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Unit 8
It must belong to Carla.
Section B 2
2a-2e
Let's watch a video!
Let's watch a video and answer the questions.
1.What is this video about?
It's about .
Stonehenge
2. What shape is it?
It's in the shape of .
Stonehenge: n 巨石阵
circle
circle: n 圆,圈子
3. How high are these stones?
The stone is around high.
4. How wide is the circle?
It's almost wide.
highest
9 meters
100 meters
Let's watch a video!
Let's read the passage to learn more about Stonehenge.
Let's read!
The passage may introduce the
of Stonehenge.
Let's read the title and picture to get the main idea of the passage.
mysteries
Q: Why is the title a question?
To and readers.
interest
attract
Let's read!
Different ideas about what Stonehenge was built for.
Some things about Stonehenge are still mysteries.
A brief introduction of Stonehenge.
Q: What's the structure of this passage?
1
2
3
4
4
1
2
3
1
3
4
2
1
2
3
4
Let's read fast to get the main idea of each paragraph!
Information card of
Shape: a
Place: in
Status: one of Britain's most famous and one of the greatest .
The number of visitors every year: visitors.
The busiest time:
circle
Britain
historical places
mysteries
more than 750,000
June
Stonehenge
Let's read Para.1 carefully and fill in the blanks.
Historians
"Stonehenge was a where ancient
tried to communicate with the gods."
Paul Stoker
"It be true because Stonehenge was built so many ago, but leaders arrived in England ."
temple
leaders
can't
centuries
much later
Read paragraph 2 and fill in the blanks.
Different ideas.
Read paragraph 3 and complete the mind-map.
Different ideas.
A .
The were put together in a certain way.
On
morning, the sun shines into the center of the stones .
A purpose
The stones can
and keep people .
A place or a place to
It was built to celebrate a over an
calendar
large stones
midsummer's
directly
medical
illness
prevent
healthy
burial
honor ancestor
victory
enemy
Mystery 1
No one is sure what Stonehenge .
was used for
Mystery 2
One of the
mysteries is because the stones are so
Mystery 3
It is unknown that
Stonehenge
greatest
how it
was built
big and
heavy
who built
Read paragraph 4 and find out the mysteries of Stonehenge.
Mysteries about Stonehenge What stonehenge might have been used for...
Who built it?
Read the passage again and complete in the chart.
What was it used for? /
Why was it built?
How was it built?
1. as a temple where ancient leaders tried to communicate with the gods
2. a kind of calendar
3. have a medical purpose
4. might be a burial place or a place to honor ancestors
5.celebrate a victory over an enemy
Basic information
1.A rock
2.A famous place and one of the greatest in Britain.
3.More than750,00 every year.
4.The busiest in . A history of almost years.
circle
historical
mysteries
visitors
June
circle
5,000
Read the passage again and find out the link words or phrases.
not only ... but also:adding information
however:expressing a difference
because:giving reasons
as:expressing two things happening at the same time
but:expressing a difference
or:giving a choice
and:adding information
expressing
2d. Complete the sentences with correct linking words.
Imagine you are a guide and introduce Stonehenge.
Besides, another two about Stonehenge are it was built and who it. The stones are so and that it's hard for people to build it even now. Although there are some myseties about Stonehenge, one thing is for sure—people who built it must have been and they're great .
mysteries
how
built
big
heavy
hard-working
planners
Let's think and discuss
Stonehenge is a mystery. Do you know
other mysteries in the world?
They are full of mysteries and wisdom of human.
他们充满了神秘和人类智慧。
It might be "YOU" to tell the world the answers .
Let's summary
1. Something about Stonehenge.
1. What is it?
2. Who built it?
3. What was it
used for?
4. How was it built?
mysteries
?
2. The use of linking words and phrases.
so; or; when; while; as; because; since
but; however; though;
not only…but also…
Homework
You must do:
Finish the exercise in textbook
Select to do:
write a short passage to introduce the Great Wall.
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