Contemporary College EnglishBookIIUnit 9Pompeiiby Robert Silverberg
Contemporary College English Book II Unit 9 Pompeii by Robert Silverberg
ContentsBackground Information2Vocabulary & Expressions3Critical Reading4Discussion & WritingSchoolofForeignLanguage
School of Foreign Languages Contents Background Information Vocabulary & Expressions Discussion & Writing Critical Reading
Background InformationPompeiiAuthorGeographyHistoryODestructioONaplesnO Life storyOMediter-OExcavation0LiteraryraneanO Today'sOMountachievementsPompeiiVesuviusSchoolofForeignLanguage
School of Foreign Languages Background Information Ø Life story Ø Literary achievements Ø History Ø Destructio n Ø Excavation Ø Today’s Pompeii Author Pompeii Geography Ø Naples Ø Mediterranean Ø Mount Vesuvius
Vocabulary & Expressions？SchoolofForeignLanguage
School of Foreign Languages Vocabulary & Expressions
Read the glossaryand the textVocabulary&Expressbefore you start!Read and explainwords and expressionsin Glossary and the textStudy these wordsStudy these expessionsboard,descend,intact,overwhelmblow up,branch out,come to life,perish, reverberate, shimmer, shrou die away, in place, in store for,strike, stumbleprotect sb. from,restore sth. to sth.MeaningsUsageRalated family membersOffer example sentences.Collect their familyLook up in the dictionaryFinish Exercises 1-4 onfor their meaningsmemberspp213-215.SchoolofForeignLanguage
School of Foreign Languages Vocabulary&Expressions words and expressions in Glossary and the text Study these words board, descend, intact, overwhelm, perish, reverberate, shimmer, shroud, strike, stumble Study these expessions blow up, branch out, come to life, die away, in place, in store for, protect sb. from, restore sth. to sth. Related family members Collect their family members Meanings Look up in the dictionary for their meanings Usage Offer example sentences. Finish Exercises 1-4 on pp213-215. Read and explain Read the glossary and the text before you start!
Critical ReadingSchoolofForeignLanguage
School of Foreign Languages Critical Reading
You are to READ theCritical ReadingTEXT in greatdetails!OOutlining: read theText Reading: read thetext, outline it andtext and circle thesummarize the maindifficult points.idea of each part.Text Understand ingGive an account of whatGrammar& Sentencehappened to last daypatterns, on thePompeii in chronologicalfollowing pages.order.SchoolofForeignLanguage
School of Foreign Languages CriticalReading Text Reading: read the text and circle the difficult points. Outlining: read the text, outline it and summarize the main idea of each part. Give an account of what happened to last day Pompeii in chronological order. Grammar & Sentence patterns, on the following pages. You are to READ the TEXT in great details!
You are to READ theCritical ReadingTEXT in greatdetails!OStudy theMake up sentencesfollowingSentenceof your own withsentences and trythe sentenceto explain thePatternspatterns listedmeaning of thebelow.bolded part.Nearby was the Bay of Naples, an arm of the blue Mediterranean(Para. 3)A strange rain began to fall on Pompeii--- a rain of stones. (Para. 13)Beneath the protecting shroud of ash, the city lay intact. (Para. 5)An hour went by and darkness still shrouded everything. (Para. 14)SchoolofForeignLanguage
School of Foreign Languages CriticalReading Nearby was the Bay of Naples, an arm of the blue Mediterranean. (Para. 3) Beneath the protecting shroud of ash, the city lay intact. (Para. 5 ) Study the following sentences and try to explain the meaning of the bolded part. Make up sentences of your own with the sentence patterns listed below. A strange rain began to fall on Pompeii- a rain of stones. (Para. 13) An hour went by and darkness still shrouded everything. (Para. 14) You are to READ the TEXT in great details!
You are to READ theCritical ReadingTEXT in greatdetails!OStudy the sentencesTranslate themoffered you here inDetildStiyinto Chinese andthe text and try tooffer moreanalyze theexamples.structure of each.Sentence 1: Rising behind the city was the 40,o00-foot MountVesuvius... (Para. 3)Sentence 2: Not once had Vesuvius stopped hurling... (Para.19)Sentence 3:To go to Pompeii today is to take a trip backward intime.(Para.6)Sentence 4: A good imagination is all you need to restore it toactivity.(Para. 7)SchoolofForeignLanguage
School of Foreign Languages CriticalReading Study the sentences offered you here in the text and try to analyze the structure of each. Translate them into Chinese and offer more examples. Sentence 2: Not once had Vesuvius stopped hurling. (Para. 19) Sentence 1: Rising behind the city was the 40,000-foot Mount Vesuvius. (Para. 3) You are to READ the TEXT in great details! Sentence 3: To go to Pompeii today is to take a trip backward in time. (Para. 6) Sentence 4: A good imagination is all you need to restore it to activity. (Para. 7)
Critical Reading- past participle as adverbialmodifierspecialaWhat2. ... people lay1.The children headedeffect?downonbedsofOtoward school,...followedpumice stones,termGrammarby their dogs.overwhelmed by(Para.8)the gas... (Para.18)Learnuse!toDiscuss in groups and thencoin at least 2 sentences ofFinishExercise6onP2l6your own.SchoolofForeignLanguage
School of Foreign Languages 1. The children headed toward school, . followed by their dogs. (Para.8) Discuss in groups and then coin at least 2 sentences of your own. Finish Exercise 6 on P216. Critical Reading— past participle as adverbial modifier 2. . people lay down on beds of pumice stones, overwhelmed by the gas. (Para. 18)