U1 Disaster!

Unit 1 Disaster! Students Book page 10 1 Listen and say the words. Check with your partner. 1 smoke 2 volcano 3 temple 4 columns 5 fountain 6 theatre 7 horse and cart 8 servant 9 statue 10 vase Students Book page 10 2 Read, listen and complete the sentences. Pompeii was a city of 20,000 people in the south of Italy 2,000 years ago. It was a very modern city. Lots of the houses had running water. There was a busy marketplace, a theatre and there were lots of shops. The shopkeepers sold things that came on big ships from different countries around the world. The city was full of beautiful works of art. What happened? Where are we? I don't know, but I think it was some kind of gate. What do you mean? That light is in the science class. We went through a gate. It was the gate into the past. That's right. We travel through time. So we the time travellers and we must be in the past now. How do we get home? I've no idea, but first we've got to find out where we are. This place is cool. Those houses're beautiful. Unlook at those gardens and fountains, unknow statues. But where we all the cars. There were only horses in cars. That's because we're in the past. That's amazing building over there. The warm mid the columns in vases. It's a kind of temple. So, where are we? I think I know. See that mountain back there. The warm with funny cloud on top. That's no a cloud, it's smoke. And that not a mountain, it's volcano. Volcano? That's right. In our history lesson, we learn about to Roman city called Pompeii and the volcano called Vesuvius. Did we? Yes. This isn't good. Come on quickly, let's go.

Students Book page 11 2 Listen and say the sentences. When the earthquake happened: ... Mr Harmer and his sons were playing football. ... his wife was reading in the living room. ... their neighbour was sleeping.

Students Book page 12 1 Listen and correct the mistakes. Then sing the song. I was walking in the garden, When the ground began to shake, A statue fell in the fountain, The fountain fell in the lake. I ran inside the house, And I thought, 'No, this is it!' Yeah, I was feeling pretty scared when ... The earthquake hit. Danger. Danger. Danger, everywhere! Life is full of danger, you'd better take care! I was walking in the forest, When the day turned really grey. I looked up at the sky And I knew I couldn't stay. There was fire in the clouds, There was smoke and thunder too. I was feeling pretty scared when the ... Volcano blew. Danger. Danger. Danger, everywhere! Life is full of danger, you'd better take care! Danger. Danger. Danger, everywhere! Life is full of danger, you'd better take care! Students Book page 12 2 Listen and say the dialogue. Your haircut is cute, Stan! I like your cap and cape, Gran! Your haircut is cute, Stan! I like your cap and cape, Gran!

Students Book page 13 2 Listen and say the sentences. While Mum was working in the garden, the dog was eating her socks. While Christopher was reading, his brother was fixing the alarm clock.

Students Book pages 14&15 The Time Travelers 2 Read and listen to the story to check your answers. A narrow escape Phoebe started running down the stone stairs. 'Hey, wait!' Alex shouted. 'Where are you going?' 'Come quickly. Follow me!' Phoebe shouted. 'Why?' Alex and Patrick didn't understand what was happening. Phoebe was running through the city in the direction of the hills. Alex and Patrick followed her. They ran past the houses and the beautiful temples with their statues and columns, but Alex and Patrick didn't have time to look at any of that. They followed Phoebe up a hill outside the city. When Phoebe reached the top of the hill, she sat down, and the boys sat down next to her. 'I don't understand!' said Patrick. 'What are we doing here?' Phoebe waited for her breathing to slow down. Then she began to speak. She looked worried. 'This city is Pompeii. We learned about it in History. That volcano over there is going to erupt, and we're in danger!' 'But how do you know it's going to erupt now?' asked Alex. Suddenly there was a loud noise like thunder. The three friends looked up at the volcano. They were scared by what they saw. There was a lot of dark, grey smoke. 'I was right,' said Phoebe. 'We have to go and tell the people who live in Pompeii.' 'But are you certain it's going to erupt?' asked Alex. 'Look!' said Phoebe. 'Animals often run away from natural disasters. We learned that at school. Now come on! The people are in danger.'

Back in the city the children tried to tell everyone about the volcano but the people didn't understand what they were saying and so they were not worried. Suddenly there was another loud explosion. 'Look!' shouted Phoebe. 'It's too late! It's erupting.' Everybody was very scared. The sky became really dark and smoke filled the air. Stones flew from the volcano and landed in the city. People started to run away shouting for help. The children didn't know what to do. Suddenly Alex saw a yellow light through the smoke. 'What's that? Look!' Phoebe and Patrick saw it too. 'I know what that is. It's the gate that brought us here!' Phoebe shouted. 'Let's go through it.' 'The gate?' Patrick didn't understand. 'Yes,' said Phoebe. 'Remember the lab? The yellow glow - the gate to the past. Maybe it'll take us back to our time? Let's run or we'll all die! It's our only chance!' The children ran as fast as they could to the light and jumped. They were gone in a flash! On August 29 th in 79 AD, Vesuvius erupted and destroyed the city of Pompeii. The volcano threw smoke and stones more than 30 kilometres high into the air. Within minutes, the stones, lava and ashes covered the whole city. Almost 20,000 people died.