Cultural [1]

CulturalRelics,Unit7,ThePyramidsinEgypt,TheGreatWall,Stonehenge,Listenandfillintheform,UsefulExpressionsWhatshallweputin?Cantweputin?Shouldweputin?MakingsuggestionsLetsputinWhat/Howabout?MaybewecouldputinWhynot?IdliketochooseWhydontyou,ACityofHeroes,StPetersburg,Paragraph1StPetersburgliesonthebanksoftheriverLenainRussia.Morethanthreehundredyearsago,TheRussianCzar,PetertheGreat,builtanewcapitalhere.PetertheGreatwasastrongandproudman,andthecityreflectshispersonality.,Paragraph2StPetersburghasbeenthecenterofmanyimportanthistoricalevents.TheseeventsarethereasonwhythecityhasbecomesuchanimportantpartofRussiancultureandhistory.ThepeopleofStPetersburgfoughthardagainsttheNazisduringWorldWarIIandweredeterminedtorebuildthecitywhentheNazishadleftitinruins.,Paragraph3Rebuildingthegreatcitywasdifficult,butthepeopleofStPetersburgsucceeded.Usingoldphotographsandrescuedpiecesoftheoldcity,theymanagedtorestoreStPetersburgtoitsformerglory.,Paragraph4ThepeopleofStPetersburgareheroesbecausetheymanagedtorebuildthecity,provingthattheyareatleastasgreatasCzarPeter.,Sentencesinthepassage1.Itistruethatmanyoftheworldsgreatestcitieshavebeenbuiltonthebanksofariver.2.Manygreatpalaceswerebuiltduringhislifetime.3.Buildingweredestroyed,andpaintingsand4.PiecesofthepalacesthathadbeenhiddenbeforetheNaziscamecouldnowbeusedtorebuildthecityanditsculture.5.now,afteryearsofhardwork,partsofstatueshavebeenputbacktogetherandmissingpieceshavebeenreplaced.6.Oldpaintings,includingaportraitofPetertheGreatwhichwasfoundinthesnowoutsideStPetersburg,havebeencarefullyrecreated,andtheoldpalaceshavebeenmadeaswonderfulasinthepast.,SamplewritingDearEditor,Iliveinasmallvillage.Somepeopleinmyvillagewanttodestroyanoldtemplesothattheycanbuildanewfactory.Iamreallyunhappyaboutthis.Iunderstandthatitisimportanttodevelopourvillage,butIthinkitiswrongtodestroythetemple.Theoldtempleisanimportantpartofourhistory.Ifwedestroythetemple,wearealsodestroyingourpast.Ithinkitwouldbebetterifthefactorywasbuildsomewhereelse,maybeontheothersideofourvillage.Thereisalargeareasouthofourvillagewheretherearenohousesorbuildings.Whydontwebuildthefactorythere?Sincerely,ConcernedVillager,Whenweread,weneedntknoweveryworldwecanlookatthewholetextorthesentence,inwhichweseeanewword,toguessthemeaningoftheword.Oftenthetextorthesentencecanhelpusunderstandthewordswedonotknow.Lookatthissentencefromthetext:Theword“bank”canhaveatleasttwodifferentmeaningsinEnglish.Whatdoesitmeaninthissentence?Whattheothermeaningoft