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useful expressions:
I think it is…; I feel worried about…; I’m really anxious about…; I agree that something needs to be done in order to protect…; In my opinion, the government holds the duty to make stricter laws to protect…
Day10-24th July arrived in Loulan / excited
Day11-25th July
learned more about Loulan from Professor Zhang and saw the city / pityful
C. Fill in the chart with historical information about Pompeii and Loulan:
What it still remains today
Streets with (6)
s_t_e_p_p_i_ng __s_t_o_n_e_s_;
Houses with (7)
___w_a_l_l p__a_in_t_in_g_s_;
figures of people
The city walls,(9)
unfortunate remains beneath pouring
scholar
fleeing erupted destroy
I often wondered why the people of Pompeii did not run away before the volcano (1)__e_r_up_t_e_d_. As it turns out, they did not know what a volcano was. In fact, the Romans did not even have a word for ‘volcano’. They had no idea that a volcano would(2)__d_e_s_tr_o_y_them. Starting from 20 August AD 79,there were some earthquakes near the volcano. However, no one paid much attention. Then, on 24 August, the mountain explored,(3)_p_o_u_ri_n_g out a cloud of ash. The ash was very hot—as much as 350℃ when it reached the city. It was also moving quite fast. Most of the human (4)__r_e_m_ai_n_s_ from Pompeii have been found on the roads away from the city. The people were (5)_f_l_ee_i_ng_ the city for their lives. However, they could not get away fast enough, so they were buried (6)_b_e_n_ea_t_h_ the ash. A famous Roman (7)_s_c_h_o_la_r__ happened to be on a boat nearby when all of this happened, so he went to the area to see what was going on. Even he did not know what a volcano was. It was (8)_u_n_fo_r_t_un_a_t_e that he too died in the disaster.