Lesson1StoriesfromHistory

1、Unit 16 Stories,Lesson 1 Stories from history,Various of stories,historical stories,adventure stories,biographies,detective stories,true stories,love stories,science fiction,horror stories,fairy tales,humorous stories,travel stories,fantasies,Pompeii: The city that became a time capsule,时间仓,Mount Ve

2、suvius,ancient Pompeii,Have you ever heard about the city Pompeii,Pompeii is one of the ancient cities in Roman, Italy. It lies in the south of Mount Vesuvius,volcanic eruption,Read the text quickly. Write down the things in connection with the following numbers: August 24th, 79 AD: 1,600: 1748: 250

3、,Scanning,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

4、found the city, thousands of tourists and hundreds of scientists visit Pompeii every year to learn more about the ancient world,a cloud blocking out the sun,buried everything,Second reading,Group 1. Read Para.1-2 ,then complete the table below,He is a Roman writer,He wrote about a terrible valcanic

5、eruption,On August 24th, 79 AD,The whole city was buried,Group 2. Read Para.3-4 , then answer the following questions. Q1. Why does the article describe Pompeii as a “time capsule?” It preserve a frozon time in history. Q2. What can you see when you walk in the streets of Pompeii today? I can see an

6、cient architecture, statues, decorated walls , authentic objects characteristic of the time, bodies of people died in Pompeii,Group 3. Read Para.5-6, then list three forms of people died in Pompeii,One person, sitting alone, looks like he was praying,People gathered together for protection in their

7、last hours of life,The man, lying on his side, looks as if he was trying to get up,sleeping,escaping,What can one feel when he sees the bodies of these people,He can only feel sorrow and deep sympathy for these once-living statues,Post reading,Read the whole text again, then use the key words to sum

8、marize what happened to the city,Key words: volcanic eruption, buried, event, disappear, disaster, preserved, destroy, discover, scientist,Pompeii was destroyed by a terrible volcanic eruption . The whole city was buried and disappeared. Scientists discovered this preserved ancient city. The city be

9、came a time capsule,What happened to Pompeii,Words and Expressions,1. witness n. 目击者，（出庭）证人 v. 目击， （在法庭上）作证 e.g. I was a witness to this quarrel. 我是这场争执的目击者。 Have you witnessed this accident? 你目击了这个事故吗？ 2. leave a deep/an impression on sb.给某人留下.印象 e.g. The West Lake leaves a deep/good impression on

10、me. 西湖给我留下了很深（好）的印象,But much more than buildings and objects, it is the forms of the people who were caught in the disaster that have . It is + 被强调的部分+that/who e.g. It is actually the result of my grades that makes me so depressed,How to write a historical story ,1.Background,when, where, who, what, how, why,2.Describe the events with some details according to the time when they happened,3.The status of the events/ the effect of the events nowadays,What is the famous thing which was buried un