Unit 15. Wonders of the world

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11B12

- The Great Wall of China

- The Eiffel Tower

- The Taj Mahal

Guessing game

The Great Wall of China

The Taj Mahal

Sydney Opera House

The

Eiffel

Tower

Unit 15:

Reading P.199

I Pre-reading

Match the pictures with their names

4 The Taj Mahal

1 The Eiffel Tower

D

- B.C ['bi:'si:] before Christ (trước công nguyên)

- compile (v) [kəm'pail]: collect

- sculpture (n) ['skʌlpt∫ə]: a work of art that is made by

carving or shaping wood, stone,

or metal, etc.

- nominate (v) ['nɔmineit]: to formally suggest that SB

should be chosen for an important role, prize

- launch (v) [lɔ:nt∫]: to give out

- elect (v) [i'lekt]: to choose one among two or more

- challenge (n) ['t∫ælindʒ]: difficulty

I Pre-reading

Read the first extract and find out the proper names

The Ancient seven wonders of the world

In 200 B.C, of , a traveler, first compiled a list of the most beautiful architectural buildings and sculptures, which are still known today as the Seven Wonders of the World

These wonders belong to than

and were all constructed more than 2,000 years

Byzantium: (tên cũ của thành phố Istanbul ở Thổ Nhĩ Kỳ)

II while-reading

Wow! Wonderful

So beautiful

Come on! Come on!

In 200 B.C, Philon of

Byzantium, a traveler, first

compiled a list of the most

beautiful architectural

buildings and sculptures,

which are still known today

as the Seven Wonders of

the World.

The Ancient seven

wonders of the world

II while-reading

1 Great Pyramid of Giza

2 Hanging Gardens of Babylon

3 Statue of Zeus at Olympia

4 Temple of Artemis at Ephesus

5 Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus

6 Colossus of Rhodes

7 Lighthouse of Alexandria

• Read the second extract and find out the

proper names

Scientific and Cultural Organization)

II while-reading

• Read the second extract:

The new seven wonders of the world

“Our heritage is our future”

The new seven wonders of the world were declared in Lisbon, Portugal, on Saturday, July 7, 2007.

II while-reading

Petra (Jordan)

Petra is an archaeological site in Jordan, lying in a basin among the

mountains which form the eastern flank of Arabah (Wadi Araba), the large

1

Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu sometimes called the “Lost City”, is a pre-Columbian city

created by the Inca Empire It is located at 2,430 m (7,970 ft) on a mountain

2

Chichen Itza

Chichen Itza or “At the mouth of the well of the Itza”, is a large

pre-3

Taj Mahal

4

The Colosseum or Coliseum, originally the Flavian Amphitheatre, is a giant

5

Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China is a series of stone and earthen fortifications in

China, built, rebuilt, and maintained between the 5th century BC and the 16th

6

Statue of Christ the Redeemer, is a statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de

Statue of Christ the Redeemer

7

• Read the third extract and find out the proper

names

- Alexandre Gustave Eiffel : (name of person)

- Statue of Liberty : tượng nữ thần tự do

- Empire State Building : (tên toà nhà ở TP New York)

- Jin Mao Building : toà nhà Kim Mậu

- Shanghai : Thượng Hải

- Sears Tower : (tên toà nhà ở Hoa Kì)

- Petronas Tower : (tên toà nhà ở Malaysia)

- Taipei : Đài Bắc

- Taiwan : Đài Loan

- Burj Dubai Tower : (tên toà nhà ở Dubai)

II while-reading

Taipei 101 

In Taipei, Taiwan 

1,670 ft 

• Task a) Read the text silently again and choose the best answer to each of the following questions

II while-reading

1, When were the Seven Wonders of the World first compiled?

A More than 2,000 years ago

II while-reading

• Task a) Read the text silently again and choose the best

answer to each of the following questions

3, Who designed the mental structure for the Statue of Liberty?

A An English engineer

B An American engineer

C A French engineer

D A Chinese engineer

4, Which of the following is NOT located in the United States

A The Sears Tower

B The Petronas Tower

C The Empire State Building

D The Statue of Liberty

5, Which of the following is the tallest building in the world now?

A The Petronas Tower C Taipei 101

II while-reading

•Task b) Read the text silently once more and use information from the text to complete the following sentences

II while-reading

• Task b) Lucly wonder

The Great Wall of China The Eiffel Tower Ha Long Bay

The Great Wall of China

Sentence 6

6 Alexandre Gustave Eiffel designed the metal

structures for not only but also

the Statue of Liberty

The Eiffel Tower

Ha Long Bay Sentence 1 & 7

1 A list of the most beautiful architectural buildings and sculptures

was first compiled in 200 B.C

under construction

The Statue of Liberty

Sydney Opera

Sentence 3 & 4

3 Some candidate sites are from _; others are suggested by the public

4 is the exact number of things that an average person

UNESCO’s world heritage list

Seven

Lucky wonder

- Finding information about

the modern wonders of the world

- Prepare the next lesson