2. Unit 10 Frightening nature

3. nature

4. He is your close friend who lives around you. Everybody calls him “Mr. Nature”. He is a sort of strange in terms of his characters. As a matter of fact, he is quite emotional. Let’s get to know

5. Grand view of waterfall Colorful flowers Clear skyGreen forest ________ Beautiful nature

7. Earthquake Tornado Volcano eruption nature Frightening Flood _______________

8. 海啸过后的印度马里纳海滩鸟瞰图

9. Warming up Knowledge about natural history Definition: Natural history is the study of the earth, the weather, the stars and nature.

10. What are the pictures about volcano typhoon comet enlarged cells The study of the earth the weather the star nature Geology Meteorology Astronomy Biology instrument used: seismograph, thermometer (thermometer, barometer) (telescope, satellite ) (microscope)

12. Warming up typhoon 1.Have you ever heard of typhoon? heavy wind (blow hard) ; storm roaring thunder hurricane 2. What about the hurricane? Have you ever heard about it? 3. What words can you think of to describe the typhoon weather?

13. 4. What will you feel in such kind of weather? volcano 5. What about volcano? 6. Look at the picture. Find out as much as you can to describe it. frightened, scared, terrible, happy (why?) eruption lava

14. Volcano Eruption

15. 7. How is a volcano formed? 8. Where is the most possible place that a volcano may erupt? Near the oceans The rocks under the earth becomes hotter and hotter and erupted from the mountain.

16. gas liquid solid Lava( 熔岩 ) vapor( 水蒸气 ), carbon( 碳 ) dioxide( 二氧化物 ), nitrogen( 氮 ), sulphur( 硫磺 ), etc. bits of rock (rock fragments) and volcanic ash, etc. 9. Do you know how a volcano works, if you do, describe it?

18. Step 2 Pre reading the town of Pompeii (relics) two thousand years ago 18 hours

19. In August of AD 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted. The entire of the mountain exploded, and a huge black cloud rose into the air. Soon stones and hot ash began to fall on Pompeii. When the eruption ended two days later, Pompeii was buried under 20 feet of stones and ashes. Almost all of its people were dead.

20. Under the volcano

21. Step 3 While reading Task 1 Scan the text and answer the following questions. 1.What is described in the following passage? 2.When and where did it happen? 3.Who is the writer of the letter? The eruption of the volcano called Mount Vesuvius. On the 24th of August in 79 AD in southern Italy. Pliny, the younger.

22. Task 2 Decide whether the following sentences are true or false. 1.A volcano erupted on the 24th of August in 79 BC in southern Italy. 2.My uncle planned to save his friend ’ s wife Rectina. 3.My uncle went to rescue Pompy after saving Rectina. 4.The flames came from the homes of farmers who had left in a panic with the kitchen fires still on. 5.They decided to try the open air instead of staying in the house. 6.It was night when the volcano erupted. F F T F T F Task 3 Divide the text into several parts and tell the main idea of each part.

23. Arrange the following statements in the right order according to the text. 1.He decided to rescue his friend Pompy. 2.Some people watched an unusual cloud rising from a mountain. 3.Rectina begged him to save her. 4.He ordered a boat made ready. 5.Two slaves helped him stand up and immediately he fell down dead. 6.He bathed and had dinner. 7.A rain of rocks was coming down. 2 4 31675

24. Task 6 Read the text again and explain what the words in bold refer to. it: the one: the other: their:They: a cloud of unusual size and shape rising from a mountain the wind my uncle’s friend Pompy flames scared people

25. This passage mainly tells us________. A. To tell sth about Volcano happening in 79AD B. To tell sth about the death of Uncle Pliny C. To help Tacitus to recall what happened to Uncle Pliny D. To be in memory of Uncle Pliny C

26. On the 24 th of August in 79 AD, Mount Vesuvius in southern Italy suddenly _________. Pliny’s mother first _________________________________ a cloud of unusual size and shape_______ from a mountain. Which _______ the scientist in his uncle to go and see it ___________________. Meanwhile, he received a letter from his friends wife, Rectina, who was ___________ by the danger and begged him _________________. So he hurried to a place from which others were ________. erupted drew my uncle’s attention to awoke From closer at hand frightened save her fleeing rising

27. After rescuing Rectina, he went on ___________ his friend Pompy on the other side of the bay. Upon _________, they hugged each other. Then in order to _____________, he acted as if _____ ____ no danger at all. Finally, they decided to ____ ___. But then came _________________ and ________. He fell down ______. Two days later, his body was found. He looked more asleep than dead. to save arrival calm others there was go out a smell of sulphurflames dead

28. Task 4 Read the text carefully & fill in the following form. DateWhat happened: First Next Then Finally The eruption of the volcano called Mount Vesuvius. On the 24th of August in 79 AD in southern Italy. A cloud of unusual size & shape rising from a mountain drew my uncle’s attention and he wanted to see it from closer at hand. After receiving a letter from his friend’s wife Rectina, he changed his mind to save her. In spite of the danger, he turned back to rescue his friend Pompy and help calm down the other people. My uncle wanted to get out of the danger but failed. He was dead.

29. The uncle of the writer was not afraid of what was happening. How do you know? Give examples that show he had no fear. He wrote a report about all he observed during his trip. He decided to see the cloud from closer at hand. He went to save his friend’s wife. He went to save Pompy and tried to calm the other people.

30. 1. What did my uncle decide to do after he saw the cloud rising from the mountain? 2. Why did he order a boat? 3. “ He changed his plans. What started out as a trip for knowledge now called for courage. ” How can you understand this sentence? 4. “ My uncle paused for a moment wondering whether to turn back. ” Can we say he was afraid according to this?

31. 5. What did my uncle do when he was staying with Pompy and other people? What ’ s the purpose of his doing so? 6. How did my uncle die?

32. 1. What drew my uncle ’ s attention between two and three on that afternoon? 4. Who did my uncle save? And what made him go and see the cloud? And what did he do when he saw Pompy? 2. When my uncle ordered a boat to prepare, what happened? Did he change his plan? What made him do so? 3. When my uncle were on his way to save Rectina, he paused for a moment, why? 6. What happened at last? For what reason did little Pliny write this letter? 5. After my uncle drank some cold water in the open air, what did he smell and see?