reading unit 16 lop 11

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<b>Bill Gate</b>

<b>UNSCRAMBLE</b>

<b>A H</b>

<b>O L G N</b>

<b>A B Y</b>

<b>1. This is a very beautiful </b>

<b>landscape in Viet Nam</b>

<b>2. It’s in Quang Ninh</b>

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<b>EIFFEL</b>

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<b>Friday, April 04 th, 2012</b>

<b>Unit 16: THE WONDERS </b>

<b>OF THE WORLD</b>

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<b>-Where is the great pyramid?</b>

<b>Look at the picture.</b>

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<b>Vocabularies:</b>

<b>Egypt (n)</b>

<b>Egyptian (n)</b>

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<b>A tomb (n)</b>

<b>Burial chamber </b>

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<b>Vocabularies:</b>

<b>Egypt (n) Egyptian (n)</b>

<b>Belongings (n) = property (n)</b>

<b>A tomb (n)</b>

<b>Burial chamber (n)</b>

<b>Treasure (n)</b>

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<b>While you read.</b>

<b>The first paragraph .</b>

<b>2. Was the purpose of this huge stone </b>
<b>pyramid to serve as a tomb?</b>

<b>1. Who built the pyramid?</b>

<b> - The Egyptian Pharaoh Khufu built </b>
<b>the Pyramid. </b>

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<b>The second paragraph </b>

<b>2. How many blocks of stone did the </b>
<b>structure consist of?</b>

<b>1. How high is the pyramid?</b>

<b>- It was 147 meters high.</b>

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<b>The third paragraph .</b>

<b> - Do people know how the </b>

<b>blocks were put in place? </b>

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<b>The last paragraph .</b>

<b>- What was discovered in </b>

<b>1954 near the south side of </b>

<b>the pyramid?</b>

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

<b>1.The Great Pyramid of Giza is </b>

<b>believed to have been built over </b>
<b>a 20- year- period.</b>

<b>2. The Great Pyramid was 174 </b>
<b>meters high.</b>

<b> T</b>

<b>3. People don’t know how the </b>
<b>blocks were put in place.</b>

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<b> F</b>

<b>4. The Sun Boat was discovered </b>
<b>in 1980.</b>

√

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<b>Task 2. Answer the following questions.</b>

<b>2. How high and large was the Great </b>
<b>Pyramid of Giza?</b>

<b>3. What was the purpose of this huge stone </b>
<b>pyramid?</b>

<b>4. According to the passage, what is the </b>
<b>boat believed to have been used for?</b>

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<b>Answers</b>

<b>2. How high and large was the Great </b>
<b>Pyramid of Giza?</b>

<b>The Egyptian pharaoh Khufu built the </b>
<b>Great Pyramid of Giza around the year </b>
<b>2560 BC.</b>

<b>It was 147 metres high on a base of 230 </b>
<b>metres square.</b>

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<b>3. What was the purpose of this huge stone </b>

<b>pyramid?</b>

<b>4. According to the passage, what is the boat </b>
<b>believed to have been used for?</b>

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

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

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<b>After you read.</b>

<b>Work in pairs. Discuss the </b>
<b>question:</b>

<b>- If I have a chance, I’ll go to Ha </b>
<b>Long Bay.</b>

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<b>Homework</b>

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