译林版高中英语必修第3册 Unit 2 Natural disasters Section A Welcome to the unit Reading.pptVIP

;内容索引;[素养导航];[晨读晚诵];Once,Pompeiiwasabusycityof22,000people.ItlayatthefootofMountVesuvius,agrass-coveredvolcano.MountVesuviushadnoteruptedforcenturies,sothepeopleofPompeiifeltsafe.Buttheywerenot.

InAugustofAD79,MountVesuviuserupted.Theentiretopofthemountainexploded,andahugeblackcloudroseintotheair.SoonhotrocksandashbegantofallonPompeii.Whentheeruptionendedtwodayslater,Pompeiiwasburiedunder20feetofstonesandashes.Almostallofitspeopleweredead.;Forcenturies,Pompeiilayburiedunderstonesandashes.Then,intheyear1861,anItalianscientistnamedGinseppebegantouncover①Pompeii.Slowly,carefully,Ginseppeandhismendug.ThecitylookedalmostthesameasithadlookedinAD79.Therewerestreetsandfountains,housesandshops.Therewasastadiumwith20,000seats.Perhapsthemostimportantofall,therewereeverydayobjects②,whichtellusagreatdealaboutthepeoplewholivedinPompeii.Manyglassesandjars③hadsomedarkbluecolourinthebottom,soweknowthatthepeopleofPompeiilikedwine.Theylikedbread,too;metal④breadpans⑤wereineverybakery⑥.Inonebakerytherewere81round,flatloaves⑦ofbread—atypeofbreadthatisstillsoldinItalytoday.?;Ginseppehasdied,buthisworkcontinues.One-fourthhasnotbeenuncoveredyet.Scientistsarestilldigging,stillmakingdiscoveriesthatdraw⑧thetouriststoPompeii.;词海拾贝

①uncovervt.发现;揭开;揭露

②objectn.物品,东西

③jarn.罐子

④metaln.金属

⑤pann.平底锅

⑥bakeryn.面包房

⑦loafn.条;一条面包;块

⑧drawvt.吸引;典句欣赏

1.ThecitylookedalmostthesameasithadlookedinAD79.

译文:这个城市看起来和公元79年时几乎一模一样。

分析:这是一个主从复合句,as引导方式状语从句,意为“如同”。;2.Perhapsthemostimportantofall,therewereeverydayobjects,whichtellusagreatdealaboutthepeoplewholivedinPompeii.

译文:可能其中最重要的莫过于那些日常用品,通过它们我们可以很好地了解庞贝人的生活。

分析:在本句中,“therewereeverydayobjects”是主句,“whichtellusagreatdealaboutthepeoplewholivedinPompeii”是非限制性定语从句,其中“wholivedinPompeii”也是定语从句,修饰the