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1、PompeiiRobertSilverbergReinforcementTextAnalysisPompeiiBackgroundWarmingupUnit10Questions/ActivitiesCheck-onPreviewObjectivesWarmingupUnit10PompeiiWarmingupQuestions/ActivitiesWhydoestheauthorcallPompeiiastrangecity?Whathappenedtothecity?Whatwasthecitylikeb

2、eforeitwasdestroyed?Whataresomeothernaturaldisastersinworldhistorythatyouhavelearnedabout?Check-onPreviewMatchthewordswiththeircorrectmeaninginthetext.hurlgrazecramintactmightyshattera.verystrongorpowerfulb.tosuddenlybreakintosmallpiecesc.tothrowviolentlyin

3、aparticulardirectione.toeatgrassgrowinginafieldf.topushsb./sth.intoasmallplaceg.completeandnotdamagedWarmingupObjectivesUnderstandthestructureandthegeneralideaofthetextKnowsomethingaboutthehistoryofPompeiiandwhathappenedinAD79Beabletousespecificverbstodescr

4、ibethingsBeabletocreateadominantimpressionbyusingwordsaboutfivesensesKnowsomethingaboutnaturaldisasterslikevolcaniceruptions,earthquakes,tornadoetc.WarmingupBackgroundCultureTipsAuthorPompeiiUnit10BackgroundAuthorRobertSilverberg(bornJanuary15,1935)isanAmer

5、icanauthor,bestknownforwritingsciencefiction.In1956hegraduatedfromColumbiaUniversity,havingmajoredinComparativeLiterature.HisLifeCultureTipsNaplesisthecapitalofCampaniaandthethird-largestcityinItaly,afterRomeandMilan.Ithasapopulationofnearlyonemillionwithin

6、itsadministrativelimitsonalandareaof117.3 km2(45 sq mi).TheurbanareaofNaplesextendsbeyondtheadministrativecitylimits,withapopulationofabovethreemillion.BackgroundThecityofPompeiiisapartiallyburiedRomantown-citynearmodernNaples.Pompeiiwaspartiallydestroyedan

7、dburiedunder4to6m(13to20ft)ofashandpumiceintheeruptionofMountVesuviusinAD79,anditwaslostfornearly1700yearsbeforeitsaccidentalrediscoveryin1749.Sincethen,itsexcavationhasprovidedanextraordinarilydetailedinsightintothelifeofacityduringthePaxRomana.Today,thisU

8、NESCOWorldHeritageSiteisoneofthemostpopulartouristattractionsofItaly,withapproximately2,500,000visitorseveryyear.CultureTipsBackgroundPompeiitheLastDayAmultidisciplinarystudyoftheeruptionproductsandvic