高中英语Unit 3 Back to the past Reading and word study

ReadingLostcivilizations⑴Unit3BacktothepastCouldyounamesomefamousancientwondersinChina?theGreatWall;theSummerPalace;theTempleofHeaven;the13TombsoftheMingDynasty;theConfuciousTemple;theSilkRoad;RoyalGardensofSuzhouPompeii(Italy)Loulan(China)1.Whatcountryistheauthorfrom?2.WhatisonemainsimilaritybetweenPompeiiandLoulan?3.WhowasmadedirectorofthePompeiidigin1860?4.WhoisProfessorZhang?Canada.Bothofthembecamelostcivilizationsabout2,000yearsago.TheItalianarchaeologistGiuseppeFiorelli.Anarchaeologistfromthelocalculturalinstitute.Readthepassagequicklyandanswerthesequestions.Readthepassagecarefullyandchoosethecorrectanswers:1.Fromthepassage,wecanlearnthat______________A.AnntraveledmanyplacesinelevendaysB.PompeiihadbeenarichcitybeforetheRomanstookoverit.C.PompeiiandLoulanwerebothdiscoveredinthe18thcentury.D.somehousesinPompeiiweredecoratedwithmosaicfloorsandwallpaintings.2.Whichofthefollowingistrue?A.SvenHedinwasanEnglisharchaeologist.B.Loulanwasonceasmall,wealthycommercialcity.C.NowavolcanocalledVesuviushasdisappeared.D.AllthepeoplefledfromPompeiibeforeVesuviuserupted.3.WhywasLoulananimportantcityabout2000yearsago?A.BecauseitwasastoppingpointonthefamousSilkRoadB.Becauseitwasonceabig,richcommercialcitywithlotsoftreasures.C.Becausetherewasanancientwatersystemthatranthroughthecity.D.Becausepeoplehavefoundmanypalaces,temples,workshopsandtowers.4.Thepurposeofthepassageisto____________.A.tellusatravelexperienceinPompeiiandLoulan.B.offerussomeinformationaboutancientcivilizationC.introduceaculturalexpeditiontotwositesoflostcivilization.D.Allabove.BothPompeiiin________andLoulaninChinabecame_______________about2000yearsago.Pompeiiwas________inthe8thcenturyBCandwas____________bytheRomansin89BC.On24thAug.AD79,MountVesuvius_________andthecitywas____________.Loulanwasa_______________ontheSilkRoad.Itdisappearedunderthe______.Therearejustafew________left.Some_________,suchascoinsandpaintedpots,werefound.Fillintheblankswithproperwords.ItalyIostcivilizationsfoundedtakenovereruptedburiedalivestoppingpointsandremainstreasuresReadingstrategy:readingdiaryentriesWhenyouarereadingdiaryentriesthatrecordsomeone’stravels,youshouldpayattentionto:⑴⑵⑶datesandplacenamesfactsandhistoricalinformationpersonalfeelingsandopinionsDiscussion:1.Doyouthinkitisnecessarytoprotectcultural/historicalheritage?Whyorwhynot?2.Doyouhaveanysuggestionsonhowtoprotectthem?Homework:1.Readthepassagecarefullyandunderlinethedifficultwordsandsentencepatternsifany.2.Makeasummaryofthetext1.tomorrow(line3)2.which(line4)3.Thecity(line7)4.they(line19)5.it(line32)Findthefollowingwordsinthetextanddecidewhattheyreferto.16thJulyLoulanPompeiithestreetsThissmallwealthycommercialcityPurposeofthetripDestinationFoundedDisappearedCauseofdisappearanceDiscoveredbyThescenetheauthorsawThescenebeforethecitywasburiedToseethelostcivilizationsPompeiiinItalyLoulaninChinainthe8thcenturyBC2000yearsagoabout2000yearsagoinAD500volcanoeruptionsandstormafarmerSvenHedin,aSwedishexplorerstreetswithsteppingstones;houseswithmosaicfloors;andwallpaintings;bodiesofpeopleburiedalivecitywalls,palaces,temples,workshops,towersandanancientwatersystemarichcityasmall,wealthycity,astoppingpointontheSilkRoadandagreenlandwithenormoustrees1Ifeelluckytohavewonaplaceonthistrip.2ThismorningwewenttoalectureaboutPompeii.3Unfortunately,allthepeoplewereburiedalive,andsowasthecity!4Howamazing!Decidewhichofthefollowingexpressesthewriter’sEmotionandwhichAction.E/AE/AE/AE/A5Peoplestartedtodigintheareafortreasure.6WhenIwalkedaroundthecity,Isawstreetsjustastheyhadbeen.7Iamsoexcitedtobehere!8Svenfoundtheremainsofbuildingburiedunderthesand.E/AE/AE/AE/A