(共65张PPT)
Unit 2 Natural disasters
(Extended Reading)
The Last Days of Pompeii
【版本:译林 册别:必修三】
Step 1 Lead-in
What do you know about Pompeii
Look at the pictures and guess
where the place is.
It is the ancient Roman city
— Pompeii.
But it is in ruins now.
Do you know what happened there
Pompeii is an ancient Roman city which was destroyed by a volcanic eruption. The city has been unearthed gradually and nowadays becomes an international tourist destination.
Introduction of Pompeii
Learning-aims
By the end of this calss,we will be able to
1.Get to grasp the main idea of this passage
2.Get to master the usage of these key words
Step 2 Pre-reading
According to the title, Can you guess what is the novel The Last Days of Pompeii about
Ⅳ. Guidance and exploration
Warm-up for reading
Look at the pictures and guess where the place is.
It is the ancient Roman city.
Pompeii
Warm-up for reading
Do you know what happened there
Pompeii
volcanic eruption
Reading
Read the introduction to Edward Bulwer-Lytton and his novel The Last Days of Pompeii. Then read the excerpt from the novel.
A short extract from a film, broadcast, or piece of writing.
Watch the video
Match the main idea of each paragraph
Description of Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius
Signs before the volcanic eruption
Eruption of Mount Vesuvius
Reactions and feelings of people
Rediscovery of the city
Para.1
Para.2
Para.3
Para.4
Para.5
Complete the mind map
The last Days of Pompeii
Before the volcanic eruption
(setting)
During the volcanic eruption
After the volcanic eruption
Para.1
Para.2-4
Para.5
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Pre-reading
Mount Vesuvius
erupt
destroy
Pre-reading: Writer
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
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Fast reading
Fast reading
Watch and answer the question: How is the article organized
In the order of time.
With the change of places.
With the development of feelings.
All above.
Para ______
Para ______
Para ______
task 1
Read the passage and complete the following tasks (P25-26)
Please divide the whole passage into three parts by using the
following ideas to help you.
After the volcanic eruption
Before the volcanic eruption
During the volcanic eruption
1
2-4
5
Intensive reading
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◆ What can you learn about Pompeii from this
paragraph
Pompeii was a rich and busy city in the Roman Empire.
Read the passage carefully and answer questions
Para. 1
It had a better location, near the sea, making its imports and exports easy to develop.
◆ What made Pompeii so
◆
No.
Para. 1
Did people in Pompeii notice something unusual about Mount Vesuvius
Firstly, Mount Vesuvius had not erupted for a long time.
Secondly, people had a poor idea of the signs of volcanic eruption.
Thirdly, people cared more about other things than the volcanic eruption. They thought they would always have the luck.
What might be the reasons
◆
Read the passage carefully and answer questions
Pompeii was a ____________________ city.
lively and prosperous
Careful reading
Read paras. 2-4 and rearrange重新安排 the sentences about the scene of the volcanic eruption in right order.
a. The fire moved and changed in colour with every moment.
b. The mountain-cloud rolled near, dark and rapid, like a river. It threw out a shower of ashes and huge pieces of burning stone!
c. A huge cloud shot from the peak of the volcano, looking like a huge tree of fire.
d. The earth began to shake and the sound of falling roofs could be heard.
e. The earthquake came.
c→a→d→b→e
Careful reading
Read paras. 2-4 and answer the question.
How does the author create a sense of fear and confusion混乱局面 during the volcanic eruption ( para.3)
In paragraph 3, the author uses the phrases “the cries of women”, “the earth shaking” and “a shower of ashes” to let the reader hear, feel and see what is happening in Pompeii at that moment.
Similes明喻 help the reader visualize使可见 what is happening: “the mountain-cloud seemed to roll towards them, dark and rapid, like a river”.
Careful reading
Read paras. 2-4 and answer the question.
How does the author create a sense of fear and confusion during the volcanic eruption (para.4)
In paragraph 4, verb-ing forms like “running, pressing, pushing” create feelings of confusion because they show that these actions are happening at the same time. Fear is created with phrases like “wife was separated from husband, or parent from child” showing that in the darkness, everyone in Pompeii risked being separated—no one was safe.
The cloud-capped top of Mount Vesuvius appeared.
Para.2 Put them in the correct order
1
2
3
4
5
The awful night rolled ______ away, and the dawn ______ broke on The Last Day Of Pompeii! When the citizens looked upwards with_____________ fear, they saw a huge cloud shooting from the peak of the volcano. It took the form of a _____ tree. Then, There was a fire. The fire moved and changed in colour with very moment: now it was bright, now of a pale and ________ red, and now again it burnt with an _________ light.
slowly
greyly
unspeakable
huge
dying
unbearable
Signs before the volcanic eruption
Fill in the blanks from your memory.
What’s the function of these words
They vividly show that the eruption is approaching.
Para. 2-4
Simile (明喻)
Synaesthesia (通感,联觉)
Hyperbole (夸张)
Parallelism (排比,平行)
What Rhetorical Devices (修辞手法) does the author use
◆
Read the passage carefully and answer questions
Para. 2-4
It took the form of a huge tree: the trunk, blackness, the branches, fire!
The mountain-cloud seemed to roll towards them, dark and rapid, like a river.
Now it was wildly bright, now of a pale and dying red, and now again it burnt with an unbearable light.
In the darkness, wife was separated from husband, or parents from child, there was…
So came the earthquake…and so ended life in Pompeii.
The cries of women broke out; the man looked at each other, but were silent.
Each turned to fly—each running, pressing, pushing against the other.
The awful night rolled slowly away, and the dawn greyly broke on.
It threw out a shower of ashes and huge pieces of burning stone!
Read the passage carefully and answer questions
Hyperbole
Simile
Parallelism
Synaesthesia
Sorrowful and pitiful.
What do you feel after reading this paragraph
Careful reading
Read para. 5 and answer the question.
What happened to Pompeii seventeen centuries later
A.It was buried deep and forgotten by people forever.
B.The colour faded on the rich patterns of its floors.
C.It was rediscovered and could still remind people of its glorious past.
D.It was restored to its former glory.
Para.5
Careful reading
Read para. 5 and answer the question.
What was the city like after it was unearthed
Its walls were fresh as if painted yesterday; not a single colour changed on the rich pattern of its floors. In its forum, the half-finished columns seemed as if just left by the workman's hand.
Walls
Columns
Thinking
Compare the first and last paragraph. What effect do they create What does the author want to remind us
Lively
Lifeless
Para.1
Para.5
comparison
They create a strong comparison between Pompeii's lively past and lifeless present. By doing so, the author wants to remind us that in the flowing river of time, human's life is just a ripple and in the face of Mother Nature's power, human beings are small and weak.
Nature is to be respected, not to be conquered占领.
History is to be remembered, not to be buried.
Significance of this historical novel
As Victor Hugo says, Nature is kind of a loving
mother, but also a butcher in cold blood.
大自然是一位慈爱的母亲,也是一位冷酷无情的屠夫。
No matter how cruel natural disasters are, there is always a glory of humanity shining. People of Pompeii are no exception.
These statues were dug from Pompeii. There must be many moving stories happening before their death.
Post-reading
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1 在某物上留下某人的印记
2 被有计划有步骤地发掘出土
3 旅游景点
4 四面八方地
5 最重要的是;尤其是
6 难以言表的恐惧
7 呈现…的形状
8 无法忍受的亮光
9 爆发
leave one’s mark on sth
be systematically unearthed
a tourist destination
in all directions
above all
unspeakable fear
take the form of…
Important words & phrases
unbearable light
break out
10 在脚下摇晃
11 在更远处
12 向某人翻滚而来
13 纷纷落下的火山灰
14 到处;各处
15 互相推搡
16 A与B分离
17 几个世纪过去了。
18 沉寂的安息地
19 城市的遗迹
shake beneath the feet
beyond in the distance
roll towards sb
a shower of ashes
Important words & phrases
far and wide
push against each other
A be separated from B
Several centuries rolled away.
the silent resting place
the remains of a city
主句
Important sentences
1. Trading ships bringing imports to the city or carrying exports overseas, along with golden pleasure boats for the rich, were crowded together in the glassy water of the port. 划分句子结构
分词短语作后置做定语
2. Its ashy rocks, now dark, now light, told a story of past eruptions that might have warned the city what was to come!
might have done 表示过去本可以做而实际并没有做,含有轻微的责备或惋惜之意。
Important sentences
The crowd looked upwards, and saw, with unspeakable fear, a huge cloud shooting from the top of the volcano.
They felt the earth shaking beneath their feet.
分词短语作宾语补足语
Important sentences
4. Over the empty streets---over the forum—far and wide
—with many a noisy crash in the stormy sea—fell that awful shower.
So came the earthquake… and so ended life in Pompeii.
完全倒装
Important sentences
Its walls were fresh as if painted yesterday.
The half-finished columns seemed as if just left by the workman’s hand.
as if 用法;省略句
Important sentences
6. Long after fire and ash came for the people of Pompeii,
the remains of their beautiful city survive to remind us
that human lives burn bright and short. 翻译
在大火和火山灰吞噬庞贝城的人们很久很久之后,
这座美丽城市的遗迹幸存下来,提醒我们人类的生命灿烂而短暂。
Important sentences
Pompeii was a t______ Roman city and a m_____ of the whole Roman Empire. Trading ships bringing i________ or carrying e________, along with golden pleasure boats, were c_______ in all directions. Above all, Mount Vesuvius might have w_______ the city against its eruption.
ypical
odel
mports
xports
rowded
arned
Fill in the blanks according to the excerpt
The a______ night rolled slowly away, and the dawn greyly b______ on THE LAST DAY OF POMPEII. With u__________ fear, the crowd saw a huge cloud ________ (shoot) from the top of the volcano with an u___________ light!
The cries of women broke ___; the men looked at each other, but were s____. The earth was shaking b______ their feet; b_____ in the distance, they heard the crash of falling
wful
roke
nspeakable
shooting
nbearable
out
ilent
eneath
eyond
Fill in the blanks according to the excerpt
fell that awful shower! People ran, pressed and pushed a_____ each other. In the darkness, people were s_______ from their families. There was no h____ of their meeting again. So came the earthquake and so e________ life in Pompeii.
gainst
eparated
ope
nded
Fill in the blanks according to the excerpt
roofs. A moment later, over the whole city f___ and w___
ar
ide
Nearly 17 centuries had r_____ away before Pompeii was
systematically u________ from its silent r_______ place. Everything was kept ____ it had been. The r_______ of the beautiful city s_________ to remind us that human lives burn bright and s______ in the vast universe.
olled
nearthed
esting
as
emains
urvive
hort
Fill in the blanks according to the excerpt
Homework
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The exercises of “Project” on Page 27
Homework