PRE-LISTENING. 1. Can you make a list of 7 wonders of the ancient world?

1. Can you make a list of 7 wonders of the ancient world?

2. Were they built BC or AD?

3. Do all of them still exist?

4. What could destroy them? (p.a. - time, rain, earthquake, fire, flood, etc. - natural disasters; people, war, etc.)

5. Study the following words and phrases: “BC/AD”, “earthquake”, “fire”.

WHILE-LISTENING

Watch the whole video-track and fulfill the following tasks:

6. Put the 7 wonders of the ancient world in the order they appear in the track:

Statue of Zeus at Olympia
Colossus of Rhodes
Great Pyramid of Giza
Lighthouse of Alexandria
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
Mausoleum of Halicarnassus
Hanging Gardens of Babylon

7. Complete the following table. Fill in information about the builders of a wonder, time of construction, their present existence, cause of destruction.

Wonder	Builders	Time of construction	Time of destruction	Cause of destruction
Great Pyramid of Giza
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
Statue of Zeus at Olympia
Mausoleum of Halicarnassus
Colossus of Rhodes
Lighthouse of Alexandria

POST-LISTENING

8. Choose any wonder from the list above and find additional information about it. Get ready to present it to your class.

BUILDING THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA

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