Unit3《Backtothepast》WelcometotheunitReading（I）课件（译林牛津版必修3）含音频.ppt

Unit 3 Back to the past;Welcome to the unit; Do you know the names of these places? Have you ever been to these places?;Pyramids; Do these pictures have something in common? If so, please describe it with some adjectives as many as you can.;Let’s enjoy more pictures;The Taj Mahal (India); Zeus is the supreme(至高无上的) god of ancient Greece Mythology(神话). The Statue of Zeus, sculpted (雕刻) by a great Greek artist in about 435 BC, was once located on the western coast of Greece. It was a seated figure of Zeus, holding his eagle-topped staff in his left hand and the figure of Nike (victory) in his right hand.; It is the name of a monument located in Agra, India. It was commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan as a mausoleum for his wife, Arjuman Banu Begum who was later known as Mumtaz Mahal and took 23 years to complete (1630- 1653). ; Pompeii is one of the most significant proofs of Roman civilization and, like an open book, provides outstanding information on the art, customs, trades and everyday life of the past. ; The Potala Palace, located in Lhasa, Tibet, was the chief residence of the Dalai Lama until the 14th. Dalai Lama fled to Dharamsala after a failed uprising in 1959. In 641, Songtsan Gambo, ruler of the Tubo Kingdom, had the Potala Palace built for Wencheng of the Tang Dynasty, whom he was soon to marry.;Discussion ;Reading ;Pompeii;What do you know about the Seven Wonders of the world in ancient times?; Of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world, only the Pyramids in Egypt still stand.Fragments (碎片,断片) remain of two others: the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, and the Temple of Artemis. Through the years, artists have attempted to pick the others: the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Statue of Zeus, the Colossus of Rhodes, and the lighthouse of Alexandria.; Why did these wonders disappear? What happened?; Lost civilizations means ancient buildings, cultures and countries that n