高二英语选修6：unit16 Lesson 1 Stories from History.pptVIP

a container used to store for children a selection of objects thought to be representative of life at a particular time. Time capsules are interesting to people of all ages. 10. Time capsule Write to yourself an e-mail, and receive it 20 years later. What will the feeling be? the Forbes provides an interesting service, kinda TIME CAPSULE. but the capsule would be an e- mail. you may send emails to yourself, and decide the mails to be received 1 or 3 or 5 or 10 or even 20 years later! the mails will be kept and sent by yahoo. Changes of Pompeii City: A thriving Roman city with temples, markets, restaurants and theatres, works of art on walls; Summary destroyed and covered by a terrible volcanic eruption; people disappeared and forgotten by the world; the locations of the buried towns and villages were lost. discovered by some scientists; visited by tourists and scientists every year GrammarPast Perfect tense 1. Pliny wrote about a terrible volcanic eruption that he had witnessed as a young man. Stories from History Volcanic eruption Pompeii Words and Expressions volcanic eruption preserve capsule witness occur tremble block out particularly 火山爆发 vt.保护，保存 n.胶囊，太空舱 v.目击 vi.发生 vi.颤抖，发抖 堵住 adv.特别地，特定地 Words and Expressions loss awesome in a way rewind architecture authentic characteristic monument n.遗失，丢失 adj.令人敬畏的 从某种程度上 v.倒回 n.建筑 adj.真正的，原作的 adj.典型的 n.纪念碑，纪念堂 Words and Expressions gather on one’s side sorrow sympathy burst split up on the way to pay rise v.聚集 侧身 n.悲伤，难过 n.同情 vi.爆炸，冲，闯 断绝关系，分成小部分 在去……的路上 增加工资 On August 23, 79 AD, Pompeii looked like any other busy, prosperous city. People were moving about, trading goods, news, and friendly talk. Three days later, on August 26, all of these sounds had fallen silent, and the place itself had vanished. Almost nothing was seen of Pompeii for more than 1500 years. Now, more than 1900 years later, we are learning more and more about the last days of Pompeii. 1. Once, there was a thriving city. But one