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Unite Eighteen: World Heritage
Lesson 1
The glory and the splendour
Objectives: By the end of the lesson you will have
• read a text explaining a world heritage site
• written a notice and a justification
• studied a map
• written some travel instructions
A Have you ever been to any place of historical importance? If so, talk to your partner about it. If not, tell your partner which place you would like to visit.
B Read the text below and answer briefly the questions that follow. Exchange your answers with your partner.
A World Heritage Site is a place (natural or cultural) recognised by the international community in the shape of the World Heritage Convention declared by UNESCO in 1972, as possessing universal value, and coming under a collective responsibility for its preservation. A country nominates a site to the Convention, and a decision on whether to include it in the World Heritage list is made by a 21-member international committee.
1 Write in your own words how a place becomes a World Heritage Site.
2 What do you understand by 'collective responsibility'?
3 Are there any World Heritage Sites in Bangladesh? If so, name one or two.
4 Name some World Heritage Sites in the World.
C Your college has planned a study tour to a World Heritage Site for the students.
1 Write a notice on behalf of the college authorities asking students to apply.
2 The application also asks students to write a paragraph in about 50 words entitled "Why I should be included in the study tour". In pairs write this paragraph.
D Read this dialogue between two students, Zubaid and Tahsin. They are talking about which place they might be visiting during the study tour. Also practise this dialogue in pairs.
Tahsin: Congratulations! You've been selected for the study tour.
Zubaid: And so have you.
Tahsin: I hope our tour will be to the Sundarbans! It's the largest mangrove forest in the world. I'm very much interested in going there!
Zubaid: Yes, particularly since it has been declared a World Heritage Site now.
Tahsin: That's right! The Sundarbans is not only the 52lld World Heritage Site in the worm, out has also gained special attention as a mangrove forest. You know, mangrove forests are disappearing.
Zubaid: The Sundarbans is also an attractive tourist spot. Many people particularly foreigners, like to see its natural beauty. For them it's a beautiful place to go to far from crowded towns and cities.
Tahsin: That's right! You not only find a natural and peaceful atmosphere there but you may be lucky enough to sec the famous Royal Bengal Tiger or the spotted deer or even the estuarine crocodile!
Zubaid: Wouldn't that be exciting! Yes, the Sundarbans is managing to survive in its natural state in spite of people's greed and selfishness. It's still renowned for its great variety of wild life.
Now work in pairs and answer the following.
1 What do you understand by "mangrove forest"?
2 Write 5 sentences about some of the different species of wild life found in the Sundarbans. Also mention some other wildlife not given in the text.
3 What activities of man would you consider "greedy and selfish"?
4 What is the result of these activities on the environment of the Sundarbans?
E
In pairs look at the map of Bangladesh. Locate Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna and the Sundarbans on it. Also mark on the map the route that you would take from Dhaka to the Sundarbans.
F Now write travel instructions for a foreigner to go to the Sundarbans from Dhaka based on the map above. Use the imperative verb form and words showing sequence of action (first, then, next, after that, finally).
Focus:
Skills.
Acting out a
dialogue.
speaking.
writing a short
supporting
statement. Functions.
Justifying,
exchanging ideas,
writing a notice,
giving instructions,
sequencing action. Grammar/Structure.
Passive forms - 'should be included, have been declared',
imperatives for instructions,
sequence words (first, then, after that next, finally). Vocabulary.
heritage, site,
preservation,
nominate,
international
community.
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Unite Eighteen: World Heritage
Lesson 1
The glory and the splendour
Objectives: By the end of the lesson you will have
• read a text explaining a world heritage site
• written a notice and a justification
• studied a map
• written some travel instructions
A Have you ever been to any place of historical importance? If so, talk to your partner about it. If not, tell your partner which place you would like to visit.
B Read the text below and answer briefly the questions that follow. Exchange your answers with your partner.
A World Heritage Site is a place (natural or cultural) recognised by the international community in the shape of the World Heritage Convention declared by UNESCO in 1972, as possessing universal value, and coming under a collective responsibility for its preservation. A country nominates a site to the Convention, and a decision on whether to include it in the World Heritage list is made by a 21-member international committee.
1 Write in your own words how a place becomes a World Heritage Site.
2 What do you understand by 'collective responsibility'?
3 Are there any World Heritage Sites in Bangladesh? If so, name one or two.
4 Name some World Heritage Sites in the World.
C Your college has planned a study tour to a World Heritage Site for the students.
1 Write a notice on behalf of the college authorities asking students to apply.
2 The application also asks students to write a paragraph in about 50 words entitled "Why I should be included in the study tour". In pairs write this paragraph.
D Read this dialogue between two students, Zubaid and Tahsin. They are talking about which place they might be visiting during the study tour. Also practise this dialogue in pairs.
Tahsin: Congratulations! You've been selected for the study tour.
Zubaid: And so have you.
Tahsin: I hope our tour will be to the Sundarbans! It's the largest mangrove forest in the world. I'm very much interested in going there!
Zubaid: Yes, particularly since it has been declared a World Heritage Site now.
Tahsin: That's right! The Sundarbans is not only the 52lld World Heritage Site in the worm, out has also gained special attention as a mangrove forest. You know, mangrove forests are disappearing.
Zubaid: The Sundarbans is also an attractive tourist spot. Many people particularly foreigners, like to see its natural beauty. For them it's a beautiful place to go to far from crowded towns and cities.
Tahsin: That's right! You not only find a natural and peaceful atmosphere there but you may be lucky enough to sec the famous Royal Bengal Tiger or the spotted deer or even the estuarine crocodile!
Zubaid: Wouldn't that be exciting! Yes, the Sundarbans is managing to survive in its natural state in spite of people's greed and selfishness. It's still renowned for its great variety of wild life.
Now work in pairs and answer the following.
1 What do you understand by "mangrove forest"?
2 Write 5 sentences about some of the different species of wild life found in the Sundarbans. Also mention some other wildlife not given in the text.
3 What activities of man would you consider "greedy and selfish"?
4 What is the result of these activities on the environment of the Sundarbans?
E
In pairs look at the map of Bangladesh. Locate Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna and the Sundarbans on it. Also mark on the map the route that you would take from Dhaka to the Sundarbans.
F Now write travel instructions for a foreigner to go to the Sundarbans from Dhaka based on the map above. Use the imperative verb form and words showing sequence of action (first, then, next, after that, finally).
Focus:
Skills.
Acting out a
dialogue.
speaking.
writing a short
supporting
statement. Functions.
Justifying,
exchanging ideas,
writing a notice,
giving instructions,
sequencing action. Grammar/Structure.
Passive forms - 'should be included, have been declared',
imperatives for instructions,
sequence words (first, then, after that next, finally). Vocabulary.
heritage, site,
preservation,
nominate,
international
community.