2017-2018学年高中英语译林版必修三教学案：Unit 3 Section 1

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Lost civilizations

Day 1, 15 July

I feel lucky to have won a place on this trip. We are in Italy now, and tomorrow we are visiting Pompeii. Next week we are flying to China, and going to Loulan, which is known as China's Pompeii in the desert. Both Pompeii and Loulan became lost civilizations long ago.

Day 2, 16 July

This morning we attended a lecture about Pompeii. The city was founded in the 8th century BC. In 89 BC, the Romans took over Pompeii. It then became a rich and busy city. Near the city was a volcano. On 24 August AD 79, the volcano erupted and lava, ash and rocks poured out of it onto the surrounding countryside. It continued to erupt for the next two days. Many people were buried alive, and so was the city. How unfortunate!

Day 3, 17 July

Today I saw the ancient Roman city of Pompeii as it was 2,000 years ago. How amazing! The city was forgotten for many years until the 18th century when a farmer discovered a stone with writing on it. People started to dig in the area for treasure, which caused much damage. Thus, in 1860, the area was put under government protection so it could be preserved and studied.

When I walked around the city, I saw streets just as they had been, with stepping stones along the road so you did not have to step in the mud on rainy days! I saw several houses which were decorated with wall paintings. I also saw the people who had been buried alive.It turns out that after the ash covered the people who failed to flee the city, their bodies nearly completely broke down and disappeared, leaving empty spaces in the ash. Years later, researchers were able to use these empty spaces to produce true-to-life figures of the people who had died in the disaster. You can see them

today in Pompeii, in the same places where the people fell. The volcano is still there, but looks very quiet now. It's hard to imagine how this peaceful volcano destroyed the whole city!

Day 10, 24 July

Finally, we arrived in Loulan after several days of travelling. This commercial city was busy and wealthy about 2,000 years ago. It was a stopping point on the famous Silk Road between the East and the West. It is believed to have been gradually covered over by sandstorms from AD 200 to AD 400. I am so excited to be here!

Day 11, 25 July

A scholar from the local cultural institute, Professor Zhang, told us that around the year 1900 the European explorer Sven Hedin discovered the ruins of the Loulan Kingdom. Sven found the remains of buildings buried beneath the sand, together with a lot of treasures, including coins, painted pots, material such as silk, documents and wall paintings. When we went to the city, we saw the city walls, palaces, temples, workshops and towers. We found the ruins most interesting. There was an ancient water system that ran through the middle of the city. The desert was once a green land with huge trees, but they were cut down and that resulted in the city being buried by sand — what a pity！

失落的文明

第1天：7月15日

能获得这次旅行的机会，我感到很幸运。我们现在在意大利，明天将参观庞贝。下周我们将飞往中国去楼兰，那是沙漠中的一座被誉为“中国庞贝”的古城。庞贝和楼兰都是很久以前已成为失落的文明。

第2天：7月16日

今天上午我们参加了一个关于庞贝的讲座。该城建于公元前8世纪。公元前89年，罗马人占领了庞贝。此后，庞贝成了一个富庶而繁忙的城市。离该城不远处有一座火山。公元79年8月24日，该火山突然喷发，熔岩、火山灰和岩石从火山里喷射到周边的乡村。接下来的两天里，火山持续喷发。很多人都被活埋了，整座城市也被掩埋了。多么不幸啊！

第3天：7月17日

今天，我看到了罗马古城庞贝，它就跟两千年前一模一样。真是令人称奇啊！这座城市被世人遗忘了很多年，直到18世纪一个农夫偶然发现了一块写有文字的石头。人们开始在这个地区挖掘金银财宝，这对遗址造成了很大的破坏。于是，1860年这个地区被政府保护起来，因此它才能够被保存和研究。

走在古城中，我看到原样保存下来的街道，上面铺满了垫脚石，这样，下雨天你就不用踩着泥了！我看见了几间装饰着壁画的房子。我还看到了一些被活埋的人。这证明了在火山灰掩埋了那些没能够逃离城市的人之后，这些人的尸体几乎完全分解并消失了，只在火山灰中留下一些人形空当。多年后，研究者能够利用这些人形空当制作出在灾难中死去的人们的逼真模型。今天，在庞贝，在他们沉下去的同一个地方，你可以见到他们。如今，火山依然耸立在那里，但看上去非常平静。真的很难想象这样一座平静的火山如何毁灭了整座城市！

第10天：7月24日

经过数日的旅行，我们终于来到了楼兰。大约两千年前，这座商业城市繁忙而富庶。当时它是连接东西方著名的丝绸之路上的一个歇脚点。很多人相信，它是在公元200年至公元400年间被风沙渐渐覆盖的。能够来到这里我好兴奋！

第11天：7月25日

当地文化研究所的学者张教授告诉我们，大约在1900年欧洲探险家斯文·海定发现了楼兰王国的遗址。斯文发现了埋藏在沙子下面的建筑物遗迹，以及很多珍品，包括钱币，彩绘罐，材料如丝绸、文献和壁画。我们走进楼兰古城，看到了城墙、宫殿、寺庙、作坊和塔楼。我们发现楼兰遗址极其有趣。有一条古老的供水系统贯穿市中心。这片沙漠曾是一块长着参天大树的绿色土地，但是它们被砍倒了，并且这也导致了这座城市被风沙覆盖——多么遗憾啊！