Unit 3 Back to the past Period 5（14版英语课时讲练通课件必修3译林版）.pptVIP

Once, Pompeii was a busy city of 22, 000 people. It lay at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, a grass-covered volcano. Mount Vesuvius had not erupted for centuries, so the people of Pompeii felt safe. But they were not. In August of AD 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted. The entire top of the mountain exploded, and a huge black cloud rose into the air. Soon stones and hot ash began to fall on Pompeii. When the eruption ended two days later, Pompeii was buried under 20 feet of stones and ashes. Almost all of its people were dead. For centuries, Pompeii lay buried under stone and ash. Then, in the year 1861, an Italian scientist named Ginseppe began to uncover Pompeii. Slowly, carefully, Ginseppe and his men dug. The city looked almost the same as it had looked in AD 79. There were streets and fountains, houses and shops. There was a stadium with 20, 000 seats. Perhaps the most important of all, there were everyday objects, which tell us a great deal about the people who lived in Pompeii. Many glasses and jars had some dark blue colour in the bottom, so we know that the people of Pompeii liked wine. They liked bread, too; metal bread pans were in every bakery. In one bakery there were 81 round, flat loaves of bread—a type of bread that is still sold in Italy today. Tiny boxes filled with a dark, shiny powder tell us that women like to wear eye-makeup. Ginseppe has died, but his work continues. One-fourth has not been uncovered yet. Scientists are still digging, still making discoveries that draw the tourists to Pompeii. 【语篇概述】2 000年前庞贝是一个繁荣的城市，但是被喷发的维苏威火山毁灭，后来被人挖掘出来，还原了当时人们生活的情景。 1. Why do large numbers of people come to Pompeii each year? A. To visit the volcano. B. To shop and eat there. C. To watch sports and plays. D. To see how the people of Pompeii lived. 【解析】选D。推理判断题。由第一段第二句话可知，游客们看到庞贝以它的体育馆、剧院、商店和饭馆而出名，再结合倒数第二段讲到的庞贝城被重新挖掘出来以后人们所看到的样子，保留了当时庞贝人生活的遗迹，所以参观者来这里的目的是看一看庞贝人当时是怎么生活的，答案选D。 His income is well above the average.他的收入大大高于平均水平。 He