08 Unit 5 延伸拓展阅读 （Word讲义）-【满分思维】2026-2027学年高中英语必修第二册学生用书（北师大版）

延伸拓展阅读 (节选自译林版必修第三册Unit 2) 延伸拓展阅读 　　Pompeii was a typical Roman city. In its little shops, its tiny palaces, its forum, its wine bars, its theatre—in the energy and skill of its people, you saw a model of the whole Roman Empire. Trading ships bringing imports to the city or carrying exports overseas, along with golden pleasure boats for the rich, were crowded together in the glassy water of the port. The boats of the fishermen moved rapidly in all directions. Above all, the cloud-capped top of Mount Vesuvius appeared. Its ashy rocks, now dark, now light, told a story of past eruptions that might have warned the city what was to come! The awful night rolled slowly away, and the dawn greyly broke on THE LAST DAY OF POMPEII! The crowd looked upwards, and saw, with unspeakable fear, a huge cloud shooting from the top of the volcano. It took the form of a huge tree: the trunk, blackness, the branches, fire! This fire moved and changed in colour with every moment: now it was wildly bright, now of a pale and dying red, and now again it burnt with an unbearable light! The cries of women broke out; the men looked at each other, but were silent. At that moment, they felt the earth shaking beneath their feet; beyond in the distance, they heard the crash of falling roofs. A moment later, the mountain-cloud seemed to roll towards them, dark and rapid,like a river; at the same time, it threw out a shower of ashes and huge pieces of burning stone!Over the empty streets—over the forum—far and wide—with many a noisy crash in the stormy sea—fell that awful shower! Each turned to fly—each running, pressing, pushing against the other. If, in the darkness, wife was separated from husband, or parent from child, there was no hope of their meeting again. Each hurried blindly and fearfully on. So came the earthquake…and so ended life in Pompeii. Nearly seventeen centuries had rolled away before the city of Pompeii was dug from its silent resting place. Its walls were fresh as if painted yesterday; not a single colour changed on the rich pattern of its floors. In its forum, the half-finished columns seemed as if just left by the workman’s hand. Long after fire and ash came for the people of Pompeii, the remains of their beautiful city survive to remind us that human lives burn bright and short. 【好词好句积累】 1.import n.进口产品,输入 vt.进口,引进 2.export n.出口产品,出口,输出 v.出口,输出 3.port n.港口,避风港;港口城市 4.cloud-capped adj.高耸入云的,耸入云霄的 5.ashy adj.覆盖着灰的;灰色的 6.dawn n.黎明,破晓;开端,萌芽 vi.开始;开始清楚 7.take the form of呈现……的形状;采取……的形式 8.unbearable adj.难耐的,无法忍受的 9.far and wide到处,各处 10.pattern n.图案,花样;模式;范例;模型 11.column n.柱,圆柱;柱状物;栏;专栏,队,列 12.Trading ships bringing imports to the city or carrying exports overseas, along with golden pleasure boats for the rich, were crowded together in the glassy water of the port. 进口货物到城内、出口货物到海外的商船,以及富贵人家金灿灿的游船,齐聚在港口波光粼粼的水面上。 13.Each turned to fly—each running, pressing, pushing against the other. 所有人都赶忙飞奔——他们奔跑,拥挤,你推我搡。 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $