高一英语StoriesfromHistory课件

storiesUnit16Storieshistorical

storiesadventure

storiesbiographiesdetective

storiestrue

storieslove

storiesscience

fictionhorror

storiesfairy

taleshumorousstories

travel

storiesfantasiesLesson1

StoriesfromHistoryObjectives:Tolearnmoreaboutthestory.ToimprovethereadingskillthroughsomereadingactivitiesTolearnhowtowritehistoricalstories.Usethekeywordstomakeaguess:Whathappenedtothecity?Keywords:volcaniceruption,buried,event,disappear,disaster,preserved,destroy,discover,scientistPompeii:ThecitythatbecameatimecapsuleSkimmingFindout“timecapsule”inthetext.Andfindoutthereason.

Timecapsulepreservesafrozenmomentinhistory.(Onthe1st-2ndlineinparagraph4)Scanning

1.FindouttheinformationaboutPompeii.Wheredidtheeruptionhappen:Whendidtheeruptionhappen:Whowroteabouttheeruption:Whendidthearchaeologistsbegintodiscovertheburiedcity:Howlongisitfromtheeruptiontonow:OnAugust24th,79AD.ItwasofMountVesuviusinItaly.ARomanwritercalledPliny.In1748.Nearly2,000years.2.Matchtheinformationtogetherwiththeparagraphs.1.

Whattheeruptionbroughtto.2.Peopleimaginewhatthepeopleweredoingwhentheyfacedthedisaster.3.WhatPompeiilookedlikebeforethevolcaniceruption.4.TheCityofPompeiihadbeenlivingonnearly2,000years.5.ScientistsdiscoveredthecityofPompeii.6.Thebackgroundknowledgeofthevolcaniceruption.Para2Para5Para4Para6Para3Para1Answerthequestions1.WhathadPompeiibeenlikebeforetheeruption?2.How

didtheimpressionsofhumanbodiesappear?Para4Para51.WhathadPompeiibeenlikebeforetheeruption?

Beforetheeruptionoccurred,ithadbeenaboomingRomancitywithtemples,markets,restaurants,andtheaters.2.Howdidtheimpressionsofhumanbodiesappear?originalstreetofthecityPeoplegatheredtogetherforprotectionintheirlasthoursoflife.Oneperson,sittingalone,lookslikehewaspraying.Theman,lyingonhisside,looksasifhewastryingtogetup.Imaginewhattheyweredoing.Gettingup/strugglingescapingsleepingSecondReading:

writedownthethingsinconnectionwiththefollowingnumbers:

August,24th,79AD:1,600:1748:250:

1,600:

Morethan1,600yearslater,somescientistsfoundthelosttownsthathadbeenburiedundertheashes.August,24th,79AD:

Theeruptionhadoccurredanddestroyedthewholecity.

1748:

By1748,scientistshadfoundanawesomehistoricalsite.

250:

Morethan250yearsafterscientistsfoundthecity,thousandsoftouristsandhundredsofscientistsvisitPompeiieveryyeartolearnmoreabouttheancientworld.Howtowriteahistoricalstory1.Background

when,where,who,what,how,why2.Describetheeventswithsomedetailsaccordingtothetimewhentheyhappened3.Thestatusoftheevents/theeffectoftheeventsnowadaysWhatisthefamousthingwhichwasburiedundergroundinChinaanduncoveredbyscientists?TerracottaWarriorsandHorsesListtheeventsoccurringinthefollowingyears:In1974:In1975:In1976:In1979:In1987:In1989:In1994:Discussin4agroupIn1974Agroupofpeasantsuncoveredsomepotterywhilediggingforawellnearbytheroyaltomb,whichdrovearcheologiststostudyandtoextendthedigs.In1975TheStateCouncilauthorizedtobuildamuseumonsite.In1976No.2PitandNo.3Pitwerefound.In1979No.1PitwasfirstopenedtothepubliconChina’sNationalDay.In1987

TheTerraCottaWarriorsandHorseswaslistedbyUNESCOasoneoftheworldculturalheritages.I