The Lost Civilizations Unit 3 The Lost Civilizations

Brainstorm Do you know about the four ancient great civilizations in the world? What are they?

Ancient China, Egypt, India, Babylon.

Enjoy the following pictures and tell what they are and where they are from.

Pyramids

The Taj Mahal

The Potala Palace

The Great Wall

Yuanmingyuan

Pompeii

Pompeii Pompeii, ancient city of Italy, a port near Naples and at the foot of Mt.Vesuvius. In August of AD79,the city was buried.

Lou Lan The ancient country of Loulan was a small country established in the Western China in ancient times.

The Ancient City of Loulan played a very important role on the Silk Road. Chinese silks, tea, and jewelries were firstly exported to other countries through Loulan.

What do you think destroyed Pompeii and LouLan and who discovered them?

Reading Lost civilizations

What does the title Lost Civilizations mean? Lost civilizations means ancient buildings, cultures and countries that no longer existed.

Fast Reading Read the diary quickly and answer these questions:

1.Where are Pompeii and Loulan? 2.What is one main similarity between Pompeii and Loulan? 3.What was Loulan buried beneath?

Listening

time event Pompeii It was taken over by the Romans. in the 8th century BC in 89 BC on 24th Aug. AD 79 in 1860 2000 years ago from AD 200 to AD 500 100 years ago   Pompeii It was founded. It was taken over by the Romans. Volcano Vesuvius erupted. Giuseppe Fiorelli was made director of the Pompeii dig. a commercial city. Loulan It was covered over gradually by sandstorms. It was discovered by a Swedish explorer, Sven hedin

Detailed reading Pay more attention to the details and finish the comparison between Loulan and Pompeii.

Pompeii Loulan China Where was it located? (1) When was it founded? In the 8th century BC (5) What kind of city was it? a rich city (6) Why was it destroyed? (2) (7) Italy about 2,000 years ago a wealthy commercial city gradually covered over by sandstorms the eruption of Vesuvius volcano

What can you find about the city now? How was it discovered? In the 18th century, a farmer found some stone with writing on it,then people started to dig. (8) What can you find about the city now? Streets with(3) Houses with(4) Bodies of people that had been turned to stone The city walls,(9) that ran through the middle of the city 100 years ago, the Swedish explorer Sven Hedin discovered the ruins of it as well as a lot of treasures. stepping stones along the road palaces,temples, workshops and towers,an ancient water system mosaic floors and wall paintings

Read the passage aloud by yourselves and fill in the following blanks

Fill in the blanks with proper words. Both Pompeii in ________and Loulan in China became ____ ________ about 2000 years ago. Pompeii was ________ in the 8th century BC and was _____ _______ by the Romans in 89BC. On 24th Aug.AD79, Mount Vesuvius _________ and the city were _______ __________. Loulan was a _________ _________ on the Silk Road. It disappeared under the ________. There are just a few _________ left. Some _________, such as coins and painted pots, was found. Italy Iost civilizations founded taken over erupted buried alive stopping point storm ruins treasure

B. It was dug by the Italian archaeologist Giuseppe. 1. What happened soon after the ruins of Pompeii was found? A. It was well protected by the local government. B. It was dug by the Italian archaeologist Giuseppe. C. It was badly damaged by people digging in the area for treasure. D. The bodies of people buried were stolen.

2. Which of the following statements is NOT true? A. Both of the two cities are lost civilizations about 2,000 years ago. B. Both of the two cities were discovered by local people. C. Pompeii was destroyed by a volcano while Loulan was gradually covered over by sandstorms. D. Pompeii was in Italy while Loulan was in China.

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 was 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, workshops and towers in the remains of the city.

4. We can infer from the passage that _____. A. for some reason Loulan was gradually covered over by sandstorms from 500 BC to 200 BC B. Loulan was once located in a green land with enormous trees and no water system C. travelers can see some well-preserved dead bodies in Pompeii just as they were 2,000 years ago D. ancient people in Pompeii didn’t have to step in the mud in the streets on rainy days because of volcanic ash along the road

What can we do to let the Potala Palace avoid being destroyed? Discussion What can we do to let the Potala Palace avoid being destroyed? As a tourist, … As a student, As an official of the government,

Homework

Homework: 1.Read the passage again and again, try to retell it. 2.P44 .45 on the text book.