Look at these photos

Look at these photos. What do you know about these places? What do you think makes them mysterious?
Easter Island
Kailasa Temple
Machu Picchu
Delphi
These places are mysterious because they contain the remains of lost civilisations, they have strange buildings, unusual statues or temples.

remote
transported
worshipped
symbols
unique
invisible
invaders
preserved
feat
properties
consult
offerings
Before reading learn new words!
дальний, далёкий
передвигаемый
поклоняемый
символы
уникальный
невидимый
захватчики
сохраненный
подвиг, достижение
свойства
консультироваться
подношения

Listen to and read the texts to find out.
Easter Island
Kailasa Temple
Machu Picchu
Delphi

You are tour guides. You should tell us the main facts about the place you have got on the paper.
No one knew why the stone statues had been built or how the stone was carved and transported.
The surface of the rock is covered with symbols and figures.
It is known as ‘The Lost of the Incas’ invisible from below; no one knows when life in this city ended; it was forgotten until 1911; everything is made perfectly from dry stone.
It was the name of the Oracle, a mysterious force said to be the spirit of the god Apollo which could apparently tell the future.

Read again. Which place …
Easter Island
Kailasa Temple
Machu Picchu
Delphi
… cannot be easily seen?
… is in the middle of an ocean?
… took about 150 years to create?
… was discovered by an American?
… includes a stadium?
… is at the base of a mountain?
… was discovered by a European?
… includes a park?
… was built for religious reasons?
… has decorations below ground level?

Match the underlined words to their meanings.
remote
transported
worshipped
symbols
unique
invisible
invaders
preserved
feat
properties
consult
offerings
praised the gods
not able to be seen
ask for advice
one of a kind
moved
achievement
designs to represent sth else
far away
kept in a good condition
qualities
soldiers who enter a country by force
gifts to the gods

How are the following related to each place?
Jacob Roggeveen found Easter Island and gave it its name. He was the Dutch explorer.
The Oracle at Delphi, said to be the spirit of the godApollo, predicted the future and answered people’s questions.
Lord Shiva is a Hindu god. The Kailasa Temple was built to honour him.
Hiram Bingham was the American who found Machu Picchu in 1911.
Monks worked and worshipped at the Kailasa temple.
Spanish invaders damaged many Incan ruins, but not Machu Picchu.
The Pythia was the high priestess of the Temple of Apollo.

What is it?
Geographical features
mountain range
woods
stream
canal
pond
dam
valley
glacier
waterfall
hot spring
bay
desert
swamp
grassland
forest
cliff
plain
Mountain range
Waterfall
Pond
Glacier
Dam
Hot spring
Bay
Desert
Grassland
Swamp
Cliff
Valley
Forest
Stream
Woods
Canal
Plain

Geographical features
List the words under the headings.
Water
L
a
n
d
lake
stream
canal
pond
dam
waterfall
hot spring
river
glacier
mountain range
woods
valley
glacier
bay
desert
swamp
grassland
forest
cliff
plain
cave

Make sentences about your country using them.
Barguzin mountain range is 280 kilometres of mountains in Buryatia, Russia.
Nepristupny waterfall in the Altai region of Siberia is 150 metres in heigh.
The Diuktai Cave is an archeologist site on the Alden river in Russia and was once occupied by prehistoric man.

Choose the correct word, then make sentences with the other one.
My grandfather lived in a tiny cottage in Wales.
The trees were all cut down.
Her future was told by a travelling mystic.
We need to conserve suppliers or we’ll run out soon.
I got lost and didn’t know where I was.
Athens is full of the remains of a great civilization.
Don’t miss the bus or you’ll be late for work.
The Celts are an ancient people.
The face is familiar, but the name I can’t recall.
What did the weather forecast say?
They honoured the winning football team with a parade.

Speaking
Which of the places in the text would you like to visit? Why? Tell you partner.