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1、 tsunamityphoon volcanofloodearthquakeScan the text and try to divide the letter into several parts and find out the main idea for each part.Part one(par._): _Part two(par._):_Part three(par._): _Part four(par._):_The purpose of writing the letterwhen and where the disaster happenedWhat Plinys uncle
2、 do in the Conclusion of the letter123-67Skim the text and find the answers to the following questions:1. Who wrote the letter? Whom was it written to? And whats the letter about?2. When and where did it happen?3. Who in my family took notice of the terrible sight first?4. What did the writers uncle
3、 do in the disaster? 5. What happened to him at last?1. Who wrote the letter? Whom was it written to? And whats the letter about?2. When and where did it happen?Pliny the Younger to Tacitusthe eruption ofand the death of24th of August in79ADsouthern Italy.3. Who in my family took notice of the terri
4、ble sight first?4. What did his uncle do in the disaster? the writers mother to an unusual risingFirst _Next _Then_awoke the scientistsee it fromHis friends wifeand beggedhurried to a place He went on to Pompy upon arrivalin order tohe acted5. What happened to him at last?helped by, and immediately
5、fell down. 2 days after he died, . He looked Read this letter once again, and explain what the words in bold refer to:1. The sight of it awoke the scientist in my uncle to go and see it from closer at hand. He had to wait for a good wind, blowing the other way than the one that carried1. In order to
6、 help the other calm down, he2. Their light scared people but my uncle3. They discussed what to do:a cloud of unusual size and shapea good windPompyflamesPliny Pompy and their friendsThe letter , _by Pliny the Younger to his friend Tacitus was about _ and _. On the 24th of August in 79 AD, Mount Ves
7、uvius in southern Italy suddenly _. Plinys mother first _ to a cloud of unusual size and shape_ from a mountain, but it was _ that they couldnt _ which one. Which _ the scientist _ his uncle to go and see it _. Meanwhile, he received a letter from his friends wife, Rectina, who was _ by the danger a
8、nd begged him _. So he hurried to a place _ others were fleeing and _. But the _they went, the darker and more ash fell onto the ship. 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
9、all. Finally, they decided to _. But then came _ and _. Helped by two slaves, he _, and immediately _. Two days later, his body was found. He _ .Pliny the Younger wrote down _while _. He hoped that his friend could_ to write in his history book.1. Retell the main idea of the text.2. Finish exercises 1 and 2 in word study.
