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课件网) Unit 6 When disaster strikers Understanding ideas (A lost city) （新教材外研版）八年级 上 01 Learning objectives 02 Lead in 03 Pre-reading 05 Post-reading 06 Excercise （外研版版）八年级 上 07 Summary 04 While-reading 08 Homework 01 Learning objectives By the end of the lesson, I will be able to... 1 掌握重点词汇：shake, earth, dark cloud, spread, turn into, smoke, hope, fear 的含义及用法。 2 理解并运用描述事件过程的句型（如 “The earth shook...”, “It turned day into night.” 等）。 3 掌握过去进行时（was/were + 现在分词）与一般过去时在叙述过去事件中的运用。 02 Lead in Enjoy the video of Pompeii. 02 Lead in Have you ever heard of Mount Vesuvius or the lost city of Pompeii Yes, I have! Mount Vesuvius is a volcano in Italy. It erupted and covered Pompeii with ash, so the city became “lost” for a long time. 03 Pre-reading Activity 1 Look at the picture and answer the questions. Picture 1, I can see a volcano erupting. There is heavy smoke and dark clouds. The ash is spreading over the land. 1. What can you see in the pictures Picture 2, I can see an old city. The buildings are broken. No one lives here. 03 Pre-reading Activity 1 Look at the picture and answer the questions. People might feel shocked and scared. They might be living between hope and fear. 2. How might people feel in the first picture 3.What do you think happened to the city in the second picture I think there might have been a disaster. The city turned into broken stones. 04 While-reading Activity 2 Read the passage and check your answer. Read the record of Pliny the Younger and find out how he survived the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. When the earth shook When the eruption happened Finally the daylight returned Pliny the Younger survived by leaving the town. 04 While-reading Activity 3 Choose the best summary of the passage. a Pliny the Younger and his mother saw Mount Vesuvius erupt and got away from it. b Pliny the Younger had no thoughts of things to come after the volcano erupted. c People have lived near Mount Vesuvius for thousands of years. 04 While-reading Let’s learn new phrases. Pompeii：庞贝（地名，古罗马城市） shook（shake 的过去式）：摇晃 rushed into：冲进 scared：害怕的；恐惧的 decided to leave：决定离开 crowded：拥挤的 coach：（旧时的）马车 straight ahead：径直向前 sea animals：海洋动物 04 While-reading Let’s learn new words and phrases. dark cloud：乌云 Mount Vesuvius：维苏威火山 refused to leave behind：拒绝抛下 moved down：下移 spread over：蔓延 smoke and ash：烟雾和火山灰 heavy showers：大阵雨 calling（call 的现在分词）：呼喊 04 While-reading Let’s learn new words and phrases. Thankfully：幸好；感激地 daylight returned：天又亮了 covered in ash：被火山灰覆盖 between hope and fear：在希望和恐惧之间 thoughts of things to come：对未来之事的想法 Pliny the Younger 05 Post-reading Activity 4 Complete the timeline with the words. shook shocking crying food smoke shouting hope fear 05 Post-reading Comple ... ...
