一，教学课型：阅读课
阅读课是学生综合运用所学语法、词汇和功能等知识，认真阅读文章，达到帮助其学习语言、文化等方面的知识，形成良好的阅读策略，提高阅读理解能力的课型。
教学任务有以下：
复习巩固所学词汇。
逐步阅读课文，达到深层次理解。
渗透阅读方法。
二，教材分析
教材内容（见课本page42）
教材处理
《牛津高中英语。学生用书》所选的文章不仅题材广泛、内容丰富、文化意识强、内涵丰富，而且体裁多样，涵盖了说明文、议论文、小说、戏剧、记叙文等，为学生学习语言提供了丰富多彩的素材。本课教材节选Ann一个加拿大女孩的五篇游记，把她在Pompeii和Loulan两处的所见、所闻、所感、所思展示出来。教师可以呈现出与这两处有关的简单的对错问题让学生轻松答题，然后过渡到具体的问题，达到深一层次理解，再者对两个古代城市进行比较归纳，对文章达到更深地理解，最后升华主题，唤起人们保护世界文化遗传的意识。
教学目标
(1)通过阅读短文，了解两处失落的文明--Pompeii和Loulan.
(2)提高学生阅读能力。
(3)提高学生语言运用能力。
教材重点和难点
(1)引导学生归纳短文、比较两个古代城市的异同。
(2)引导学生升华主题，增强人们保护世界文化遗产意识。
三，教学设计
（-）设计思想
本节课是在多媒体教学环境下实施的大容量、快节奏的课堂教学。教师首先让学生复习回顾与本篇文章相关联的词汇，接着运用略读、寻读、跳读等阅读方法，对所节选的五篇游记从不同层次，由浅入深、由表及里，逐层推进地进行阅读，从而达到对文章深层次的理解。根据文章的描述，培养学生保护世界各国文化遗产、文明古迹的意识，同时让学生思考如何去保护文化遗产和文明古迹：逐渐实现从语言的输入和内化到语言成果的输出，提高学生应用语言的能力。
（二）教学过程
Step1 .Revision
Go over the words
Match the words with their definitions
( ) 1.take over A place a dead body in a grave
( ) 2.erupt B rich
( ) 3.unfoutunately C huge
( ) 4.hawre D take control of
( ) 5.wealthy E sadly ,unluckily
( ) 6.ruins F provide space for
( ) 7.enormous G parts of a building that
remain after it has been badly
damaged or destroyed. .
( ) 8. .bury H (of a volcano)throw out lava and ash
[设计说明]
该教学步骤复习巩固所学的有关词汇，同时为接下来的阅读扫清了障碍。
Step2.leading-in
1. T: Now let’s talk about two questions with your partners?
Can you name some buildings that would represent ancient civilizations in China?
What does the title Lost Civilizations mean?
2.T:In this passage,, there are two lost civilizations .What are they? (showing some pictures of Pompeii and Loulan)
T: Do you know which place these pictures describe ?
S: Pompeii
T: Do you know which place these pictures describe ?
S: Loulan
T: Have you ever been to Pompeii and Loulan ?
S: _________
T: Have you known about them ?
S: _________
T: Would you like to visit them?
S: __________
Now let’s go with Ann together.
[设计说明]
通过问题讨论链接中国古代文明，感性认识现存文明与失落文明的含义。通过逼真的图片让学生初步认识Pompeii和Loulan，增强学生对课文的阅读兴趣，并自然地引出本课的话题，与作者一起游历两古城遗迹。
Step3 Reading
1读前(pre-reading)
教师通过放录音,让学生跟着录音浸入课文，初步了解大意，同时也注意了语音语调。
2读中（while-reading）
T: Now read the passage quickly and answer the following “T” or “F” questions.
A. The author is going to China by air next week.( Day1-15th July)
The city of Pompeii was founded in the 7th century BC.(Day2-16th July)
C. The city of Pompeii wasn’t found until the 18th century.( Day3-17th July)
D. Loulan was a stopping point on the famous silk road between the east and the west almost 2000 years age (Day10 –24th July )
E. Pompeii and Loulan were lost for the same reason.(Day11-25th July )
(2)T: Now read the passage carefully and answer the following wh-questions.
A. What happened to Pompeii in August AD79?
B How was the buried city discovered ?
C Where were the stepping stones along the road in Pompeii used for ?
D. Why was Loulan an important city about 2000 years ago?
How do many people think Loulan disappeared?
F. What is one main similarity between Pompeii and Loulan?
(3)T: Now read the passage more carefully and fill in the following blanks with proper words and phrases
Pompeii Loulan
Where was it located ① China
When was it founded? In the 8th century BC ②
What kind of city was it? A rich city ③
Why was it destroyed? ④ ⑤
How was it discovered In the 18 century ,a farmer found some stone with writing on it, then people started to dig ⑥
What can you find about the city now ? Streets with ⑦,houses with⑧,bodies of people that had been turned to stone the city walls,⑨, ⑩ that ran through the middle of the city
(4)Choose the best answer according to the passage.
( ) A. Which of the following statements is not true?
a. Both of the two cities were lost civilizations about 2000 years ago.
b. Both of the two cities were discovered by local people.
c. Pompeii was destroyed by a volcano while Loulan was gradually covered over by sandstorms.
d. Pompeii was in Italy while Loulan was in China.
( ) B. The purpose of writing this passage is ____
a. show how happy the writer was to have such a chance to visit the sites.
b. to arouse people’s sense of protecting civilizations.
c. to compare the civilizations of Pompeii and Loulan destroyed.
d. to tell us how Pompeii and Loulan were destroyed.
[设计说明]
该环节通过表面理解→深层理解→比较异同→归纳总结这样四个步骤对全文作全面理解。
3读后（post-reading）
T: As we all know there were lots of ancient civilizations in the world in history.
Some of them have disappeared while others remain today .such as the Great wall, the Terracotta Warriors ,the Hanging Gardens ,Pyramids and so on (showing some pictures of them)
Now let’s discuss in groups.
(1)If you have a chance ,which place would you like to visit most? Why?
T :From the passage we know Pompeii and Loulan were destroyed by nature.
But I think human may also destroy our civilizations. If we want to make our civilizations exist for ever, I think we should make people have the sense of protecting our civilizations
Now let’s discuss in groups.
(2) What can we do to make people have the sense at protesting our civilizations?
(设计说明)
以上两个问题展开小组讨论.该教学活动旨在提高学生用英语表达观点的能力,同时进行德育渗透，培养学生保护文化遗产的意识。并通过小组讨论培养学生的合作意识。
Step4 Consolidation
做学生用书Part E、F Page.45
Step5 Summary
通过本课时的学习，让学生全面深刻地理解了课文，提高了能力。
Step6 Homework
预习课文上的语言点，为阅读课第二课时作准备。