《unit5Learning about Language》课件三十三（30张PPT）（人教版选修6）.pptVIP

* Learning about Language Review the usage of –ing form below. Examine the sentences and discuss in what way the structures similar to each other and in what way they are different. Step1 Discover useful words and expressions 1. Watch the video of an episode of Vesuvius eruption. 2. Look at some pictures of Vesuvius volcano and learn about it. Catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius on August 24 of 79 AD, buried the towns of Herculaneum and Pompeii in Italy. This mountain has erupted more than 50 times since the eruption in 79 AD, when it buried Pompeii and its sister city, Herculaneum. After Pompeii was buried and lost to history, the volcano continued to erupt every 100 years until about 1037 A.D., when it entered a 600-year period of quiescence. In 1631, the volcano killed an additional 4000 unsuspecting inhabitants. Mount Vesuvius 1. Complete the text with the words below in their proper forms. The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD took People in Pompeii by surprise. It was so quick and so severe that the town was soon covered in _______ and _______. Many houses in the town were ______________________. It was an ___________ disaster for many people who could not get away in time. A writer ash lava burned to the ground absolute Named Pliny, who was there during the _________, described how lava was thrown into the air like a _________. __________ many of the townspeople, __________ at the __________ sight of Vesuvius eruption, stayed too long and failed to escape in time. eruption fountain Unfortunately amazed fantastic 2. Find suitable words or expressions from the texts in the unit so far to fill in the blanks. 1) I went to a tea house with two friends last weekend but all they talked about was volcanoes. I was so ___________ that I fell asleep. 2). A tourist very foolishly took a risk by walking right to the edge of an active _________. bored volcano 3). I carefully _______________ over the fallen rocks and returned to the car. made my way 4).