Teaching 0 bjectives:
1) To talk about lost civilizations
2) To help the students develop the ability of reading diary entries.
Important and difficult points:
The way of reading diary entries.
Teaching procedures:
Step1 Lead-in
1. Ask students to name some building that could repr ese nt ancient civilization in China.
2. Show students some pictures of Pompeii and Loulan and ask them to answer the following questions:
l Where are the places in the pictures?
l What have you known about them?
l What else do you want to know a bout them?
Step2 Reading compr ehens ion.
1. Ask students to read the passage quickly a nd try to find answers to the questions in P art A.
