2. Reading Unit 3 Back to the past

3. Unit 1 课件描述： 本节课是以听、说、读为主的课 文理解教学课。通过听课文，阅读 课文和问答对文章进行初步理解。 再通过列表比较和复述课文进一步 理解课文.

8. What is one main similarity between Pompeii and Loulan? Question Both of them became lost civilizations about 2,000 years ago.

10. Questions 1.What happened to Pompeii in August AD 79? 2. How was the buried city discovered? 3. What were the stepping stones along the road in Pompeii used for? 4. Why was Loulan an important city about 2,000 years ago? 5. How do many people think Loulan disappeared?

11. Questions 1. What happened to Pompeii in August AD 79? Mount Vesuvius erupted and lava, ash and rocks poured out of it onto the surrounding countryside. All the people in Pompeii were buried alive, and so was the city.

12. Questions 2. How was the buried city discovered? A farmer People

13. Questions 3. What were the stepping stones along the road in Pompeii used for? With these stones, people did not have to step in the mud in the streets on rainy days.

14. Questions 4. Why was Loulan an important city about 2,000 years ago? Because it was a stopping point on the famous Silk Road between the East and the West.

15. Ancient Silk Road

16. Questions 5. How do many people think Loulan disappeared? It was gradually covered over by sandstorms from AD 200 to AD 500.

17. Purpose of the tripto see the lost civilizations Destination Foundation Disappearance Cause of disappearance Discoverer The scene the author saw The scene before the city was buried Pompeii in Italy in the 8th century BC about 2,000 years ago volcano eruption a farmer streets, houses and bodies of people a rich city

18. Purpose of the tripto see the lost civilizations Destination Foundation Disappearance Cause of disappearance Discoverer The scene the author saw The scene before the city was buried Loulan in China 2,000 years ago in AD 500 sandstorms Sven Hedin, a Swedish explorer city ruins and an ancient water system a small, wealthy commercial city, a stopping point and a green land

20. Pompeii in ItalyLoulan in China in the 8 th century BC2,000 years ago about 2,000 years agoin AD 500 volcano eruptionsandstorms a farmer Sven Hedin, a Swedish explorer streets, houses and bodies of people city ruins and an ancient water system a rich city a small wealthy commercial city, a stopping point and a green land