Unit+2+Natural+Disasters+Extended+Reading+课件-【知识精讲精研】高中英语译林版（2020）必修第三册

Unit2NaturaldisastersExtendedreadingTheLastDaysofPompeii(Excerpt)

高中英语必修（第三册）Bytheendofthissection,youwillbeableto:1.understandtheadaptationofthenovelaboutPompeii;2.graspthemainideaoftheadaptation;3.knowthedestructivepowerofnaturaldisasters;4.appreciatethelanguagestyleoftheauthor.Learningaims

Lead-inPompeii

WhatdoyouknowaboutPompeii?Whatcanyouseeinthepictures?Canyouimaginewhathashappenedtothecityorthepeople?Lead-inPompeiiisanancientRomancitywhichwasdestroyedbyavolcaniceruption.Fromthepicturewecanseethecityremains.Evenhavingundergonesuchsevere（严重的）destruction,wecanseethecitymusthavebeenwellbuiltbeforeitwasdestroyedbythevolcaniceruption.

WhatisthenovelTheLastDaysofPompeii

about?ReadingThenovelimagineslifeintheancientRomancityofPompeiiintheyear79,whenMountVesuvius

erupted.

Readthewholeexcerptsilentlyandanswerthefollowingquestion.

Howmanypartscantheadaptationbedividedinto?ReadingPart1:Paragraph1beforethevolcaniceruptionPart2:Paragraphs2–4duringthevolcaniceruptionPart3:Paragraph5afterthevolcaniceruptionReadParagraph1againandanswerthefollowingquestions.1.WhatwasthecityofPompeiilike

beforethevolcanoerupted?

2.WhatwastheevidenceofpasteruptionsofMountVesuvius?ReadingItwasatypicalRomancity.Tradingshipsbringingimportstothecityorcarryingexportsoverseas,alongwithgoldenpleasureboats(金色游船)fortherich,werecrowdedtogetherintheglassy（平静的）wateroftheport.Theboatsofthefishermenmovedrapidlyinalldirections.Itsashyrocks,nowdark,nowlight.Itsashyrocks,nowdark,nowlight.ReadParagraphs2–4againandanswerthefollowingquestions.Reading1.Whatdidthebusycitizensseewhentheylookedupwards?2.Whydidtheyfeelfrightened?3.Whatdidcitizensdoatthebeginning?Theysawahugecloudshootingfromthetopofthevolcano.Thehugecloudindicated（表明/象征）

theeruptionofthevolcano.Thecriesofwomenbrokeout;themenlookedateachother,butweresilent.Reading4.Whatchangeshappenedtothecloudamomentlater?5.Howdidpeoplebehavethen?Amomentlater,themountain-cloudseemedtorolltowardsthem,darkandrapid,likeariver;atthesametime,itthrewoutashower（阵）

ofashes

andhugepiecesofburningstone!Eachturnedtofly（飞奔）—eachrunning,pressing（拥挤）,pushingagainsttheother.If,inthedarkness,wifewasseparatedfromhusband,orparentfromchild,therewasnohopeoftheirmeetingagain.Eachhurriedblindlyandfearfullyon.Readthelastparagraphandanswerthefollowingquestions.Reading1.Whatdidthecityremainslooklikeafteritwasunearthed?2.Whatdotheremainsofthecityremindusof?Itswallswerefreshasifpaintedyesterday;notasinglecolourchangedontherichpatternofitsfloors.Initsforum,thehalf-finishedcolumnsseemedasifjustleftbytheworkman’shand.Theremainsofthebeautifulcitysurvivetoremindusthathumanlivesburnbrightandshort.Writeasummaryoftheexcerptfromthenovel.UsetheideasinPartAonPage26.ReadingPompeiiwasatypicalRomanEmpireportcity.Tradingships,busyfishingboatsandpleasureboatsshowedaprosperouscity.ButthelastdayofPompeiiendedwithavolcaniceruption:theearthshookandbuildingsfelldownwhilepeopleranawayfromanashcloudthatwasrollingtowardsthem.ThenPompeiiwasshoweredwithashesandburningstones.Seventeencenturieslater,Pompeii’sruinswerediscoveredwithhalf-finishedcolumnsandpaintonthewallsthatstilllookedfresh.TheremainsofPompeiiareareminderthathumanlifeisshortandvulnerable（脆弱的）inthefaceofnaturaldisasters.Drawaflowchartshowingthenaturalsceneoftheeruption.ReadingAhugecloudshotfromthepeakofthevolcano,lookinglikeahugetreewithfire.

Thefiremovedandchangedincolourwitheverymoment.Theearthbegantoshakeandthesoundoffallingroofscouldbeheard.Themountain-cloudrollednear,darkandrapid,likeariver.Itthrewoutashowerofashesandhugepiecesofburningstone!Theearthquakecame.Eachturnedtofly—eachrunning,pressing,pushingagainsttheother.(Page26,Line27)Thesentencepicturespeoplerunningawayinpanicbythreeverbs“running,pressing,pushing”.AppreciationReadtheadaptationagainandsharewithpeers（同龄人）theirfavouritesentences.DiscussthequestioninPartB

onPage26.AppreciationInParagraph3,theauthorusesthephrases“thecriesofwomen”,“theearthshaking”and“showerofashes”toletthereaderhear,feelandseewhatishappeninginPompeiiatthatmoment.Simileshelpthereadervisualizewhatishappening:“themountain-cloudseemedtorolltowardsthem,darkandrapid,likeariver”.InParagraph4,verb-ing

formslike“running,pressing,pushing”createfeelingsofconfusionbecausetheyshowthattheseactionsarehappeningatthesametime.Feariscreatedwithphraseslike“wifewasseparatedfromhusband,orparentfromchild”showingthatinthedarkness,everyoneinPompeiiriskedbeingseparated—noonewassafe.BDiscussionDiscussthequestionsinPartC

onPage26andshareyouropinionsinclass.AppreciationOption1Yes,Ibelievewewillbebetterabletoprotectourselvesfromnaturaldisastersinthefuture.Thedevelopmentofscie