Unit 16 reading (cb)

Where is the Great Pyramid of Giza situated and when was it built?2.. How high and large was the Great Pyramid of Giza?. How did the people of ancient Egypt build the Great Pyramid.. Whe

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Look at some pictures

GREAT PYNAMID

EIFFEL

GREAT WALL

THE HANGING GARDEN OF BABYLON

Unit 16: THE WONDERS OF THE

WORLD

I READING

I.BEFORE READING

Vocabulary pre-teach:

Pyramid /'pirəmid/ (n) Kim tự tháp

Vocabulary :

Tomb /tu:m/ / (n): Mộ, mồ mả

Burial / 'beriəl / (n): Sự mai táng, chôn cất

burial chamber (n) / 'beriəl 't∫eimbə/

Treasures /'treʒə/ / (n) Của cải, kho báu

Plateau /'plætou/ (n)

Cao nguyên

Belongings /bi'lɔηiηz/ (n) Đồ dùng, đồ đạc

Unit 16: THE WONDERS OF THE

WORLD

I READING

I BEFORE READING

1 Task 1:

II WHILE READING

The words in the box all appear in

the passage Fill each blank with a suitable word

1 Last week we paid a visit to the of an unknown mandarin.

2 The movie was about a of the world

3 A is needed at the exit and the entrance for wheelchairs users

4 The Queen’s private is not opened to public

5 It’s not known why Beson disappeared

in Circumstances

6 A snail’s shell is in form

mysterious chamber

ramp spiral

tomb wonder

Answer the following questions

1 Where is the Great Pyramid of Giza situated and when was it built?

2 How high and large was the Great Pyramid of Giza?

3 What was the purpose of this huge stone pyramid?

4 How did the people of ancient Egypt build the Great

Pyramid?

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 when was it built?

2 How high and large was the Great Pyramid of Giza?

3 What was the purpose of this huge stone pyramid?

 It is situated on the west bank of the River Nile and was built around the year 2560 BC

 It was about 147 metres high on base of 230 metres

square

 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

4 How did the people of ancient Egypt build the Great

Pyramid?

5 According to the passage, what is the boat believed

to have been used for?

 It is thought that ancient Egyptians used straight or

spiral ramps or huge weight arms to left and place the blocks

of stone

 The boat is believed to have been used to carry the body

of Khufu in his last journey on earth before being inside the Khufu

Unit 16: THE WONDERS OF THE

following words refer to.

3 Task 3:

Unit 16: THE WONDERS OF THE

WORLD

I READING

I BEFORE READING

II WHILE READING

III AFTER READING

Work in groups discuss and decide whether

the following statements are true or false.

1 The Great Pyramid of Giza was built by the Egyptian

pharaoh Khufu around the year 2560 AD.

2 The Great Pyramid is believed to have been

built over a 20-year period

3 When it was built, the Geart Pyramid

was 417 metres high on a base of 320

metres square

5 A second theory suggests that the blocks

were lifted and placed using thousands of