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MY HANH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL Class: 8A5 ENGLISH 8 Chào mừng quý thầy cô tham dự tiết thao giảng chuyên đề cụm Bộ môn Anh văn. TEACHER: NGUYEN VAN AI Teaching date: 27/3/08 Chào mừng quý thầy cô tham dự tiết thao giảng chuyên đề cụm Bộ môn Anh văn. Check the old lesson: 1. Is Ha Long Bay in Quang Ninh province? A tourist asked me………………………………………… 2. “ I’m an engineer.” He said (that)………………………………….………………. if /whether Halong Bay was in Quang Ninh Province. he was an engineer Rewrite the following sentences using the reported speech. LESSON 3: READ Some famous places in the world The Great Wall of China Petronas twin towers Halong Bay The Statue of Liberty The Hanging Gardens of Babylon The Pyramid of Cheops Phong Nha caves Read ( on page 134-135) Answer the questions 1/ According to Antipater, how many wonders were there? ( seven wonders) 2. How many wonders can you find in the book? 3.What were they? The Pyramid of Cheops (Egypt) The Hanging Gardens of Babylon( Iraq) The statue of Zeus (Greece) The temple of Artemis (Turkey) The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus (turkey) The Colossus of Rhodes (Greece) The pharos of Alexandria ( Greece) (three) NEW WORDS: Wonder(n): (to) compile: (to) claim: ( to) honor: God (n): Religion (n) – religious( adj): e.g: Buddhism, Christianity,Hinduism, Islam,… Surround (V): royal(adj): The next three centuries: The early 15 th century: The ancient Greeks: Kì quan thuộc hoàng tộc Tập hợp Khẳng đònh, tuyên bố,cho là Tôn thờ, tôn kính Vò thần Tôn giáo- thuộc tôn giáo Bao quanh, vây quanh True/ False statements 1/ An Egyptian man compiled a list of what he thought were the seven wonders of the world. 2/ The only surviving wonder is the Pyramid of Cheops in Egypt. 3/ Today, we can still see the Hanging Gardens of Babylon in present- day Iraq. 4/ Angkor Wat was Originally built to honor a Hindu God. 5/ The Great Wall of China wasn’t first in the list of the seven wonders of the world. 6/ In the early 15 th century, the Khmer King chose Angkor Wat as the new capital. (A Greek man named Antipater did it.) F. T F (The only surviving wonder is the Pyramid of Cheops in Egypt.) T T F (In the early 15 th century, the Khmer King chose Phnom Penh as the new capital.) Centuries ago in Ancient Greece, a man by the name of Antipater of sidon compiled a list of what he thought were the seven wonders of the world. The seven included the Hanging Gardens of Babylon in present-day Iraq, the statue of Zeus in Greece, and the Pyramid of Cheops in Egypt. The Pyramid is the only wonder you can still see today. Many people claim that there were other wonders, which the ancient Greeks knew nothing about. These include the Great Wall of China, the Taj Mahal in India and Angkor Wat in Cambodia. Angkor Wat should really be known as a wonder because it is the largest temple in the world. The temple was built around the year 1100 to honor a Hindu God, but over the next three centuries it became a Buddhist religious center. The area surrounding the temple, Angkor Thom, used to be the royal capital city. In the early 15 th century, the Khmer rulers moved to Phnom Penh and Angkor was quiet.it now is a famous tourist attraction. Complete the sentences. a) The only surviving wonder on Antipater’s list is -------------------- A. the Great Wall of China B. the Statue of Zeus C. the Pyramid of Cheops D. Angkor Wat b) Angkor Wat was originally built for _________________. A. Hindus B. Buddhists C. Kings D. the citizens of Phnom Penh c) Angkor Wat_______________________. A. was a small temple B. is one of the seven wonders of the world C. is a Pyramid D. was part of a royal Khmer city a long time ago. d) In the 1400s, the Khmer King _____________. A. built Angkor Wat B. chose Phnom Penh as the new capital C. turn Angkor Wat into a Buddhist center D. move the temple to Phnom Penh Seven new wonders (7/7/07) The Taj Mahal in India The Colosseum in Rome(Italy) The pyramids of Chichen Itza of the Maya in Mexico. The Great Wall of China Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro (Braxin) The Machu Picchu of the Inca in Peru. The Petra (the ancient city of Jordan)