最新高中英语课件：高二英语上学期unit 10 reading.pptxVIP

Unit 10 ReadingUnderthe Volcano flamefootashearthquakesVolcanoVesuriusburning rockssulphurclouderuptionmountainHow does a volcano work? The inside of the earth is very hot. Because it is very,very hot, the rock has melted like ice. It has become liquid, like water. It is always boiling, like water in a kettle. The very hot melted rock inside the earth also tries to get out. Usually it cannot because the outside of the earth is too thick and strong. But in some places the outside of the earth is thin and weak. Sometimes a small opening appears. The hot melted rock, which we call “ lava”, pushes up through the small opening and bursts through. Steam and gas shoot up into the air and the hot melted lava pours out. Big pieces of rock may be thrown high into the air. After a while the volcano becomes quiet again. The melted lava becomes hard. Later the same thing happens again and again. Each time more hot lava pours out on top of the cold lava and then becomes hard. Although there are thousands of volcanoes in the world, most of them are dead.meters of hot ash and mudVesuvius Volcano, in Italytwo towns were buriedHerculaneumthe corpse of the people living in the townsListening:1.How many characters are there in the passage? 9. 2.Who are they?Tacitus, Pliny the Elder, my mother,Rectina, captain, Pompy, two slaves, I. Skim the text and answer the following questions.Reading 11: What is described in the following passage?2: When and where did it happen?3: Who is the writer of the letter?The eruption of the volcano called Mount Vesuvius.On the 24th of August in 79 AD in southern Italy.Pliny, the younger.para.1Reading 2:What did Tacitus ask the author to do? Ask him to write him sth. about the death of his uncle Pliny.From this paragraph, we can learn the Tacitus ____ .Was a history writerB. Worked for the local police C. Was a close friend of PlinyD. Did research into volcanoes and earthquakespara.2“The sight of it awoke the scientist in my uncle to go and see it from c