?Vacation under the volcano

一、reading log

Chapter 1?A Secret Code ???They went to the tree house，Margan gave the first mission for them. Then they went to ancient Rome. Chapter 2?The End Is Near ???They arrived at the center of town and met a strange woman. Chapter 3?Gladiators! ???They left the forum to find the lost library. Chapter 4?Scary Things ???The soothsayer talk them:after day nothing at all in Pompii. Chapter 5?Books? Books? ???They came to a library of scroll. Chapter 6?The End Is Here ???Mount Vesuvius erupted into a deady volcano,they heard a loudest sound. Chapter 7?The Sky Is Falling ???They put pillows on their heads to avoid the pumice rain. Chapter 8?Nightmare at Noon ??They ran in the direction of the treehouse, but the bridge had disappeared. Chapter 9?Save Us! ???The gladiators save them to tree house,then they wish to go home. Chapter 10?A Simple Explanation ???Magen told them that when they returned from vacation, they were going to ancient China. 二、key words

1.gladiators /?gl?d?e?t?z/ n.角斗士 ?amphitheater /??mf??θ??t?/ n.圓形競(jìng)技場(chǎng) gladiators were slaves or criminals who fought in the amphitheater. 2.pillow /?p?l??/ n. 枕頭 They hurried to the couches beside the table and each grabbed a pillow. 3.pumice /?p?m?s/ n.浮巖 pumice rained down onto their pillow hats. 4.ash /??/ n.灰 The city wasn't completely buried by ash until the next day.