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tsunami

typhoon

volcano

flood

earthquake

Scan 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 letter

when and where the disaster happened

What Pliny’s uncle do in the …

Conclusion of the letter

1

2

3-6

7

Skim the text and find the answers to the following questions:

Who wrote the letter? Whom was it written to? And what’s the letter about?

When and where did it happen?

3. Who in my family took notice of the terrible sight first?

4. What did the writer’s uncle do in the disaster?

5. What happened to him at last?

Who wrote the letter? Whom was it written to? And what’s the letter about?

When and where did it happen?

…Pliny the Younger to …Tacitus…the eruption of…and the death of…

…24th of August in79AD…southern Italy.

3. Who in my family took notice of the terrible sight first?

4. What did his uncle do in the disaster?

the writer’s mother …to an unusual… rising…

First _____________________________________

Next _____________________________________

Then______________________________________

…awoke the scientist…see it from…

His friend’s wife…and begged…hurried to a place…

He went on to … Pompy… upon arrival…in order to…he acted…

5. What happened to him at last?

…helped by…, and immediately fell down…. 2 days after he died, …. He looked …

Read this letter once again, and explain what the words in bold refer to:

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 carried…

In order to help the other calm down, he…

Their light scared people but my uncle…

They discussed what to do:…

a cloud of unusual size and shape

a good wind

Pompy

flames

Pliny Pompy and their friends

The letter , ___by Pliny the Younger to his friend Tacitus was about ______ and ______.

On the 24th of August in 79 AD, Mount Vesuvius in southern Italy suddenly ___. Pliny’s mother first ____ to a cloud of unusual size and shape____ from a mountain, but it was _____ that they couldn’t ___ 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 and 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 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.

Retell the main idea of the text.

Finish exercises 1 and 2 in word study.