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Stories from History
By yu yu-ping
Pompeii
On August 23, 79 AD, Pompeii
looked like any other busy,
prosperous city. People were
moving about, trading goods,
news, and friendly talk.
Three days later, on August 26, all
of these sounds had fallen silent,
and the place itself had vanished.
Almost nothing was seen of
Pompeii for more than 1500
years. Now, more than 1900 years
later, we are learning more and
more about the last days of
Pompeii.
1. Once, there was a thriving
city. But one day, it suddenly
disappeared. Use your
imagination, and see how this
tragedy happened.
Discussion
2. Do you know any city that
disappeared within a minute?
Pompeii
3. Read the title, can you guess
from the title what the article is
about?
It is about a city named Pompeii.
First Reading:
Read the whole passage quickly,
and try to find out what happened
to Pompeii.
It was destroyed and covered by a
volcanic eruption and discovered
again by some archaeologists 1,600
years later.
Second Reading:
write down the things in
connection with the following
numbers:
August, 24th, 79 AD:
The eruption had occurred and
destroyed the whole city.
1,600:
More than 1,600 years later,
some scientists found the lost
towns that had been buried
under the ashes.
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.
Go through the whole passage,
and find out what the following
people did.
Pliny:
People in Pompeii:
scientists:
Third Reading: Note-taking
a Roman writer
wrote about a terrible volcanic
eruption
described a cloud coming down
the mountain, blocking out the sun
and burying everything in its path,
including whole villages and towns.
Pliny:
Those sad events left a deep
impression on Pliny.
People in Pompeii:
disappeared under the ashes
were gradually forgotten by the
world
gathered together for protection
in their last hours of life.
One person, sitting alone, looks
like he is praying.
Another man, lying on his side,
looks as if he is trying to get
up.
found the lost towns
found an awesome historical site
and started to dig out the ancient
city of Pompeii
hundreds of scientists visit Pompeii
every year to learn more about the
ancient world
Those scientists:
Answer the questions in exercise2
1. Why does the article describe
Pompeii as a “time capsule” ?
Because it preserves a frozen
moment in history.
2. What had Pompeii been like
before the eruption?
Before the eruption occurred, it
had been a booming roman city
with temples, markets,
restaurants, and theaters.
3. What can you see If you walk in
the streets of Pompeii today?
Now as you walk along the streets
of the city, you can admire the
ancient architecture, statues,
decorated walls and authentic
objects characteristic of the time.
1. He had witnessed as a young
man…
v. see something by oneself
2. The eruption had occurred on
August 24th, 79AD.
take place, happen (Vi.)
Paraphrase
3. The earth began to tremble and
a volcano…
shake
4. He described a cloud coming
down the mountain, blocking out
the sun and burying everything
in its path.
hide the sun from being seen/
bury everything when it was
passing
5. Time rewinds.
v. go back to ancient times
6. You can admire the ancient
architectures, statues, decorated
walls and authentic objects
characteristics of the time.
typical of that time
7. One person, sitting alone, looks
like he is praying.
alone is an adverb(副词 ).
8. One can only feel sorry and deep
sympathy for these once-living
statues.
9. The city lives on nearly 2,000 year
s after its loss.
keep alive
a container used to store for
children a selection of objects
thought to be representative of life
at a particular time.
Time capsules are interesting to
people of all ages.
10. Time capsule
Write to yourself an e-mail, and
receive it 20 years later. What will
the feeling be?
the Forbes provides an interesting
service, kinda TIME CAPSULE.
but the 'capsule' would be an e-
mail.
you may send emails to yourself,
and decide the mails to be
received 1 or 3 or 5 or 10 or even
20 years later! the mails will
be kept and sent by yahoo.
Changes of Pompeii City:
A thriving Roman city with
temples, markets, restaurants and
theatres, works of art on walls;
Summary
destroyed and covered by a terrible
volcanic eruption; people
disappeared and forgotten by the
world; the locations of the buried
towns and villages were lost.
discovered by some scientists;
visited by tourists and scientists
every year
GrammarPast Perfect tense
1. Pliny wrote about a 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...
It shows an event that happened
earlier, before the other past
event in the story.
1. The audience left after the film
had finished.
What is past perfect tense?
2. We got married a year after we
had fallen in love with each other.
3. By the time I got home, the others
had eaten all the food.
4. We arrived at the cinema late
after the film had started.
5. When I had arrived home and
looked around, I saw that a burglar
had stole my CD player.
Henry, from London, married
Anna from Poland.
He once told a reporter that he
had never been in love until he
met Anna.
Oral Exercise
Suppose you were Henry, what else
would you like to say to the reporter?
Visit Poland…fall in love with a
girl…eat Polish food…want
children…spend all his time on
one person…talk so openly…
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