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Lostcivilizations(1)______unit3Reading1.WhatdoyouknowabouttheSevenWondersoftheWorldinancienttimes?TheyarethePharosofAlexandria(埃及的亚历山大灯塔）,theColossusofRhodes（地中海的罗得岛太阳神铜像）,theTempleofArtemis(土耳其阿泰密斯女神庙）,theMausoleumofHalicarnassus（土耳其国王摩索拉斯陵墓）,theStatueofZeus,theHangingGardensofBabylonandthePyramidsinEgypt.Brainstorming视频Onthesevenwondersoftheancientworld,onlythepyramidsofEgyptstillstand.Fragments(碎片,断片)remainoftwoothers:theMausoleumatHalicarnassus,andthetempleofArtemis.Throughtheyears,artistshaveattemptedtopicktheothers:theHangingGardensofBabylon,thestatueofZeusatOlympia,theColossusofRhodes,andthePharosofAlexandria.2.Whythesewondersdisappeared?Whathappened?Becauseofwar,earthquakeandotherreasons,theywerealldestroyedcenturiesagoexcepttheGreatPyramidofEgypt.3.WhatdoesthetitleLostCivilizationsmean?Lostcivilizationsmeansancientbuildings,culturesandcountriesthatnolongerexisted.PompeiiPompeii,ancientcityofItaly,aportnearNaples(那不勒斯)andatthefootofMt.Vesuvius（维苏威火山）.InAugustofAD79,thecitywasburiedalivebytheeruptionofMountVesuvius.TodaywhatwecanseeofPompeiiareruins.Buttheruinstellusmanythingsabouttheancientworld.ThedisasterthatdestroyedthecityofPompeiiin79ADpreservedforeveratreasureofthepast.CarefulexplorationoftheruinscontinuestoaddtoourknowledgeofancientRomantimes.PompeiitodayTheancientStateofLoulanwasasmallstateestablishedintheWesternRegionsinancienttimesbefore176B.C.andlasteduntiltheseventhcentury.Ithadbeenaflourishingcommunity,butwhentheHandynastyfellinAD220,itwasovertakenbytheXiongnu(minoritypeople)whocutthecityofffromallcommunicationwithChang'an(theancientcapital).LouLanTheAncientCityofLoulanplayedaveryimportantroleontheSilkRoad.Chinesesilks,tea,andjewelrieswerefirstlyexported(出口）tootherregionsandcountriesthroughtheAncientCityofLoulan.FastReadingReadthediaryentriesquicklyandanswerthesequestions:1.Whatcountryistheauthorfrom?2.WhatisonemainsimilaritybetweenPompeiiandLoulan?3.WhowasmadedirectorofthePompeiidigin1860?4.WhoisProfessorZhang?1.Whatcountryistheauthorfrom?Canada2.WhatisonemainsimilaritybetweenPompeiiandLoulan?Bothofthembecamelostcivilizationsabout2,000yearsago.3.WhowasmadedirectorofthePompeiidigin1860?TheItalianarchaeologistGiuseppeFiorelli.4.WhoisProfessorZhang?Anarchaeologistfromthelocalculturalinstitute.CarefulreadingPleasereadthepassagecarefullyandtrytofilltheblanks.Readingstrategy:readingdiaryentriesWhenyouarereadingdiaryentriesrecordingsomeone’stravels,youshouldlookfor:⑴⑵⑶datesandplacenamesfactsandhistoricalinformationpersonalfeelingsandopinionsPompeiiLoulanWherewasitlocated?(1)ChinaWhenwasitfounded?Inthe8thcenturyBC(5)Whatkindofcitywasit?arichcity(6)Whywasitdestroyed?(2)(7)Italyabout2,000yearsagoawealthycommercialcitytheeruptionofVesuviusvolcanograduallycoveredoverbysandstormsHowwasitdiscovered?Inthe18thcentury,afarmerfoundsomestonewithwritingonit,thenpeoplestartedtodig.(8)Whatcanyoufindaboutthecitynow?Streetswith(3)Houseswith(4)BodiesofpeoplethathadbeenturnedtostoneThecitywalls,(9)thatranthroughthemiddleofthecity100yearsago,theSwedishexplorerSvenHedindiscoveredtheruinsofitaswellasalotoftreasures.steppingstonesalongtheroadmosaicfloorsandwallpaintingspalaces,temples,workshopsandtowers,anancientwatersystemChallenge:Accordingtothetextandthechart,canyousummarizethemainideaofeachdiaryentry?Da...