surviving) Wonder of the World, the Great Pyramid of Giza was built by pharaoh Khufu. There have been varying[r]
(1)(2)(3)The Great Wall
of China
The Taj Mahal
Halong Bay
Niagara Falls
The Leaning
Tower of Pisa
Ayers Rock in
Australia
Grand Canyon
The Great
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(14)UNIT 16:
READING
(15)(16)Burial chamber
(17)Weight arm
Spiral ramp
(18)(19)(20)Task 1: Match each of the paragraphs
with ONE suitable main idea given:
A The physical changes of the Pyramid
B The theories of building the Pyramid
C Brief introduction of the Pyramid
(21)Paragraph 4: D The location of the
Pyramid
Paragraph 1: C Brief introduction of the
Pyramid
Paragraph 2: E The structure of the
Pyramid
(22)Task 2: Complete the table below with
information from your textbooks:
The Great Pyramid of Giza Who / the builder?
2 How long / the Pyramid build?
3 How old / the Pyramid? How high / the Pyramid? What material / to build the Pyramid?
6 What for?
(23)The Great Pyramid of Giza Who / the builder?
2 How long / the Pyramid built?
3 How old / the Pyramid? How high / the Pyramid? What material / to build the Pyramid?
6 What for?
7 Where / the Pyramid?
Pharaoh Khufu
Over a 20-year period
Over 4500 years old
147 metres high
Stone
(24)Task 3: Fill in the passage with suitable
words / phrases from the text
The largest pyramid, and the (1) (and only
surviving) Wonder of the World, the Great Pyramid of Giza was built by pharaoh Khufu It consists of 2,300,000(2)
, each averaging 2.5 tons in weight Until the 19th century it was the (3) in the
world People believe that it took over (4) _to build the pyramid and the pyramid was built as a (5)
_for Pharaoh There have been varying
theories to the Great Pyramid's construction techniques Most accepted construction (6) are
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