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Unit 18 Lesson 2
A testimony of Moghul architecture
Objectives: By the end of the lesson you will have
• done a translation
• read a text
• written a paragraph
• answered some questions
A Listen to your teacher reading an extract from a famous Bangla poem. In pairs discuss what the poem is about. Then write in one sentence the idea contained in the lines.
B Look at the picture below of the Shatgombuj Mosque at Bagerhat and with your partner write 3 sentences to describe it.
C Read the following passage and discuss in pairs whether it was right to declare the Shatgombuj Mosque a World Heritage Site. Give reasons for your answer.
Though a small country, Bangladesh has three World Heritage Sites: the historic Shatgombuj Mosque, of Bagerhat, the ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur and the Sundarbans.
The Shatgombuj Mosque is a 15'"1 century Islamic edifice situated in the suburbs of Bagehat, on the edge of the Sundarbans, some 175 km southwest of Dhaka. It is an enormous Moghul architectural site covering a very large area. The Mosque is unique in that it has sixty pillars, which support seventy-seven exquisitely curved domes that, have worn away with the passage of time. The mausoleum of the city's founder, Khan Jahan Ali can be found nearby. With the declaration of the mosque as a World Heritage Site, it is hoped that this beautiful architectural monument will be preserved from further decay.
Now work in groups and suggest at least 2 ways in which you could prevent further decay of the mosque.
D Karim's pen-friend Moh Moh from Myanmar has come to Bangladesh. She is interested in visiting the Shatgombuj Mosque. There are conventions that should be followed while visiting a mosque. Here are 3 'dos' and 3 'don'ts11 for visiting a mosque:
What you can do What you cannot do
Enter the mosque. Enter the mosque wearing shoes.
Walk about and explore. Enter with your head and legs uncovered.
Talk in a low voice. Smoke on the premises.
Now write the "dos' and 'don'ts' in a paragraph in the form of advice adding any more "dos" and 'don'ts' that you can think of.
E Work in pairs and answer the following questions which Moh Moh may ask about the journey and the visit,
1 How can you travel to Bagerhat from Dhaka?
2 How long will the journey take?
3 Where can you put up at Bagerhat'?
4 Besides the Shatgombuj Mosque, is there anything else worth visiting in Bagerhat?
Focus:
Skills.
Reading, writing, speaking, listening. Functions.
Describing places,
giving advice,
giving information.
Grammar/Structure.
Simple present,
modal verbs : should do, can/ma.y
Vocabulary
ruins, mausoleum.
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Unit 18 Lesson 2
A testimony of Moghul architecture
Objectives: By the end of the lesson you will have
• done a translation
• read a text
• written a paragraph
• answered some questions
A Listen to your teacher reading an extract from a famous Bangla poem. In pairs discuss what the poem is about. Then write in one sentence the idea contained in the lines.
B Look at the picture below of the Shatgombuj Mosque at Bagerhat and with your partner write 3 sentences to describe it.
C Read the following passage and discuss in pairs whether it was right to declare the Shatgombuj Mosque a World Heritage Site. Give reasons for your answer.
Though a small country, Bangladesh has three World Heritage Sites: the historic Shatgombuj Mosque, of Bagerhat, the ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur and the Sundarbans.
The Shatgombuj Mosque is a 15'"1 century Islamic edifice situated in the suburbs of Bagehat, on the edge of the Sundarbans, some 175 km southwest of Dhaka. It is an enormous Moghul architectural site covering a very large area. The Mosque is unique in that it has sixty pillars, which support seventy-seven exquisitely curved domes that, have worn away with the passage of time. The mausoleum of the city's founder, Khan Jahan Ali can be found nearby. With the declaration of the mosque as a World Heritage Site, it is hoped that this beautiful architectural monument will be preserved from further decay.
Now work in groups and suggest at least 2 ways in which you could prevent further decay of the mosque.
D Karim's pen-friend Moh Moh from Myanmar has come to Bangladesh. She is interested in visiting the Shatgombuj Mosque. There are conventions that should be followed while visiting a mosque. Here are 3 'dos' and 3 'don'ts11 for visiting a mosque:
What you can do What you cannot do
Enter the mosque. Enter the mosque wearing shoes.
Walk about and explore. Enter with your head and legs uncovered.
Talk in a low voice. Smoke on the premises.
Now write the "dos' and 'don'ts' in a paragraph in the form of advice adding any more "dos" and 'don'ts' that you can think of.
E Work in pairs and answer the following questions which Moh Moh may ask about the journey and the visit,
1 How can you travel to Bagerhat from Dhaka?
2 How long will the journey take?
3 Where can you put up at Bagerhat'?
4 Besides the Shatgombuj Mosque, is there anything else worth visiting in Bagerhat?
Focus:
Skills.
Reading, writing, speaking, listening. Functions.
Describing places,
giving advice,
giving information.
Grammar/Structure.
Simple present,
modal verbs : should do, can/ma.y
Vocabulary
ruins, mausoleum.