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,Book 2-10,Pompeii,Robert Silverberg,R,einforcement,T,ext Analysis,Pompeii,B,ackground,W,arming up,Unit 10,Questions/Activities,Check-on Preview,Objectives,W,B,T,R,Half a Day,Unit 1,Warming up,Warming up,Questions/Activities,W,B,T,R,Why does the author call Pompeii a strange city?,What happened to the city?,What was the city like before it was destroyed?,What are some other natural disasters in world history that you have learned about?,Check-on Preview,Match the words with their correct meaning in the text.,hurl,graze,cram,intact,mighty,s,hatter,a.very strong or powerful,b.to suddenly break into small pieces,c.to throw violently in a particular direction,e.to eat grass growing in a field,f.to push,sb./sth,.into a small place,plete and not damaged,W,B,T,R,Warming up,Key:c,e,f,g,a,b,Objectives,Understand the structure and the general idea of the text,Know something about the history of Pompeii and what happened in AD 79,Be able to use specific verbs to describe things,Be able to create a dominant impression by using words about five senses,Know something about natural disasters like,volcanic,eruptions,earthquakes,tornado etc.,W,B,T,R,Warming up,Background,Culture Tips,Author,Half a Day,Unit,10,B,W,T,R,Background,Author,Robert,Silverberg(born January 15,1935)is an American author,best known for writing science fiction.,In 1956 he graduated from Columbia University,having majored in Comparative Literature.,His Life,B,W,T,R,Culture Tips,Naples,is the capital of,Campania,and the third-largest city in,Italy,after,Rome,and,Milan,.It has a population of nearly 1 million within its administrative limits on a land area of 117.3km2(45sqmi).The urban area of Naples extends beyond the administrative city limits,with a population of above 3,million,.,The city of,Pompeii,is a partially buried,Roman,town-city near modern,Naples,.Pompeii was partially destroyed and buried under 4 to 6 m(13 to 20 ft)of,ash,and,pumice,in the,eruption,of,Mount Vesuvius,in AD 79,and it was lost for nearly 1700 years before its accidental rediscovery in 1749.Since then,its excavation has provided an extraordinarily detailed insight into the life of a city during the,Pax,Romana,.Today,this,UNESCO,World Heritage Site,is one of the most popular tourist attractions of Italy,with approximately 2,500,000 visitors every year.,Culture Tips,Pompeii the last day,A multidisciplinary study of the eruption products and victims indicates that at Vesuvius and surrounding towns,heat,was the main cause of death of people,previously believed to have died by ash,suffocation,.The results of the study,published in 2010,show that exposure to at least 250C hot surges at a distance of 10,kilometres,from the vent was sufficient to cause instant death,even if people were sheltered within buildings.,Culture Tips,Mount Vesuvius,Mount Vesuvius is best known for its eruption in,AD 79,that led to the burying and destruction of the,Roman,cities of,Pompeii,and,Herculaneum,.They were never rebuilt,although surviving townspeople and probably looters did undertake extensive salvage work after the destructions.The towns locations were eventually forgotten until their accidental rediscovery in the 18th century.,Pompeii,with Vesuvius towering above,Culture Tips,Vesuvius from plane,Culture Tips,Inside the crater of Vesuvius,Jupiter,is the king of the gods and the god of sky and thunder.Jupiter was the chief deity of Roman state religion throughout the Republican and Imperial eras,until the Empire came under Christian rule.,Jupiter is thought to have originated as a sky god.His identifying implement is the thunderbolt,and his primary sacred animal is the eagle,which held precedence over other birds in the taking of auspices and became one of the most common symbols of the Roman army.,Culture Tips,Apollo,is one of the most important and complex of the Olympian deities in ancient Greek and Roman religion,Greek and Roman mythology.,Apollo has been variously recognized as a god of light and the sun,truth and prophecy,healing,plague,music,poetry,and more.,Apollo is the son of Zeus and,Leto,and has a twin sister,the chaste huntress Artemis.,Culture Tips,Isis,is a goddess in Ancient Egyptian religious beliefs.She was worshipped as the ideal mother and wife as well as the patron of nature and magic.She was the friend of slaves,sinners,artisans,and the downtrodden,and she listened to the prayers of the wealthy,maidens,aristocrats,and rulers.Isis is also known as protector of the dead and goddess of children.,The name Isis means Throne.Her headdress is a throne.As the personification of the throne,she was an important representation of the pharaohs power.The pharaoh was depicted as her child,who sat on the throne she,provided.,Culture Tips,Detailed,Analysis,Structure,Half a Day,Unit 1,Text Analysis,T,W,B,R,Text Analysis,Structure,1,Para.1-7,A brief account of Pompeii before and after August 24,AD79.,2,Para.8-9,A detailed description of what happened on the day of the eruption.,T,W,B,R,Text Analy
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