Around the World #2

Dear students,

Here is another day, and here is another assignment for you. Reading, Listening, Answering questions and Writing. Read carefully and follow my instructions.

Irena

Please, listen and read a couple of times to feel comfortable about this text. It's not difficult. It's easy.

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Pyramids of Giza

There are three pyramids close together near Giza, which is in Egypt. The Great Pyramid is the oldest and biggest of the three. It was built more than 4,000 years ago. It is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.It's also known as the pyramid of Cheops.

It was built as a tomb for a pharaoh (king of Egypt) named Khufu. It took at least 20,000 workers to build the pyramid. They used 2 million blocks of stone, and it took them 20 years. Nobody knows how they moved those heavy blocks! Near the pyramids is the Sphinx. It is a statue of a strange creature with a lion's body and a human head.

Pharaoh Khufu was the first pharaoh to build a pyramid at Giza.

Explanation of some words:

pyramid - a huge structure (sculpture) with a triangular base and a point at the top; it's built of stone as a royal tomb in ancient Egypt

Seven Wonder of the World - The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World are the most unusual, wonderful, rare and spectacular natural wonders and structures made by a human. They are:

Great Pyramid of Giza

Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Temple of Artemis at Ephesus

Statue of Zeus at Olympia

Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

Colossus of Rhodes

the Lighthouse of Alexandria

built - the Past Tense of "build"

took - the Past Tense of "take"

used - the Past Tense of "use"

moved - the Past Tense of "move"

human - "man", singular of people. Example: animals and humans

Now, when you are done with listening, reading and understanding the text, I think you can try to answer these questions (in your notebook to check together next quarter).

So, answer these questions:

1. Where is Giza?

2. What's the name of the biggest pyramid of the three?

3. Why was it build? What was the reason for building it?

4. How many workers were building the pyramid?

5. How many blocks did they use?

6. How long did it take to build the pyramid?

7. What is Sphinx?

Now, when you finished everything, I guess you can tell this story (or interesting facts) in English to somebody.

Here is another assignment for you. Think about something interesting (a sculpture, building or place) in your country and write a paragraph about it (in your notebook).

Good luck and have fun!