古代臂釧又稱

Unit3Unit3Unit3BacktothepastUnit3BacktothepastWelcometotheunitWelcometotheunit1.Whatarethefourancientcivilizednations?China,ancientEgypt,ancientBabylonandancientIndia.Brainstorming1.Whatarethefourancientc2.Haveyoueverheardofthesevenwondersoftheworld?Doyouknowwhatarethey?

TheyarePyramids,theHangingGardens,theStatueofZeus,theTempleofArtemisatEphesus,theColossusofRhodes,theLighthouseofAlexandria,theMausoleumatHalicarnassusKing.2.Haveyoueverheardofthe古代臂釧又稱PyramidsPyramidsTheColossusofRhodesTheLighthouseofAlexandriaTheMausoleumatHalicarnassusKingTheTempleofArtemisatEphesusTheColossusofRhodesTheLighThetopicswearegoingtodealwitharequitefascinatingbutsomeseemtobefarfromourlife.Lookatthefollowingpicturesandtelluswhattheyare.WarmingupThetopicswearegoingtodeaTheStatueofZeus(ancientGreece)Reputedtobe40feethigh,thestatuehasbeenlostwithoutatrace,exceptforreproductionsoncoins.TheStatueofZeus(ancientGr1.WhoisZeus?

AgodofGreekmythology,CronusandRhea’syoungestson,thesupremerulerofbothMountOlympusandthePantheonofgodsresidingthere.1.WhoisZeus?2.WherewastheStateofZeusoncelocated?

AttheancienttownofOlympia,onthewestcoastofmodernGreece,about150kmwestofAthens.2.WherewastheStateofZeusThisisthestatueofthegodinwhosehonortheAncientOlympicgameswereheld.ItwaslocatedonthelandthatgaveitsverynametotheOlympics.Atthetimeofthegames,warsstopped,andathletescamefromAsiaMinor,Syria,Egypt,andSicilytocelebratetheOlympicsandtoworshiptheirkingofgods:Zeus.ThisisthestatueofthegodInhisrighthandafigureofVictorymadefromivoryandgold.Inhislefthand,hisscepterinlaidwithallmetals,andaneagleperchedonthescepter.Thesandalsofthegodaremadeofgold,asishisrobe.InhisrighthandafigureofTheTajMahal(India)TheMughalEmperorShahJahanbuilttheTajMahalonthebankoftheriverYamunaasatombforhiswife.TheTajMahal(India)TheMughaLocatedatAgrainUttarPradesh,theTajMahalisoneofthemostsplendidmasterpiecesofarchitectureintheworld,theoneandonlyoneofitskindacrosstheworld.ItwasEmperorShahJehanwhoorderedthebuildingoftheTajMahal,inhonorofhisbelovedwife,ArjumandBanuwhowaslaterknownasMumtazMahal,whichmeans,theDistinguishedofLocatedatAgrainUttarPradethePalace.TheultimaterealizationofEmperorShahJahan’sdream.Oneofthewondersoftheworld.Itwasbuiltinyears(1631to1653)by20,000workmen.Thebuildingismadeofwhitemarble.AbeautifulgardensurroundstheTajMahal.InfrontofthemainentrancetothebuildingthereisTajMahalinthereflectionfromthewater.

thePalace.TheultimaterealiThecityofPompeii(ancientRome)ThecityofPompeii(ancientR1.WherewasthecityofPompeii?

InancientRome,nowItaly.2.Whenwasthecityfounded?

Itwasfoundedinthe8thcenturyBC.3.WhydidthecityofPompeiidisappear?

ItwasburiedbecausethevolcanocalledVesuviuserupted.1.WherewasthecityofPompeThecityofPompeiiwasfoundinthe8thcenturyBC.In89BC,theRomanstookoverPompeii.Itthenbecamearichandbusycity.Nearthecitywasavolcano.On24AugustAD79,thevolcanoeruptedandlava,ashandrockspouredoutofitontothesurroundingcountryside.Manypeoplewereburiedalive,andsowasthecity.ThecityofPompeiiwasfoundThePotalaPalace(China)PotalaPalaceislocatedon“RedHill”inLhasa.Itwasoriginallybuiltinthe640’s,duringthereignofKingSongtsanGampo.ThePotalaPalace(China)PotalThe13-storypalacestands117metershighandcoversanareaof130,000squaremeters.Itisdividedintotwosections,theRedPalaceandtheWhitePalace.ItwasusedastheresidenceoftheDalaiLamassincethe7thcentury,aswellasthereligiousandpoliticalcentreofoldTibet.The13-storypalacestands117Today,thepalaceremainsasacredshrineforthousandsofTibetanBuddhists,andhasalsobecomeastatemuseumcontainingmanypreciousworksofart.

Today,thepalaceremainsasa1.Whatiscivilizationabout?Itisaboutasociety,itscultureanditswayoflifeduringaparticularperiodoftimeorinaparticularpartoftheworld,includingarchitecture,art,literature,thought,religionandsoon.1.Whatiscivilizationabout?architecturearchitectureartartliteratureliteraturethoughtthoughtreligionreligion2.Whatotherancientcivilizationsdoyouknowabout?3.Haveyoueverbeentoamuseumandseenworksfromancientcivilizations?Whatdidyouthinkofthethingsyousaw?2.Whatotherancientciviliza4.Asyouknowpeoplefromancientcivilizationsbuiltmanymagnificentstructures.Someofthemhavedisappeared,whileothersremaintoday.Doyouthinkitisimportanttoprotectobjectsfromthepast?Whyorwhynot?Doyouhaveanysuggestionsonhowtoprotectthem?4.AsyouknowpeoplefromancCulturalheritagesisveryimportant.