北京市第一五四中学高二英语 Module 6 unit 16 Lesson 2 First Period学案 北师大版

Lesson 2 First Period(Reading)学习目标：By the end of this class, you are able1 to improve the reading skill through some reading activities;2 to learn the history of the City of Pompeii,学习过程一、预习交流I. Review different kinds of story.II. What do these words mean?volcanic eruptioneventdisasterscientist capsuleLoss architecture monument sorrowsympathypreservewitnessoccurtremblerewindgatherblock outIn a wayon ones sideparticularlyawesome 二. 合作探究ScanningI.Find out the information about Pompeii.Where did the eruption happen:When did the eruption happen:Who wrote about the eruption:When did the archaeologist begin to uncover the buried city:How long is it from the eruption to now:II. Match the information and the paragraphs together.What the tragedy brought to.People imagine what the people were doing when they faced the disaster.What Pompeii looked like before the volcanic eruption.The City of Pompeii had been surviving for nearly 2,000 years.Archaeologist uncovered the city of Pompeii.The background knowledge of the volcanic eruption.三. 分层提高1. Read the article and answer these questions. (p6)II Find information related to the following time and people.TimeEvents1. At the end of the firs century AD,2. August 24th, 79 AD3. Over the centuries4. More than 1,600 years later5. By 1748,6. Now7. Today, more than 250 years after四. 总结归纳Using proper words and phrases fill in the blanks.Pliny was a Roman writer who had 1_ _ and wrote about a 2_ eruption which 3_ on August 24th, 79AD and it was of Mt. Vesuvius. The tragedy had left a deep 4_ on Pliny who had lost his uncle in the accident. The people, towns and villages had been 5_ under the ashes of Mt Vesuvius.By 1748, scientists had started to _6_the ancient city Pompeii. It is like a “time capsule” _7_ 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 8_ that have made the city a _9_ to human history. The bodies of people who had died in Pompeii showed their exact _10_of getting together for11_ in their last hours of life.Today, since excavations started, people and scientists visit Pompeii every year to learn more about the12_. In this way, the city, which the world had once forgotten _13_ nearly 2,000 years after its _14_._