牛津译林版（2020）必修第三册Unit 2Natural disasters Extended reading—Reading comprehension 课件(共35张PPT)

(共35张PPT)
Extended reading
—Reading comprehension
Unit 2 Natural disasters
By the end of this class, students will be able to:
1. understand the adaptation of the novel about Pompeii;
2. grasp the main idea of the adaptation;
3. know the destructive power of natural disasters;
4.raise their self-protection awareness in the future.
CONTENTS
I
Pre-reading
II
While-reading
III
Post-reading
IV
Sentences analysis
Look at the pictures and guess where the place is.
Pre-reading
It is the ancient Roman city—Pompeii.
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
Now let’s read the introduction to Edward Bulwer-Lytton and the excerpt from his novel to learn more about it.
(1803–1873)
He was an English politician, poet, playwright(剧作家), and prolific(多产的) novelist.
Activity 1　Fast-reading for basic information.
While-reading
1. What’s the main idea of the text
A. The eruption of Mount Vesuvius and destruction of Pompeii.
B. The introduction of Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius.
C. A terrible volcanic eruption happened in Pompeii.
D. The novel The Last Days of Pompeii and its author.
√
A. Signs before the volcanic eruption.
B. Description of Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius.
C. Reactions and feelings of people.
D. Rediscovery of the city.
E. Eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
Para. 4
Para. 5
2. Skim the passage and match each paragraph with its main idea.
Part 1:Para. (__): ________
the eruption
Part 2: Paras. (___):
Part 3:Para (__):
2-4
5
1
The whole passage is based on the _________.
_________
the eruption
_________
the eruption
3. Summarize the structure of the passage.
Before
During
After
time line
Activity 2　Careful-reading for details
Introduction
Read the Introduction. Answer the three questions.
1. What is the novel The Last Days of Pompeii about
2. When and how was the city of Pompeii destroyed
3. What is the Pompeii like today
The novel imagines life in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii in the year 79，when Mount Vesuvius erupted.
Pompeii was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in the year 79.
It’s the ancient city as it was and today it is an international tourist destination.
1: What can reflect a model of the whole Roman Empire
2: What can you see near the port
_________________ brought imports and exports busily.
_________________moved in all directions rapidly.
The rich had fun in the ____________________ relaxedly.
Pompeii’s little ______, tiny _________________________________,
and the ______________of its people.
Pompeii was a ____________________ city.
shops
palaces, forums, wine bars, theaters
energy and skill
Trading ships
Fishing boats
golden pleasure boats
Part 1: Before the eruption
Read Para.1 carefully and do the following exercises.
3. Pompeii was a ____________________ city.
lively and prosperous
充满活力的，繁荣的
Why did the author describe the prosperous scene of Pompeii in the first paragraph
To make a comparison between its lively past and lifeless present.
To show the destructive power of nature.
4．What can we learn from the first paragraph
A．There used to be few shops in Pompeii.
B．The people in Pompeii used to live poorly.
C．Pompeii was a busy city before it was ruined.
D．Some boats were destroyed in the accident.
5．What might have warned people of the eruption then
A．The light ashy rocks. B．Glassy water.
C．Trading ships. D．Crowded pleasure boats.
√
√
1. Read Part 2(Paras.2-4) carefully and rearrange the sentences about the scenes 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. Each hurried blindly and fearfully on.
e. The earthquake came.
c
a
b
d
e
Part 2: During the eruption
Para. 2 Paras. 3 Paras. 4
Volcano The earth____________ Roofs _______________ Mountain-cloud_______ Ashes and stones______ The earthquake came.
People’s action The crowd looked upwards, and saw with unspeakable fear. Women cried. Men were silent.
People’s feeling
fearful
fly, run
press, push
hurry
scared, frightened
hopeless, desperate
A huge cloud shot from the top of the volcano.
shook
fell
rolled
showered
2. Fill in the plot mountain.
The awful night rolled (1)______ away, and the dawn (2)_______ broke on THE LAST DAY OF POMPEII! When the citizens looked upwards with (3)___________ fear，they saw a (4)________ cloud shooting from the peak of the volcano. It took the form of a (5)______ tree. Then, there was a fire. This fire moved and changed in colour with every moment：now it was bright, now of a pale and (6)_______ red, and now again it burnt with an (7)___________ light.
slowly
greyly
unspeakable
huge
huge
dying
unbearable
What’s the function of the words filled in above
They vividly show that the eruption is approaching.
3. Read paragraph 2 and fill in the blanks.
4. Read paragraph 3 carefully and answer that “How does the author create a sense of fear during the volcanic eruption ”
The five senses (see, hear, smell, feel, taste)
“the cries of women” , “the crash of falling roofs ”
“the earth shaking”
“a shower of ashes and huge pieces of burning stone”
turning to fly
running
pressing
pushing against
hurrying blindly and fearful
What feelings can these verbs create
It can create feelings of confusion, panic and fear because these verbs are happening at the same time.
5. Find verbs to describe how the citizens reacted when the Mount Vesuvius erupted in Para.4.
Part 3: After the eruption
1．Which word can replace the phrase “rolled away” in line 31
A. Passed. B. Slid.
C. Dropped. D. Fled.
2．Which one is NOT referred to about its remains unearthed
A. Fresh walls.
B. Rich patterns of its floors.
C. Silent restroom.
D. Half-finished columns.
Read Para.5 carefully and do the following exercises.
√
√
Its walls were ________ as if painted yesterday; not a single colour _________ on the rich pattern of its floors. In its forum, the half-finished columns seemed as if just left by the ________________.
3. What was the city like after it was unearthed
fresh
changed
workman’s hand
4．What happened to Pompeii seventeen centuries later
A. It was buried deep and forgotten by people forever.
B. The colour faded on the rich pattern of its floors.
C. It was rediscovered and could still remind people of its glorious past.
D. It was restored to its former glory.
√
The remains of the beautiful city survive to remind us that human lives burn bright and short.
5. What do the remains of the city remind us of
1. What is the author’s tone when writing this text
A．Indifferent. B．Upset.
C．Positive. D．Excited.
2. What type of writing is the text
A．Narrative writing.
B．Argumentative writing.
C．Expository writing.
D．Practical writing.
Further Reading
√
√
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 THE LAST DAY OF POMPEII!
It threw out a shower of ashes and huge pieces of burning stone!
3. What Rhetorical Devices (修辞手法) does the author use
Simile(明喻)
Parallelism（排比）
Synaesthesia（通感：这种修辞法是以视、听、触、嗅、味等感觉直接描写事物。）
Hyperbole (夸张)
1．People in Pompeii were not aware of the signs before the volcano erupted, and the city was destroyed. Do you think that we will be better able to protect ourselves from natural disasters in the future Why (Creative thinking)
Yes, I believe we will be better able to protect ourselves from natural disasters in the future. The development of science and technology will improve the ability to predict the arrival of natural disasters and help us be better organized and prepared for disasters.
No. No matter how advanced science and technology may be in the future, natural disasters will always challenge us because most of them are unpredictable. Human technical skill will never match the power of nature so our ability to protect ourselves will always be limited and this means that we will always be victims of natural disasters in some way.
Post-reading
Activity 1　Discussion
2. Compare the first and last paragraphs. What effect do they create What does the author want to remind us (Critical thinking)
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.
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，也是一个冷酷无情的屠夫。
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
Pompeii was a typical Roman city 1._______ people could see a model of the whole Roman Empire. The ashy rocks of Mount Vesuvius in Pompeii warned people 2._____ the possible eruption.
On the last day of Pomepii, a huge cloud in 3.______ form of a tree shot from the peak of the volcano. The earth 4.________(shake) violently. Ashes and 5._______(burn) stones were thrown out like a shower. People ran away in all directions 6.________(fearful). Then 7.______(come) the earthquake.
Seventeen centuries later, the 8._________(remain) of the city were dug out. Its walls were fresh as if 9.________(paint) yesterday and the columns seemed as if just 10._______(leave) by the workman’s hand.
Activity 2　Summary
where
of
the
shook
burning
fearfully
came
remains
painted
left
1．Its ashy rocks, now dark, now light, told a story of past eruptions that might have warned the city what was to come!
[句式分析]　本句为______复合句。now dark，now light作 rocks 的______，表示先后两个状态； that引导______从句，修饰先行词________; what was to come 作 warned 的_____，其中be to do结构表______；__________________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。
[自主翻译]　
Sentences Analysis
主从
定语
定语
a story
宾语
将来
might have done
火山岩忽明忽暗，讲述着几度喷发的往事，这原本可以警告这座城市里的人们，即将到来的是什么！
2．The crowd looked upwards, and saw, with unspeakable fear, a huge cloud shooting from the top of the volcano.
[句式分析]　本句为_______句。and连接两个并列谓语________和_______；saw...a huge cloud shooting...是“感官动词＋_______＋______________”结构；介词短语with unspeakable fear在此处作_________。
[自主翻译]　
简单
looked
saw
宾语
宾语补足语
状语
人们抬头仰望，眼前景象让他们感到莫名恐惧，只见一团庞大的云正从火山口喷薄而出。
3．So came the earthquake...and so ended life in Pompeii.
[句式分析]　本句是and连接的________句。两个分句均为________结构。
[自主翻译]　
并列
全部倒装
这时，地震来了……庞贝城的生活就此终结。
4．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.
[句式分析]　本句为_______复合句。after引导的是__________从句；主句是_______结构，其中to remind us...是不定式作__________，后面that human lives...中的that引导的是__________。
[自主翻译]　
主从
时间状语
结果状语
宾语从句
在大火和火山灰袭击庞贝人很久很久之后，他们美丽城市的遗迹得以留存下来，提醒我们人类的生命灿烂而短暂。
主谓
Search for more information about Pompeii on the Internet.
Homework
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