A Long Walk on a Long Wall

10/10/2020 4:25:00 PM
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Do you know?

  • The Great Wall of China is the longest wall in the world which was constructed across the historical northern borders of ancient Chinese states and Imperial China to protect China safe from its enemies.
  • The length of the Great Wall of China is 21,196 km.
  • The Great Wall of China is recognized as UNESCO World Heritage Site. 

Let's explore this heritage!

 

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Listen and then choose the correct answers to each of the following questions.

  • How high is the Great Wall of China?
  • When was the wall built?

How high is the Great Wall of China?

  • 12 feet
  • 20 feet
  • 25 feet
  • 35 feet

When was the wall built?

  • A hundred year ago
  • Hundreds of years ago
  • Thousands of years ago

Complete the text you are listening to by dragging the correct word to each blank.

A Long Walk on a Long Wall

The Great Wall of China is wide enough to walk on. It is about twelve feet . As you walk, you can look down over the sides at the . The wall is about twenty-five feet high, so the ground is far below.

Do you think you could walk from one end of the wall to the other? You would have to walk a long time. What if you walked two and a half miles an hour? What if you walked all day and night, never stopping? You would have to walk for more than seven weeks!

The Great Wall of China was built hundreds of years ago. stood on the wall. They stood in on the wall. The guards tried to keep China safe.

Read and answer the following questions.

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The Great Wall of China is wide enough to walk on. It is about twelve feet wide. As you walk, you can look down over the sides at the ground. The wall is about twenty-five feet high, so the ground is far below.

Do you think you could walk from one end of the wall to the other? You would have to walk a long time. What if you walked two and a half miles an hour? What if you walked all day and night, never stopping? You would have to walk for more than seven weeks!

The Great Wall of China was built hundreds of years ago. Guards stood on the wall. They stood in watchtowers on the wall. The guards tried to keep China safe.

Which of the following is NOT true about the Great Wall of China?

  • It has watchtowers.
  • It was built thousands of years ago.
  • It is wide enough to walk on.
  • It is about twenty-five feet high.

Which of the following can be another title for this story?

  • "All About China."
  • "Hundreds of Guards."
  • "The Great Wall of China."
  • "Staying Safe in China Today."

Most likely, if you walked from one end of the wall to the other, it would take you _____

  • less than seven weeks when you run.
  • more than seven weeks because you would stop.
  • less than seven weeks because you would never stop.
  • more than seven weeks even when you never stopped.

Put the right word in each blank. The sentences are from the text.

  1. They stood in on the wall.
  2. It is about twelve feet . 
  3. The tried to keep China safe.
  4. You can look down over the sides at the .

Put the right word in each blank. These are new sentences for words in the text.

  1. The door is four feet .
  2. There were around the president's house.
  3. The prison is surrounded by .
  4. The leaves fell to the .