【2017年整理】英语与练习U6B3new.ppt

Unit 6;Teaching objectives;Before Reading;Before Reading;1. Seven Ancient Wonders ;Key words. record / exist / Iraq / Hanging Gardens of Babylon ;People have always felt the need to create lists. Lists are records of important ideas, places, events or people. About two thousand five hundred years ago a Greek historian named Herodotus is said to have made a list of what he thought were the greatest structures in the world. His list of places became known as the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.Herodotus only wrote about places he knew. He did not know much about Asia. North and South America were completely unknown. Six of these ancient places no longer exist. We can only guess what they really looked like. But here is the list of those seven ancient Wonders of the World.We begin with one that existed in what is now Iraq. It was called the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. King Nebuchadnezzar the Second probably built the gardens about two thousand six hundred years ago. Ancient historians say they were a huge system of gardens with trees and flowers.;; Also on this list is the Colossus of Rhodes. It was a huge bronze metal statue of the Greek sun god Helios. The Colossus was about thirty-seven meters tall. It was built near the harbor on the Greek island of Rhodes about two thousand three hundred years ago. This ancient statue was destroyed in an earthquake.;Key Words. Olympia.希腊 ivory.象牙 Peloponnesus 半岛西部的平原;Next on our list is the statue of the Greek God Zeus in a temple at Olympia, Greece. It was the most famous statue in the ancient world. Records say it was about twelve meters tall and made of ivory and gold. An earthquake probably destroyed the temple. The statue was removed and later destroyed in a fire.;Key Words. pharos.灯塔, 航标灯 The Pharos of Alexandria was an ancient lighthouse. A fire ______ on the top of the lighthouse made it easier for ships to find the great _____ of Alexandria, Egypt. _____ say the lighthouse was about one hundred thirty met