Lesson1StoriesfromHistory|

Teachingaims:

Tohelpthestudentstoknowsomekindsofstories

Toidentifysomekindsofstories

Tohelpstudentstounderstandthepassage

Teachingimportantanddifficultpoints:

Tohelpstudentstounderstandthetext

Teachingprocedures:

.Warmingup

Doyoulikereadingstories?

Canyounamesomekindsofstories?Task2:Thenhaveabrainstorm

Task3:Let’senjoysomestoriesandidentifythekindsofstoriesinthepictures.

HarryPotterFantasy

RomanceofThreeKingdomsHistoricalstory

.Pre-readingTask1:Imagine

Listentothesound,useyourimaginationandguesswhatishappening.

volcaniceruption,buried,event,

disappear,disaster,preserved,

destroy,discover,scientist

.Reading

Task1:Listenandreadtogetthemainideaofthepassage:

ItisaboutacitynamedPompeii,whichwasburiedbyavolcaniceruptionanddiscoveredagainbysomescientists1,600yearslater.

Task2:Secondreading:

Writedownthethingsinconnectionwiththefollowingpeopleandtimeexpressions:

People/timeEvent

Pliny

Scientists

PeopleinPompeii

August,24th,79AD:

Morethan1,600yearslater:

1748:

Today:

Task3:Sumup:fillintheblanks

PlinywasaRomanwriterwhohad_________andwroteabouta_________eruption

__________onPlinywhoseunclediedintheevent.Thewholetownsandvillageswere

_________bytheashesofMtVesuvius.By1748,scientistsstartedto________theancientcity

Pompeii.Itislikea“timecapsule”afrozenmomentinhistory.Notonlythe

buildingsandobjectsofPompeiiattractthepeople,butalsotheformsofthepeoplecaughtinthe_______thatmadethecitya__________tohumanhistory.ThebodiesofpeoplediedinPompeiishowedtheirexact_______ofgettingtogetherfor_________.Today,sinceexcavations

started,peopleandscientistsvisitPompeiieveryyeartolearnmoreaboutthe______________.In

thisway,thecity__________nearly2,000yearsafterits________.

.Post-readingDiscussion:

Whatnaturaldisastersdoyouknow?

Ifyoumeetoneofthem,whatwillyoudo?

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