【同步备课】译林牛津版高中英语必修三课件：Module3Unit3Welcometotheunit.ppt

Unit 3;Brainstorming;What are the four ancient countries?;Pyramid;The Taj Mahal;The Hanging Gardens;the Terracotta Warriors;Picture Description;The Statue of Zeus;General question;The Greek sculptor Phidias created the 12-m (40-ft) tall Statue of Zeus in about 435 BC. The statue stood in Olympia, and was perhaps the most famous sculpture in ancient Greece. Phidias made the god’s robe and ornaments from gold and carved the body out of ivory.;;Who is Zeus?;What does the name Zeus mean?;This hand-coloured engraving by the 16th-century Dutch artist Martin Heemskerck depicts the fabled Hanging Gardens of Babylon. According to the tradition, the gardens did not hang, but grew on the roofs and terraces of the royal palace in Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar II, the Chaldean king, is supposed to have had the gardens built in about 600 BC as a consolation to his Median wife, who missed the natural surroundings of her homeland.;Who built it ? Why did it appear to be “hanging” in the sky ? Why was it built?;King Nebuchadnezzar. ;3. Why was it built?;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. ;Who built it? For whom and why was it built? When was it built? Where is it?;Shah Jehan, the fifth Mughal Emperor.;It is 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.;Where is it located? What is its size? When was it rebuilt? What was it used as?;Where is it located?;What was it used as?;Pair-work;; 1. Do you like traveling? What can traveling bring to us? 2. If you’re going on holiday, where would you like to travel? And why？;Beijing;Summer Palace;The Potala Palace;Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Histo