Show a picture.Ask the students: What can you see in the picture? (the body of the people in the town of Pompeii in the southern Italy.

• 除此之外，在阅读课文之前，教师可以组织学生围绕文章所涉及的背景知识等开展“头脑风暴”活动，以激活学生已有的背景知识，为理解课文内容作好铺垫。