Reading—Lost Civilizations

上犹中学曾以梅

Teaching 0bjectives:

1. To talk about lost civilizations.

2. To help the Ss develop the ability of reading diary entries.

3. To make the Ss learn more about civilazations and to arouse their sense of protecting civilizations.

Important and difficult points:The way of reading diary entries.

Teaching Methods:listening,fast reading, careful reading, interactive patterns.

Teaching Aids: multimedia, the Bb

Teaching procedures:（教学过程）

Activity 1. Brainstorming

1.What does the title Lost civilizations mean?

2.What is the text made up of?

Activity 2. Fast reading

1.Choose the correct main idea for each part.

Diary

1A

.a lectureabout

Pompeii

and the volcano

Diary 2B.a visit to the ancient Roman city of

Pompeii

Diary

3

C

.arrived in Loulan

Diary 4D. the purpose and destination of the trip

Diary 5E. the discovery of the Loulan kingdom

2.True or false(T or F)

Loulan is known as China’s Pompeii in the desert.

Ann will visit Loulan before going to

Pompeii

.

3.Both

Pompeii

and Loulan were founded about 2000 years ago.

3.Answer some questions

1. How many days did the tour take?

2.Where are

Pompeii

and Loulan?

3.What is one main similarity between the two city?

4.What was Loulan buried beneath?

Activity 3 Careful

Reading

(Day1-Day3)

1. Where’s

Pompeii

?

2. What happened to

Pompeii

in August AD 79?

3. How was the buried city discovered?

4.What were the stepping stones along the road in

Pompeii

used for?

Find the historical information about

Pompeii

.

place

time

event

Pompeii

in the 8th century BC

in 89 BC

on 24th Aug. AD 79

in 1860

How does the writer feel about the trip?Please fill the form.

Dates

Actions

Emotions

15th July

16th July

17th July

Careful

Reading

(Day10-Day11)

1. Why was Loulan an important city about 2,000 years ago?

2. How do many people think Loulan disappeared?

3. According to the last sentence, how did the author feel about the loss of Loulan?

Find the historical information about Loulan and fill in the blanks:

place

time

event

Loulan

2000 years ago

from AD 200

to AD 400

Around the years 1900

Activity 4 .Compare

Pompeii

with Loulan

City

Pompeii

Loulan

Where was it located?

⑴

China

When was it founded?

in the 8th century B.C

⑵

Reason

(3)______________________________________________________________________

It gradually disappeared because of sandstorms.

Activity 5 . Deep understanding

1.From the passage, we can learn that ______.

A. Ann traveled many places in eleven days.

B. Pompeii had been a rich city before the Romans took over it.

C. Pompeii and Loulan were both discovered in the 18th century.

D. some houses in

Pompeii

were decorated with wall paintings.

2.Which of the following is True ? ______

A. Sven Hedin was an English archaeologist.

B. Loulan was a busy, wealthy commercial city.

C. Now a volcano called Vesuvius has disappeared.

D. All the people fled from

Pompeii

before Vesuvius erupted.

3.Why was Loulan an important city about 2,000 years ago?

A. Because it was a stopping point on the famous

Silk Road

between the East and the West.

B. Because it once a big, rich commercial city with lots of treasures.

C. Because there was an ancient water system that ran through the middle of the city.

D. Because people have discovered many palaces, temples, and towers in the city.

4.The purpose of the passage is to ______.

A. tell us a travel experience in

Pompeii

and Loulan.

B. offer us some information about ancient civilizations.

C. introduce a cultural expedition to two sites of lost civilizations.

D. All of above

Fill in the blanks with proper words

Both

Pompeii

in 1________and Loulan in

China

became 2____________long ago.

Pompeii

was 3________ in the 8th century BC and was4_____ _______ by the Romans in 89BC. On 24th Aug.AD79, the volcano 5_________ and the city were 6_______ ________. Loulan was a7______ _______ on the

Silk Road

. It is believed to have been covered over by8 __________. There are just a few 9_________ left. The remains of buildingswere buried10_________the sand , together with a lot of 11_________, such as coins and painted pots. The desert was a green land, but trees were cut down and that 12_______ in the city. being buried by sand.

Find the following words in the text and decide what they refer to.

1)The city was founded in the 8th century BC. ( line 7)

2)People started to dig in the area for treasure, which caused much damage. ( line 17)

3) The volcano is still there. (line 27)

4) It was a stopping point on the famous

Silk Road

between the East and the West. (line 31)

5) …, but they were cut downand that resulted in the city being buried by sand---what a pity! (line 43)