2 Para.3 Para.4 Para.5 Para.6,A volcano erupted in the city of Pompeii on August 24th, 79 AD.,The world forgot the city of Pompeii for centuries.,The city of Pompeii was found

4、by some scientists.,Pompeii lives on for nearly 2000 years after its loss.,Tourists can learn what the people were doing from the frozen moment.,Pompeii used to be a booming city before the eruption.,Find out the information： What happened on August, 24th, 79 AD: What happened in more than 1,600 yea

5、rs later: What happened in 1748: What happens today:,Fast Reading,August, 24th, 79 AD:,More than 1,600 years later:,The eruption had occurred and destroyed the whole city.,Some scientists found the lost towns that had been buried under the ashes.,1748:,By 1748, scientists had found an awesome histor

6、ical site and dug it out.,Today:,Thousands of tourists and hundreds of scientists visit Pompeii every year to learn more about the ancient world.,Read the article again and answer the following questions:,1.What is the article about? 2.Why does the article describe Pompeii as a “time capsule”? 3.Who

7、 wrote about the eruption of Vesuvius? 4.What has Pompeii been like before the eruption? 5.What can you see if you walk in the streets of Pompeii today?,1.What is the article about?,It is about a city called Pompeii. It was buried by a volcanic eruption in 79 AD but scientists found it again 1,600 y

8、ears later.,2.Why does the article describe Pompeii as a “time capsule”?,The article describes Pompeii as a time capsule because the volcanic eruption preserved buildings, objects and even impressions of people from the time.,3.Who wrote about the eruption of Vesuvius?,Roman writer Pliny wrote about

9、 the eruption of Vesuvius.,4.What has Pompeii been like before the eruption?,Before the eruption, Pompeii had been a booming Roman city with temples, markets, restaurants and theatres.,5.What can you see if you walk in the streets of Pompeii today?,You can see ancient architecture, statues, decorate

10、d walls, objects of the time and the impressions of people in their last hours of life.,Supposing that you have been to visit Pompeii, please tell a story about Pompeii to your partner according to the text. Pay attention to the 5 elements: When Where Who What happens Result,Retelling,Sum up: fill i

11、n the blanks,Pliny was a Roman writer who had _ and wrote about a _ eruption which _ on August 24th,79AD and it was of Mt. Vesuvius. The tragedy had left a deep _ on Pliny whose uncle died in the event. The whole towns and villages were _ by the ashes of Mt Vesuvius. By 1748, scientists started to _

12、the ancient city Pompeii. It is like a “time capsule” _ a frozen moment in history.,witnessed,volcanic,occurred,impression,buried,dig out,preserving,Not only the buildings and objects of Pompeii attract the people, but also the forms of the people caught in the _ that made the city a _ to human hist

13、ory. The bodies of people died in Pompeii showed their exact _of getting together for_. Today, since excavations started, people and scientists visit Pompeii every year to learn more about the _. In this way, the city _ nearly 2,000 years after its _.,disaster,monument,shapes,protection,ancient world,lives on,loss,Translate the phrases into English,1.阻挡，封闭 _ 2. 给深刻印象_ 3.一处令人敬畏的历史遗址_ 4.挖掘 _ 5.时间胶囊_ 6.突然兴旺的城市_ 7.侧卧_ 8. 继续生存_,block out,leave a deep impression on sb.,an awesome historical site,dig out,time capsule,booming cities,lie on ones side,live on,a great l