文档介绍：The Hidden Treasures of Egypt
Unit 4
Egypt
/’i:dʒɪpt/
True or False?
Egypt is a country located on two continents ---Asia and Africa.
Egypt is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west.
Egypt is widely regarded as an important political and cultural nation of Africa.
The Suez Canal, which joins the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, largely shorten the voyage from Europe to Africa.
Warm-up Questions
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T
F
3. the Middle East and the Muslim world; Arab, Arabic
F
True or False?
5. Regularity and richness of the annual Nile River flood enabled Egypt one of the world’s great civilizations.
6. Cairo is an ancient city, well known for its importance in the history of pharaonic civilization, due to being the home of the Great Sphinx and the Giza plex.
7. The Egyptian Museum in Cairo is world famous for the ancient artifacts it has on display, but even more extensive collection are kept in storerooms.
Warm-up Questions
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6. its proximity to …
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tomb
pyramid
Pharaohs
royal
Artifacts
mummy
Warm-up Exercises
II ()
archaeologist D
Egyptologist C
curator B
conservator A
Word Bank 1
decay vt. Make something slowly destroyed by a natural chemical process
-ologist is used to replace -ology at the end of nouns in order to form other nouns that refer to people who are concerned with a particular science or subject.
archaeology /ɑ:ki'ɔlədʒi / archaeologist / archaeological
Egyptology / Egyptologist / Egyptological
symbolic a. symbol n.
antiquity n. an artifact surviving from the past;
historical works of art, relics
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160,000
80,000
3,000
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The Egyptian Museum of Cairo
the amazing artifacts in this Museum
Part 1
plastic surgery an operation on the body to alter or improve its shape or appearance
III ()
It’s something that you can never see in any museum in the world.
I don’t think that any museum in the wor