Unit16-Reading -Tieng Anh 11(Ban Co Ban)

How high and large was the Great Pyramid of Giza?. How did the people of ancient Egypt build the Great Pyramid.. Where is the Great Pyramid of Giza situated and when was it built4. How h

Teacher: Nguyen Dinh Hung

NGOC TAO HIGH SCHOOL

Class: 11- B8

UNIT 16 :

WONDERS OF THE WORLD

PART A : READING (Page 178 - Tieng Anh 11)

WARM - UP

Look at some pictures and then tell the names of the pictures

GREAT PYNAMID

STATUE OF LIBERTY

EIFFEL

GREAT WALL

THE HANGING GARDEN OF BABYLON

Before you read

What do you know about these man-made wonders of the world?

GREAT PYNAMID

Egypt Taj Mahal Mausoleum, India.

Unit 16: THE WONDERS OF THE

WORLD

A READING

I.BEFORE READING

Vocabulary pre-teach:

Pyramid /'pirəmid/ (n) Kim tự tháp

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'lɔηiηzηiηziηiηzz/ (n) Đồ dùng, đồ đạc

WHILE YOU READ

Task 1

Use the words in the box and 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?

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?

=> It is situated on the west bank of the River Nile (line 2-3 , paragraph 4 ) and was built

around the year 2560 BC (line 2, paragraph1)

2 How high and large was the Great Pyramid

of Giza?

It was about 147 metres high

on base of 230 metres square

(line 1-2, paragraph 2 )

3 What was the purpose of this huge stone

pyramid?

=> 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.

(line 2-5 , paragraph 5)

=> It is thought that ancient Egyptians used straight or spiral ramps

or huge weight arms to left and place the blocks of stone (line 2-5, paragraph 3)

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?

=> 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.

(line 5-7, paragraph 4)

Unit 16: THE WONDERS OF THE

Scan the text and say what the

following words refer to.

3 Task 3:

BLOCK OF STONE THE GREAT PYRYAMID

Unit 16: THE WONDERS OF THE

WORLD

A 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

huge machines

4 The structure consisted of approximately 2,000,000 blocks of stone

F F

Home work

* Summarize the main points of the lesson

* Collect more information about the

wonders the world you know

Thank you very much for your

attention!