Unit3BacktothePastThesecondperiodWherearetheplacesinthepictures?Whathaveyouknownaboutthem?Whatelsedoyouwanttoknowaboutthem?PompeiiLoulanReadingstrategy:readingdiaryentriesWhenyouarereadingdiaryentriesrecordingsomeone’stravels,youshouldlookfor:⑴⑵⑶datesandplacenamesfactsandhistoricalinformationpersonalfeelingsandopinions1.WherearePompeiiandLoulan?2.WhatisonemainsimilaritybetweenPompeiiandLoulan?3.WhatwasLoulanburiedbeneath?Italy,China.Bothofthembecamelostcivilizationabout2,000yearsago.Thesand.A.Readthediaryentriesquicklyandanswerthesequestions.Listenandanswerthefollowingquestions.1.WhathappenedtoPompeiiinAugustAD79?2.Howwastheburiedcitydiscovered?MountVesuviuseruptedandlava,ashandrockspouredoutofitontothesurroundingcountryside.AllthepeopleinPompeiiwereburiedalive,andsowasthecity.Itwasdiscoveredinthe18thcenturywhenafarmerfoundsomestonewithwritingonit.Peoplestartedtodigintheareafortreasure,whichcausedmuchdamage.Soin1860,theItalianarchaeologistGiuseppeFiorelliwasmadedirectorofthePompeiidig.3.WhatwerethesteppingstonesalongtheroadinPompeiiusedfor?4.WhywasLoulananimportantcityabout2,000yearsago?5.Accordingtothelastsentence,howdidtheauthorfeelaboutthelossofLoulan?Withthestones,peopledidnothavetostepinthemudinthestreetsonrainydays.BecauseitwasastoppingpointonthefamousSilkRoadbetweentheEastandtheWestShefeltthatitwasapity!1.Ifeelluckytohavewonaplaceonthistrip.2.ThismorningwewenttoalectureaboutPompeii.3.Manypeoplewereburiedalive,andsowasthecity!4.Howamazing!C2.DothesentencesbelowexpressEmotions(E)oractions(A)?E/AE/AE/AE/A5.Peoplestartedtodigintheareafortreasure6.WhenIwalkedaroundthecity,Isawstreetsjustastheyhadbeen.7.Iamsoexcitedtobehere!8.Svenfoundtheremainsofbuildingburiedunderthesand.E/AE/AE/AE/A1thecity(Line7)2them(Line26)3it(Line31)4that(Line44)D2.Findthefollowingwordsinthetextanddecidewhattheyreferto.Pompeiitrue-to-lifefiguresofthepeoplewhohaddiedinthedisasterLoulanthefactthattreeswerecutdownPompeiitimeeventinthe8thcenturyin89BCon24thAug.AD79in1860Loulan2000yearsagofromAD200toAD500aroundtheyear1900Itwasfounded.ItwastakenoverbytheRomans.MountVesuviuserupted.Theareawasputundergovernmentprotection.Itexistedasacommercialcity.Itwascoveredovergraduallybysandstorms.ItwasdiscoveredbyaEuropeanexplorer.FindthehistoricalinformationaboutPompeiiandLoulan.DiscussionIsitusefulforpeopletostudythingsfromthepast?Whyorwhynot?•Frommypointofview,itisusefulforpeopletostudythingsfromthepastbecauseknowledgecanbetransferredandaccumulatedfromgenerationtogeneration.Peopleinthepasthavecreatedmagnificentcivilizationsthatnolongerexist.Itwouldbeamuchbetterworldifwehadretainedalltheirknowledge.•Besides,learningfromthepastalsomeanslearningtoavoidmakingsimilarmistakesasecondtime.•Peoplehavesufferedagainandagainfromwarsanddiseasesandperhapsmuchofthesufferingcouldbeprevented.Wecouldhaveamorepeacefulworldifwelearnfromourpastfailure.BothPompeiiin________andLoulaninChinabecame______________about2000yearsago.Pompeiiwas________inthe8thcenturyBCandwas___________bytheRomansin89BC.On24thAug.AD79,MountVesuvius_________andthecitywere______________.Loulanwasa_________________ontheSilkRoad.Itdisappearedunderthe___________.Therearejustafew_________left.Some_________,suchascoinsandpaintedpots,wasfound.Fillintheblankswithproperwords.ItalylostcivilizationsfoundedtakenovereruptedburiedalivestoppingpointsandstormsruinsTrea...
