What are the four great ancient

civilizations?

Ancient Babylon, ancient Egypt, ancient China and ancient India.

Pyramids, Egypt

Great Wall of China

Petra/pi:trə/佩特拉古城 (a historical and archaeological city in the south of Jordan)

Machu Picchu 马丘比丘(a 15th-century Inca site located 2,430 metres above sea level. It is located in Peru.)

Colosseumin Rome 罗马圆形大剧场

Christ the Redeemer[rɪˈdi:mə(r)

基督救世主30 metres tall)

Chichen Itzabuilt by the Maya civilization 奇琴伊察是古玛雅城市遗址

Taj Mahal, a white marble mausoleum (陵墓 ) located in India

Pompeii

Loulan

1. Do you think it is important to protect cultural heritage? Why or why not？

2. Do you have any suggestions on how to protect it?

Fast-reading

What does the title Lost Civilizations mean?

It means ancient buildings, cultures

and countries that no longer existed.

1. Where are Pompeii and Loulan?

2. What is the main similarity between the two cities?

3. What was Loulan buried beneath?

Pomeii is in Italy and Loulan is in China.

Both of them became lost civilizations long ago.

Loulan was buried beneath the sand.

How well did you understand the details in the diary? Read it again carefully and answer the following questions.

Careful-reading

1.What happened to Pompeii in August AD 79?

A volcano erupted and lava, ash and rocks poured out of it onto the surrounding countryside. Many people in Pompeii were buried alive, and so was the city.

It was discovered in the 18th century when a farmer found a stone with writing on it. People started to dig in the area for treasure, which caused much damage. Thus, in 1860, the area was put under government protection so it could be preserved and studied.

2. How was Pompeii discovered?

3. What were the stepping stones along the road in Pompeii used for?

With these stones, people did not have to step in the mud on rainy days.

4. Why was Loulan an important city about 2,000 years ago?

Because it was a stopping point on the famous Silk Road between the East and the West.

5. According to the last sentence, how did the author feel about the loss of Loulan?

She felt that it was a pity.

Both Pompeii in ________and Loulan in China became ____ ___________ about 2000 years ago. Pompeii was ________ in the 8th century BC and was _____ _______ by the Romans in 89 BC. On 24th Aug. AD 79, Mount Vesuvius _______ and the city was _______ __________. Loulan was a _________ _________ on the Silk Road. It disappeared under the ________. There are just a few _________ left. Some _________, such as coins and painted pots, was found.

Fill in the blanks with proper words.Italy

lost civilizationsfounded

taken over

erupted buried alivestopping point

storm

ruinstreasure

1. Is it useful for people to study things from the past? Why or why not?

2. What can we do to make people have the sense of protecting our civilizations?

What do you know about Maya

Civilization?

The Maya is noted for the only known fully developed written language of the pre-Columbian Americas, as well as for its art, architecture, and mathematical and astronomical systems. Initially established during the Pre-Classic period (c. 2000 BC to AD 250), many Maya cities reached their highest state of development during the Classic period (c. AD 250 to 900), and

continued throughout the Post-Classic period until the arrival of the Spanish.Advances such as writing, epigraphy, and the calendar did not originate with the Maya; however, their civilization fully developed them.

The 10 Most Intriguing Mysteries of Lost Civilizations

1. Egyptian Treasures in the Grand Canyon2. Age of the Pyramids and Sphinx3. Nazca Lines (found in a desert about 200

miles south of Lima, Peru)4. Location of Atlantis (Plato wrote about

the beautiful, technologically advanced continent-sized island back in 370 B.C.)

The 10 Most Intriguing Mysteries of Lost Civilizations

5. Mayan Calendar 6. Japan's Underwater Ruins (off the

southern shore of Okinawa)7. Voyages to the Americas (People had

"discovered" the continent long before Columbus. The truth is we know very little about early, far-traveling cultures.)

The 10 Most Intriguing Mysteries of Lost Civilizations

8. Sunken City off CubaIn May 2001, a Canadian companyrevealed something unexpected and quite amazing 2,200 feet down: stones laid out in a geometric pattern that looked very much like the ruins of a city.

The 10 Most Intriguing Mysteries of Lost Civilizations

9. Mu or Lemuria Nearly as famous as Atlantis is the

legendary lost world of Mu, sometimes call Lemuria, an Eden-like tropical paradise located somewhere in the Pacific that sunk, along with all of its beautiful inhabitants, thousands of years ago.

The 10 Most Intriguing Mysteries of Lost Civilizations

10. Caribbean Underwater Pyramids One of the most intriguing tales of the

discovery of ruins of a lost civilization is the story of Dr. Ray Brown. In 1970, while diving near the Bari Islands in the Bahamas, Dr. Brown claimed to have come across a pyramid "shining like a mirror" that he estimated was 120 feet tall.

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As they melt the years awayEvery sha-la-la-la Every wo-wo still shines, Every shinga-linga-ling, That they’re starting to sing so fineAll my best memoriesCome back clearly to meSome can even make me cry ，Just like before，It’s yesterday once moreEvery sha-la-la-laEvery wo-wo still shines, Every shinga-linga-ling, That they’re starting to sing so fine