Bill Gate
UNSCRAMBLE
1. This is a very beautiful landscape in Viet Nam
2. It’s in Quang Ninh
The great wall
EIFFEL
Eiffel
tower
The great Pyramid
Friday, April 04 th, 2012
Unit 16: THE WONDERS OF THE WORLD
A. READING
Before you read:
-Where is the great pyramid?
Look at the picture.
- It’s in Egypt.
Vocabularies:
Egypt (n)
Egyptian (n)
Belongings (n)= property (n)
A tomb (n)
Burial chamber
Treasure (n)
Plateau (n)
Vocabularies:
Egypt (n) Egyptian (n)
Belongings (n) = property (n)
A tomb (n)
Burial chamber (n)
Treasure (n)
Plateau (n)
While you read.
The first paragraph .
2. Was the purpose of this huge stone pyramid to serve as a tomb?
1. Who built the pyramid?
- The Egyptian Pharaoh Khufu built the Pyramid.
- Yes, it was.
The second paragraph
2. How many blocks of stone did the structure consist of?
1. How high is the pyramid?
- It was 147 meters high.
- The structure consisted of 2 millions blocks of stone .
The third paragraph .
- Do people know how the blocks were put in place?
- No, they don’t.
The last paragraph .
- What was discovered in 1954 near the south side of the pyramid?
- A Sun Boat was discovered in 1954.
Task 1. Read the text and decide whether these statements are true (T) or false (F).
The Great Pyramid of Giza is believed to have been built over a 20- year- period.
2. The Great Pyramid was 174 meters high.
T
3. People don’t know how the blocks were put in place.
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F
4. The Sun Boat was discovered in 1980.
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Task 2. Answer the following questions.
2. How high and large was the Great Pyramid of Giza?
3. What was the purpose of this huge stone pyramid?
4. According to the passage, what is the boat believed to have been used for?
1. Who built the Great Pyramid of Giza and when was it built?
Answers
2. How high and large was the Great Pyramid of Giza?
The Egyptian pharaoh Khufu built the Great Pyramid of Giza around the year 2560 BC.
It was 147 metres high on a base of 230 metres square.
1. Who built the Great Pyramid of Giza and when was it built?
3. What was the purpose of this huge stone pyramid?
4. According to the passage, what is the boat believed to have been used for?
The purpose of this huge stone pyramid was to serve as a tomb when he died and to protect the burial chamber from the weather and from thieves who might try to steal the treasures and the belongings there.
The boat is believed to have been used to carry the body of Khufu in his last journey on earth before being buried inside the pyramid.
After you read.
Work in pairs. Discuss the question:
- If I have a chance, I’ll go to Ha Long Bay.
- If you have a chance to visit one of the wonders of the world, where will you go to?
Homework
Write the sumary of the passage .
Prepare the Speaking lesson.
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