Unit 16 E11 (Hay va nhieu hinh anh)

Great Pyramid is in Egypt, and Taj Mahal is in India They are Great Pyramid and Taj Mahal... According to the passage, what is the boat believed to have been used for?... Where is the G

Look at two pictures and answer the questions

1 Can you name these two wonders of the world? 2.Where do you think they are located? Great Pyramid is in Egypt, and Taj Mahal is in India They are Great Pyramid and Taj Mahal

Checking vocabulary

Fill in the blank with a suitable word

1 Last week we paid a visit to the ……… of unknown

mandarin.

2 The movie was about a ……… of the world.

3 A ……… is needed at the exit and the entrance for

wheelchair users.

4 The Queen’s private ……… is not opened to public.

5 It’s not known why Benson disappeared in ……… circumstances.

6 A nail’s shell is ……… in form.

mysterious chamber rampspiral tombwonder

Task 2 Answer the following

5 According to the passage, what is the boat

believed to have been used for?

1 Where is the Great Pyramid of Giza

situated and where was it built?

1 It is located on the west bank of the River Nile and it was built around the year 2560 B.C.

Task 2 Answer the following

questions.

2 How high and large was the Great

Pyramid of Giza?

2 It was about 147 metres high on

a base of 203 metres square.

3 The purpose of this huge

stone Pyramid was to serve as

a tomb when the Egyptian

Pharaoh Khufu died and to

protect the burial chamber

from the weather and from

thieves who might try to steal

the treasures and belongings

there.

3 What was the purpose of this huge

stone Pyramid?

4 How did the people of ancient Egypt

build the Great Pyramid?

4 It is thought that the

straight or spiral ramps or huge weight arms to lift and place the blocks of stone.

Task 2 Answer the following

questions.

5 According to the passage, what is the

boat believed to have been used for?

5 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.

Task 3 Scan the passage and say

what

the following words refer to.

Example : He (line 3) refers to Khufu

who (line 4) ………

it (line 8) ………

It (line 9)

each (line 12) ………

refers to the thieves refers to the Great Pyramid refers to the Great Pyramid refers to the block of stone

Discuss the question: Which of the wonders

of the world

do you prefer and why?

It is very beautiful

It is very special

It helps me to know much about history

It is very mysterious

It makes me feel

proud of my country

It is very wonderful

A: Among many wonders of the world, which

one do you prefer?

B: I prefer ………….

A: Why?

B: Because ……… and ……….

 Learn by heart all the new words

 Prepare for part B: Speaking