课件31张PPT。Module 6 Tsinghua High School ZHANG ShuminUnit 16 Stories2Lead-in:While talking about stories, can you name some?
What kind of stories do you like best? Why? 3Storieshistorical
storiesadventure
stories
biographiesdetective
storiestrue
storieslove
storiesscience
fictionfairy
taleshumorous
stories travel storiesfantasies4Let’s appreciate some stories and identify the kinds of stories in the pictures. 5FantasyHarry Potter6Snow WhiteFairy tale7Detective storySherlock Holmes8Record of a Journey to the WestMyth9Biography 10Romance of Three KingdomsHistorical stories11Listen to the beginning of five stories. Write down what kind of story it is.1.___________________
2.___________________
3.___________________
4.___________________
5.___________________a horror storyscience fictiona detective storya true storya fairy tale12Lesson 1
Stories from History
13 ObjectivesStudents are required to listen and know about different types of stories.
Talk about and tell the story.
Drilling skillfully in the Past Perfect.
Write Project. 14Pre-reading: Background KnowledgeHave you ever heard about the City of Pompeii? What do you know about it? (P6)Key words:
volcanic eruption, buried, event,
disappear, disaster, preserved,
destroy, discover, scientist
15Pompeii is located in southwest Italy near the grand 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 thriving city,
but would meet its doom on the morning of August 24,
79, AD.
16Volcanic eruption Mount Vesuvius17First reading for main idea (skimming) It is about a city named Pompeii , which
was buried by a volcanic eruption in 79 AD,
but rediscovered by some scientists 1,600
years later.
18Answer questions from P6.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.19Answer questions from P6.Who wrote about the eruption of Vesuvius?
Roman writer Pliny wrote about the eruption of Vesuvius.
What had Pompeii been like before the eruption?
Before the eruption, Pompeii had been a booming Roman city with temples, markets, restaurants and theatres.20Answer questions from P6.What can you see if you walk in the streets of Pompeii today?
You can see ancient architecture, statues, decorated walls, objects of the time and the impressions of people in their last hours of life.
21Second reading for details (scanning: key words)1. Find information related to the following time.Pliny wrote about…Volcanic eruption…Great loss…Scientists rediscover…Historical site…Time rewinds…Tourists, scientists…22232.Find information in connection with the following people.A Roman writer…Found lost towns…Visit Pompeii……disappeared under the ashes…242. Find information in connection with the following people.25One person, sitting alone, looks like he is praying.Another man, lying on his side, looks as if he is trying to get up.Still more …26Use the following words as references to fill in the cloze.preserving, dig out, disaster, volcanic, monument, occurred, protection, impression, ancient world, shapes, lives on, loss, witnessed, buried27Summary: Cloze 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 who had lost his uncle in the
accident. The people, towns and villages had been ______
under the ashes of Mt Vesuvius.
By 1748, scientists had started to ________the ancient
city Pompeii. It is like a “time capsule” __________ a frozen
moment in history. Not only the buildings and authentic
objects of Pompeii attract people, but also the forms of
the people caught in the _______ that 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 excavations 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 ______.
witnessedvolcanicoccurredimpressionburieddig outpreservingdisastermonumentshapesprotectionancient worldlives onloss28Post reading: Retell the story and finish an interview.29Task 1: Retell the story in the first or third person according to the chronological order.
Task 2: Interview (Open-ended)
(Group or Pair work) Suppose you are a tour guide to Pompeii with your travel group, tourists may ask you various questions about Pompeii and the Vesuvius Volcanic Eruption. (Questions can be chosen from the text, and most of your answers should be in the Past Perfect.) 30Lesson OneHomework: Vocabulary exercise on
Page 53, 731Thanks for your attention!课件23张PPT。Stories from HistoryLesson 1 Period 2
Language Focus and Grammar
Tsinghua High School: Zhang ShuminStories from HistoryLanguage Focus and Grammar
Revision for words and expression:
Encourage the students to work out the English explanations of some important words and useful expressions either from the context or refer to their dictionaries.Revision of Warm-up & L11.knock at/on
2.knock sb./sth. over
3.at the speed of
4.come into view
5.There is no doubt that…
6.a ticket with a phone number written on it敲门（窗）
撞倒
以…的速度
出现在视野中
毫无疑问
一张写着电话号码的票Useful phrases in L17. 一世纪末
8.阻挡，封闭
9. 给……深刻印象
10. 可怕的历史遗址
11.挖掘
12.时间胶囊
13.突然兴旺的城市
14.侧卧
15. 继续生存at the end of the first centuryblock outleave a deep impression on sb.an awesome historical sitedig outtime capsule booming citieslie on one’s sidelive onUseful phrases in L116.volcanic eruption
17. a great loss
18. preserve a frozen moment
19. be caught in
20. feel sorrow and deep sympathy for
21. a monument to human history
22. split up火山爆发
巨大的损失
保护一个封存的瞬间
遭遇
感到悲痛和深切的同情
历史的纪念
解散，分成小部分Useful phrases in L123. on the way to
24. round-the-world trip
25. get a pay rise
26. the authentic objects
27. the decorated walls
28. the ancient architecture
29. this particularly sad event
30. be entirely different23.去…的路上
24.环球旅行
25.加薪
26.原物
27.装饰过的墙
28.古代建筑
29.特别悲伤的事件
30.完全不同Fill in the blanks A good idea ____________ to me.
He ___________ to be at home when I dropped in.
Great changes _________________ since 1978.
The Civil War ___________ in 1789.occurredhave taken placehappenedbroke outUsing the proper words and phrases given below.
occur , happen, take place, break outLanguage Focus1. witness---to see and experience important events or changes；one who can give a firsthand account of something seen, heard, or experienced
e.g. She had witnessed the disaster before going to court.
上法庭前，她早已经目睹了这个灾难。
She is the only one witness to the terrible attack.Language Focus警方正呼吁曾目睹这起事故的人提供信息。
Police are appealing for information from anyone who witnessed the accident.
最近这几年是钢铁工业垮掉的年代。
Recent years have witnessed the collapse of the steel industry.10Language Focus2. occur---to happen; to come to mind
e.g.
①Heavy rains occur during a summer monsoon.
夏季风季节常有大雨发生。
②到上星期五之前，这个想法就没在我脑海中出现过。
The idea had never occurred to me by last Friday.Language Focus3. block out---to stop light reaching a place; to stop yourself thinking about something or remembering
e.g. There was a heavy curtain that had blocked out the sunlight.
She tried to block the terrible memory of the earthquake out.Language Focus4. awesome---extremely impressive
e.g. They stood in awesome silence before the ancient ruins.
在古遗址前他们出奇安静地站立着。
They experienced the awesome sweep of the scenery in Jiu Zhaigou last summer.
去年夏天他们在九寨沟体验了令人叹为观止的景色。
13Language Focus5. feel sorrow and deep sympathy (for)…为……感到悲痛和深切的同情
e.g. We felt great sorrow and deep sympathy for his death at such a young age.
法官说尽管他对玛丽亚的处境深感同情，但没有别的选择，只能给她判刑。
The judge said that he felt the deepest sympathy for Maria’s situations, but he had no option. He had to sentence her. 14Grammar Task 1: Using “Experience Approach or ‘PPP’ Approach” to review the Past Perfect.
P=Presentation
Read the sentences and find out which action happened before the other.
1) Pliny wrote about an extremely terrible volcanic eruption that he had witnessed as a young man.
15Grammar2) However, more than 1,600 years later, some scientists found the lost towns that had been buried under the ashes.
3) By last Friday when the due date came, they had already finished this academic research project.
4) The people, towns and villages that had disappeared under the ashes were entirely forgotten by the world.16Grammar Read the above sentences again and decide which tense is used to talk about:
1. an event in the past?
2. an event that happened earlier, before the other past event in the story?17GrammarLook at the following three pictures, which of the two sentences best describes each picture.1.The film began when they arrived at the cinema.
The film had begun when they arrived at the cinema.√18Grammar2.The students were leaving the class when the teacher came in.
The students had left the class when the teacher came in.√19Grammar3.The police arrested the man who was breaking into a jewellery shop.
The police arrested the man who had broken into a jewellery shop.√20Grammar P=Practice （either translation or blank filling)
I had never talked so openly until I met Lily.
Peter bought me a necklace for my birthday, because I had asked for the necklace.
We got married a year after we had fallen in love with each other.
By the time I arrived home, the others had eaten all the food.
Before I got to the movie theatre, the movie had already begun.
21GrammarP=Production
1. Practise the Past Perfect using the exercises 8 on P7and 5 on P53.
2. Create situations where the Past Perfect can be used, either in words or using pictures.
22Task 2：Write ProjectStudents are required to collect information about historical stories from the Internet, libraries or any source they can and shorten the story to around 100 words.
Note: While making the story shorter, students are supposed to pay close attention to 5Ws (who, where, when, what, why) in the story.23Thanks for your time!
