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Lesson 1 Napoleon

时间：2021.02.11 创作：欧阳计 Today, I’m going to talk to you about one of the most important historical figures in European history: Napoleon Bonaparte. Let ’s start by talking about his early life. Napoleon was born in 1769 on the island of Corsica. When he was only 10 years old, his father sent him to military school in France. Napoleon wasnot a very good student in most of his classes, but he excelled in mathematics and military science. When he was 16 years

old,hejoinedtheFrencharmy.Inthatyear1785,hebeganthemilitarycareerthat wouldbringhimfame ,power,riches and

finallydefeat.NapoleonbecameageneralintheFrencharmyattheyoungageof24.Napoleonhad many victories on the battlefield but he also became involved in French law and politics. And in 1804, at the age of 35,hebecamethefirst emperoroftheFrance. Napoleonwas many things. He was, first of all, a brilliant military leader. His soldiers were ready to die for him. As a result, N.won many military victories. At one time he controlled most of Europe, but some countries, including England, Russia, and Austria fought fiercely against him. His defeat —“his

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end”came when he decided to attack Russia. In this military campaign against Russia, he lost most of his army.

ThegreatFrenchconquerordied alone – desertedbyhisfamilyand friends in 1821.Napoleonwasonly51yearsoldwhenhedied. ===========================================================

Lesson 2 Pompeii

The lecture for this class is about the city of Pompeii. A natural disaster occurred there almost 2000 years ago.

Today many rich people who live in large metropolitan areas such as Beijing, Paris and New York leave the city in the summer. They go to the mountains or to the seashore to escape the city noise and heat.

2,000 years ago, wealthy Romans did the same thing.They left the city of Rome in the summer. Many of these wealthy Romans spent their summers in the city of Pompeii, a beautiful city, located on the Bay of Naples.

In the summer of the year 79 C.E., a young Roman boy who later became a very famous Roman historian was visiting his uncle in P.. The boy’s name was Pliny the Younger. One day Pliny was looking up at the sky. He saw a frightening sight. It

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was a very large dark cloud. This black cloud rose high into the sky. What Pliny saw was the eruption of the volcano called Mount Vesuvius.Rock and ash flew through the air. The city of P . was at the foot of Mt. V.. When the volcano first erupted, many people were able to get out of the city and to escape death. In fact, 18,000 people escaped the terrible disaster. Unfortunately, there was not enough time for everyone to escape. More than 2,000 people died. These unlucky people were buried alive under the volcanic ash.The eruption lasted for about 3 days. When the eruption was over, P . was buried under 20 feet of volcanic rock and ash. The city of P . wasforgotten for almost 1,700 years.

In the year of 1748 an Italian farmer was digging on his farm. As he was digging, he uncovered a part of a wall of the ancient city of P.. Soon archaeologists began to dig in the area. As time went by, much of the ancient city of P. was uncovered. Today tourists come from all over the world to see the ruins of the famous city of Pompeii.

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Lesson 4 Roller Coaster

Let's talk about the physics involved in a ride on a roller coaster.

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