Lesson 1 Stories from History 1. Pliny described a cloud down the mountain, blocking out the sun and burying everything in its path, including whole villages and towns.巧解句型：coming down, blocking out, burying 作宾补，including 短语作定语Including 用法eg: Ten people died in the accident, including 3 children. Ten people died in the accident, 3 children included.2.. This particular sad event left a deep impression on Pliny who had lost an uncle in the event.巧解句型：who 引导的句子做定语，修饰 Plinyleft a deep impression on 给人留下印象I don’t want to leave any false impression on you.拓展延伸：Impress vt. impressive adj. Impress sth on sb./one’s memory/ one’s mindImpress sb with sthBe impressed by/at withEg: I will impress one thing on you. He impressed me with the need to work hard. I was deeply impressed by his speech.3. Pompeii is like a “time capsule” preserving a frozen moment in history.巧解句型：preserving 修饰 a “time capsule，做后置定语Preserve vt.保存，保管，保护The city should take steps to preserve the old temple.Oil preserves metal form rust.= protect…from…4. however, much more than buildings and objects, it is the forms of the people who were caught in the disaster that made the city a monument to human history.巧解句型: who 引导的定语从句修饰 the people, that 引导的定语从句修饰 the disasterGet/be caught in 突然遇到，处于困境中I was caught in a heavy rain on my way home.用心 爱心 专心1Catch sb doing :发现，撞见（某人正在做。。。）The teacher caught him sleeping in class.5. One person, sitting alone, looks like he is praying.巧解句型: sitting alone 作后置定语修饰 person. look like 后接宾语从句作宾语。Look likeShe looks so much like her mother.Look at that dark cloud. It looks like rain.用心 爱心 专心2
