一、导读：

1. Do you know which ancient countries are there in the world?

2. Do you know something about Pompeii?

二、导学：

Task I. Prediction

1. Try to predict the main idea of this passage.

2. What is the genre of this passage?

Task II. Global reading

Read the passage quickly and fill in the following blanks with suitable words.

Task III. Careful reading

1. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answers.

(1) How do you understand the last sentence of the first paragraph?

A．People in Pompeii were aware of the coming volcano.

B．The signs of the volcano eruption were not sensed.

C．The city was being destroyed completely by the volcano.

D．People in Pompeii made full preparations for the danger.

(2) Which of the following best describes the Pompeii people during the disaster?

A．Curious. B．Helpless. C．Anxious. D．Humorous

2. Write a summary of the excerpt from the novel. Use the following ideas to help you. P26

3. People in Pompeii were not aware of the signs before the volcano erupted, and the city was destroyed. Do you think that we will be better able to protect ourselves from natural disasters in the future? Why or why not? P26

Task IV. Conclusion

一、达标导练:

I.单句填空  

1.Edward Bulwer--Lytton was a ________(talent) British writer who left his mark ________ the English language.

2.Trading ships __________(bring) imports to the city or _________(carry) exports oversees, along with golden pleasure boats for the rich, were crowded together in the _________(glass) water of the port.

3.The crowd looked upwards, and saw with _________(speak) fear, a huge cloud _________(shoot) from the top of volcano.

4.In the ________(dark), wife was separated from husband, there was no hope of their _______(meet) again.

5.Its walls were fresh as if _________(paint) yesterday.

II.完成句子

1.爱德华是一位才华横溢的英国作家，在英语语言上留下自己的印记。

Edward was a talented British writer who _______ _______ _________ _________ the English language.

2.可怕的灾难彻底毁掉了庞贝城，却又为后世保存了它的原貌。

The terrible natural disaster destroyed Pompeii completely, but it also _________ the ancient city __________ __________ __________ for future ages.

3.人们抬头仰望，看到一团庞大的云正从火山口喷射而出，让他们感到莫名恐惧。

The crowd looked upwards, and saw, ___________ ___________ __________, a huge cloud ____________ _____________ the top of the volcano.

4.在大火和火山灰吞噬庞贝城的人们很久很久之后，他们美丽城市的遗迹幸存下来，提醒我们人类的生命灿烂而短暂。

______ ________fire and ash came for the people of Pompeii, the remains of their beautiful city survive to remind us that human lives ________ _________ _______ __________.

5.可怕的熔岩雨砸下来了,落在空荡荡的街道上，广场上，到处都是，落在波涛汹涌的大海

里, 发出阵阵巨响。

Over the empty streets-over the forum-_______ _________ __________-with _______ _______  ______ _______ ________ in the stormy sea-_______ that _____ _________!

6.火山岩忽明忽暗，讲述着过去火山几度喷发的故事，这本来可以警告这座城市里的人们，

灾难即将降临!

Its ashy rocks, now dark, now light, told a story of past eruptions that ________ ___________ ___________ the city _______ _______ _________ _________!

7.它的形状像一棵大树:树干呈黑色,树枝是烈火!

It _______ ______ ________ _______ a huge tree: the trunk, blackness, the branches, fire!

8.那一刻,他们感到大地在脚下晃动:他们听到远处屋顶坍塌的巨响。

At that moment, they felt the earth __________ ________ ________ _________; beyond ________ ___________ _________, they heard the crash of falling roofs.

四、课后巩固训练（40分钟）

  限时练习

五、反思感悟：

1. 本文的写作目的是什么？

2. 本文的结构清楚了吗？

3. 在面对突发自然灾害时该如何自救？