高中英语《Stories》学案1-北师大版选修6.doc

Lesson 1 Stories from History
1. Pliny described a cloud down the mountain, blocking out the sun and burying everything in its path, including whole villages and towns.
巧解句型：coming down, blocking out, burying 作宾补，including短语作定语
Including用法
eg: Ten people died in the accident, including 3 children.
Ten people died in the accident, 3 children included.
2.. This particular sad event left a deep impression on Pliny who had lost an uncle in the event.
巧解句型：who引导的句子做定语，修饰Pliny
left a deep impression on 给人留下印象
I don’t want to leave any false impression on you.

拓展延伸：
Impress vt. impressive adj.
Impress sth on sb./one’s memory/ one’s mind
Impress sb with sth
Be impressed by/at with
Eg: I will impress one thing on you.
He impressed me with the need to work hard.
I was deeply impressed by his speech.

3. Pompeii is like a “time capsule” preserving a frozen moment in history.
巧解句型：preserving修饰a “time capsule，做后置定语
Preserve vt.保存，保管，保护
The city should take steps to preserve the old temple.
Oil preserves metal form rust.= protect…from…
4. however, much more than buildings and objects, it is the forms of the people who were caught in the disaster that made the city a monument to human history.
巧解句型: who引导的定语从句修饰 the people, that引导的定语从句修饰the disaster
Get/be caught in 突然遇到，处于困境中
I was caught in a heavy rain on my way home.
Catch sb doing :发现，撞见（某人正在做。。。）
The teacher caught him sleeping in class.

5. One person, sitting alone, looks like he is praying.
巧解句型: sitting alone作后置定语修饰person. look like后接宾语从句作宾语。
Look like
She looks so much like her mother.
Look at that dark cloud. It looks like rain.