广东省佛山市顺德区均安中学（北师大版）高中英语学案 选修六 UNIT16_LESSON1阅读.doc

1、编制人： 审核人： 审批行政：【学习目标】1. To practise reading for prediction and details.2. To understand the structure of the passage and learn to tell stories. 【重点、难点】To understand the text and learn to tell stories. 自主学习案【预习自测】注意以下单词变化：1. horror (n.) 惊恐，恐惧 _ (v.) 恐吓，惊吓 _/_ (adj.) 令人恐惧的 _ (adj.) 感到恐惧的2. preserve (v

2、.) 保护，保存 _ (n.)3. occur (v.) 发生 _ (过去式) _ (过去分词)4. loss (n.) 遗失，丢失 _ (v.) 失去，损失 _ (过去式) _ (过去分词)5. rewind (v.) 倒回 _ (过去式) _ (过去分词)6. sympathy (n.) 同情 _ (adj.)_ (v.) 7. burst (v.) 爆炸，冲，闯 _ (过去式) _ (过去分词)8. split (v.) 分开 _ (过去式) _ (过去分词)Task 1 Read the passage and match the paragraphs and the headings

3、. Para 1 A terrible volcanic eruption Para 2 The city today Para 3 The process of rediscovery of Pompeii Para 4 Consequences of the disaster Para 5 Pompeii preserved a frozen moment in history - the city Para 6 Pompeii preserved a frozen moment in history- the people Task 2 Find out the information

4、related to the following time. TimeEventsAround the end of the first century ADAugust 24 th, 79 ADOver the centuries More than 1,600 years laterBy 1748Today, more than 250 years after scientists found the cityTask 3 Answer the questions.1. What had Pompeii been like before the eruption?_2. Why does the article describe Pompeii as a “time capsule”?_3. What made the city more historic?_4. What can you see if you walk in the streets of Pompeii today?_5. Why does author say that the city lives on nearly 2,000 years after its loss?_