When did it happen? UNIT 7 d b a The Beijing Olympics took place from August 8 to August 4, 008. Motown the newest kind of pop music during the 960s. Robert Ballard s team the Titanic in 985. c The last time Uruguay the World Cup was in 950. b A Some students are playing a trivia game. Listen and write the verbs in the captions above. Track became invented died traveled discovered took place introduced won B Which questions go with these categories? Technology Look at the pictures, and write a h.. Then listen again and check your answers. Track Sports Exploration C Think of other trivia questions for each of the categories in B. Then ask the class. When did Alexander Graham Bell invent the telephone? 876 6 Unit 7 When did Sony introduce the first PlayStation? 994 b Entertainment
g e A company in New Zealand the electric Yike Bike in 009. f h Steve Wozniak the personal computer in 976. Track Audrey Hepburn was born in 99. She in 993. So-yeon Yi into space in 008. A Listen to the conversation. Then listen again and repeat. B Practice the conversation with a partner. Replace the words in blue. What do you think people will say about us fifty years from now? in 030 30 years ago 3 Hmm, I know! Nadine Barnard s famous space walk took place during the 030s. OK, how about this: Maya Santos became a world-famous professor in 00. explorer inventor I like that one, Ming! plant flower at least Yeah, and Ming Chen discovered a new animal in 05. That s crazy! 4 tennis / Davis Cup volleyball / World Cup What about Stig? Will he be a famous soccer player? I don t know, but I hope Sweden wins the World Cup once in the next 50 years, at least! When did it happen? 63
Track 3 A Study the chart and timeline. Point of time When was the first World Cup? How long ago did the Chinese invent fireworks? When did the first space walk take place? Period of time When did Beethoven live? How long was the Titanic lost? When did the Beatles become popular? Point of time The first World Cup was in 930. They invented them about 800 years ago. It took place on March 8, 965. He lived from 770 to 87. It was lost for 73 years. They became popular in / during the 960s. Period of time B Check ( ) point of time or period of time for each sentence.. In 985, Shigero Miyamoto developed Super Mario Bros., one of the most popular video games ever.. Hurricane John stormed for 3 days in 994. 3. A Latin American dance called the tango became very popular during the 90s and 90s. 4. Columbus explored North America more than 500 years ago. 5. The world-famous nun Mother Teresa lived from 90 to 997. 6. Spider-Man first appeared in comic books in 96. point of time period of time Track 4 64 Unit 7 C Complete the conversation with the correct words. Then listen and check your answers. Lori: Hey, Adam, you re a Harry Potter fan, right? When did J. K. Rowling write the Harry Potter books? Adam: Well, the last one came out () 007. Lori: So when did she write the first one? Adam: She wrote it () the 990s, more than twenty years (3). Actually, I think she started writing it (4) 990 and finished it five years later. Lori: Wow, so she wrote the first book (5) 990 90 (6) 995. Adam: Right. So, why are you asking me about J. K. Rowling? Are you reading one of the Harry Potter books? Lori: Well, I wanted to read the books before school starts, but she wrote them (7) 7 years. I don t think I can read all of them (8) one summer!? How many books are there in the Harry Potter series? a. 6 b. 7 c. 8
D Write sentences about events in your life. When did they take place? Tell a partner.. the last time you saw someone important to you: I saw my favorite uncle in September.. when you last read a book: 3. when you met your best friend: 4. how long your last school holiday was: 5. when a kind of fashion was popular: Track 5 A Listen to the dates. Then listen again and repeat. Dates. The Beijing Olympics ended on August 4, 008.. J. K. Rowling was born on July 3, 965. 3. On December, 808, an orchestra in Vienna first performed Beethoven s Fifth Symphony. Track 6 B Write the dates you hear. Then practice reading them with a partner.. 3. 5.. 4. 6. How much do you know about these famous people? Take turns asking and answering questions to complete the biographies. Student A: Turn to page 8. Student B: Turn to page 9. When was So-yeon Yi born? How long was Daddy Yankee s song Rompe in the Latin charts? When did Serena Williams become the number tennis player? When did Steve Jobs start Apple Computer? When did it happen? 65
City Clouds in the A Read the title and look at the pictures. Which questions do you think the article will answer? Who lived in Machu Picchu? How many buildings are there in the city? Why did everyone leave? What is the city like today? B Read the article. Underline the things you already knew about Machu Picchu. C Answer the questions on page 68. This picture shows Machu Picchu 500 years ago. South Gate: This was the only entrance into Machu Picchu. Warehouse: This huge building was filled with potatoes, corn, and other food. 3 Royal residence: Royal family members probably lived in this house. They had their own garden and bathroom. 4 Temple of the Sun: The sun shines through a window in this temple during the mid-winter festival. 66 Unit 7 Track 7 5 0 In 9, Hiram Bingham was exploring in the Andes Mountains in Peru. Bingham was an American professor from Yale University, who was looking for Inca ruins. One day, he asked a guide to take him to some ruins high in the mountains. When they reached the ruins, the professor was amazed. It seemed like an unbelievable dream, he later wrote. What could this place be? The place was the forgotten city of Machu Picchu.
Machu Picchu today 3 4 5 0 For almost 00 years, Machu Picchu was a busy, peaceful place. But in 53, the Inca people left. Machu Picchu, once a great city, was empty and forgotten for many centuries. Then, in 9, Hiram Bingham introduced Machu Picchu to the world. Bingham rediscovered a great treasure, but not everyone was happy about it. Some people complained that Bingham took important items from Machu Picchu to Yale University. Hiram Bingham, professor and explorer, in 9 5 30 Today, Peru s government is worried there is too much tourism. It wants people to visit Machu Picchu, because more tourism means more jobs and more money for local people. However, it also means more hotels, more cars and buses, and more environmental problems. Machu Picchu is an important cultural and historic place. Peru wants to protect it for people to enjoy now and in the future. 67
A Answer the questions about City in the Clouds.. What is the article mainly about? a. the history of Machu Picchu b. the Inca Empire c. the explorer Hiram Bingham. What did Bingham mean when he wrote It seemed like an unbelievable dream (line 8)? a. He was extremely tired. b. He was amazed. c. He didn t believe his guide. 3. Which statement about Machu Picchu is true? a. Machu Picchu took a century to build. b. The city was lost and forgotten for a century. c. Machu Picchu was an important city for a century. 4. We can infer in the fourth paragraph that Machu Picchu. a. was very unpopular b. had valuable treasures c. wasn t an important discovery 5. How is tourism both good and bad for Machu Picchu? a. There is more money for local people, but there aren t many hotels. b. There are more jobs for local people, but there are environmental problems. c. There are more jobs for local people, but there aren t many cars for tourists. B Number the events in order from to 8. a. Bingham rediscovers the city. b. Inca people leave the city. c. Tourists start to visit the city. d. Bingham takes valuable items to Yale University. e. Machu Picchu is a busy and important city. f. Inca people build Machu Picchu. g. Peru s government worries about tourism. h. Hiram Bingham explores the Andes Mountains.? How many people can visit Machu Picchu each day? a. 500 b.,000 c.,500 Read the essay. Then research and write a short essay about a famous discovery. Christopher Columbus and America In 49, the explorer Christopher Columbus took three boats across the Atlantic Ocean. He was looking for a bett er way to get from Europe to Asia, but world maps were not very good during the 400s. Columbus thought Asia was about,000 km away from Europe. It is really 50,000 km away! Columbus only had food and water for the shorter distance. He was lucky. His map did not show a large continent between Europe and Asia. When his boats arrived there, Columbus thought he was in Asia. He didn t know he was on a continent that was not on any map. Later, explorers named the continent America. 68 Unit 7
How did America get its name? THE MAPMAKER S MISTAKE Just before 500, Amerigo Vespucci took a trip across the Atlantic Ocean to the same place Columbus visited. Vespucci worked on a boat he wasn t an explorer. But he knew something Columbus didn t know. He knew he wasn t in Asia. He called the land a New World. Vespucci s story spread quickly. A German mapmaker heard about the new continent, and thought Vespucci discovered it. He drew a new map, and decided to name the continent America for Amerigo Vespucci. Later he realized his mistake, but it was too late. Other mapmakers included America on their maps too. Soon, maps showed both North America and South America. No one knew it all A map from the started as a mistake on a map! early500s. Amerigo Vespucci Do you know what the places below (-0) are called now? Match each place in the box to its old name. a. New York City c. Istanbul b. Iran d. Thailand b. Persia. Saigon 3. Constantinople 4. New Granada 5. Siam 6. 7. 8. 9. 0. e. Paris f. Ghana g. Mexico h. Tasmania New Amsterdam Lutetia Van Diemen s Land New Spain Gold Coast i. Colombia j. Ho Chi Minh City Idiom We re in the same boat means. a. we share th b. we re trav e same hobby eling togeth er c. we have the same p roblem When did it happen? 69