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Lesson 6, part 1

1 After you read Read the sentences. Write T (true), F (false) or DS (doesn’t say).
Explain your answers.
1 Baalbek in Lebanon is 200 years old.
F It is more than 2,000 years old.
2 Baalbek has ruins, a museum and a festival.

3 Many boats visit Carthage today.

4 You can see the city walls and a theatre in Carthage today.

5 Romans visited Petra 2,000 years ago.

6 There is a new theatre in Petra today.

2 Answer the questions. Write complete sentences.
1 Why should we study ancient cities and buildings? We should study them because they can
tell us about the past.
2 Where can you learn about the history of Baalbek?
3 Why do you think many ships visited Carthage?

4 What did people sell in Petra 2,000 years ago?
5 How do we know that Petra was important in the past?

3 3.14 Listen and complete the notes.

• Ancient city: 1 Babylon
• Location: It’s on the Euphrates 2 , south of Baghdad.
• History: The city is more than 3 years old.
• Amazing fact: It was once the 4 city in the world.
• Important It had a 5 on the river, a palace,
buildings: 6 and famous gardens.
• Today: You can see 7 and the ruins of the old city.

4 Work in groups. Choose the ancient city of Angkor or Thebes and find answers to

the questions. Write about your ancient city. Then make a fact file about it.

1 Where is it located? 4 Why did people leave the city?
2 How old is the city? 5 What are the most famous places there?
3 Why was it important?
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