1. Unit 3
Back to the past
Welcome to the unit

2. What are the four ancient countries?
Questions
What are the four ancient countries?
★China
★India
★Egypt
★Ancient Babylon

3. Picture Description
Have you ever visited these places before or have you ever heard of their history?

4. The Statue of Zeus
The Taj Mahal
The Hanging Gardens
The Potala Palace

5. some adjectives, as many as you can.
General question
Do these pictures have something in common? If so, please describe it with
some adjectives, as many as you can.
magnificent
well-designed
ancient
famous
distant …

6. place where the Statue of Zeus was built
The Greek sculptor Phidias created the 12-m (40-ft) tall Statue of Zeus in about 435 BC. The statue stood in Olympia, and was perhaps the most famous sculpture in ancient Greece. Phidias made the god’s robe and ornaments from gold and carved the body out of ivory.

7. Picture Talking
Who is Zeus ?
What does the name Zeus mean?
Where was the Statue of Zeus once
located?

8. Who is Zeus?
In Greek mythology (希腊神话), the principal god of the Greek pantheon (万神殿), ruler of the heavens, and father of other gods and mortal heroes.

9. What does the name Zeus mean?
It is said to be related to the Greek word ‘dios’, with bright as its meaning.
Where was the Statue of Zeus once located?
On the western coast of Greece.

10. Ancient Babylon
This hand-coloured engraving by the 16th-century Dutch artist Martin Heemskerck depicts the fabled Hanging Gardens of Babylon. According to the tradition, the gardens did not hang, but grew on the roofs and terraces of the royal palace in Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar II, the Chaldean king, is supposed to have had the gardens built in about 600 BC as a consolation to his Median wife, who missed the natural surroundings of her homeland.
The Hanging Gardens

11. Picture Talking
Who built it ?
Why did it appear to be “hanging” in the sky ?
Why was it built?

12. 1. Who built it?
King Nebuchadnezzar.
2. Why did it appear to be “hanging” in the sky?
It looked so because it was constructed entirely on the roofs of a building, with a lot of trees surrounding it.

13. 3. Why was it built?
To cheer up Nebuchadnezzar’s wife who was said to be very homesick.

14. The Taj Mahal
It is the name of a monument located in Agra, India. It was commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan as a mausoleum for his wife, Arjuman Banu Begum who was later known as Mumtaz Mahal.

15. Picture Talking
Who built it?
For whom and why was it built?
When was it built?
Where is it?

16. 1. Who built the Taj Mahal?
Shah Jehan, the fifth Mughal Emperor.
2. For whom and why was it built?
It was built by Shah Jehan for his beloved wife as a monument of eternal love.
3. When was it built?
From 1631 to 1648
4. Where is it?
On the banks of India’s most sacred river, the river Yamuna in Agra. ▲

17. The Potala Palace
It is located in Lhasa, Tibet, was the chief residence of the Dalai Lama until the 14th. Dalai Lama fled to Dharamsala after a failed uprising in In 641, Songtsan Gambo, ruler of the Tubo Kingdom, had the Potala Palace built for Wencheng of the Tang Dynasty, whom he was soon to marry.

18. Picture Talking
Where is it located?
What is its size?
When was it rebuilt?
What was it used as?

19. Where is it located?
On the Red Hill in the Lhasa Valley of Tibet, China.
What is its size?
Over 117 metres in height and 360 metres in width.
When was it rebuilt?
In the 17th century.

20. What was it used as?
The residence of the Dalai Lamas since the 7th century, as well as the religious and political centre of old Tibet.

21. 1. What other ancient civilizations do you know about?
Pair-work
1. What other ancient civilizations
do you know about?
2. Have you ever gone on a cultural
expedition? If so, please tell your
stories.

22. Beijing The Temple of Heaven The Great Wall About 6300 kilometers
Imperial Palace of the Ming and Qing Dynasties 故宫
The Forbidden City

23. Summer Palace

24. Sichuan
Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area
九寨沟自然风景区

25. AnHui
Mount Huang

26. Mogao Caves
敦煌莫高窟

27. Group Discussion
1. Do you think it important to protect
cultural heritage? Give your reasons.
2. As a mayor of a city, what would you
do to protect the cultural heritages in
the modern city?

28. Homework
1. Search for more information on
ancient civilizations on the Internet.
2. Write down your suggestions on
how to protect the cultural heritages.

29. Have a good day!
Good-bye!