Unit 34

Speaking Part
A. Warm-up Questions
1. What do you know about the Mediterranean?
2. What do people usually find there?
3. Who lives there?
4. How do you think people live there?
5. What do you think is its most important contribution to the
world?
B. Talk about the photos
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What can you see in the first photo?

Where do you think it is?
Judging from the photo, which continent do you think it is in?
Would you like to go there someday? Why or why not?
What can you see in the second photo?
What is written on the stone?
How do people read it?
Which part of modern life do you think its connected with?

Listening Part
A. Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks.
Long ago, along the __________ coast of the Mediterranean Sea, lived
a group of people called the Phoenicians. Their land was too dry and
__________ for farming, so these people turned to the sea.
During their sea __________, the Phoenicians set up many
__________and spread their culture throughout the Mediterranean
__________. One __________gift of the Phoenicians was their
__________, which was made up of letter __________. These symbols
were easier to learn and to use than the picture symbols that were
used at the time. For this reason, the ancient Greeks __________ the
Phoenician alphabet. It is, therefore, part of the __________of the
alphabet we use today.
Reading Part
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Answer the five questions in the book.

Identify if the following statements are TRUE or FALSE.
The Phoenicians lived in fields.
They explored the seas.
They were ancestors of the Greeks.
They farmed for a living.
They adopted the alphabet of today.

C. Circle the letter of the SYNONYMS of the words in italics.

1. The city adopted a new traffic system.
a. Selected
b. Rejected
c. Created
2. Columbus is known for his sea explorations.
a. Foundations
b. Journeys
c. Conquers
3. Some people from the northern region are more adaptable to
cold weather.
a. District
b. Highlight
c. Province
4. We live in a hilly village where you can slide down the streets on
your bike.
a. Rocky
b. Flat
c. Sloping
5. We study the alphabet for reading and writing.
a. Elements
b. ABCs
c. Signs
Unit 35
Speaking Part
A. Warm-up Questions
1. What are tombstones?
2. What are they for?

3. What do you usually see on them?

4. What are some famous quotes from dead people?
5. What would you like to be written on your tombstone?
B. Talk about the pictures.
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1. What is in the first photo?

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What do you usually in that kind of place?

What do you think of it?
When do people usually go there? Why?
What can you see in the second photo?
What does the tombstone say?
Why do you think it says that?
How do you think that person lived before?

Listening Part
A. Listen to the passage and cross out things that werent
mentioned.
1. Tombstone is a town in Arizona.
2. Ed Schieffelin discovered tombstones.
3. 15,000 people lived in Tombstone.
4. It was a place full of silver.
5. Many people were killed in that town.
B. Write down the five sentences that your teacher will dictate
to you.
1. __________________________________________________________________
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2. __________________________________________________________________
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3. __________________________________________________________________
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4. __________________________________________________________________
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5. __________________________________________________________________
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Reading Part
A. Answer the five questions in the book.
B. Answer the following questions in complete sentences.
1. What is a tombstone?
2. Why is a town in Arizona named Tombstone?
3. What did Ed Schieffelin discover?
4. What kind of warning did he give people?
5. Why did people decide to live in Tombstone?
C. Complete the sentences using the following words.
Tombstone Grave
Prospector Warning
Silver

1. People are buried in a __________ when they die.

2. The referee gave him a ___________ for the fouls hes been
making.
3. Some jewelers use ___________ to make jewelry.
4. The __________ discovered some hidden gems in the cave.
5. A __________ usually has messages from the dead persons family.