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Step 2 Presentation Listen to the tape and ask some students to answer the following questions: 1. What country is the author from? 2. What is one main similarities between Pompeii and Loulan? 3. Who was made director of thje Pompeii dig in 1860? 〔設(shè)計說明〕 1) 學(xué)生不看原文的情況下通過聽的方式來獲取主要信息,訓(xùn)練學(xué)生的聽力。 2) 教師用多媒體呈現(xiàn)有關(guān)龐貝和樓蘭的圖片。激活學(xué)生已有的背景知識,形成對課文的感性認(rèn)識,有利于進(jìn)一步理解課文。 Step 3 Fastreading Find the historical information about Pompeii and Loulan. Pompeii time even in the 8th century in 89 BC on 24th Aug. AD 79 in 1860 Loulan 2021 years ago from AD 200 to AD 500 100 years ago 〔設(shè)計說明〕 通過完成上述表格,幫助學(xué)生分別從時間上和內(nèi)容上分別把握每一則日記的大意,從而從整體上把握文章的脈絡(luò)。學(xué)生分組討論后多媒體顯示正確答案。 Step 4 Further reading A. Give the students some minutes to go through the text and give the answers to the following questions: (1) What happened to Pompeii in August AD 79? (2) How was the buried city discovered? (3) What were the stepping stones along the road in Pompeii used for? (4) Why was Loulan an important city about 2,000 years ago? (5) How d