英语北师大版选修六Unit16 lesson1 Stories from History课件概要.pptVIP

Unit 16 historical stories adventure stories biographies detective stories true stories love stories science fiction horror stories fairy tales humorous stories travel stories fantasies Lesson 1 Stories from History Objectives: To learn more about the story. To improve the reading skill through some reading activities To learn how to write historical stories. Use the key words to make a guess: What happened to the city? Key words: volcanic eruption, buried, event, disappear, disaster, preserved, destroy, discover, scientist Pompeii: The city that became a time capsule Skimming Find out “time capsule” in the text. And find out the reason. Time capsule preserves a frozen moment in history. (On the 1st-2nd line in paragraph 4) Task 1:Match the information together with the paragraphs. What the eruption brought to. People imagine what the people were doing when they faced the disaster. What Pompeii looked like before the volcanic eruption. The City of Pompeii had been living on nearly 2,000 years. Scientists discovered the city of Pompeii. 6. The background knowledge of the volcanic eruption. Para 2 Para 5 Para 4 Para 6 Para 3 Para 1 Task 2 1.Find out the information about Pompeii. Where did the eruption happen: When did the eruption happen: Who wrote about the eruption: When did the archaeologists begin to discover the buried city: How long is it from the eruption to now: On August 24th, 79 AD. It was of Mount Vesuvius in Italy. A Roman writer called Pliny. In 1748. Nearly 2,000 years. 1.The passage is mainly developed _____ A by time B. by space C.by comparison D.by giving examples A Careful reading :Task one :According to the passage ,complete the table. Time Events August 24th,79 AD Pliny,a Roman writer, wrote about the ___1_____eruption of Vesuvius and ______2___a cloud __3____ out the sun and burying everything in its path. Over the centuries The greater loss for Pompeii was that all the people ,towns and villages were ent