高中英语Unit 16 Lesson 1 Stories from History课件2 北师大版 必修6.pptVIP

2,000 years ago, Pompeii lay at the center of a fertile valley with abundant water. In a wide gulf at the sea known as M. rich in fishing and easily navigated It was a city based on trade, cloth and other manufactured goods, but above all, its precious wines and its garum, the sauce which drove the Roman gourmets wild. In a painting of that period, Vesuvius is depicted as a tranquil mountain covered with trees and vineyard. 79 years after the birth of Christ on the 24th August, that idyllic peace was suddenly shattered, Vesuvius erupted with terrible fury. Second Reading: wri