高二英语Unit 10 Frightening nature reading.ppt

课件46张PPT。Unit 10Under the VolcanoHave you ever heard of something about the volcano?What can you see when a volcano erupts?Do you know how a volcano works?Generally speaking, a volcano is any place on a planet where some material from the inside of the planet makes its way through to the planet's surface. gasliquidsolidlava(熔岩)vapour水蒸气, carbon dioxide, nitrogen(氮),sulphur(硫磺), etc.bits of rock and volcanic ash, etc.What will be produced after the eruption of volcano?Where does Vesuvius locate?On the eastern shore of the Bay of Naples.PompeiiMount Vesuvius as seen from Pompeii, whichwas destroyed in the 79 eruption. Eruption of Vesuvius in 1822. The eruption of 79 AD would have appeared very similar.Pompeii BodiesDescribe how things could have happened?Under the Volcano What disaster? When? Where? Who?(Who is the main character?) The end?1: What is described in the following passage? 2: When and where did it happen? 3: Who is the writer of the letter? 4：How many characters are there in the letter? Who are they? Task 1 SkimmingThe eruption of the volcano called Mount Vesuvius.On the 24th of August in 79 AD in southern Italy.Pliny, the younger.Uncle Pliny; Pliny the Younger; Tacitus; Rectina; Pompy; Task 2 Scan the text & fill in the following form.A cloud of unusual size and shape rising from a mountain drew my uncle’s attention and he wanted to see it from closer at hand.After receiving a letter from his friend’s wife Rectina, he changed his mind to save her.In spite of the danger, he turned back to rescue his friend Pompy and help calm down the other people.My uncle wanted to get out of the danger but failed. He was dead.Task 3 true or false.A volcano erupted on the 24th of August in 79 BC in southern Italy. My uncle planned to save his friend’s wife Rectina. My uncle went to rescue Pompy after saving Rectina. The flames came from the homes of farmers who had left in a panic with the kitchen fires still on. They decided to try the open air instead of staying in the house. It was night when the volcano erupted. F F T FT FAD公元 (Anno Domini) BC(before century)Para.3Para 4. Last linePara.5Para.5 last linePara.6 Sentence 2What did Tacitus ask the author to do? From whom was the letter which the author’s uncle brought? Where was Rectina’s house? What did the captain urge the author’s uncle to do? Why did the author’s uncle ask to be taken to the baths? When was the author’s uncle’s body found? Task 4 Scan the text answer the following questions.1.What did Tacitus ask the author to do? 2.From whom was the letter which the author’s uncle brought? 3. Where was Rectina’s house? Ask him to write him something about the death of his uncle Pliny.From his friend’s wife Rectina.At the foot of Vesuvius. Para. 1 Para. 3 Para. 34.What did the captain urge the author’s uncle to do? 5. Why did the author’s uncle ask to be taken to the baths? 6.When was the author’s uncle’s body found? He urged the author’s uncle to turn back.Because ... ...