现代大学英语精读第二版book2unit10 PPT
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现代大学英语精读2 Lesson10_The Richer the Poorer
Lesson 10: The Richer, the Poorer1. Warm-up activities2. Word buildingambition: ambitious (adj.)clarity: clarify, clear (v. & adj.)contrast: contrast (v.)expand: expansion (n.)fantasy: fantastic, fantasize (adj. & v.)frugal: frugality (n.)grieve: grief, grievous (n. & adj.) (relief, relieve)indulge: indulgent: indulgence (adj. & n.)intolerable: intolerance (n.) (tolerate, tolerable, tolerance)marvel: marvelous (adj.)miracle: miraculous (adj.)transform: transformation (n.)3. Vocabularyambition1) meaning野心勃勃？有雄心壮志的？approving or derogatory?an ambitious plan (a plan that needs a lot of work to be carried out successfully) 2) useof getting it.He is ambitious for success.to become famous.of getting the job.3) collocations实现抱负：achieve, fulfill, realize one’s ambition (dream)conscience (-the part of your mind that tells you whether what you’re doing is right or wrong)1) meaningх他有良心。
现代大学英语第二册Unit_10_Pompeii_2(1)
分词作状语时可分为以下几种形式：
* doing ： 用来表示主动，且前后动作同时进行。 Returning home later, my friend learned that the police had been to the flat.
* having done: 用来表示主动,且动作发生在主句之前。 Having seen the film before, I decided not to see it again. * being done: 用来表示被动,且前后动作同时进行。 Being questioned by the police, he felt frightened.
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List:
Words
• • • • • • 1.mighty 2.overwhelm 3.perish 4.poisonous 5.reverberate 6.savage • • • • • • 7.shatter 8.shroud 9.stumble 10.topple 11.trample 12.absorb
• a picture tour: the temple of Jupiter
• a picture tour: theater
Today’s Pompeii
General introduction: an ancient Roman town-city, Founded in the 7th century BC, destroyed and buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, rediscovered in 1748, well-preserved and looks exactly like it was on its last day, a popular tourist destination now.
现代大学英语精读2lesson10
indulgent parents • indulgence: n. state of being allowed
whatever one wants ;hobby • 13.miserly:1)like a miser; mean or selfish
2)barely adequate • eg: miserly habits • miserly allowance/share/portion
• eg: She embraced her son before leaving. • embrace an offer, opportunity • The term ‘mankind’ embraces men,
women and children. • 人类一词包括男人，女人和儿童 • 7.emerge: come up or out into view ;
第11页/共28页
• 14.threadbare: 1)(of clothes )worn thin; shabby 2)too often used or too well known to be effective
• eg: a threadbare carpet/coat
• a threadbare joke/argument/plot
Discussion
• 1. What is so called “moonlight goddess” in the modern society? What’s their opinion and behavior toward life and work?
• 2. Do you remember Walt Disney’s animated movie named “the ants and grasshopper ”, which one do you like ---- the ants or the happy grasshopper?第2页/共28页
whatever one wants ;hobby • 13.miserly:1)like a miser; mean or selfish
2)barely adequate • eg: miserly habits • miserly allowance/share/portion
• eg: She embraced her son before leaving. • embrace an offer, opportunity • The term ‘mankind’ embraces men,
women and children. • 人类一词包括男人，女人和儿童 • 7.emerge: come up or out into view ;
第11页/共28页
• 14.threadbare: 1)(of clothes )worn thin; shabby 2)too often used or too well known to be effective
• eg: a threadbare carpet/coat
• a threadbare joke/argument/plot
Discussion
• 1. What is so called “moonlight goddess” in the modern society? What’s their opinion and behavior toward life and work?
• 2. Do you remember Walt Disney’s animated movie named “the ants and grasshopper ”, which one do you like ---- the ants or the happy grasshopper?第2页/共28页
现代大学英语第二版精读2Unit...
又是一个新学年——为什么上大学约翰·齐阿迪1 让我来给你们讲讲我在刚开始教书生涯时所遭到的一次惨败。
那是1940年1月，我刚从研究生院毕业，在堪萨斯大学开始第一个学期的执教。
有这么一个学生，瘦高个，样子活像一根长着头发的豆架。
他走进课堂，坐了下来，双臂交叉抱在胸前，看了看我，就像在说：“好吧，那就教我点什么吧。
”两周后我们开始学习《哈姆雷特》。
又过了三周，他走进我的办公室，双手放在臀部（双手叉腰），“你知道，”他说，“我来这儿是为了当药剂师。
我干嘛要念这些玩意儿？”因为连书都没带，他就指着我桌上的那本书说。
2 尽管我刚当老师，但我也蛮可以告诉此兄好些道理。
我本可以指出，他来报名的地方不是一家药剂学校，而是一所大学。
学业完成时他将获得一纸文凭，上面写的将是理科学士学位，而不会写“合格的捣药技术员”。
这一纸文凭不仅会证明他专修过药剂学，还会证明他受到过人类文明思想的熏陶。
也就是说，他进的不是一家技校，而是一所大学。
在大学里，学生既要接受专业训练，又要接受人文教育。
3 我本可以给他讲这一大通道理，但显然他在大学待不了多久，不会把我的话当回事。
4 不过当时我年轻气盛，责任感很强。
于是我就试着这么和他说：“在你日后的生活中，你一天的时间大概平均算下来是二十四小时，恋爱的时候会短些，失恋的时候会长些，但平均数基本上保持不变。
这中间有八个小时左右，你在睡觉。
”5 “然后在大概八个小时的每个工作日里，你会——但愿你会——努力从事有益的工作。
假设你已经上完药剂师学校，或工程、法律学校，或随便其他什么学校，在那八小时内你将运用你的专业技能。
你要做的是确保别因自己技艺不精而把氰化物掺进阿司匹林，或让公牛跃过你修建的篱笆，或因为你的无能而把你的委托人送上电椅。
这些都是有用的职业。
这些工作都需要人人应该尊重的技能，也能给你带来基本的满足感。
不说别的，很可能你要靠它们来养家糊口（换取餐桌的食物，养活你的妻子，养育你的子女）。
现代大学英语精读第二版Unit ppt课件
A young man who saw the woman run over by the car has agreed to appear in court as witness. I admire his courage.
7. 大学教育应该设法保证我们的大学生有 进行批判性思维的能力。
College education should see to it that our
3.让我们同意对方可以有不同意见吧。我们 起码在一点上意见是一致的，我们同意不采 取暴力，我们同意我们的分歧必须和平解决。
Let’s agree to disagree.
We at least agree on one thing: We agree not to use force. We agree that we must settle
WB TR
The Green Banana
Theme
Structure
Detailed Analysis
Unit 6
Text Analysis
WB TR
Text Analysis
Theme
• We should respect all civilizations in the world. Wisdoms are to be discovered with an open mind to other cultures.
➢ Limited life experience:
People will never be able to experience every life situation of everyone around the world, so assumptions about life have to be based on existing limited experience. It is normal to assume things and interpret new experience and others’ behavior on the basis of one’s own experience.
7. 大学教育应该设法保证我们的大学生有 进行批判性思维的能力。
College education should see to it that our
3.让我们同意对方可以有不同意见吧。我们 起码在一点上意见是一致的，我们同意不采 取暴力，我们同意我们的分歧必须和平解决。
Let’s agree to disagree.
We at least agree on one thing: We agree not to use force. We agree that we must settle
WB TR
The Green Banana
Theme
Structure
Detailed Analysis
Unit 6
Text Analysis
WB TR
Text Analysis
Theme
• We should respect all civilizations in the world. Wisdoms are to be discovered with an open mind to other cultures.
➢ Limited life experience:
People will never be able to experience every life situation of everyone around the world, so assumptions about life have to be based on existing limited experience. It is normal to assume things and interpret new experience and others’ behavior on the basis of one’s own experience.
现代大学英语第二册Unit10Pompeii
Writing essays helps to develop coherent arguments and evidence-based writing. It involves learning different essay formats and structures, as well as practice in writing different types of essays.
Predicate
The predicate is the part of the sentence that expresses an action or state of being and typically includes a verb.
Modifier
A modifier is a word or phrase that adds descriptive information to the subject or predicate. Adjectives and adverbs are common types of modifiers.
Grammar and punctuation
Essay writing
Writing for different purposes
Writing skills
Developing the ability to listen actively and understand the main points of what is being said is essential for effective communication. This involves asking questions, clarifying points, and paraphrasing to ensure understanding.
Book II 2 现代大学英语课件
Lesson II
Maheegun My Brother
2020/10/25
Questions As the Cues for Retelling
1. When did the boy find Maheegun? How was Maheegun 2. at the time?
spearing fish; faint crying; shivering; moved weakly
continue it Let’s pick up the conversation after lunch.
2. not that: (PP5) although it is not true that; not because I didn’t buy the flat. Not that I can’t afford it, but that I don’t like the fashion.
His 2020/10/25 position as the President took him to make the decision.
4. flood: (PP10) to fill or enter a place in large numbers or amounts
Most of the morning his study is flooded with sunlight. The waiting shoppers flooded in as soon as the store opened. 5. thrill to: (PP14) to feel excited at sth. The young audience so thrilled to the appearance of the pop. music star that they even went so far as to press upon the front rows and make catcalls. 6. (all) for the best: (PP17) best for the long run although sth. appears bad or unpleasant; a good thing really They had to sell their car, but since they are both without a job, it’s probably for the best. His parents didn’t want him to work in London, but they knew it was perhaps for the best. We can’t go to Spain, but perhaps it’s all for the best.
Maheegun My Brother
2020/10/25
Questions As the Cues for Retelling
1. When did the boy find Maheegun? How was Maheegun 2. at the time?
spearing fish; faint crying; shivering; moved weakly
continue it Let’s pick up the conversation after lunch.
2. not that: (PP5) although it is not true that; not because I didn’t buy the flat. Not that I can’t afford it, but that I don’t like the fashion.
His 2020/10/25 position as the President took him to make the decision.
4. flood: (PP10) to fill or enter a place in large numbers or amounts
Most of the morning his study is flooded with sunlight. The waiting shoppers flooded in as soon as the store opened. 5. thrill to: (PP14) to feel excited at sth. The young audience so thrilled to the appearance of the pop. music star that they even went so far as to press upon the front rows and make catcalls. 6. (all) for the best: (PP17) best for the long run although sth. appears bad or unpleasant; a good thing really They had to sell their car, but since they are both without a job, it’s probably for the best. His parents didn’t want him to work in London, but they knew it was perhaps for the best. We can’t go to Spain, but perhaps it’s all for the best.
现代大学英语第二版精读PPT单词,背景,课文讲解完整版
Lesson 1 – Half a Day
9. trace (1)
n. a. a small sign that shows that sb. or sth. was present or existed b. very small amount
It vanished/disappeared/without trace. He lost all trace of her German accent. Age has left its traces on his face.
Mahfouz's childhood and youth. The first novel is named after a
street where the protagonist, and his family live, the second, is named after a street where his eldest son and his family live,
Author and his works
He was born on the 11th Dec. 1911 in a suburb of Cairo, the youngest son of a merchant. He studied philosophy at Cairo University, graduating in 1934. He has been described as "a Dickens of Cairo" and "the Balzac of Egypt". Half of his novels have been made into films which have circulated throughout the Arabic-speaking world.
现代大学英语精读2课件ppt
从使用情况来看，闭胸式的使用比较 广泛。 敞开式 盾构之 中有挤 压式盾 构、全 部敞开 式盾构 ，但在 近些年 的城市 地下工 程施工 中已很 少使用 ，在此 不再说 明。
Warming -up
Topic discussion: 1. Can you summary what you got from the University last semester? 2. What do you expect from a new semester? 3. Do you think you can fulfil that? If you think you can , how? If you think you can’t, why not?
---- Mark Twain
从使用情况来看，闭胸式的使用比较 广泛。 敞开式 盾构之 中有挤 压式盾 构、全 部敞开 式盾构 ，但在 近些年 的城市 地下工 程施工 中已很 少使用 ，在此 不再说 明。
Text analysis
What did the writer do after he was fresh from graduate school?
Topic discussion
Suggested answers:
1. To give Ss sufficient training for a career. 2. To expose Ss to the essence of human
civilization 3. To cultivate the qualities of being a human 4. To gather useful information and knowledge 5. To encourage intellectual curiosity and cultural
Warming -up
Topic discussion: 1. Can you summary what you got from the University last semester? 2. What do you expect from a new semester? 3. Do you think you can fulfil that? If you think you can , how? If you think you can’t, why not?
---- Mark Twain
从使用情况来看，闭胸式的使用比较 广泛。 敞开式 盾构之 中有挤 压式盾 构、全 部敞开 式盾构 ，但在 近些年 的城市 地下工 程施工 中已很 少使用 ，在此 不再说 明。
Text analysis
What did the writer do after he was fresh from graduate school?
Topic discussion
Suggested answers:
1. To give Ss sufficient training for a career. 2. To expose Ss to the essence of human
civilization 3. To cultivate the qualities of being a human 4. To gather useful information and knowledge 5. To encourage intellectual curiosity and cultural
现代大学英语第二册课件Lesson 10 TA_基础英语
From Lottie’s. Much of the space is devoted to description of Lottie’s opinions, views and reflections. The reader can enter her mind and learn what goes on there. Also from this view, the reader can gain a clear clue about the differences of the two sisters’ lifestyles and experiences.
W B T L E
The end of Further Discussion.
Lesson 10—The Richer, the Poorer
II.
Writing Devices
Parody
A job in hand was worth two in the future. (Para. 9)
A bird in hand is worth two in the woods. (saying)
In the first half of the story and much of the second when Lottie is working wholeheartedly to prepare for her old age, the writer uses more formal words and expressions. But towards the end of the story when Lottie’s lifestyle of “all work and no play” begins to change, she speaks in a very colloquial style. He speech at the end of the story is also a good example.
大学英语精读第二册10
Book 2 ; lesson 10ambition [æmˈbɪʃən] 1.[n]a strong desire todo or achieve something, tically requiringdetermination and hard work 强烈欲望，野心；雄心，抱负，志向Her ambition wasto become a model.她的志向是要成为时装模特。
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2.[mass noun]desire anddetermination to achieve success雄心，抱负，志向Life offered few opportunitiesfor young people with ambition.生活给予雄心勃勃的年轻人的机会很少。
3. [vt]have as one's ambition追求；有…野心[词形变换]Ambitious[adj] 1.having or showing astrong desire and determination tosucceed有强烈成功欲望的，有雄心的；有野心的His mother was hard-workingand ambitious for her four children.他母亲辛苦干活，渴望四个子女成功。
2.(of aplan or piece of work) intended to satisfyhigh aspirations and therefore difficult toachieve（计划，工作）要求高的，雄心勃勃的The scope of the book is veryambitious.这本书涉及范围很广。
anambitious enterprise.一项雄心勃勃的事业。
[典型考题]Nothing would stop him from achieving his _______ .A. ambitiouslyB. ambitiousC.ambition D. ambitionless[试题分析]此题测试单词意义，答案为C.句意：没有什么能阻止他实现他的野心。
现代大学英语精读第二版book2unit10
Background
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 pharaoh's power. The pharaoh was depicted as her child, who sat on the throne she provided.
Part II: Para. 8-9
Pompeii
Author
Unit 10
Background
Culture Tips
Background
Author
His Life
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.
现代大学英语精读第二版bookunitppt课件
Background
The Man in the Water
• The man was later identified as Arland D. Williams Jr., a bank examiner working for the Federal Reserve system in Atlanta. The 14th Street Bridge was renamed in his honor.
– What does this article concentrate on? Does it focus on the description of the disaster or how people are saved? Why?
Background Category of News
News fall into basic categories: hard news and soft news.
The Man in the Water Unit 4
Questions / Activities Check-on Preview Objectives
Warming up
Warming up Questions / Activities
•Do you know of any disaster(s) that happened in recent years or recently? •When disaster happens, what do we usually want to know? •We sometimes identify some heroes in disasters. What do you think about them?
现代大学英语听力2unit 10 history(课堂PPT)
❖ Words and expressions ❖ 1.eclipse英 [ɪ'klɪps] 美 [ɪ'klɪps] vt. 使黯然失色；形
成蚀 n. 日蚀，月蚀；黯然失色 ❖ 2.monument英 ['mɒnjʊm(ə)nt] 美 ['mɑnjumənt
] n. 纪念碑；历史遗迹；不朽的作品 vt. 为…树碑 ❖ 3.observatory英 [əb'zɜːvət(ə)rɪ] 美 [əb'zɝvətɔri
❖ ❖ 1) T 2) F 3) T
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Task 2 Stonehenge [stəunhendʒ] (巨石阵)
Definition: North of the ancient megalithic ruins: the city of Salisbury [sɔ:lzbəri] , England. Array of stones, could be ancient humans set for observing astronomical phenomena [finɔminə] . To promote the development of archaeoastronomy[ɑ:kiəuəst . rɔnəmi]
sun and also an observatory. One interesting theory suggests that
the stones were some kind of computer which was used to predict
eclipses of the sun and moon.
Stonehenge. Single stones, some of them weighing about four tons,
成蚀 n. 日蚀，月蚀；黯然失色 ❖ 2.monument英 ['mɒnjʊm(ə)nt] 美 ['mɑnjumənt
] n. 纪念碑；历史遗迹；不朽的作品 vt. 为…树碑 ❖ 3.observatory英 [əb'zɜːvət(ə)rɪ] 美 [əb'zɝvətɔri
❖ ❖ 1) T 2) F 3) T
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Task 2 Stonehenge [stəunhendʒ] (巨石阵)
Definition: North of the ancient megalithic ruins: the city of Salisbury [sɔ:lzbəri] , England. Array of stones, could be ancient humans set for observing astronomical phenomena [finɔminə] . To promote the development of archaeoastronomy[ɑ:kiəuəst . rɔnəmi]
sun and also an observatory. One interesting theory suggests that
the stones were some kind of computer which was used to predict
eclipses of the sun and moon.
Stonehenge. Single stones, some of them weighing about four tons,
unit 2现代大学英语精读.ppt
• You cannot be really first-rate at your work if your work is all you are.
How Reading Changed My Life Unit 2
Theme
Structure
Detailed Analysis
Text Analysis
Anna Quindlen the Novelist
• Full-time novelist since 1995
•
Anna Marie Quindlen
Author of five best-selling novels, three
of which made into movies
Background
2. Discuss the meaning of reading. 3. Identify the problems facing reading and work on possible
solutions.
How Reading Changed My Life Unit 2
Author
Background
reading… (para.12)
Warming up Check-on Preview
What do you know about the following novels?
Middlemarch A Little Princess Anna Karenina Gone with the Wind Rebecca
2. What does reading mean to you?
Warming up Questions/Activities
3. How has the Internet changed people’s way of reading? 4. How do you account for such changes?
How Reading Changed My Life Unit 2
Theme
Structure
Detailed Analysis
Text Analysis
Anna Quindlen the Novelist
• Full-time novelist since 1995
•
Anna Marie Quindlen
Author of five best-selling novels, three
of which made into movies
Background
2. Discuss the meaning of reading. 3. Identify the problems facing reading and work on possible
solutions.
How Reading Changed My Life Unit 2
Author
Background
reading… (para.12)
Warming up Check-on Preview
What do you know about the following novels?
Middlemarch A Little Princess Anna Karenina Gone with the Wind Rebecca
2. What does reading mean to you?
Warming up Questions/Activities
3. How has the Internet changed people’s way of reading? 4. How do you account for such changes?
大学英语精读Book2 Unit10
sing in a concert?‖ when he heard her singing by accident. Then she made a try. Whenever she sang on the stage, the salesman sat in the first row and smiled to her, carrying a bunch of flowers. Several years later, she became a wellknown musician.
“Our praises are our wages.”
Mark Twain Mark Twain (1835-1910) is the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, a great American writer and humorist. Mark Twain was one of the great artists of all time. He was and is one authentic giant of our national literature. The first truly American writer, and all of us since are his heirs. --William Faulkner
Skinner box and S-R Theory
1. A starved rat was
placed in the box ; 2. When the lever was pressed by the rat, a small pellet of food was dropped onto a tray;
What is praise ?
现代大学英语第二册Unit_10_Pompeii2
13.band 14.board 15.branch 16.collapse 17.crouch
18.descend 19.drift 20.flee 21.Intact
II. Phrases and Expressions
List:
• at hand • die away • plunge into • in store for a rain of come down from strike on an arm of
例：As the book is written in simple English, the book is easy to read. ----Written in simple English, the book is easy to read
分词作状语时可分为以下几种形式：
* doing ： 用来表示主动，且前后动作同时进行。 Returning home later, my friend learned that the police had been to the flat.
Pompeii’s Yesterday
• a picture tour: a bird’s-eye view
• a picture tour: a street leading to Mt. Vesuvius
• a picture tour: the temple of Jupiter
• a picture tour:theater
英释：To go to Pompeii today is like taking a trip to the past. The city is no langer a dead city.You can imagine what was going on around you.
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现代大学英语精读第二版book2unit10
Pompeii
Unit 10
W arming up B ackground T ext Analysis R einforcement
Pompeii
Questions / Activities Check-on Preview Objectives
Unit 10
about five senses • Know something about natural disasters like volcanic
eruptions, earthquakes, tornado etc.
Pompeii
Unit 10
Author
Background
Culture Tips
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 g. complete and not damaged
Warming up
Warming up Questions / Activities
• 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
In 1956 he graduated from Columbia University, having majored in Comparative Literature.
Background
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 one million within its administrative limits on a land area of 117.3 km2 (45 sq mi). The urban area of Naples extends beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of above three millture Tips
• 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.
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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 from ash suffocation. The results of the study, published in 2010, show that exposure to at least 250 °C hot surges at a distance of 10 kilometers from the vent was sufficient to cause instant death, even if people were sheltered within buildings.
history that you have learned about?
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Match the words with their correct meaning in the text.
1. hurl 2. graze 3. cram 4. intact 5. mighty 6. shatter
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Author
His Life
Robert Silverberg (born January 15, 1935) is an American author, best known for writing science fiction.
Warming up 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
Pompeii
Unit 10
W arming up B ackground T ext Analysis R einforcement
Pompeii
Questions / Activities Check-on Preview Objectives
Unit 10
about five senses • Know something about natural disasters like volcanic
eruptions, earthquakes, tornado etc.
Pompeii
Unit 10
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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 g. complete and not damaged
Warming up
Warming up Questions / Activities
• 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
In 1956 he graduated from Columbia University, having majored in Comparative Literature.
Background
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 one million within its administrative limits on a land area of 117.3 km2 (45 sq mi). The urban area of Naples extends beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of above three millture Tips
• 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.
Background
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 from ash suffocation. The results of the study, published in 2010, show that exposure to at least 250 °C hot surges at a distance of 10 kilometers from the vent was sufficient to cause instant death, even if people were sheltered within buildings.
history that you have learned about?
Warming up Check-on Preview
Match the words with their correct meaning in the text.
1. hurl 2. graze 3. cram 4. intact 5. mighty 6. shatter
大家应该也有点累了，稍作休息
大家有疑问的，可以询问
Background
Author
His Life
Robert Silverberg (born January 15, 1935) is an American author, best known for writing science fiction.
Warming up 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