Wonders of the Past
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Stonehenge
1 Đọc trang sách
2 Đọc & Nghe
The Stonehenge stone circles are in England. People transported the first stones to this place about 5,000 years ago. We don't know a lot about Stonehenge. Who built it? How did they build it? Why did they build it? It's a mystery.
People built Stonehenge with bluestones and sarsen stones. There were about 80 bluestones. They came from mountains 250 kilometers away. They are very heavy – some weigh about 4 metric tons.
The biggest sarsen stone weighs about 45 metric tons. That's like ten elephants!
The sarsen stones are even bigger and heavier. About 4,000 years ago, people transported them from 30 kilometers away.
How did people use Stonehenge? Maybe they used it as a cemetery or a place for studying the sun and the stars. Maybe it was also a temple. It's still a special place for some people today. Every year, on June 21st, lots of people go to Stonehenge to celebrate the longest day of the year.
Từ vựng
3 Xem trang bài tập
4 Bài tập tương tác
1. Write the words.
Viết từ theo số trong hình.
1: sun.
1. Write the words for the numbered pictures.
2. Write the words.
Chọn từ ứng với định nghĩa.
Tells us how far → kilometer.
2. Complete the sentences.
2. Tells us 'how much time': .
3. Where we put people after they die: .
4. What we do when we want to learn something: .
5. Something that we don't know: .
3. Write the numbers.
Chọn số trong khung.
People transported the first stones about 5,000 years ago.
3. Complete the sentences.
2. The bluestones came from kilometers away.
3. There were about bluestones.
4. People transported the sarsen stones about years ago.
4. Answer the questions.
Trả lời theo bài đọc.
The bluestones came from mountains 250 kilometers away.
4. How did people use Stonehenge?
- Answer the question clearly.
- Use information from the text or your own experience.
Lời giải và bài mẫu
Maybe they used it as a cemetery, a place for studying the sun and stars, or a temple.
5. When is the longest day at Stonehenge?
5. What do you think of Stonehenge?
Ghi nhận xét theo ba tiêu chí: thú vị, đẹp và quan trọng.
6. What do you think of Stonehenge? Is it interesting, beautiful or important? Explain your opinion.
- Answer the question clearly.
- Use information from the text or your own experience.
Tutankhamun's Treasures
1 Đọc trang sách
2 Đọc & Nghe
Tutankhamun was a king in Egypt more than 3,300 years ago. He died when he was only 19 years old. When he died, people put a gold mask over his face. They put his body in a coffin made of gold. Then they put the coffin into two bigger coffins. They put all three coffins in a tomb with food and many treasures. The Egyptians thought that the king needed these things after he died.
Tutankhamun's tomb was in the Valley of the Kings. No one discovered it for a long, long time. Then a British archaeologist called Howard Carter discovered it in 1922. When he broke through the door, he was amazed. There were gold statues, boats, jewels, toys, masks, and even a gold bed! There were about 3,500 treasures. For ten years, Carter took the treasures from the tomb, and wrote about them.
Tutankhamun became one of the most famous kings in the world. Today, many of his wonderful treasures are in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo in Egypt.
Từ vựng
3 Xem trang bài tập
4 Bài tập tương tác
1. Find and write the words.
Tìm từ ứng với hình trên trang bài tập.
1: bed.
1. Write the words for the numbered pictures.
2. Answer the questions.
Trả lời theo bài đọc.
2. Who was Tutankhamun?
3. Where did Tutankhamun live?
4. How old was Tutankhamun when he died?
3. Complete the chart.
Phân loại kho báu, địa điểm và người.
Treasures: boats.
5. Complete the chart.
4. Complete the sentences.
Dùng hình minh họa trên trang bài tập để điền từ.
First picture: king.
6. Complete the sentences.
2. We put the on the .
3. Then we put him in a gold .
4. Then we put some and a in the .
5. Then we closed the of the .
5. What do you think of Tutankhamun's treasures?
Ghi nhận xét theo ba tiêu chí: thú vị, đẹp và quan trọng.
7. What do you think of Tutankhamun's treasures? Is it interesting, beautiful or important? Explain your opinion.
- Answer the question clearly.
- Use information from the text or your own experience.
The Great Wall of China
1 Đọc trang sách
2 Đọc & Nghe
About 2,400 years ago, there were many small countries in China. There were often wars. People didn't want enemies in their country, so they built big walls to keep them out. For more than 2,000 years, people built walls, destroyed walls, and built new walls.
The Great Wall of China is really many walls. Together they are about 7,000 kilometers long. The walls are about 7 meters high. There are also many taller towers.
Prisoners, soldiers, and other people built the wall. They transported the stones and bricks by hand. This work was hard and dangerous. About three million people died building the wall. Later, more than one million soldiers guarded the wall, but it was hard to stop the enemies. People also used the wall as a road. Today, tourists like to walk along the wall.
For many years, people thought that you could see the Great Wall of China from the moon, but this is not true!
Từ vựng
3 Xem trang bài tập
4 Bài tập tương tác
1. Find and write the words.
Tìm từ trong chuỗi trên trang bài tập; viết theo số hình.
1: wall.
1. Write the words for the numbered pictures.
2. Match the opposites.
Nối từ trái nghĩa.
friends ↔ enemies
2. Match the sentence halves.
3. Complete the sentences.
Chọn từ trong khung.
3. Complete the sentences.
2. People built the wall because they didn't want their in their country.
3. For more than 2,000 , they built the wall.
4. More than one million guarded the wall.
5. Working on the wall was very .
6. People made the wall with and .
4. Circle the correct words.
Chọn từ đúng.
4. In Ancient China there were … wars.
5. People built walls, but they … destroyed the walls, too.
6. People … died building the wall.
7. People … wanted enemies in their country.
5. What do you think of the Great Wall of China?
Ghi nhận xét theo ba tiêu chí: thú vị, đẹp và quan trọng.
8. What do you think of the Great Wall of China? Is it interesting, beautiful or important? Explain your opinion.
- Answer the question clearly.
- Use information from the text or your own experience.
The Colosseum
1 Đọc trang sách
2 Đọc & Nghe
Where did Ancient Romans go for fun? They went to the Colosseum in Rome. They watched fights in this big and beautiful stadium. The fights were with gladiators and wild animals like lions, crocodiles, rhinos, and even elephants. The Colosseum wasn't fun for everyone. About 500,000 people and one million wild animals died there.
About 2,000 years ago, Rome was a very important city. The Colosseum was the most fantastic building in the city. It was big enough for more than 50,000 people. The Colosseum had many arches. There were about 80 big arches to let people in and out. There was also a cloth roof to protect people from sun and rain.
Later, two earthquakes destroyed some of the Colosseum. Then people took stones from the Colosseum to build many other buildings in Rome.
So the building that we can see today gives only an idea of how beautiful it was in the past. Thousands of tourists visit the Colosseum every year. There are music concerts here, too.
Từ vựng
3 Xem trang bài tập
4 Bài tập tương tác
1. Write the words.
Viết từ theo hình.
1. Write the words for the numbered pictures.
2. Complete the sentences.
Chọn từ trong khung.
2. Complete the sentences.
2. The Colosseum was a big .
3. Gladiators and fought in the Colosseum.
4. People went into the Colosseum through .
5. The Colosseum had a cloth .
6. Rome was a very important .
3. Write the numbers.
Chọn số tương ứng theo bài đọc.
3. Complete the sentences.
2. animals died in the Colosseum.
3. There were about big arches in the Colosseum.
4. The Colosseum could hold more than people.
4. Answer the questions.
Trả lời theo bài đọc.
4. Why did the Ancient Romans go to the Colosseum?
- Answer the question clearly.
- Use information from the text or your own experience.
Lời giải và bài mẫu
They went for fun to watch fights.
5. Who fought in the Colosseum?
6. Why were there 80 big arches?
- Answer the question clearly.
- Use information from the text or your own experience.
Lời giải và bài mẫu
To let people in and out.
7. What destroyed some of the Colosseum?
8. Why did people take the stones from the Colosseum?
- Answer the question clearly.
- Use information from the text or your own experience.
Lời giải và bài mẫu
To build other buildings in Rome.
5. What do you think of the Colosseum?
Ghi nhận xét theo ba tiêu chí: thú vị, đẹp và quan trọng.
9. What do you think of the Colosseum? Is it interesting, beautiful or important? Explain your opinion.
- Answer the question clearly.
- Use information from the text or your own experience.
Petra
1 Đọc trang sách
2 Đọc & Nghe
About 2,000 years ago, people in the Middle East bought and sold cloth and spices in many countries. They often traveled across land in large groups called caravans. They used camels to transport people and things.
One of the places where the caravans stopped was Petra. Petra is a fantastic city in the desert in Jordan. People built the city in the pink cliffs. The caravans stopped in Petra because it had water and places to sleep, and it was safe from enemies.
Some of the caravans were 7 kilometers long and they had 2,500 camels!
At different times, people from different places lived in Petra. They made wonderful temples, a theater, a palace, and tombs in the pink cliffs. Later, earthquakes destroyed a lot of Petra. Today, many tourists visit this amazing place. People also make movies here, for example, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
Từ vựng
3 Xem trang bài tập
4 Bài tập tương tác
1. Match. Then write sentences.
Nối rồi viết thành câu hoàn chỉnh.
The caravans stopped at Petra because it had water and places to sleep.
1. Match the sentence halves.
2. Complete the sentence: The palaces and tombs are
3. Complete the sentence: The caravans used camels
4. Complete the sentence: People carried cloth and spices
5. Complete the sentence: Earthquakes destroyed a lot of Petra, but
2. Complete the puzzle.
Điền từ ứng với hình và số trong ô chữ gốc.
1: spices.
6. Write puzzle answers 2–10 using the numbered pictures.
3. What do you think of Petra?
Ghi nhận xét theo ba tiêu chí: thú vị, đẹp và quan trọng.
7. What do you think of Petra? Is it interesting, beautiful or important? Explain your opinion.
- Answer the question clearly.
- Use information from the text or your own experience.
Easter Island Statues
1 Đọc trang sách
2 Đọc & Nghe
Easter Island is in the Pacific Ocean, far from anywhere. The island is famous for its 887 stone statues. They have big heads and little bodies.
Why are the statues here? There is a story that 1,700 years ago, people were lost on the ocean. They arrived at this beautiful island. There were lots of plants and animals, so they stayed.
These people made the big statues for their gods. They made the statues with stone from the middle of the island. Then, up to 250 people transported the statues across the island to the coast, where they stand today.
After a few hundred years, there were too many people for this small island. They cut down many of the trees. This was bad for the ground, and bad for other plants and animals, too. Soon there wasn't much food. People started to fight and they pushed over many of the statues.
Today, people come to see the statues and learn about Easter Island.
The biggest statue is called Paro. It's now on the ground. It's about 10 meters long.
Từ vựng
3 Xem trang bài tập
4 Bài tập tương tác
1. Complete the words.
Điền từ hoàn chỉnh theo hình.
1. Write the words for the numbered pictures.
2. Complete the chart.
Phân loại những thứ phát triển và các hành động.
2. Complete the chart.
3. Answer the questions.
Trả lời theo bài đọc.
3. Where is Easter Island?
4. What is special about Easter Island?
- Answer the question clearly.
- Use information from the text or your own experience.
Lời giải và bài mẫu
It has 887 stone statues with big heads and little bodies.
5. When did people arrive?
6. What was on Easter Island when they arrived?
7. What did the people make?
4. Draw and write about your own statue.
Thiết kế tượng và viết mô tả; có thể vẽ trên giấy.
8. This is my statue. It has …
- Answer the question clearly.
- Use information from the text or your own experience.
5. What do you think of the Easter Island statues?
Ghi nhận xét theo ba tiêu chí: thú vị, đẹp và quan trọng.
9. What do you think of the Easter Island statues? Is it interesting, beautiful or important? Explain your opinion.
- Answer the question clearly.
- Use information from the text or your own experience.
Chichen Itza
1 Đọc trang sách
2 Đọc & Nghe
About 1,600 years ago, the Mayan people in Mexico started to build a new city. They built it around water from under the ground, so they called the city Chichen Itza. The name means 'the mouth of the well'.
Water was very important in this dry place. The first people in Chichen Itza built many temples for their rain god Chaac. Later, the city grew bigger and richer. Then people built fantastic pyramids and temples for their god Kukulkan. The most famous pyramid is the Temple of Kukulkan.
The Mayan people liked many activities. They played ball games in a courtyard that is bigger than a soccer field. The courtyard has walls that are 12 meters high! Sometimes they played games for many days. They also loved art, music, and dance. Today, people still like to watch Mayan dancers, listen to Mayan music, and look at Mayan art when they visit Chichen Itza.
Từ vựng
3 Xem trang bài tập
4 Bài tập tương tác
1. Write the words.
Chọn từ tương ứng với gợi ý.
1. Complete the sentences.
2. We walk on this: .
3. When there is no water: .
4. Like a triangle: .
5. Football and basketball, for example: .
6. When we move to music: .
2. Complete the sentences.
Chọn từ trong khung.
2. Complete the sentences.
2. It was very dry. There was very little .
3. For the Mayan people, Kukulkan was an important .
4. The Mayan people built fantastic .
5. The Mayan people played ball in a courtyard.
6. The Mayan people liked art, music, and .
3. Write today or in the past.
Chọn thời gian tương ứng.
The Mayan people built a fantastic city. → in the past
3. Complete the sentences.
2. People played ball games in a courtyard: .
3. The Mayan people had a rain god: .
4. Many people like to watch Mayan dancers: .
4. Answer the questions.
Trả lời theo bài đọc.
4. When did people start to build Chichen Itza?
5. Who was Chaac?
6. What is the most famous pyramid?
7. What did they do in the courtyard?
5. What do you think of Chichen Itza?
Ghi nhận xét theo ba tiêu chí: thú vị, đẹp và quan trọng.
8. What do you think of Chichen Itza? Is it interesting, beautiful or important? Explain your opinion.
- Answer the question clearly.
- Use information from the text or your own experience.
Angkor Wat
1 Đọc trang sách
2 Đọc & Nghe
Angkor Wat is a temple in the city of Angkor. It's in the middle of the rainforest in Cambodia. About 800 years ago, this beautiful stone temple was built for King Suryavarman II. About 50,000 people built the temple, and it took more than 37 years. They built it to look like the mountain where their gods lived. There are some beautiful stone decorations on the walls.
When people built Angkor Wat, they put water around the buildings. This was to protect themselves from enemies and wild animals from the rainforest. Today, big trees grow into some of the buildings and monkeys run around them.
About one million people lived in Angkor when it was an important city. Later, there were wars and other people came. Then Angkor wasn't so rich or important. People said that it disappeared, but that wasn't true. Today, there are many visitors, and they think Angkor Wat is amazing.
Từ vựng
3 Xem trang bài tập
4 Bài tập tương tác
1. Write the words.
Chọn từ theo gợi ý.
1. Complete the sentences.
2. Where there are lots of trees: .
3. Water from the sky: .
4. People who don't like you: .
5. Tall plants: .
6. Animals from the rainforest: .
7. When we have lots of money: .
8. A high place: .
2. Write true or false.
Đánh dấu đúng hoặc sai.
2. Angkor Wat is on a mountain.
3. They used stone to build Angkor Wat.
4. Angkor was an important city in the past.
5. There was an earthquake at Angkor.
6. There were wars at Angkor.
7. Angkor disappeared.
3. Number the sentences in order.
Sắp xếp các sự kiện theo thứ tự.
8. The history of Angkor Wat
- It became rich and powerful. About one million people lived there.
- The king wanted a new temple.
- People visit it.
- People built the temple.
- There were wars.
4. Imagine you are in Angkor Wat.
Mô tả điều em nhìn thấy khi ở từng vị trí.
9. You are in the temple looking out. What can you see?
- Answer the question clearly.
- Use information from the text or your own experience.
10. You are in the rainforest in front of Angkor Wat. What can you see?
- Answer the question clearly.
- Use information from the text or your own experience.
11. You are in front of a temple wall. What can you see?
- Answer the question clearly.
- Use information from the text or your own experience.
5. What do you think of Angkor Wat?
Ghi nhận xét theo ba tiêu chí: thú vị, đẹp và quan trọng.
12. What do you think of Angkor Wat? Is it interesting, beautiful or important? Explain your opinion.
- Answer the question clearly.
- Use information from the text or your own experience.
The Alhambra
1 Đọc trang sách
2 Đọc & Nghe
The Alhambra is in the mountains in the south of Spain. It's one of the most beautiful buildings in the world. Alhambra means 'red castle', but the Alhambra also looks gray at night, and gold when it's sunny. The Alhambra is beautiful inside and outside. It has fantastic courtyards with fountains and gardens. Like many castles, it has towers and high walls. There are also wonderful tiles and decorations.
There are amazing tile patterns at the Alhambra. People still copy them today.
The Moorish people in Spain started to build the Alhambra about 800 years ago. It took a long time to build. Many different kings from different places lived there, and they built more buildings. They used the Alhambra as a castle and a city. Wars and an earthquake destroyed some of the Alhambra. The French Emperor, Napoleon, tried to destroy it, but he couldn't. In 1828, Spanish people started to build the broken parts again.
Many people wrote stories and songs about the Alhambra. Today, it's the most popular place in Spain for tourists.
Từ vựng
3 Xem trang bài tập
4 Bài tập tương tác
1. Write the words.
Viết từ theo số trên hình.
1. Write the words for the numbered pictures.
2. Circle the odd one out.
Chọn từ không cùng nhóm.
palace / tree / castle → tree
2. Choose the odd one out.
3. Choose the odd one out.
4. Choose the odd one out.
5. Choose the odd one out.
6. Choose the odd one out.
3. Match.
Nối hai từ liên quan.
7. Match the sentence halves.
4. Answer the questions.
Trả lời theo bài đọc.
8. Where is the Alhambra?
9. What is the Alhambra?
10. When did people start to build the Alhambra?
11. Where are the fountains in the Alhambra?
12. What destroyed the Alhambra?
5. What do you think of the Alhambra?
Ghi nhận xét theo ba tiêu chí: thú vị, đẹp và quan trọng.
13. What do you think of the Alhambra? Is it interesting, beautiful or important? Explain your opinion.
- Answer the question clearly.
- Use information from the text or your own experience.
The Taj Mahal
1 Đọc trang sách
2 Đọc & Nghe
The Taj Mahal is in India. It looks like a palace, but it's a tomb. It's one of the most beautiful tombs in the world. There are gardens and fountains around the building.
The tomb is made of 28 types of stone and jewel from all over India and other countries. Most of the tomb is made of a beautiful white stone called marble. About 20,000 people built the Taj Mahal, and it took 22 years. More than 1,000 elephants helped to move the stones for the building.
The Taj Mahal was built about 400 years ago. The Emperor Shah Jahan built it for his wife, Mumtaz Mahal. She died when she had her 14th baby. Shah Jahan was very sad, so he built the Taj Mahal to remember his wife. Later, Shah Jahan's son wanted to be the emperor, so he put his father into prison. When Shah Jahan died, people put his body in the Taj Mahal, so that he was with his wife forever.
Which of all these wonders of the past do you want to visit?
Từ vựng
3 Xem trang bài tập
4 Bài tập tương tác
1. Complete the chart.
Phân loại người và đồ vật hoặc công trình.
1. Complete the chart.
2. Write the numbers in order.
Sắp xếp các sự kiện theo thứ tự.
2. The story of the Taj Mahal
- Shah Jahan died.
- Shah Jahan wanted to remember his wife.
- People put Shah Jahan's body in the Taj Mahal.
- Shah Jahan's son wanted to be the emperor.
- Mumtaz Mahal died.
- Shah Jahan went to prison.
- Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal.
3. Answer the questions.
Trả lời theo bài đọc.
3. Who was Shah Jahan?
4. How many people built the Taj Mahal?
5. What type of animal helped to build the Taj Mahal?
4. What can you do at the Taj Mahal?
Đánh dấu các hoạt động phù hợp với nội dung bài.
6. Choose the things you can do at the Taj Mahal.
5. What do you think of the Taj Mahal?
Ghi nhận xét theo ba tiêu chí: thú vị, đẹp và quan trọng.
7. What do you think of the Taj Mahal? Is it interesting, beautiful or important? Explain your opinion.
- Answer the question clearly.
- Use information from the text or your own experience.
Projects
Trang dự án
Project 1: A Wonders Quiz. Answer the source quiz, choose wonders and write new quiz questions. Project 2: A Wonder in My Country. Choose a historical place, research its age, location, materials and history, then make a fact file with pictures.
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