1、Unit 16 Stories,Welcome to our class !,Lead-in: Stories of Capsule,Capsule,Medicine Capsules,Preserving the medicine,n.胶囊,Lead-in: Stories of Capsule,Time Capsule,LoveCapsules,preserving the best wishes to us,? ? ? ? ?,Lesson 1 Stories from History,Designer: Lily,Pompeii: The city that became a time
2、 capsule,Objectives:To learn more about the storyTo improve the reading skill (Importance)To learn how to sum up the main idea (Importance and Difficulty),First reading: Scanning,Find out the information about Pompeii. Where did the eruption happen:Mount Vesuvius near Pompeii in Italy. When did the
3、eruption happen:On August 24th, 79 AD. When did the scientists begin to discover the buried city:In 1748. How long is it from the eruption to now:Nearly 2,000 years.,Second reading: Detailed information,1. Who wrote about the eruption of Vesuvius?2. What had Pompeii been like before the eruption?3.
4、What can you see if you walk in the streets of Pompeii today?4. Why does the article describe Pompeii as a “time capsule”?,Read the text carefully and answer questions,Who wrote about the eruption of Vesuvius?A Roman writer called Pliny wrote about the eruption of Vesuvius.,2. What had Pompeii been
5、like before the eruption? Pompeii had been a booming Roman city with temples, markets, restaurants and theatres.,3. What can you see if you walk in the streets of Pompeii today?ancient architecture, statues, decorated walls, objects of the time the impressions of people in their last hours of life.,
6、marks left by pressing an object hard into a surface 印记,痕迹,Feel the last moment by heart,sitting alone, praying.,sleeping,trying to get up.,gathering together for protection,4. Why does the article describe Pompeii as a “time capsule”?Because Pompeii ,like a “ time capsule ”,preserved a frozen momen
7、t in history, such as buildings, objects and even impressions of people from the time.,13,Main idea,Para 1 Pompeii discovered Para 2 Pompeii destroyed by the volcanic eruptionPara 3 Pompeii as a “time capsule”Paras 4-5 Todays PompeiiPara 6 Pompeii forgotten by the world,1.Match the main idea with ea
8、ch paragraph,It is about a city named Pompeii , which was buried by a volcanic eruption in 79 AD, but discovered by some scientists 1,600 years later,2.Main idea of the text ( What is the article about ? ),Destroyed,forgotten,discovered,preserved,visited,15,Reading aloud: Summary,Pliny was a Roman w
9、riter 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. The whole city had been _ under the ashes of Mt Vesuvius. By 1748, scientists had started to dig out the ancient city Pompeii. It is like a “time capsule” _ bu
10、ildings, objects and even the _ of people.Today, people and scientists visit Pompeii every year to learn more about the_ world. In this way, the city, which the world had once forgotten lives on nearly 2,000 years after its _.,witnessed,volcanic,occurred,impression,buried,preserving,ancient,loss,impressions,Homework1). Do exercises in Grammar.2). Read the text after class and memorize the new words and expressions.,Problem-solvingAnalyze some sentences and explain problems from the class.,Thank you !,Mount Vesuvius,