Reading SkillstsunamityphoonvolcanofloodearthquakeScan the text and try to divide the letter into several parts and find out the main idea for each part.Part one(par.__): _____________________Part two(par.__):_____________________Part three(par.__): ____________________Part four(par.__):______________________The purpose of writing the letter when and where the disaster happenedWhat Pliny’s uncle do in the …Conclusion of the letter123-67Skim the text and find the answers to the following questions:1. Who wrote the letter? Whom was it written to? And what’s the letter about?2. When and where did it happen?3. Who in my family took notice of the terrible sight first?4. What did the writer’s uncle do in the disaster? 5. What happened to him at last?1. Who wrote the letter? Whom was it written to? And what’s the letter about?2. When and where did it happen?…Pliny the Younger to …Tacitus…the eruption of…and the death of……24th of August in79AD…southern Italy.3. Who in my family took notice of the terrible sight first?4. What did his uncle do in the disaster? the writer’s mother …to an unusual… rising…First _____________________________________Next _____________________________________Then______________________________________…awoke the scientist…see it from…His friend’s wife…and begged…hurried to a place…He went on to … Pompy… upon arrival…in order to…he acted…5. What happened to him at last?…helped by…, and immediately fell down…. 2 days after he died, …. He looked …Read this letter once again, and explain what the words in bold refer to:1. The sight of it awoke the scientist in my uncle to go and see it from closer at hand.1. He had to wait for a good wind, blowing the other way than the o...
