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Unit 2 Natural disasters
Extended reading
Presentation
Look at the pictures and guess where the place is.
Lead-in
It is the ancient Roman city — Pompeii.
Pompeii
Italy
Mount Vesuvius
Language points
But it is in ruins now !
the city remains
Lead-in
Do you know what happened there?
Presentation
Lead-in
Now let’s watch a short video.
1. What did the incident result in?
2. How would you describe the feelings of people there?
3. What would you do if you were on the scene?
After watching, answer the following questions.
Lead-in
Let's read Edward Bulwer-Lytton and his novel:
The Last Days of Pompeii.
(1803–1873)
He was an English politician, poet, playwright(剧作家), and productive
novelist.
Match the main idea of each paragraph
Description of Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius
Signs before the volcanic eruption
Eruption of Mount Vesuvius
Reactions and feelings of people
Rediscovery of the city
Para.1
Para.2
Para.3
Para.4
Para.5
Fast-reading
Part 1: Paragraph1 before the volcanic eruption
Part 2: Paragraphs2–4 during the volcanic eruption
Part 3: Paragraph5 after the volcanic eruption
Dividing the parts
Fast-reading
How many parts can the adaptation be divided into?
Q1: What can reflect a model of the whole Roman Empire?
Q2: What can you see near the port?
Its little shops, tiny palaces, forums, wine bars, theatres,
---in the energy and skill of its people.
Trading ships brought imports and exports busily.
Fishing boats moved in all directions rapidly.
The rich had fun in the golden pleasure boats relaxedly.
Pompeii was a ____________________ city.
Read para.1 and rebuild the ancient Pompeii.
Careful-reading
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Pompeii was a ____________________ city.
lively and prosperous
The awful night rolled ______ away, and the dawn ______ broke on The Last Day Of Pompeii! When the citizens looked upwards with__________ fear, they saw a ______ cloud shooting from the peak of the volcano. It took the form of a ______