Lesson 1: August 24th in the year 79

1. Look, say, listen and read. Tracks 23 and 24

a) Read the sentence about the picture and make sentences about these people in the picture.

1- The two boys were playing with a ball in the market.

2- The fisherman was coming back to the land.

3- The two women were shopping in the market.

4- The baker was selling bread.

5- The two men were eating their lunch in a café.

c) What did the people do when the volcano erupted? Match these sentences to the people in exercise 1a.

a. When we saw the smoke, we asked for more cake. We were hungry. 5
b. When I saw the smoke from the volcano, I sailed out to sea. 2
c. When I saw the cloud in the sky, I continued to sell my bread. 4
d. We were worried about the smoke so we started to walk home. 1
e. When we saw the smoke in the sky, we went home to be with our children. 3

3. Say two sentences about each of the people in exercise 1a.

1- Ther were two boys. They were playing with a ball in the market.

2- There was a fisherman. He was coming back to the land.

3- There were two women. They were shopping in the market.

4- Ther was a baker. He was selling bread.

5- There were two men. They were eating their lunch in a café.

4. Read, match and write.

a) Read and match the headings to paragraphs 1–5.

a. Finding his friend 4
b. They could not leave the ship 3
c. He wrote about the volcano 1
d. They could not leave the land 5
e. A man’s wife asks for help 2

b) Write the answers in your notebook.

1 Who was Gaius Pliny?

A famous Roman.

2 Why did the woman write to Pliny’s uncle?

She wanted him to help her husband.

3 Where did Pliny’s uncle live?

In Campania (in Italy).

4 Why couldn’t the ship leave the land?

Because of the high waves.

5 Who was Pomponianus?

Pliny's uncle's friend.

6 What was falling from the sky?

Ash and rocks.