Unit 1 Cultural Relics

1. Unit 1 Cultural Relics

2. Unit 1 Listening Suggested answers to Exercise 1:

3. Answer key for Exercise 2: 1. Aswan High Dam 2. electricity 3. River Nile 4. covered by water 5. Abu Simbel 6. engineers 7. UNESCO Answer key for Exercise 3: 1. move the temple 2. stone by stone 3. 1,900 words 4. four years

4. 5. rebuild 6. more than $70,000,000 7. worth 8. in 1966 Suggested answers to Exercise 4: 1. Abu Simbel needed to be moved and rebuilt because otherwise it would have been covered by the water when the dam was completed.

5. 2. They solved this problem by moving the statues. They marked every stone with a number and took the statues apart. Then they reassembled them in another site. I t was very successful because many tourists come to visit Abu Simbel which looks as impressive as it did in its original site.

6. Unit 1 Using Words and Expressions Suggested answers to Exercise 1: Describing art fancy rare beautiful valuable creative well-designed Interesting wonderful delicate … Art work painting photograph decoration paper cut drawing carving sculpture … Materials amber wood stone bronze jewels jade ivory silver gold pearl glass marble china …

7. Answer key for Exercise 2: 1. wooden, vase 2. worth, paintings, former 3. exploded, sailors, sinking, local 4. trial, evidence, entrance Suggested answers to Exercise 3: 1. I am not quite sure who that book belongs to. 2. Mr. Brown came to China in search of a better future.

8. 3. He took apart two old chairs in order to make a sofa. 4. John mentioned the name of a few judges whom he did not think highly of. 5. There is no doubt that the search for those lost cultural relics will continue. 6. When two countries were at war, troopsof soldiers were sent to the front line to fight. 7. She gave me food and clothes and she did not ask for anything in return.

9. Unit 1 Using Structures Suggested answers to Exercise 1: 1. No one knows for certain how the statues were transported by the islanders, most of whom lived far away from where the stones were. 2. It was impossible for men to carry the large stone statues, several of which were too heavy.

10. 3. People doubt that they were dragged over the land, which is too rough. 4. Some people think that the islanders used large strong wooden tools, but there is not enough evidence to prove this. 5. The wood for making the tools should come from big trees, which did not exist on the island.

11. 6. A number of people think that God moved the statues, but no scientists agree. 7. According to the islanders, the finished statues were transported by those who had magic powers. 8. The statues were built during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, when a mysterious society ruled the island.

12. 9. The Dutch visited the island in 1722, when the society which had made the statues had disappeared. 10. The Dutch went to this island, where there were only four thousand people, in search of supplies. Teaching suggestions for Exercise 2: 1.Students play the game in pairs.

13. 2. Each thinks of three members of the class. They write them down. 3. Student A asks four questions to identify the first person. If he/ she does identify the person, he/ she gets one point. If he/ she also uses attributive clauses I the questions, he/ she gets another point.

14. 4. Students B then shows that the identified person is the person she was thinking of. They swap roles. 5. Students may demonstrate to the class if they succeed well or the activity proves difficult.

15. Unit 1 Listening Task Suggested answers to Exercise 1: The Forbidden City ( Imperial Palace and now the Place Museum) in the heart of Beijing is the largest and most complete imperial palace and ancient building complex in China, and the world at large. Its construction began in 1406 and was completed 14 years later, having a

16. history so far of nearly 600 years. Twenty four emperors from the Ming and Qing ( 1644-1911) dynasties lived and ruled China from there. Most of the buildings in the Forbidden City were rebuilt many times, although they maintained the original architectural style … Answer key for Exercise 2: The listening text is a discussion/ talk/ conversation about the forbidden city.

17. Answer key for Exercise 3:

19. Suggested answer to Exercise 4: Answers may vary. The official reason for a historical site being placed on the World Heritage List is that it is of outstanding historical value. The list also includes places of outstanding natural beauty but these are not to be confused with the historical sites. The Pyramids, Stonehenge, Potala Palace and Ankor Wat are all examples of rare and outstanding historical monuments. That’s why they are included on the list.

20. Unit 4 Reading Task Answer key for Exercise 1: B. Because answer A does not give enough information. Answer C is incorrect because Big Feng has not saved all the buildings in Tianjin. Only answer B correct.

21. Suggested answers to Exercise 2: 1. He thinks that saving cultural relics is more important than writing his novels. 2. He asks the local government to protect things of cultural interest. He works very hard to save all the old buildings of his hometown, Tianjin. 3. His successful projects are:

22. . protecting the oldest street in Tianjin; . persuading the city government to buy some land in the centre of the city so it could not be sold for businesses. 4. He thinks that people will forget their great past if they do not preserve it. 5. Possible ways to help Feng Jicai: . put up posters announcing his latest campaign;

23. . make speeches to support Feng Jicai; . go with him when he goes to meet with the local government.

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