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block outparticularly
火山爆发vt. 保护,保存n. 胶囊,太空舱v. 目击vi. 发生vi. 颤抖,发抖堵住adv. 特别地,特定地
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lossawesomein a way
rewindarchitecture
authenticcharacteristic
monument
n. 遗失,丢失adj. 令人敬畏的从某种程度上v. 倒回n. 建筑adj. 真正的,原作的adj. 典型的n. 纪念碑,纪念堂
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gatheron one’s side
sorrowsympathy
burstsplit up
on the way topay rise
v. 聚集侧身n. 悲伤,难过n. 同情vi. 爆炸,冲,闯断绝关系,分成小部分在去……的路上增加工资
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Reading Comprehension Ⅰ
Choose the best answer.
What’s the passage mainly about?A. A terrible volcanic eruption.B. Something happened to Pompeii.C. Scientists found Pompeii.D. Pompeii disappeared within a minute.
Reading Comprehension Ⅱ
Match the main ideas with the paragraphs.The exact shapes of the people.
Pompeii today.
Vesuvius erupted.
Pompeii was entirely forgotten.
Pompeii is like a “time capsule”.
The lost city was found.
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Reading Comprehension ⅢTrue or False?1. Pompeii was an old Asian city which experienced disaster in 79 AD.2. It was 2000 years later that scientists found the city of Pompeii.3. Today, more and more people visit Pompeii to watch the shapes of the people buried in the ash.4. From the historical site, we guess that Pompeii was a booming city.
1. Why does the article describe Pompeii as a “time capsule”?
2. What had Pompeii been like before the eruption?
Reading Comprehension IV
Answer the questions.
Because it preserves a frozen moment in history.
It had been a booming city with temples, markets, restaurants and theaters.
3. What can you see if you walk in the
streets of Pompeii today?Now as you walk along the streets of the city, you can admire the ancient architecture, statues, decorated walls and authentic objects characteristic of the time.
Reading Comprehension V
Complete the summary of the text. Pliny was a Roman writer who had ________ ________ the ________volcanic eruption which ________ on August 24th,79 AD. The tragedy had left a deep __________ on Pliny whose uncle died in the event. The whole towns and villages were _____ by the ashes of Mt Vesuvius.
witnessed terribleoccurred
impression
buried
By 1748, scientists had found the _______ site. It is like a “time capsule” __________ a frozen moment in history. Though the bodies of people who died in Pompeii had decayed for many years, the bodies showed their _____ shapes. Today, people visit Pompeii every year to learn more about the ancient world. In this way, the city _______ nearly 2,000 years after its ____.
historicalpreserving
lives on
loss
exact
Make a TIME CAPSULE by yourself: Write to yourself an e-mail,you can talk about anything you like and receive it 20 years later. What’s your feeling then?