TheGreatWallofBritainBeforeyoureadWhatdoyouknowabouttheGreatWallofChina?DidyouknowthatthereisanancientwallinBritain?Asyoureadthispassage,compareHadrian'sWallwiththeGreatWall.Reading(1)Hadrian'sWallIn122,BritainwaspartofthegreatRomanEmpire,whichcoveredmostofmodernEurope.Theemperor,Hadrian,visitedBritainanddecidedtobuildawalltomarkthenorthernboundaryoftheEmpire.ItwasalsodesignedtoseparatetheRomansfromthe"barbarians"—thetribesthatlivedinScotland,whomtheRomansconsideredtobeuncivilised.Ittooksixyearsforsoldierstocompletethewallfromcoasttocoast.Oncefinished,itmeasured117kilometres(80Romanmiles)inlengthandaboutfivemetreshigh.Theendsectionsofthewallweremadeofstone.Thecentralsectionwasmadeofturfinitially,butwaslaterstrengthenedwithstone.Thesoldiersbuiltasmallcastleeverymile.Thesecastles,whichhousedabouteightmen,enabledtheRomanstoguardtheborder,tomakesurethatnoenemiesorillegalgoodscrossedintotheEmpire.Betweeneachcastleweretwotowersthatgavethesentriesaviewofthesurroundingcountryside.Thesetowersmadeitpossibletosendsignalsquicklyiftherewasanysignoftrouble.Oneachsideofthewall,theRomansdugadeepditchtopreventenemiesfrommakinganattack.Therewerealsoseveralfortsalongthewall.Thesehadtwopurposes:alargenumberofRomansoldierswerestationedtheretodealwithanytroublesomebarbarians;andthefortsalsowerecontrolledcrossingstoallowpeopletotravelinandoutoftheEmpire.Astimewentby,thesefortsgrewintosmalltowns.Eventually,theRomanEmpirefellintodecline.Bythemiddleofthefifthcentury,Britain,whichwasnotviewedasanimportantpartoftheEmpire,wasneglected.Thesoldiersabandonedthewallandlocalpeoplestartedtousethestonestobuildhomes,farmbuildingsandchurches.Hadrian'sWallbecamearuin.(309words/_____________minutes)Vocabularyempire帝國boundary分界線；邊界barbarian未開化的人，野蠻人tribe部落uncivilised未開化的；不文明的turf草泥，草根土initially最初；開頭strengthen加強，加固castle城堡enable使能夠，使可能illegal非法的sentry哨兵ditch溝；明溝fort堡壘；要塞crossing道口；渡口(fallinto)decline衰落，衰退neglect忽視，忽略abandon放棄；丟棄NoteTheRomanemperorHadrianlivedfrom76to138.Exercise1Trueorfalse?1.Hadrian'sWallbecamearuinbecauseHadriandied.2.ScotlandwasoutsidetheRomanEmpire.3.Stonereplacedturfinthecentralsectionofthewall.4.Thefortsinthewallweredevelopedfromsmalltowns.5.Localpeopletookstonesfromthewallfortheirownbuildings.Exercise2Completethistablewithinformationfromthepassage.Hadrian'sWallDatecompletedLengthHeightPurposesforbuildingthewall12Purposesfortheforts12ApproximatenumberofcastlesPurposeofthecastlesApproximatenumberoftowersPurposeofthetowersPurposeoftheditchReading(2)RestoringHadrian'sWallInrecentdecades,restorationworkhasbeencarriedoutonHadrian'sWall.Severalfortsandcastleshavebeenreconstructed,soitisnowpossibletounderstandthelivesofthesoldierswhoguardedthefrontier.ArchaeologistsuncoveredinscriptionsonburialstonesthatshowthatthesoldierswhomannedthewallcamefromallpartsoftheRomanEmpire.Thearchaeologistsalsodiscoveredaletterfromasoldier'swife,inwhichshewrotethatshewassendingwarmclothestoherhusbandforthewintermonths.Forthesoldiersfromhotclimates,thebleakweatherofnorthernBritainmusthavebeenverydifficulttobear.Followingtherestorationwork,Hadrian'sWallwasnamedasaWorldHeritageSitein1987,inrecognitionofitshistoricalimportance.ItremindsusofthemightypowerofRome--andhowgreatempirescanfall.(143words/____________minutes)Vocabularyrestore修復decade十年；十年期carryout進行；執(zhí)行reconstruct重建；改建frontier邊境；邊疆archaeologist考古學家uncover移去……的覆蓋物；挖出burial埋葬的inscription碑文；銘文man守衛(wèi)在……崗位上；操縱bleak寒冷刺骨的heritage遺產recognition承認，認可；確認NoteWorldHeritageSite(世界遺產遺址)isaplaceidentifiedbytheUNESCO(聯(lián)合國教科文組織)ashavinggreathistoricalandculturalvalue.Exercise3Answerthesequestions.1.Howdoweknowthatthesoldierscamefrommanydifferentplaces?2.HowcanpeopletodayunderstandthelivesoftheRomansoldiers？3.HowdoweknowthatthesoldiersfoundtheBritishwintersverycold?4.HowhastheimportanceofHadrian'sWallbeenrecognised?Exercise4Intheboxbelow,findawordoraphrasethatmeans:1.uncivilisedpeople2.peoplewhostudyanddighistoricalsites3.soldiersonguardduty4.rebuild5.frontier6.atypeofgrass7.writingonastone8.getworsearchaeologistsinscriptionboundarysentriesbarbariansfallintodeclinereconstructturfExercise5ImagineanexcitingincidenthappenedonHadrian'sWallinRomantimes.Writeashortstoryaboutwhathappened.Keys:Exercise11.F2.T3.T4.F5.TExercise2Hadrian'sWallDatecompleted127Length117kilometresHeight5metresPurposesforbuildingthewall1.tomarkthenorthernboundaryoftheEmpire2.tokeepoutthebarbariansPurposesfortheforts1.tostationRomantroops2.tocontrolcrossingsApproximatenumb