Lesson1StoriesfromHistoryTimeAllocation:3periodsTeachingAimsandRequirements:1.Topractisereadingforpredictionanddetailssuchasinformationfornumbersandforpeople.2.TolearnandpractisethePastPerfect.3.TobeabletotellastoryaboutadisasterinsimpleEnglish.TeachingDifficulties:1.Howtoguessthemeaningofthenewwordsorphrases.2.TopractisetheuseofthePastSimpleandthePastPerfect.TeachingAids:ataperecorderandsomepictures.TeachingPrecedures:Step1.Leadin1.ShowstudentsseveralpicturesaboutthecityofPompeii,attractingtheirattentiontothepoint,andgivethemabriefintroductionofthecity.ThenaskthemtotalkaboutthedisasterinsimplewordsorthekeywordsinEx1.2.Teachsomenewwords.Step2.Reading1)Lookatthepicture,andguesswhatthepassagetalksabout.2)Readforthefirsttimeandgetthemainideaofthewholepassage.3)Understandingofthewholepassage4)DoEx.2.Checkthestudents’understandingofthewholepassagebyansweringthefollowingquestions:……Answers:1.ItisaboutacitycalledPompeii.Itwasburiedbyavolcaniceruptionin79AD.2.Becausethevolcaniceruptionpreservedbuildings,objectsandevenimpressionsofpeoplefromthetime.3.RomanwriterPlinydid.4.Beforetheeruption,PompeiihadbeenaboomingRomancitywithtemples,markets,restaurants,andtheatres.5.Ancientarchitecture,statues,decoratedwalls,objectsofthetimeandtheimpressionsofpeopleintheirlasthoursoflife.Step3.LanguagePoints1.witness①vt.目击Hewitnessedtheaccident.他亲眼看见那个意外事故。②n.证人,目击者Heistheonlywitnesstotheaccident.他是事故的唯一目击者.2.occurvi[occurred;occurred;occurring]通常指偶然事件的‘发生’,可与happen通用,但两者均无被动态.用心爱心专心1eg.Thatplanecrashoccurredonlyminutesaftertake-off.C.F:takeplace通常指有计划的事件‘发生,举行’,同样无被动态.Itoccurredtosb.that…某人突然想起…Itoccurredtothemthatthetwinsarequitedifferentfromeachotherinmanyways.Itoccurredtomethatshedidn’tknowournewaddress.3.Preservevt.保护,保持,保存,保藏eg.Saltpreservesfoodfromdecay.盐能防止食物腐烂。Domoreeyeexercisetopreserveeyesight.多做眼保健操保护视力.4.Plinydescribedacloudcomingdownthemountain,blockingoutthesunandburyingeverythinginitspath,includingwholevillagesandtowns.comingdown,blockingout,burying作宾语补足语；including短语作everything定语5.ThisparticularsadeventleftadeepimpressiononPlinywhohadlostanuncleintheevent.who引导的句子做定语，修饰Pliny。leftadeepimpressionon给人留下深刻印象Idon’twanttoleaveanyfalseimpressiononyou.6.Pompeiiislikea“timecapsule”preservingafrozenmomentinhistory.preserving修饰a“timecapsule，做后置定语7.However,muchmorethanbuildingsandobjects,itistheformsofthepeoplewhowerecaughtinthedisasterthatmadethecityamonumenttohumanhistory.复原此句为：However,muchmorethanbuildingsandobjects,theformsofthepeoplewhowerecaughtinthedisastermadethecityamonumenttohumanhistory.①（much）morethan（永）不只是…eg.TheDreamsoftheRedChamberswasmorethananovel.Itwassimplyapracticalmedicinedictionary.在本文中，此句包含一强调句结构（Itis…that…）。强调句子主语。②get/becaughtin突然遇到，陷入…困境中Iwascaughtinaheavyrainonmywayhome.③catchsbdoing:发现，撞见（某人正在做…）Theteachercaughthimsleepinginclass.Step4.Grammar---thePastPerfectTenseI)Implication表示在过去某个特定时间以前发生的动作，一直延续到那个特定时间刚刚结束，或还要继续延续。但是，决不会延续到现在。另外，过去完成时是一个相对的时态。它是与一般过去时相对而言的。也就是说，在一般情况下，我们不会一启句就用过去完成时；而往往是在交代了"过去的某个特定时间"...
