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]
(1)Bill Gate
UNSCRAMBLE
A H O L G N A B Y
1 This is a very beautiful landscape in Viet Nam
2 It’s in Quang Ninh
(2)(3)(4)EIFFEL
(5)(6)Friday, April 04 th, 2012
Unit 16: THE WONDERS OF THE WORLD
(7)(8)-Where is the great pyramid? Look at the picture.
(9)Vocabularies:
Egypt (n)
Egyptian (n)
(10)A tomb (n) Burial chamber
(11)Vocabularies:
Egypt (n) Egyptian (n) Belongings (n) = property (n) A tomb (n)
Burial chamber (n) Treasure (n)
(12)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
(13)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.
(14)The third paragraph
- Do people know how the blocks were put in place?
(15)The last paragraph
- What was discovered in
1954 near the south side of the pyramid?
(16)1 Task 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.
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F
4 The Sun Boat was discovered in 1980.
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(17)Task 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?
(18)Answers
2 How high and large was the Great Pyramid of Giza?
The Egyptian pharaoh Khufu built the Great Pyramid of Giza around the year 2560 BC.
It was 147 metres high on a base of 230 metres square.
(19)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.
(20)After you read.
Work in pairs Discuss the question:
- If I have a chance, I’ll go to Ha Long Bay.
(21)Homework
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