reading unit 16 lop 11

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.... After you read?[r]

Bill Gate

UNSCRAMBLE

1 This is a very beautiful

landscape in Viet Nam

2 It’s in Quang Ninh

H A L O N G B A Y

The great wall

Eiffel tower

The great Pyramid

Friday, April 04 th , 2012

Unit 16: THE WONDERS

OF THE WORLD

A READING

Before you read:

-Where is the great pyramid?

Look at the picture.

- It’s in Egypt.

Egypt (n)

Egyptian (n)

Belongings (n)= property (n)

A tomb (n) Burial chamber

Treasure (n) Plateau (n)

Egypt (n) Egyptian (n) Belongings (n) = property (n)

A tomb (n)

Burial chamber (n)

Treasure (n)

Plateau (n)

While you read.

The first paragraph

2 Was the purpose of this huge stone pyramid to serve as a tomb?

1 Who built the pyramid?

- The Egyptian Pharaoh Khufu built

the Pyramid

- Yes, it was.

The second paragraph

2 How many blocks of stone did the structure consist of?

1 How high is the pyramid?

- It was 147 meters high.

- The structure consisted of 2 millions blocks of stone

The third paragraph

- Do people know how the blocks were put in place?

- No, they don’t.

The last paragraph

- What was discovered in

1954 near the south side of

the pyramid?

- A Sun Boat was discovered

in 1954.

1 Task 1 Read the text and decide whether these statements are true (T) or false (F).

1.The Great Pyramid of Giza is

believed to have been built over

a 20- year- period.

2 The Great Pyramid was 174

meters high.

T

3 People don’t know how the

blocks were put in place.

Task 2 Answer the following questions.

2 How high and large was the Great

Pyramid of Giza?

3 What was the purpose of this huge stone pyramid?

4 According to the passage, what is the

boat believed to have been used for?

1 Who built the Great Pyramid of Giza

and when was it built?

1 Who built the Great Pyramid of Giza

and when was it built?

3 What was the purpose of this huge stone

pyramid?

4 According to the passage, what is the boat

believed to have been used for?

The purpose of this huge stone pyramid was to serve as a tomb when he died and to

protect the burial chamber from the weather and from thieves who might try to steal the treasures and the belongings there.

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.

After you read.

Work in pairs Discuss the question:

- If I have a chance, I’ll go to Ha Long Bay.

- If you have a chance to visit one of the wonders of the world,

where will you go to?

1 Write the sumary of the passage

2 Prepare the Speaking lesson.