安徽滁州二中高二英语北师选修6课件：Unit 16 Stories L1 Period 1.ppt

Module 6 Let’s appreciate some stories and identify the kinds of stories in the pictures. Pre-reading: Background Knowledge Volcanic eruption First reading for main idea(skimming) It is about a city named Pompeii , which was buried by a volcanic eruption in 79 AD, but rediscovered by some scientists 1,600 years later. Answer questions from P6. Why does the article describe Pompeii as a “time capsule”? Answer questions from P6. Who wrote about the eruption of Vesuvius? What had Pompeii been like before the eruption? Answer questions from P6. What can you see if you walk in the streets of Pompeii today? Second reading for details(scanning: key words) 2.Find information in connection with the following people. Summary: Cloze Pliny was a Roman writer who had _________ and wrote about a _________ eruption which ________ on August 24th,79AD and it was of Mt. Vesuvius. The tragedy had left a deep __________ on Pliny who had lost his uncle in the accident. The people, towns and villages had been ______ under the ashes of Mt Vesuvius. By 1748, scientists had started to ________the ancient city Pompeii. It is like a “time capsule” __________ a frozen moment in history. Not only the buildings and authentic objects of Pompeii attract people, but also the forms of the people caught in the _______ that have made the city a __________ to human history. The bodies of people who had died in Pompeii showed their exact _______of getting together for_________ in their last hours of life. Today, since excavations started, people and scientists visit Pompeii every year to learn more about the___________. In this way, the city, which the world had once forgotten ________ nearly 2,000 years after its ______. Post reading: Retell the story and finish an interview. Task 1: Retell the story in the first or third person according to the chronological order. Task 2: Interview (Open-ended) (Group or Pair work) Suppose you are a tour guid