Unit 15: Listening_The Taj Mahal_NC

Wonders Of The WorldWatch the video and write the names of the New Wonders of the World... Emperor n: The male ruler of an empireAccompany v: To be or go with as a companion Battle n : A

Mr Tran Trung Trinh

Teacher : Tran Trung Trinh

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Watch the video and write the names of the New Wonders of the World

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Warm-up

Emperor (n): The male ruler of an empire

Accompany (v): To be or go with as a

companion

Battle (n) : An encounter between opposing

forces

Give birth to (v) : To bear as offspring.

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Vocabulary

Monument (n) : A building or sculpture built

as a memorial

Mourn (v) : To feel or express grief or

sorrow.

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Decide which statement is True (T), False (F)

1 Prince Khurram first met Arjumand Banu

Begum in his place.

2 He was fifteen years old when he met her.

3 They fell in love at first sight.

4 Their wedding took place three years later.

5 He became the fifth Mughal Emperor of

India in 1528.

6 She was loved by all the people in the

country.

T F F T T F

1.When did she die?

2.How many children did she give birth to?

3.How many promises did she ask him to make?

4.What was the first promise did she

asked him to make?

Questions:

-It took twenty two years to complete the monument at the cost of 32 million rupees -The 20,000 people worked on this

construction.

-The Taj Mahal is built of white marble

and is most attractive at dawn and

sunset

-When he died, Khurram was buried in

the Taj Mahal

Listen to part III and fill in the blanks:

(1) _

(6) _

(2) _

(3) _

(4) _

(5)

(7)

1 Which city is the Taj Mahal located?

A New Delhi

C Bombay

B Agra

2 How far is it from New Delhi to the

Taj Mahal ?

A 100 km

C 200 km

B 150 km

D 250 km

D Ahmadabad

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3 How many visitors come there every

year?

A 1 million

C 3 million

B 2 million

D 4 million

1 Prince Khurram/ born

2 He/ meet Arjumand Baru Begum at _ when he/ years old

3 Their wedding/ take place years later and she/ become/ wife.

4 When he/ become/ Mughal Emperor/ he called/ Mumtaz Mahal.

5 In , Mumtaz Mahal died Before she died, she/ ask/ make promises.

6 The first promise was that he/ build / their love.

7 He/ begin/ build _ and mourned her/ years.

8 The Taj Mahal/ complete/ 22 years later/ cost of 32,000 rupees 20,000 /work/ it

Summarize the reading by using cues:

Homework

Thank you very much for attending this lesson

I wish you were fine, happy and

successful.

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