现代大学英语第二册Unit-10-Pompeii-3
现代大学英语精读2 Lesson10_The Richer the Poorer
Lesson 10: The Richer, the Poorer1. Warm-up activities2. Word buildingambition: ambitious (adj.)clarity: clarify, clear (v. & adj.)contrast: contrast (v.)expand: expansion (n.)fantasy: fantastic, fantasize (adj. & v.)frugal: frugality (n.)grieve: grief, grievous (n. & adj.) (relief, relieve)indulge: indulgent: indulgence (adj. & n.)intolerable: intolerance (n.) (tolerate, tolerable, tolerance)marvel: marvelous (adj.)miracle: miraculous (adj.)transform: transformation (n.)3. Vocabularyambition1) meaning野心勃勃？有雄心壮志的？approving or derogatory?an ambitious plan (a plan that needs a lot of work to be carried out successfully) 2) useof getting it.He is ambitious for success.to become famous.of getting the job.3) collocations实现抱负：achieve, fulfill, realize one’s ambition (dream)conscience (-the part of your mind that tells you whether what you’re doing is right or wrong)1) meaningх他有良心。
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现代大学英语精读Book2Unit10 Pompeii 课文原文
Pompeii1 Not very far from Naples, a strange city sleeps under the hot Italian sun. It is the city of Pompeii, and there is no other city quite like it in all the world. Nothing lives in Pompeii except crickets and beetles and lizards, yet every year thousands of people travel from distant countries to visit it.2 Pompeii is a dead city. No one has lived there for nearly two thousand years—not since the summer of the year AD 79, to be exact.3 Until that year Pompeii was a prosperous city of 25,000 people. Nearby was the bay of Naples, an arm of the blue Mediterranean. Rich men came down from wealthy Rome to build seaside villas. Farmlands surrounded Pompeii. Rising behind the city was the 4,000-foot Mount Vesuvius, a grass-covered slope where the shepherds of Pompeii took their goats to graze. Pompeii was a busy city and a happy one.4 It died suddenly, in a terrible rain of fire and ash. The tragedy struck on the 24th of August, AD 79. Mount Vesuvius, which had slept quietly for centuries, erupted with savage violence. Tons of hot ash fell on Pompeii, hiding it from sight. For three days the sun did not break through the clouds of volcanic ash that filled the sky. And when the eruption ended, Pompeii was buried deep. A city had perished.5 Centuries passed…Pompeii was forgotten. Then, seventeen hundred years later, it was discovered again. Beneath the protecting shroud of ash, the city lay intact. Everything was as it had been the day Vesuvius erupted. There were still loaves of bread in the ovens of the bakeries. In the wine shops, the wine jars were in place, and on one counter could be seen a stain where a customer had thrown down his glass and fled.6 To go to Pompeii today is to take a trip backward in time. The old city comes to life all around you. You can almost hear the clatter of horses’ hoofs on the narrow streets, the cries of children and the laughter of the shopkeepers. The sky is cloudlessly blue, with the summer sun high in the sky. The grassy slopes of great Vesuvius rise to the heavens behind the city, and sunlight shimmers on the waters of the bay a thousand yards from the city walls. Ships from every nation are in port and strange languages can be heard in the streets.7 Such was Pompeii on its last day. And so it is today, now that the volcanic ash has been cleared away. A good imagination is all you need to restore it to activity.8 At dawn on August 24, in the year AD 79, Pompeii’s 25,000 people awakened to another hot day in that hot summer. There was going to be a contest in the arena that night and the whole town was looking forward to the bloody fights of the gladiators. The children headed toward school, carrying slates and followed by their dogs, In the forum the town’s important men had gathered after breakfast to read the political signs that had been posted during the night. Elsewhere in the forum the wool merchants talked business. The banker was going over his account books. At the inn late-rising travelers from the East awakened and yawned and called for breakfast.9 The quiet morning moved slowly along. There was nothing very unusual about Pompeii. But tragedy was on its way. Beneath Vesuvius’ vine-covered slopes a mighty force was about to break loose. At one o’clo ck in the afternoon the critical point was reached. The mountain blew up, raining death on thousands. Down in Pompeii, for miles from the summit, a tremendous explosion was heard.10 “What was that?”People cried from one end of town to another. They stared at each other, puzzled, troubled. Were the gods fighting in heaven？11 “Look!” somebody shouted. “Look at Vesuvius!”12 Thousands of eyes turned upward. Thousands of arms pointed. A black cloud was rising from the shattered of the mountain. Higher and higher it rose. Like the trunk of a tree, it rose in the air, branching out as it climbed.13 Minutes passed. The sound of the explosion died away, but it still reverberated in everyone’s ears. The cloud over Vesuvius continued to ris e, black as night, higher and higher. A strange rain began to fall on Pompeii-a rain of stones. The stones were light. They were pumice stones, consisting mostly of air bubbles. These poured down as though there had been a sudden cloudburst. The pumice stones did little damage.14 “What is happening?” Pompeiians asked one another. They rushe d to the temples-the Temple of Jupiter, the Temple of Apollo, the Temple of Isis. Priests tried to calm the citizens. The sky was dark. An hour went by and darkness still shrouded everything. All was confusion. The people of Pompeii now knew that doom was at hand. Their fears were redoubled when atremendous rain of hot ash began to fall. The wooden of some of the houses began to catch fire as the ash reached them. Other buildings were collapsing under the weight of the pumice stones.15 In these first few hours, only the quick-witted managed to escape. A wealthy wool merchant called his family together and crammed jewelry and money into a sack. Lighting a torch, he led his little band out into the nightmare of the streets. Many hundreds of Pompeiians fled in those first few dark hours. Stumbling in the darkness, they made their way to the city gates, then out and down to the harbor. They boarded boats and got away, living to tell the tale of their city’s destruction. Other preferred to remain within the city, huddling inside the temples, or in the public baths or in the cells of their homes. They still hoped the nightmare would end.16 It was evening now. And a trouble was in store for Pompeii. The earth trembled and quaked! Roofs went crashing in ruin, burying hundreds who had hoped to survive the eruption. In the forum the tall columns toppled. The entire city seemed to shake in the grip of a giant fist.17 Three feet of pumice stones now covered the ground. Ash floated in the air. Poisonous gas came drifting from the crater, though people could still breathe. Roofs were collapsing everywhere. The cries of the injured and dying filled the air. Rushing throngs, blinded by the darkness and the smoke, rushed up one street and down the next, trampling the fallen in a crazy fruitless dash toward safety, Dozens of people plunged into dead-end streets and found themselves trapped by crashing buildings. They waited there, too frightened to run further, expecting the end.18 The poison gas thickened as the terrible night advanced. It was possible to protect oneself from the pumice stones but not from the gas, and Pompeiians died by the hundreds. Carbon monoxide gas prevents the body from absorbing oxygen. Victims of carbon monoxide poisoning get sleepier until they lose consciousness, never to regain it. All over Pompeii, people lay down n beds of pumice stones, overwhelmed by the gas, and death came quietly to them.19 All though the endless night, Pompeiians wandered about the streets or crouched in their ruined homes or clustered in the temples to pray. By morning few remained alive. Not once had Vesuvius stopped hurling pumice stones and ash into the air, and the streets of Pompeii were filling quickly. At midday on August 25, exactly twenty-four hours after the beginning ofthe first eruption, a second eruption occurred. A second cloud of ash rose above Vesuvius’summit. The wind blew ash as far as Rome. But most of the new ash descended on Pompeii. 20 The deadly shower of stones and ash went into its second day. But it no longer mattered to Pompeii whether the eruption continued another day or another year. For by midday on August 25, Pompeii was a city of the dead.。
现代大学英语精读第二版book2unit10
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• The city of Pompeii is a partially buried Roman town-city near modern Naples. Pompeii was partially destroyed and buried under 4 to 6 m (13 to 20 ft) of ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, and it was lost for nearly 1700 years before its accidental rediscovery in 1749. Since then, its excavation has provided an extraordinarily detailed insight into the life of a city during the Pax Romana. Today, this UNESCO World Heritage Site is one of the most popular tourist attractions of Italy, with approximately 2,500,000 visitors every year.
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Hale Waihona Puke Culture TipsApollo is one of the most
important and complex Olympian deities in ancient Greek and Roman religion, Greek and Roman mythology. Apollo has been variously recognized as a god of light and the Sun, truth and prophecy, healing, plague, music, poetry, and more. Apollo is the son of Zeus and Leto, and has a twin sister, the chaste huntress Artemis.
现代大学英语第二册 第十课Pompeii 单元测试
现代大学英语第二册第十课P o m p e i i单元测试q u i z(总3页)--本页仅作为文档封面，使用时请直接删除即可----内页可以根据需求调整合适字体及大小--Book 2 Unit 10 PompeiiI. Spell out the words according to the definitions given. Theinitial letters are given as a clue.1. a ______ to take in a liquid, gas or other substance fromthe surface or space around2.t ______ to step heavily on sb. / sth. so that you crush orharm them3.b ______ to get on a ship, train, plain, bus, etc.4.c ______ a sudden heavy rain5.s ______ to cover or hide sth.6.c ______ to fall down or fall in suddenly7.d ______ to come or go down from a higher level to a lowerone8.d ______ death or destruction9.e______ the sudden violent bursting and the loud noise of sth.10.f ______ to leave a person or a place very quickly11.g ______ (of cow, sheep) to eat grass growing in a field12.h ______ to throw violently in a particular direction13.i ______ complete and not damaged14.m ______ very strong and powerful15.s______ the highest point of sth.16.o ______ to cover sb. / sth. completely17.p ______ to be lost or destroyed18.p ______ rich and successful19.s ______ fierce and violent20.t ______ to become unsteady and fall downKeys: 1. absorb 2. trample 3. board 4.cloudburst 5. shroud7. descend 8. doom 9. explosion 10.flee11. graze 12. hurl 13. intact 14. mighty15. summit16. overwhelm 17. perish 18. prosperous 19. savage 20. toppleII. Complete the sentences, using the proper forms of theexpressions chosen among the ones listed below.1. For three days the sun did not ______ the clouds ofvolcanic ash that filled the sky.2. In the wine shops, the wine jars were ______ and on one counter could be seen a stain where a customer had thrown down his glass and fled.3. To go to Pompeii today is to take a trip backward in time. The old city ______ all around you.4. Elsewhere in the forum the wool merchants talked business. The banker was ______ hisaccount books.5. At the inn late-rising travelers from teh East awakened and yawned and ______ breakfast.6. There was nothing very unusual about Pompeii. But tragedy was______.7. At one o'clock in the afternoon the critical point was reached. The mountain ______, raining death on thousands.8. Minutes passed. The sound of the explosion ______, but it still reverberated in everyone's ears.9. The people of Pompeii now knew that doom was ______.10. Stumbling in the darkness, they ______ the city gates then out and down to the harbor.11. It was evening now. And a new trouble was ______ for Pompeii.12. All over Pompeii, people ______ on beds of pumice stones, overwhelmed by the gas, and death came quietly to them.13. It died suddenly, in ______ terrible ______ of fire and ash.14. Such was Pompeii on its last day. And so it is today, ______the volcanic ash has been cleared away.15. There was going to be a contest in the arena that night and the whole town was ______ the bloody fights of the gladiators.Keys:1. break through place 3. comes to life4. going through5. called for6. on its way7. blew up8. died away9. at hand 10. made their way to 11. in store12. lay down13. a... rain of 14. now that 15. looking forward toIII. Translation:1. 你对局势的幽默分析使讨论有了生气。
现代大学英语精读2 lesson10
6. embrace: n. the act of holding sb. Close to you as a sign of love v. hold closely in the arms as a sign of affection =(accept adopt include grasp comprise etc.) eg: She embraced her son before leaving. embrace an offer, opportunity The term ‘mankind’ embraces men, women and children. 人类一词包括男人，女人和儿童 7.emerge: come up or out into view ; become known or recognized =(appear arise) antonym :submerge n. emergence eg: The moon emerged from behind the clouds. No new evidence emerged during the enquiry. emerge into在…里出现
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2. Point of View From Lottie’s point of view. Lottie: all work and no play make a satisfactory life in one’s old age. Bess: Eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we die.
现代大学英语第二册Unit10Pompeii
Writing essays helps to develop coherent arguments and evidence-based writing. It involves learning different essay formats and structures, as well as practice in writing different types of essays.
Predicate
The predicate is the part of the sentence that expresses an action or state of being and typically includes a verb.
Modifier
A modifier is a word or phrase that adds descriptive information to the subject or predicate. Adjectives and adverbs are common types of modifiers.
Grammar and punctuation
Essay writing
Writing for different purposes
Writing skills
Developing the ability to listen actively and understand the main points of what is being said is essential for effective communication. This involves asking questions, clarifying points, and paraphrasing to ensure understanding.
现代大学英语精读3（第二版）Unit10课文翻译及课文知识重点
现代大学英语精读3（第二版）Unit10课文翻译及课文知识重点Book 3 Unit 101.do one’s business （委婉）= empty one’s bowels 排便2.out of one’s hands 不再有sb 掌管3.squat down 蹲下squat on 蹲坐在；责难；制止4.at dawn 黎明5.a few handfuls of water 一把/一捧水6.fill up with 用……充满7.know of 听说过8.a shower of 一阵9.dress oneself 给自己穿衣服10.by choice 自愿地11.by design 故意地12.put on his shoes for him 为他穿鞋带13.show one’s teeth 龇牙咧嘴14.bark at 咆哮的说出15.look over 检查；查看16.man of his age 与他同龄17.in particular 尤其18.take command of 挂帅；负责指挥19.seek sth with sb 求sb给予sth seek Talent with Eagerness 求贤若渴seek out 搜出；挑出20.call upon 拜访21.greet him with 与……打招呼/doc/ed9346090.html,bor to do 努力去做23.possess v. 拥有；控制possession n. be in possession of sth= have sth in one’s possession 拥有possessive a. 占有的24.roll v.滚动；卷；roll down （泪珠）滚落n. 卷形物25.form n..形式；表格；（艺术；文学）结构v. 形成；制造；建立；呈某种状态26.appoint v.委任；任命；安排（时间地点）；约定appoint sb as sth 决定sb 为appoint sb to a certain position 任命sb为appoint sb to do sth 委派sb做27.account v. 认为…如何；说明account for 对…做解释；占（百分比，数量）；共计account n. 账户；解释；账单give an account 描述take sth into account 考虑on one’s account 为了sb的利益on this/that account 由于这个缘故on no account 绝对不可以28.show off 卖弄；陈列；使显眼show up 露面；揭露show sb around 带sb参观show sb in 领sb进入swhfor show 为了给sb看（而不是为了实际用处）29.hand over 移交；交出（权力）fall into the hand of 落入…的手中by hand 用手的，手工的；in hand 在手头；在进行中；get out of hand 失去控制near at hand 在手边，在附近；迫近，即将到来30.wash away 冲洗；冲刷；忘却Translation1.你对他的这种古怪行为怎么解释？How do you account for his strange behavior?2.我们来围成一个圈吧，这样大家说话时互相就能看得见了。
现代大学英语第二册精读unit 10 Pompeii
Rushing throngs, blinded by the darkness and the smoke, rushed up one street and down the next, trampling the fallen in a crazy fruitless dash toward safety. People panicked. They rushed into the streets to escape the falling buildings. It was dark and the air was full of smoke so they could not see where they were going. They rushed up one street and the next in a hopeless attempt to each safety. In their blind rush they ran over the bodies of people who had fallen down.
2. be in port: stop at the sea ports to load and unload cargo come into port; enter port; leave port
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ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business
modern English: a public meeting or lecture involving audience discussion.
现代大学英语精读2(第二版)翻译Unit1-10、Unit12
Uint 11. It is wrong to raise our children the way we grow flowers in thegreenhouse. We must expose them to all social problems becausevery soon they will be dealing with them as responsible citizens.2. As time goes on we are inevitably going to get more and moreinvolved in international affairs. And conflicts are sure to occurbecause there always exist different views and interests amongnations.3. We are proud of our accomplishments, and we have reason to be.But we must never become arrogant. Otherwise we will lose ourfriends.4. Information is now easily available. An average computer can storethe information of a small library.5. That construction company is not qualified to handle the project.They do not have any legal document to certify that they have thenecessary expertise. We must find a company that specializes inbuilding theatres.6. These think tanks do not make decisions. They are out to generatenew ideas and penetrating analyses that will be extremely useful fordecision makers.7. The growth of GDP is not everything. Our country cannot be said tohave been modernized unless the quality of our people’s lives isreally improved.8. Poor as we were in many ways at that time, we were still quitehappy as children, for there was clean air, clean water, a lot of fish,crabs and eels in the rivers, lakes, and ponds; and a lot of flowers,trees and birds in the fields.9. Give absolute power to any individual or any particular group ofpeople, and that person or group is sure to abuse that powerbecause, just as Lord Acton says, "Power corrupts, and absolutepower corrupts absolutely."10. Traditionally in our country, school education was always said to bemore important and useful compared with all other pursuits.Unit 21. You know what? All things considered, it's not a bad idea to be ateacher. As a matter of fact, I think it is an excellent idea.2. I don't like it when you take a sarcastic tone the way you just did.You seem to be implying all the time that I am a good-for-nothing.3. It is really considerate of my father to leave the final decision to me.I must say I am very lucky. Not many people have such a terrificfather.4. You said you do not want any money. You may not want money, butyou do need money. I don't see what's wrong with students earningsome money during their spare time.5. Somehow this tune sounds very familiar, but I can't recall what it is.In any case, it is a Russian folk song.6. Besides the usual weekend housework, I also have a whole pile ofhomework to do tomorrow. It's really terrible.7. To demonstrate our unhappiness over the recent dispute, we put offour Foreign Minister's visit indefinitely.8. It's getting dark. The next town is still two hours' drive away. Wemight as well camp in the forest, pitch a tent, build a fire, and have agood sleep before we continue our journey tomorrow.9. I am really shocked to hear people say they do not consider cheatingat exams shameful. Isn't that the most shameful thing that we havebeen incapable of feeling ashamed?Unit 31. Health care must be available to all citizens regardless of theirdifferences. We cannot justify a policy that denies medical care tothe large population living in the country.2. They claim to have discovered a universal law which applies to allnations.3. I often made a fool of myself when I was living with my uncle on hisfarm. When asked to get rid of the weeds in the rice fields, forexample, I often failed to tell apart the weeds and the rice seedlings.4. Why go there today? I'd much rather we stay until the snow ceases.5. Rice requires large quantities of water and many scientists warn usthat even if we use our water sparingly, the day will inevitably comewhen we will be fighting over limited supplies of water resources.6. There has been quite a noticeable change in recent years. We nolonger lean on exports for economic growth. We now tend to putmore emphasis on home consumption.7. Today's tendency is to give little kids too many tests and exams untilthey are no good for anything but taking exams.8. It is pointless to force professors to publish a fixed number of papersannually regardless of their quality. Besides, this is a demand evenEinstein would not have been able to meet.Unit 41. The fact that he was able to avoid the seemingly inevitable crashmade him a national hero.2. Of the four students who risked their lives to try to drag thedrowning children to shore, two never returned.3. The Japanese are known for their long life span. They believe theyowe this to their eating habits/the composition of their diet, whichcontains a lot of fish products.4. I know Harris. I couldn't imagine a man like him making such stupidremarks.5. After testing her loyalty many times, he was now going to give herthe most dangerous task.6. I hear that Lincoln delivered an extremely powerful speech on thatoccasion. Whatever did he actually say?7. That this time they must be ready to challenge death was clear toeverybody. But no one regretted this move.8. As accidents go/As far as accidents are concerned, there wasnothing out of the ordinary: a crazy young man drives a car on auniversity campus and kills a young woman student. What is unusualis the fact that the man dares to challenge the people who want totake him to court, because his father is a local police officer.9. Every time/Whenever we decide on a financial policy, we have tomake a clear distinction between short-term interests and long-terminterests.10. Although it was early October, people could already be seen drivingacross the frozen river.Unit 51. The government will have to decide when and how to put brakes onthe economy before it speeds out of control.2. Why waste money building an airport in the middle of nowhere? Wemust not ignore the fact that what people here need most is cleanwater and clean air.3. They thought they might take a different route on their return tripso as to explore the great canyon in Tibet.4. She traveled around the world and came back home quite a changedperson, educated and greatly revitalized.5. There is no easy fix for our social problems. We should explore allpossibilities and move one step at a time.6. All old traditions die a slow and lingering death. Customs and habitsthat have taken so long to form can't be expected to disappearovernight.7. Madam Chang was considered a pioneer who advocated combiningclassic Chinese music with Western music.8. I was so stunned when I heard the news, that for quite some time Ididn't know what to say.9. The soldiers are learning how to survive in the wilderness.10. I'll go there with you if you insist. But really I won't be much help toyou.Unit 61. — I suspect that he has not told us the whole truth. /I doubt he has told us the whole truth.— Why do you doubt it?2. Nobody would have suspected him. A suspect wouldn't usually look so appealing. But finally the police identified him to be the true murderer through a DNA test.3. Huangdi is regarded as the very first farmer in our history while his wife was the first weaver.4. Please give my best regards to my friends there. I really miss them all.5. Whenever possible young people prefer to earn their own living than live off their parents.6. The North demanded the military exercise be called off, but the South refused. Instead they demanded an open apology from the North for the gun fire.7. This place has earned itself quite a reputation for developing a green economy.8. Being young, they are often inclined to look at things from the bright side.9. Scientists have identified the frozen body as a young hunter who lived about six thousand years ago.10. Although she is a second-generation Chinese American, she still values her Chinese cultural identity.Uint 71. As a child, he was exposed to great works of literature, for both hisparents were wellread2. The military announced that they had succeeded in developing anew stealth fighter.3. They’re trying tocome up with practical ways to reduce productioncosts for this4. Most people think that all things considered , life is much bettertoday than it was 30 years ago.5. Success doesn’t only depend on what you do. What you don’t do isequally important.6. How do you account for the company’s high staff turnover?7. Most of the buildings in the town were reduced to to rubble in theearthquake.8. How can I concentrate on my work with my roommates talking andlaughing ?9. We admire the way he answered awkward questions at the pressconference with wit and facts.10. The moment he entered the conference room, he a feeling thatsomething had gone wrong.Uint 81. If it hadn't been for one man's courage and wisdom, the ShenzhenSpecial Economic Zone could never have succeeded.2. — Sorry I cut you off just now. You were saying...— I was saying thatit is not easy to break down the resistance of those conservatives.But we must go at them step by step.3. The government knows only too well that it cannot increase taxes atwill without hurting home consumption. But to shift the emphasisfrom export to domestic consumption takes time.4. Even with all these home appliances, it is impossible to do awaywith/eliminate domestic labor completely.5. Our town must have looked this way three hundred years ago. Manyold buildings were about to fall in ruins. Some of our leaders wantedto tear them down and put up new tall buildings in their place. Butdue to lack of money, the plan had to be abandoned. Looking backthat was actually a blessing. Today our town has become a touristattraction.6. Ironically, sometimes the more we increase production, the morewe decrease profit.7. This project has occupied too much of my time. I could not launch anew project even if I wanted to.8. To tell the truth, I'm more worried about social stagnation thaneconomic slowdown. Of course, you may not share my view.9. Sadly enough, not everyone realizes that if we do not improve oureducational standards, we will lag behind other countries for ever. Unit 91. Mr. Lin has always concerned himself with the desertificationproblem. I fully agree with him that this is a serious concern asregards our environmental protection.2. The government spokesman expressed our deep concern for thetwo Chinese engineers who were recently taken hostage by thepirates.3. It is hard to visualize how we can protect the dam from enemyattack.4. Freedom of religion means not only that people can pursue differentfaiths. It also means that they have the right not to have anyreligion.5. We teachers usually meet once every week to compare notes aboutour teaching.6. The situation of this area is very delicate. No country should beallowed to do anything to threaten the precarious balance.7. To be adequate as a translator, we must have a good command ofboth the foreign language and Chinese. And I consider myselfterribly inadequate in this respect.8. However we differ in our opinion, we must face the challengetogether.9. The way I define a good education is that, when you get through it,you not only know how to make a living, but you also know how tolive.Unit 101. There is a popular children’s story, which describes the adventuresof a wooden puppet that comes to life as if by magic.2. Your humorous analysis of the situation made the discussion lively.3. This ancient building has been restored to its original beauty.4. You know, for me, to go and live up in the mountains is to recapturemy happy childhood.5. This overcoat alone is not enough to protect you from the bitter coldin Canada.6. The fruit growers were all happily expecting a good harvest this yearwhen the terrible snow storm struck, doing great damage to theripening fruits.7. Too much sugar will not do you any good. To begin with, it will dodamage to (or damage) your teeth. In fact, it will do you harm (orharm you) in many ways.8. His utter devotion to the Chinese people filled me with admiration.9. He insisted that everything should be in place before we knockedoff, before five-thirty, to be exact.10. He knew that he would have to redouble his efforts to carry out thisplan, and he was anxious to plunge into the work as soon as he wentback. But he never knew that a disaster was lying in store for him. Unit 121. When dealing with tough situations, try always to look at thingsfrom the bright side. Never despair.2. What do you suppose we should do to arouse everybody’s interestin sports?3. He was made chairman of the Academy of Social Sciences upon hisreturn from England. •4. Young people usually favor changes whereas old people favor morerespect for tradition.5. The comedy was a terrific hit. Time after time, the audience roaredwith laughter.6. Like others, he likes to indulge in good food, good drinks, and prettywomen. But he tries to justify himself by saying that all this isnecessary for him to do his job.7. The earthquake has destroyed the whole town. Not a single buildingremains standing. Many people are in despair. Many are in favor ofabandoning the town. But he refuses to give in. he is determined tomeet the challenges.8. People often say “great minds think alike”. I don’t think it alwaysapplies in real life. In fact, great minds often think differently, andonly small minds think alike.9. We can apply to the state bank for a loan, but how are we going tojustify our application?10. People roared with laughter. On occasions like this ,usually youwould feel insulted and boil with indignation . But he did not lose histemper. This showed his moral character.。
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13.band 14.board 15.branch 16.collapse 17.crouch
18.descend 19.drift 20.flee 21.Intact
1. mighty 强而有力的
Adj. very strong and powerful
Examples: a mighty warrior 威猛的斗士 e.g. He struck him with a mighty blow
The introduction of Pompeii
• location: near modern Naples in Italy, 8 km (5.0 mi) away from Mount Vesuvius
• General introduction: – an ancient Roman town-city, – Founded in the 7th century BC, – destroyed and buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, – rediscovered in 1748, – well-preserved and looks exactly like it was on its last day, – a popular tourist destination now.
孩子绊了一下,摔倒了。
10. topple
v. to become unsteady and fall down; to make
sth do this 使失去平衡而坠落，倒塌，倒下
e.g.: He brushed past, toppling her from her stool. 他经过时蹭了她一下，使她从凳子上摔了下来 a plot to topple the President 一个推翻总统的阴谋
the temple of Jupiter
Today’s Pompeii
I. Words
List:
• 1.mighty • 2.overwhelm • 3.perish • 4.poisonous • 5.reverberate • 6.savage
• 7.shatter • 8.shroud • 9.stumble • 10.topple • 11.trample • 12absorb
Pompeii’s Yesterday
Pompeii’s Yesterday
a bird’s-eye view
Pompeii’s Yesterday
a street leading to Mt. Vesuvius
Pompeii’s Yesterday
theaterLeabharlann ompeii’s Yesterday
e.g.: A family of five perished in the fire. 一个五口之家在大火中丧生。
perishable adj. 易腐烂的，易变质的 Perishable foods/goods
4. poisonous
adj. 1. causing death or illness if swallowed or absorbed into the body 有毒的
e.g.: The city was shrouded in mist. 城市笼罩在雾霭之中
9.stumble
v. a. to hit your foot against sth while you are walking or running and almost fall
vi.
跌跌撞撞地走
e.g. The child stumbled and fell.
poisonous chemicals 有毒的化学用品 poisonous snakes 毒蛇
5. reverberate
v. (sound) to be repeated several times as it is reflected off different surfaces . 回响
e.g.: His voice reverberated around the hall 他的声音在大厅里回荡. 。
v. to suddenly break into small pieces 粉碎，使破碎
e.g. The explosion shattered all the windows in the building.
这次爆炸把所有窗户都震碎了
8. shroud
V to cover or hide sth. 覆盖，隐藏
6.savage
adj. fierce and violent凶恶的，暴力的
e.g.: She had been badly hurt in what police described as ‘a savage attack’.
她遭受袭击而身受重伤——警方称这是一次“野蛮的袭击”
7. shatter
现代大学英语第二册Unit10-Pompeii-3
Part 1. Introduction of Pompeii Part 2. Words Part 3. Phrases and Expressions Part 4. Grammar Part 5. paraphrases Part 6. practise
11.trample
v. a. to step heavily on sb./sth. so that you crush or harm 践踏
e.g.: He was trampled to death by a runaway horse. 他被 一匹脱缰的奔马踩死了。
across his shoulder. 他猛地一下砸在他的肩膀上。
2. overwhelm
（水）淹过，漫过
v. to cover sb./sth. Completely
、e.g.: A great wave overwhelmed the boat .
一个巨浪吞没了那只小船 。
3. Perish v. to be lost or destroyed 毁灭