Advance with English

Module 3

Unit 3        Back to the past

Periods 2-3   Reading

Brief Teaching Plan

Aims and demands:

1.       This lesson aims at giving the Ss a practice to improve their reading skill and enabling them to learn some basic knowledge about the history of Rome and events that happened in the past

2.       In this unit, Ss will listen to the information for giving a talk about a historical event.

3.       they are required to be able to have a good understanding of text, and be able to create a time chart showing parallel historical events in China and the West.

Steps:

1.       Activity
Watch the part of movie and then try to describe the last days of Pompeii with your imagination.

2.       the dates and arrangements of this journey

15th July      In Italy

16th July      went to a lecture about Pompeii

17th July      saw the ancient city of Pompeii, be to visit the museum in Naples

24th July      arrived in Loulan

25th July      knew some information from an Archaeologist Professor Zhang

3.

Task1:

Try to decide what the following words refer to in the passage.

1) The city was founded in the 8th century BC. ( line 7)

< Pompeii>

2) People started to dig in the area for treasure, which caused much damage. ( line 17)                                             

< the fact that people started to dig in the area for treasure >

3) The volcano is still there. (line 24)

< near Pompeii >

4) It was a stopping point on the famous Silk Road between the East and the West. (line 32)

< Loulan >

5) …, but even that didn’t prevent the city from being buried by sand---what a pity! (line 44)   

< the fact that the desert was once a green land with enormous trees>

Task 2

Use the following words to complete this passage.

Pompeii        civilizations      treasure      commercial     

archaeologist   volcano      sand      ruins      erupted      represent

I was so excited to be picked to __________ Canada. I have been to _________ in Italy and am now in China visiting Loulan. Both places were important _________ cities about 2,000 years ago. They both disappeared and became lost __________. Pompeii was destroyed by a _________. It _________ and covered Pompeii with ash. Loulandisappeared under the _________. No one is quite sure why. There are just a few_________ left. Some _________, such as coins and painted pots, was found, and recently some tombs. I as becoming very interested in ancient civilizations.   Maybe I shall become an ___________ one day.

Key:

represent  Pompeii  commercial  civilizations  volcano  erupted   sand   ruins

treasure  archaeologist

4． Development

Enjoy the movie and retell it, then try to describe your feeling after you watch it.

5. Home work

Try to search for some information about any lost civilization after class and report to the class.

Language points:

1. remain    v. 停留，留下，继续，依然

1). Vi.    无被动

A few apples remained on the tree.

The only remaining problem is how to make more money.

2). 后可接不定式

Much remains to be done.

He remained to direct the battle.

It remains to be seen whether you are right.

3). 做连系动词，意为“保持，仍处于” 后接名词，形容词，分词，介词短语等。

This remains a serious problem.

We should remain silent on this question.

She remain reading books for 5 hours.

He remained under the care of a nice nurse in the hospital.

They were problems ______ over by history.         C

A.leaving       B.remained          C.left        D.stayed

Having a trip abroad is certainly good for the old couple, but it remains _____ whether they will enjoy it.       B

A.to see     B.to be seen      C.seeing      D.seen

2.take over

To get into one's possession by force, skill, or artifice, especially:

取得：通过武力、技巧或欺诈占有，

The television station was taken over and held for some hours.

电视台被占领了几个钟头。

He succeeded in taking over that company in the business competition.

take off      take on      take up

3.erupt:  to become violently active（尤指火山）爆发：剧烈活动：

The volcano erupted after years of sleeping.

那座火山在沉睡多年后剧烈活动起来

Violence erupted after the football match. (喻)

足球赛后发生了暴力行为。

4.surround

The village is surrounded by hills。

Let me explain some of the dangers which surround us.

surrounding    adj.

They could see into the courtyard from the roofs of the surrounding buildings.

Surroundings.  n.

We used to live much nicer surroundings.

He didn’t pay much attention to his surroundings.

5.amaze:  to shock or surprise someone.

My family was amazed at how well I could speak foreign languages.

Her knowledge amazes me.

她的学识令我吃惊。

I was amazed by the news of George's sudden death.

听到乔治突然去逝的消息,我感到惊愕。

amazing.  adj.  

amazingly   adv.

New York is a amazing city

Her knowledge is amazing.

Our holiday was  amazingly cheap.

amaze/astonish/surprise

三个词都有“使…….吃惊“的意思，在句型结构上有相同之处。

1）作及物动词，以“事物”作主语。以”人“做宾语，表示“使……吃惊”。

The news surprised/amazed/astonished me.

2)用现在分词作定语，表示“令人吃惊的”。

例：The new plane goes at an surprising/amazing/astonishing speed.

3)用过去分词作定语或表语，表示“感到吃惊的”。

例：He was surprised/amazed/astonished at the news.

从意义上看，第二和第三“吃惊”的程度不同。

4）surprise含意较弱，仅表示出乎意料之外。

例：I’m surprised that you think this way.

5)amaze强调“使惊讶”，有时还有“惊叹”“佩服”之意。

例：Your answer simply amazed me

    We were amazed at the ingenuity with which they overcome their difficulties

6）astonish表示“大吃一惊，几乎无法使人相信”的意味。

例：He astonish us by announcing that he was going to get married the next day.

6.exist:  to be, to live

In the solar system there exist 9 planets.

The Roman Empire existed for several centuries.

罗马帝国存在了好几个世纪。

One cannot exist without air.

人没有空气就不能生存。

The old lady exists only on rice coffee and bread.

老太太仅靠咖啡面包生活。

7.run through :

1) to extend, stretch, or reach in a certain direction or to a particular point:延伸

2) to pierce:

穿透，刺穿：

The soldier was run through by a bayonet.

士兵被刺刀刺透了

3) To use up quickly:

挥霍掉：

She ran through all her money.

她很快花完了所有的钱

4) To rehearse quickly:

匆匆排练：

Let's run through the first act again.

我们再排练一下第一场

5) To go over the salient points or facts of:

匆匆看过：把…的突出点或事实过目一下：

The crew ran through the preflight procedures. We ran through the witness's testimony before presenting it in court.

机组人员又复习了一遍飞行前的程序。在法庭上出示之前，我们先过目一下见证人的证词

8.by the time

By the time he was 14, he had learned advanced advanced mathematics all by himself.

By the time he arrives, we will have finished the work.

9.It is believed that

It is believed that the strike will last for at least a week.

相信罢工至少会延续一个星期。

It is believed that they will come to our help shortly.

相信他们很快会来帮助我们的.

It is said that

It is reported that

It is thought that

believe

Do you believe the news stories?  你相信这个新闻故事吗?

I believe you.我相信你的话

believe in 信仰；信任

to believe in God   信仰上帝

We believe in him. 我们信任他。

belief  n.