课件43张PPT。historical
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Stories from HistoryBefore you startGrammar HomeworkSummary ReadingStepBefore-readingHave you heard about the City of Pompeii? What do you know about it? Tell each other, If you have not heard about it, use the following words to make a guess.original street of the cityKey words:
volcanic eruption, buried, event, disappear, disaster,
preserved, destroy, discover, scientistListen to the sound, use your imagination and guess what is happening.Imagine A buried cityPompeii People huddled together to comfort each other in their last hours of life.One person, sitting alone, looks like he is praying.The man was lying, looks as if he is trying to get up.Imagine what they were doing. sleepingPompeii: The city that became a time capsuleCity of Pompeii
Slogan(口号):
Description:
Places of interest:
Costs:
Accommodation:
Transportation: Guideline:StepRead to learn2. Read the article and answer these questions.1 What is the article about?
2 Why does the article describe Pompeii as a "time
capsule”?
3 Who wrote about the eruption of Vesuvius?
4 What had Pompeii been Like before the eruption?
5 What can you see if you walk in the streets of
Pompeii today?Check your answers: 1 What is the article about?2 Why does the article describe Pompeii as a "time capsule”?Para4Para53 Who wrote about the eruption of Vesuvius?4 What had Pompeii been Like before the eruption?Para4Para55 What can you see if you walk in the streets of Pompeii today?Para51.Match the information together with the paragraphs.1. What the eruption brought to.
2. People imagine what the people were doing when they faced the disaster.
3. What Pompeii looked like before the volcanic eruption.
4. The City of Pompeii had been living on nearly 2,000 years.
5. Scientists discovered the city of Pompeii.
6. The background knowledge of the volcanic eruption.Para 2Para 5Para 4Para 6Para 3Para 1Detailed readingDetailed reading2.Find out the details about Pompeii.
Where did the eruption happen:
When did the eruption happen:
Who wrote about the eruption:
On August 24th, 79 AD.It was of Mount Vesuvius in Italy.A Roman writer called Pliny.Detailed reading1.Find out the information about Pompeii.
When did the archaeologists begin to
discover the buried city:
How long is it from the eruption to now:In 1748.Nearly 2,000 years.3. write down the things in connection with the following numbers: August, 24th, 79 AD:
1,600:
1748:
250: 1,600:
More than 1,600 years later, some scientists found the lost towns that had been buried under the ashes. August, 24th, 79 AD:
The eruption had occurred and destroyed the whole city.
1748:
By 1748, scientists had found an awesome historical site. 250:
More than 250 years after scientists found the city, thousands of tourists and hundreds of scientists visit Pompeii every year to learn more about the ancient world.Grammar Past
PerfectStep3. 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.
2 However, more than 1,600 years Later, some
scientists found the lost towns that had been
buried under the ashes.
3 Before the eruption occurred, it had been a booming Roman city ...
4 The bodies of people who had died in Pompeii left impressions in the ash ... Read the sentences in Exercise 3 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?Past Perfect
1 We use Past Perfect to talk about an
event or situation in the past which
happened before other past events.
The policeman arrested the man who
had broken into a jeweler’s shop.
We use the Past Perfect and the Past
Simple in one sentence to show the
order of past events.
When I arrived, She had left.5. Which of the two sentences best describes each picture?√5. Which of the two sentences best describes each picture?√5. Which of the two sentences best describes each picture?√6. Put the verbs in brackets in the Past Perfect. Pay
attention to the position of the adverb in your sentence.had often liedHad heardhad not yet stolenhad never seenhad already begunhad hopedhad decoratedhad leftCheck your answers:2 famous pop group split up because their last album had been unsuccessful
3 My car broke down on the way to the beach because it had run out of petrol:
4 The dog hid under the sofa because it had eaten the family's dinner
5 A car crashed into a tree because the driver had fallen asleep.
6 The Smiths went on a round-the-world trip because Mr. Smith had got a pay rise.summaryHow 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 nowadaysHomework Finish exercises 1-6 on page 52-53.
Getting more about Pompeii on the Internet.
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