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课件网) Unit 6 Starting out Disaster and hope 灾难与希望 导读课件 To watch the video about the volcanic eruption of the ancient city of Pompeii, get relevant specific information, activate the background knowledge, and introduce the topic of this unit. To understand some common ways to cope with natural disasters, and think about how to deal with natural disasters. To learn several ways to deal with natural disasters according to the knowledge of disaster prevention. Learning objectives Words and expressions disaster n. 灾难，灾祸 81 tube n. 管子 82 the Tube （伦敦的）地下铁道，地铁 82 plus adj. （用于数字后面表示）多，余 82 erupt v. （火山）爆发，喷发 83 immediately adv. 即刻，马上 84 hurricane n. 飓风 84 landslide n. 山崩，滑坡 84 occur v. 发生 84 announcement n. 通告，公告 84 2 How did people there react to the disaster What was the result Watch the video and answer the questions. 1 1 Where is the city What happened there Activity 1 Watch the video and answer the questions. 1 Activity 1 A City Frozen in Time 视频脚本 Activity 1 The year 79 AD would have seemed just like any other year in the Roman city of Pompeii. Each day, the streets were filled with the sounds of busy shops and customers enjoying the city's many cafés. People bathed and chatted happily in the beautifully built baths. No one gave any thought to Mount Vesuvius, a volcano close to Pompeii.Vesuvius had been inactive for years. The soil in that area was good for agriculture. The people of Pompeii had no reason to fear the volcano. But the sleeping mountain was about to wake up... The eruption when it happened, was unlike anything witnessed before. A huge cloud of hot ash and rock rose into the air, covering the surrounding area. Pompeii was left in total darkness. A young man, watching from a distance, recorded how the thick dark cloud spread everywhere. He described how people were frightened by the sudden disaster. They took what they could as they tried to get away from the city. But many were trapped by falling buildings. Suddenly, there was a powerful flow of gas, ash and rock. It moved down Vesuvius at a speed of about 450 kilometres an hour. When it reached Pompeii, it immediately killed anyone in its path. The city was covered by up to six metres of ash. Pompeii became a city frozen in time. Pompeii was rediscovered in the mid-18th century. Many bodies have been found in the same positions in which they fell. Work continues to uncover the rest of the city - and the ancient stories it has to tell. 一座被时间冻结的城市 Activity 1 公元79年似乎和罗马庞贝城的其他年份没什么两样。 每天，街道上都充满了繁忙的商店和享受城市许多咖啡的顾客的声音。 人们在建造精美的浴池里愉快地沐浴和聊天。 没有人想到维苏威火山，一座靠近庞贝的火山。 维苏威火山多年来一直不活跃。 那个地区的土壤适于农业。 庞贝的人们没有理由害怕火山。 但沉睡的大山即将苏醒…… 火山爆发的时候，是前所未有的。 巨大的热火山灰和岩石云上升到空中，覆盖了周围地区。 庞贝陷入 ... ...
