Unit 2 Extended Reading 高中英語牛津譯林版（2020）必修第三冊

TheLastDaysofPompeii(excerpt)龐貝城的末日（節(jié)選）Step1Lead-inWhatdoyouknowaboutPompeii?PompeiiisanancientRomancitywhichwasdestroyedbyavolcaniceruption.Thecityhasbeenunearthedgraduallyandnowadaysbecomesaninternationaltouristdestination.龐貝是一座古羅馬城市，被火山噴發(fā)摧毀。后來這座城市逐漸被發(fā)掘出來，如今已成為國際旅游目的地。IntroductionofPompeiiStep2Pre-readingAccordingtothetitle,CanyouguesswhatisthenovelTheLastDaysofPompeii

about?WatchthevideoEdwardBulwer-Lytton(1803-1873)wasatalentedBritishwriterwholefthismarkontheEnglishlanguage.HisclassicnovelTheLastDaysofPompeiiimagineslifeintheancientRomancityofPompeiiintheyear79,whenMountVesuviuserupted.愛德華·布爾沃-利頓（1803-1873）是一位才華橫溢的英國作家，對英語語言產(chǎn)生了深遠(yuǎn)的影響。在其經(jīng)典小說《龐貝城的末日》中，他對公元79年維蘇威火山爆發(fā)時(shí)，古羅馬城市龐貝的生活場景展開了想象。talent(n)天賦----talented(adj)有天賦的betalentedin在....方面有天賦erupt(v)爆發(fā)---eruption(n)爆發(fā)eruptinto突然變?yōu)榛虬l(fā)展為eruptintolaughter/shouting突然大笑、突然大喊起來Theextinctvolcano’seruptionwouldmeanadisasterforthecity.死火山的噴發(fā)對城市而言意味著災(zāi)難。ThisterriblenaturaldisasterdestroyedPompeiicompletely,butitalsokepttheancientcityasitwasforfutureages.Since1748,Pompeiihasbeensystematicallyunearthed.Todayitisaninternationaltouristdestination.這場駭人天災(zāi)將龐貝城徹底摧毀，卻又為后世保存了這座古城的原貌。從1748年起，龐貝城開始得到系統(tǒng)發(fā)掘。如今這里已成為國際旅游勝地。systematicallyadv.系統(tǒng)地，有組織地systemn.體系；制度；系統(tǒng)的systematicaladj.體系的；有條不紊的；系統(tǒng)的destinationn.

目的地，終點(diǎn)aninternationaltouristdestination國際旅游目的地PompeiiwasatypicalRomancity.Initslittleshops,itstinypalaces,itsforum,itswinebars,itstheatre-intheenergyandskillofitspeople,yousawamodelofthewholeRomanEmpire.龐貝是一座典型的羅馬城市。從它的一個(gè)個(gè)小商鋪、一座座小殿宇、廣場、酒館、劇場中--從龐貝人的活力和技藝中，你能看到整個(gè)古羅馬帝國的縮影。type(n)類型(v)打字

typical(adj)典型的

typically(adv)典型地energy(n)精力，能量

energetic(adj)精力充沛的Couldyoumaketimetotypethisout?你能騰出時(shí)間把這個(gè)打出來嗎？ThesebloodtypesaretypeA.這些血型為A型。Tradingshipsbringingimportstothecityorcarryingexportsoverseas,alongwithgoldenpleasureboatsfortherich,werecrowdedtogetherintheglassywateroftheport.Theboatsofthefishermenmovedrapidlyinalldirections.進(jìn)口貨物到城內(nèi)，出口貨物到海外的商船，以及富貴人家金燦燦的游船，齊聚在港口波光粼粼的水面上。條條漁船向著四面八方疾行。importn.進(jìn)口產(chǎn)品；輸入

vt.

進(jìn)口，引進(jìn)import…from從……進(jìn)口import…into進(jìn)口……到……crowd(v)擁擠(n)人群---crowded(adj)擁擠的becrowedwith擠滿ThefactoryimportedsomemachinesfromGermanylastyear.去年那家工廠從德國進(jìn)口了一批機(jī)器。TheyimportedcoffeeintoChina.他們把咖啡進(jìn)口到中國。Aboveall,thecloud-cappedtopofMountVesuviusappeared.Itsashyrocks,nowdark,nowlight,toldastoryofpasteruptionsthatmighthavewarnedthecitywhatwastocome!在這一切的上方，云霧籠罩的維蘇威火山山頂若隱若現(xiàn)?；鹕綆r忽明忽暗，講述著幾度噴發(fā)的往事，這原本可以警告這座城市里的人們，即將到來的是什么！mighthavedone過去本可以做而實(shí)際未做Shedidnotrunaway,asshemighthavedone.她本來可以跑掉的，可是她沒有走。Theawfulnightrolledslowlyaway,andthedawngreylybrokeonTHELASTDAYOFPOMPEII!Thecrowdlookedupwards,andsaw,withunspeakablefear,ahugecloudshootingfromthetopofthevolcano.可怕的夜晚緩緩?fù)巳ィ薨档某抗忾_啟了龐貝城的末日！人們抬頭仰望，眼前景象讓他們感到莫名恐懼，只見一團(tuán)龐大的云正從火山口噴薄而出。rollaway滾動(dòng)/滾開Thedawnbreaks.破曉shootv.開槍；射擊；發(fā)射；射門shootfrom從...中噴出/射出Atlasttheshellwasshotfromthegun.最后，炮彈從槍膛里發(fā)射了出去。Ittooktheformofahugetree:thetrunk,blackness,thebranches,fire!Thisfiremovedandchangedincolourwitheverymoment:nowitwaswildlybright,nowofapaleanddyingred,andnowagainitburntwithanunbearablelight!它形似一株巨樹：樹干，烏黑的；枝葉，那是火！火焰翻騰著，顏色變幻不定，時(shí)而極明亮，時(shí)而又變得微弱，呈現(xiàn)熄滅之前的暗紅，時(shí)而又燒起來，放出刺眼的強(qiáng)光！taketheformof呈現(xiàn).....的形狀；采取......的形式intheformof以……的形式takeform逐漸成形forminto組成；分成unbearable

adj.難耐的，無法忍受的bearableadj.能忍受的

bear

vt.忍受，容忍

Thecloudsintheskytaketheformofdifferentanimals.天空中的云也不同動(dòng)物的形式出現(xiàn)。Thecriesofwomenbrokeout;themenlookedateachother,butweresilent.Atthatmoment,theyfelttheearthshakingbeneaththeirfeet;beyondinthedistance,theyheardthecrashoffallingroofs.女人們開始尖叫；男人們面面相覷，卻都一言不發(fā)。那一刻，他們感到腳下的大地正在顫抖；他們聽到遠(yuǎn)處有屋頂坍塌的巨響。breakout突然開始，爆發(fā)breakdown出故障;垮掉breakin強(qiáng)行進(jìn)入;打斷breakoff斷開;中斷Firebrokeoutduringthenight.夜間突然發(fā)生了火災(zāi).Wearesorrytoarrivelate,butthecarbreakdown.很抱歉我們遲到了，是因?yàn)檐嚦龉收狭?。beyondadv.

在較遠(yuǎn)處；在另一邊beyondbelief難以置信beyondcontrol無法控制Beyondtheriver,cattleweregrazing.河的那邊，牛兒在吃草。distancen.遙遠(yuǎn),久遠(yuǎn);距離;疏遠(yuǎn)

distantadj.遠(yuǎn)的；冷淡的distantlyadv.遙遠(yuǎn)地inthedistance在遠(yuǎn)處keepsb.atadistance與某人疏遠(yuǎn)Icycledtheshortdistancehome.我騎了很短的一段距離回家。Thedoglookeddangerous,soIdecidedtokeepmydistancefromit.那只狗看上去很兇，所以我決定躲遠(yuǎn)點(diǎn)。Amomentlater,themountain-cloudseemedtorolltowardsthem,darkandrapid,likeariver,atthesametime,itthrewoutashowerofashesandhugepiecesofburningstone!Overtheemptystreets-overtheforum-farandwide-withmanyanoisycrashinthestormysea-fellthatawfulshower!過了片刻，山上的云團(tuán)似乎正向他們滾滾而來，陰沉迅猛，如洶涌的江水；與此同時(shí)，云團(tuán)中拋灑下陣雨似的火山灰和大塊大塊燃燒著的石頭，落在空蕩蕩的街道，落在廣場上，四面八方，還有許多掉在波濤洶涌的大海里，發(fā)出陣陣巨響--下了一場可怕的大雨！Eachturnedtofly-eachrunning,pressing,pushingagainsttheother.If,inthedarkness,wifewasseparatedfromhusband,orparentfromchild,therewasnohopeoftheirmeetingagain.Eachhurriedblindlyandfearfullyon.Socametheearthquake...andsoendedlifeinPompeii.所有人都趕忙飛奔--他們奔跑擁擠，你推我搡。黑暗中，一旦妻離子散，就絕不可能重逢了。每個(gè)人都驚慌失措地盲目奔逃。這時(shí)，地震來了·······龐貝城的生活就此終結(jié)。separate(v)分開beseparatedfrom與....分開o....把....分成.....EnglandisseparatedfromFrancebytheEnglishchannel.英吉利海峽將英國和法國分開。NearlyseventeencenturieshadrolledawaybeforethecityofPompeiiwasdugfromitssilentrestingplace.Itswallswerefreshasifpaintedyesterday;notasinglecolourchangedontheri