Unit Six Stages in Life Stages of Life
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Unit Six Stages in Life
Stages of Life FEATURES Introduction • Changing your life How one couple left their day-to-day world for a life of adventure. • World Part Join in some of the world’s biggest and most colorful parties • Masai Rite of Passage A special week of ritual as boys become men • Steel; Drums A video about the steel drums of Trinidad and Tobago
Part One: Activate Your Background Knowledge Unlock Your Knowledge: What do you know about ancient Egypt? Keywords about Ancient Egypt Pharaohs, pyramids, hieroglyphics, mummy, tomb
Part One Activate Your Background Knowledge Question One: The Sphinx is from ancient Greek and Egyptian mythology: The Sphinx in the photo is the most famous sphinx in the world. Where is it? What else do you know about it?
Information about the Sphinx The Great Sphinx of Giza is situated on the west bank of the Nile River, and is also close to the Great Pyramids. It is about 240 ft. long, 20 ft. wide, and 66 ft. high. It is the oldest known monumental sculpture in the world. It is generally thought to have been made in the reign of the pharaoh Khafra, at the same time as the second pyramid there, which is his. Some archaeologists dispute this. Unlike the later Greek Sphinx, which has a woman’s head, a lion’s body, and an eagle’s wings, this and other Egyptian sphinxes have a lion’s body and a man’s head.
Exercise Two • Read this story about the Sphinx. Do you know the answer to the Sphinx’s question? In Greek Mythology, the Sphinx was a giant monster with the body of a lion, the wings of a bird, and a human head. When travelers wanted to enter the city of Thebes, the Sphinx asked them a question: “What goes on four legs in the morning, on two legs at noon, and on three legs in the evening? ” The Sphinx killed any traveler who didn’t answer correctly.
Exercise Three Look at these different life events. Answer the questions. Retire get engaged get married get a driver’s license Go to college or university learn to ride a bike leave home Start a family start a career
At what age do people in your country do these things? Do you think it’s important to do each one at a particular age?
