课件36张PPT。 Lesson 1
Stories from HistoryUnit 16安阳市二中 李艳军The earth trembled / shaked when earthquake occurred/happened.Earthquakes are really disasters to humans. Everything, especially architecture / buildings can be destroyed.Many people were buried in the ruins.Pompeii was once buried under the ashes of a volcanic eruption. We can only feel sorrow and sympathy for this once booming city.Pompeii: The city that became a time capsule8Read to learnTask 1 Read the whole passage quickly, and try to divide the passage into 2 parts.The pastThe presentPompeiiPart 1Part 2(P1-3)(P4-6)Read to learn
Task 2
Read the text carefully to find out detailed information to complete the following charts. WhoPlinypeople in Pompeiiscientistswitnessed and described gathered togetherfound and dug out whatPeople gathered together for protection in their last hours of life. One person, sitting alone, looks like he was praying.Another man, lying on his side, looks as if he was trying to get up.when,
August, 24th, 79 ADOver the centuriesThe eruption occurred and destroyed the whole city.More than 1,600 years laterBy 1748TodayThe people… that had disappeared under the ashes were entirely forgotten.Some scientists found the lost towns that had been buried under the ashes.Scientists had found an awesome historical site. Tourists and scientists visit Pompeii every year to learn more about the ancient world.whatRead to learn
Task 3 summary
Try to find information from the test to complete the summary of the story.19 Pliny was a Roman writer who _________ and wrote about a _________ eruption which ________ on August 24th, 79 AD and it was of Mt. Vesuvius. The tragedy had ________ __________ on Pliny who had lost an uncle in the accident. Whole villages and towns had been ______ under the ashes of Mt Vesuvius.witnessedvolcanicoccurredimpressionburiedleft a deep By 1748, scientists had started to ________ the ancient city of Pompeii. It is like a “time capsule” __________ a frozen moment in history. Not only do the buildings and authentic objects of Pompeii attract people, but also the forms of the people caught in the _______ have made the city a __________ to human history. The bodies of people who had died in Pompeii showed their exact _______of getting together for _________ in their last hours of life.
Today, since digs started, people and scientists visit Pompeii every year to learn more about the ____________. In this way, the city, which the world had once forgotten, ________ nearly 2,000 years after its ______.dig outpreservingdisastermonumentshapesprotectionancient worldlives onloss What natural disasters do you know? If you meet one of them, what will you do?
Discussion:earthquakehurricanefloodtsunamifireFire ,
tsunami,
hurricane,
flood and
earthquake
are really disasters to humans.
Everything can be destroyed.earthquakeHow to write a historical story1.Background
when, where, who, what, how, why2.Describe the events with some details
according to the time
when they happened 3.The status of the events/
the effect of the events nowadaysHomework1. Surf the internet to get more information about Pompeii.
2. Write a short historical story about Pompeii, practising using Simple Past Tense.
3. Finish all the exercises of this lesson.