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๐Ÿ“– Lesson B1 Reading๐Ÿ  Everyday Life

๐ŸŒ‹ The Last Day of Pompeii

On 24 August AD 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted with catastrophic force, burying the Roman city of Pompeii under metres of volcanic ash and pumice. This article tells the story through the eyes of Pliny the Younger, who witnessed the disaster from across the Bay of Naples and left the only surviving eyewitness account.

๐ŸŽ’ Teens (11โ€“16) schedule 20 min signal_cellular_alt Medium visibility 154
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  • True story with vocabulary highlights

translate Key Vocabulary

eruptiontremorcolumnashfleesuffocatecollapseexcavatepreserveruinsmoltencatastropheburywitnessluxury

auto_fix_high Grammar Points

  • Past simple for narrative
  • Past perfect
  • Passive voice
  • Reported speech
  • Conditional sentences

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