（精）人教版高二英语选修六Unit 5 Learning about Language.ppt

* Unit 5 The power of nature Learning about Language 1.Review the useful expressions of the text. 2.To check up the Exx. of learning about Language. 3.To learn the using of v.-ing form. 1．________ n．火山2．_____ vi.(指火山)爆发；突然发生→________n．火山爆发；(战争等)爆发3．_________ adv.在旁边；沿着边 prep.在……旁边；沿着……的边4．_______vt.任命；委派→___________ n．约定；任命5．________ vt.评估；评价；估计→_________ n．评估 volcano erupt eruption alongside appoint appointment evaluate evaluation 6．_____ n．波浪；波涛 vi.波动；起伏；挥手7．________ adj.绝对的；完全的→absolutely adv.绝对地8．____ n．一套外衣；套装；vt.适合；使适宜→suitable adj.合适的9．________ n．潜在性；可能性；潜能 adj.可能的；潜在的10．______ adj.实在的；实际的→actually adv.实际地 wave absolute suit potential actual Part 2 Comeplete the paragraph with the words in the box in the correct forms. burn to the ground absolute volcano eruption wave fountain ash lava erupt The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD took the people of Pompeii by surprise.They had always known that the mountain was a ________ but it had Learning about language volcano been quiet for so long that nobody saw it as a threat. When the volcano finally did ________,it was so quick and so severe that the town was soon covered in ________and__________. erupt ash lava A writer called Pliny,who was there during the _________,described how lava was thrown into the air like a _________. After it fell to earth, it turned into ___________ of lava which travelled down the mountain faster than people could run away. It was an ________ disaterster for those who could not escape in time.Many of the wooden houses and the bungalows in Pompeii were ___________________, but the stone houses remained under the ash until they were rediscovered during the 20th century. absolute burned to the ground fountain waves eruption Grammar Looking carefully at the ground, I made my way to the edge of the crater. The -ing form used as an adverbial clause Having experienced quite a few earthquakes in Hawaii already, I didn’t take much notice. Having