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Talking About The Past. Ancient Civilization. The Phoenicians (Author-Bouabdellah)




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Lyc�e Si-Tarek of Relizane.

Third Year Pupils - Literature & Foreign Language

Unit 01:Talking About the Past

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Ancient Civilizations

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PART ONE�: Reading.

� Read the following text carefully then do the activities� below.(click "pause" then on each thumbnail to read the pages one by one)

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A � Comprehension�:
I-Choose the best completion to the sentence.
�1-First, the Phoenicians �

������� a-were sailors and traders.����������

������� b-were nomads living in the desert.

������� c-used to live along the eastern shore of the�Mediterranean.�

���2-Later after their arrival to Phoenicia, they�

������� a-continued wandering endlessly in the desert.

������� b-established in fixed locations.

��������c-not only traveled over the desert but over the�seas too.

A typical
Phoenician
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Phoenician
Sculpture
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Phoenician engraving
near Hippo
(Algeria)
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Phoenician
hieroglyphs
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Symbol of
beautiful woman
from Icosium (Algiers)
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�A street in ancient
Icosium (Algiers), Algeria.
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Another �street
in ancient
Icosium
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�Ruins from ancient
Hippo (Annaba), Algeria
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II-Say whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE.

�� 1-Unlike the Ancient Greek the Phoenicians were well-known
����� as traders and seamen.
�� 2-The Phoenicians travelled over vast areas over the world to do
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III-Answer the following questions according to the text.

����1-Where did the Phoenicians sail the farthest?

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����2-Who were the first to adapt the Phoenician alphabet and who were the last?
IV-Choose the best title for the text.

������� 1-The Phoenicians� Alphabet.������

������� 2-The Phoenicians Nomads, Seamen and Inventors.

3-The Phoenicians and the Other Civilization.

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B-Text Exploration:
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I-Find in the text words or expressions whose definitions are the following.

��1- People who purchase and maintain an inventory of

����� goods to be sold:

��2- Exchanging goods with goods without involving

����� money:

��3- Unique or specific to a person or thing or

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II-Rewrite the following sentence starting as shown.

��1-Originally, the Phoenicians were nomads. However, they managed to become seamen.

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�����2-The human civilization developed because, among other factors, the Phoenicians invented the alphabet.

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III-Ask questions for which the underlined words/phrases in the text are the answers.

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IV-Classify the following words according to the pronunciation of their final �s� or �es� in the table below. (NB: 1 box=1 word, 1 box=2 words separated by "-"�and 1 box=0 word)

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a- Greeks��������������� b- Cities��������� c- Phoenicians

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PART TWO: Writing.

� Write a composition on the following situation. (06 pts)

Watch�this video retracing the Aztecs civilization�s rise and fall,�and write a coposition to summerize the information it contains. Remember to use a good paragraph structure with a topic sentence, supporting sentences, transitions and a conclusion.

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Now that you are done think about your present world. Remember that we have only one.
So get involved to make it better, because everyone can make a difference.
Visit this site and participate to�realize this�change.
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