1. Pompeii
Lost Civilizations
Loulan

3. Fast-reading
Read the text quickly and answer the questions.

4. 1. Where are Pompeii and Loulan?
2. What is one main similarity between Pompeii and Loulan?
3. What was Loulan buried beneath?
Pomeii is in Italy and Loulan is in China.
Both of them became lost civilizations about 2,000 years ago.
Loulan was buried beneath the sand.

5. went to a lecture about Pompeii saw the ancient city of Pompeii
In Italy
Day
para2
went to a lecture about Pompeii
Day
saw the ancient city of Pompeii
Day
Para3,4
arrived in Loulan
Day
para5
knew some information about Loulan from Professor Zhang
Day
para6

6. Historical information
Place names
Historical information
Personal feelings & opinions
Pompeii city
volcano
It was _______in the 8th century BC. The Romans _______it. It has been a _____city.
founded
took over
rich
It _______and all the people in Pompeii were _____alive, and so was the city!
erupted
Unfortu-nately
buried

7. Careful Reading Para.3 and 4 L15 1) How was Pompeii discovered?
2) What were the stepping stones along the road in Pompeii used for?
3)What did researchers use to produce the figures of the dead people?
L20
L24

8. Loulan

9. Personal feelings & opinions
Careful reading Para.5
Place names
Historical information
Personal feelings & opinions
Loulan
I am so excited to be here
It was a ______point on the famous______ between the East and the West.
stopping
Silk Road

10. Para.6 F 1.Around the year 1800 Sven Hedin discovered Loulan.
2.An ancient water system ran through the east of the city.
3.That people cut trees resulted in the disappearance of Loulan. F F T

11. summary
I was so excited to have a ________ to visit Pompeii and Loulan. Let’s introduce them to you.
Pompeii was _________ in the 8th century BC. A volcano erupted on August AD 79 and _______ the city alive. A farmer found a stone with writing on it. Then people began to dig in the area in ________ of treasure. Things including streets, houses and bodies of the people _________ the same as they were 2000 years ago.
Loulan ________ almost 2000 years ago, and was a wealthy __________ city as well as a stopping point on the Silk Road. From AD 200 to AD 400, __________ covered over the green land. Around 1900, an explorer discovered the _______________ of Loulan. The remains of buildings were buried under the sand, together with a lot of treasures. There was an ancient water system _________ through the middle of the city.
chance
founded
buried
search
remained
existed
commercial
sandstorm
ruins/remains
running

12. 1.安排sb.去做sth.
2.失落文明
3.感到幸运去做… L1
4.以…闻名 L4
5.听讲座 L7
6.占领 L8
7.周围的村庄 L10
8.被活埋 L11
9.导致很多损坏 L17
10....被置于政府保护之下L17
11.被保护及研究 L18
12.踏脚石 L20
13.踩在泥上 L20
14.被壁画所装饰 L21
15.结果是…/原来是… L22
16.未能逃离城市 L23
17.分解 L23
18.生动的形象 L25
19.商业城市 L30
20.一个落脚点 L31
21.人们相信 L32
22.当地的文化研究所 L36
23….的废墟 L37
24.建筑物的遗迹 L38
25.被埋在沙下 L38
26.和…一起 L39