1、牛津高中英语M3U1ReadingLostcivilizationsLoulanPompeiiWhatisthetextmadeupof?5diaryentrieszxxkScanningChoosethecorrectmainideaforeachpart.Diary1A.alectureaboutPompeiiandthevolcanoDiary2B.avisittotheancientRomancityofPompeiicityDiary3C.generalinformationaboutLoulanDiary4D.thepurposeanddestinationofthetripDia
2、ry5E.thediscoveryoftheLoulankingdomScanningWhatshouldwepayattentiontowhenwearereadingdiaries?Whenyouarereadingdiaryentriesrecordingsomeonestravels,youshouldlookfor:datesandplacenamesfactsandhistoricalinformationpersonalfeelingsandopinionsReadingstrategyThe visit to Pompeii(庞贝)(庞贝)Read Day1Day3 and f
3、ind the answers to the questions:1.Wheres Pompeii?2.What happened to Pompeii in August AD 79?3.How was the buried city discovered?4.What were the stepping stones along the road in Pompeii used for?Skimming1.Wheres Pompeii?2.What happened to Pompeii in August AD 79?TheVolcanonearthecityeruptedandlava
4、,ashandrockspouredoutofitontothesurroundingcountryside.AllthepeopleinPompeiiwereburiedalive,andsowasthecity.4.WhatwerethesteppingstonesalongtheroadinPompeiiusedfor?Withthesestones,peopledidnothavetostepinthemudonrainydays.3.Howwastheburiedcitydiscovered?Itwasdiscoveredinthe18thcenturywhenafarmerfoun
5、dsomestonewithwritingonit.Peoplestartedtodigintheareafortreasure,whichcausedmuchdamage.Soin1860,theareawasputundergovernmentprotectionsoitcouldbepreservedandstudied.placetimeeventPompeiiin the 8th century BCin 89 BCon 24th Aug.AD 79in 1860It was founded.It was taken over by the Romans.The volcano er
6、upted.It was put under government protection.Find the historical information about Pompeii.SkimmingDatesActionsEmotions15th July16th July17th JulyHowdoesthewriterfeelaboutthetrip?Howdoesthewriterfeelaboutthetrip?学科网WeareinItalyWeareinItalyfeelluckyfeellucky WeattendedaWeattendedalectureaboutlecturea
7、boutPompeii.Pompeii.HowunfortunateHowunfortunateIsawtheancientIsawtheancient RomancityofRomancityofPompeii.Pompeii.HowamazingHowamazingSkimmingThe visit to Loulan(楼兰)(楼兰)ReadDay10Day11andfindtheanswerstothequestions:1.Why was Loulan an important city about 2,000 years ago?2.How do many people think
8、Loulan disappeared?3.According to the last sentence,how did the author feel about the loss of Loulan?BecauseitwasastoppingpointonthefamousSilkRoadbetweentheEastandtheWestItwasgraduallycoveredoverbysandstormsfromAD200toAD400.Shefeltthatitwasapity.SkimmingplacetimeeventLoulan2000 years agofrom AD 200
9、to AD 400 Around the years 1900It existed as a commercial city.It was covered over gradually by sandstorms.It was discovered by a European explorer.Find the historical information about Loulan and fill in the blanks:SkimmingDatesActionsEmotions24th July25th JulyHowdoesthewriterfeelaboutthetrip?Howdo
10、esthewriterfeelaboutthetrip?WearrivedinWearrivedinLoulan.Loulan.IamsoexitedIamsoexitedtobeheretobehereThediscoveryofThediscoveryofLoulananditsLoulananditspresentsituation.presentsituation.WhatapityWhatapitySkimmingBothPompeiiin(1)_andLoulaninChinabecame(2)_longago.Pompeiiwas(3)_inthe8thcenturyBCandw
11、as(4)_bytheRomansin89BC.On24thAug.AD79,thevolcano(5)_andthecitywere(6)_.Loulanwasa(7)_ontheSilkRoad.Itisbelievedtohavebeencoveredoverby(8)_.Therearejustafew(9)_left.Theremainsofbuildingswereburied(10)_thesand,togetherwithalotof(11)_,suchascoinsandpaintedpots.Thedesertwasagreenland,buttreeswerecutdow
12、nandthat(12)_inthecitybeingburiedbysand.Fill in the blanks with proper words.ItalyfoundedtakenovereruptedburiedaliveruinstreasuresbeneathresultedConsolidationstoppingpointsandstormslostcivilizations1.Fromthepassage,wecanlearnthat_.A.Anntraveledmanyplacesinelevendays.B.Pompeiihadbeenarichcitybeforeth
13、eRomanstookoverit.C.PompeiiandLoulanwerebothdiscoveredinthe18thcentury.D.somehousesinPompeiiweredecoratedwithwallpaintings.2.WhichofthefollowingisTRUE?_A.SvenHedinwasanEnglishwriter.B.Loulanwasonceasmall,wealthycommercialcity.C.Loulanwasdestroyedbyavolcano.D.AllthepeoplefledfromPompeiibeforethevolca
14、noerupted.3.WhywasLoulananimportantcityabout2,000yearsago?A.BecauseitwasastoppingpointonthefamousSilkRoadbetweentheEastandtheWest.B.Becauseitonceabig,richcommercialcitywithlotsoftreasures.C.Becausetherewasanancientwatersystemthatranthroughthemiddleofthecity.D.Becausepeoplehavediscoveredmanypalaces,t
15、emples,workshopsandtowersinthecity.4.Thepurposeofthepassageisto_.A.tellusatravelexperienceinPompeiiandLoulan.B.offerussomeinformationaboutancientcivilizations.C.introduceaculturaltourtotwositesoflostcivilizations.D.Allofabove Suppose one of you is a reporter and the other is the author of the diary.
16、The reporter is interviewing the author about general information about Pompeii and Loulan.Please make up dialogue like this:Reporter:I am a reporter from China Daily and many readers are interested in Pompeii and Loulan,so can I ask you some questions about them.Guide:Sure!Its my honor to answer your questions 组卷网Apairwork1.Polish up your dialogue.2.Preview the language points in this text.