Activity One: Let’s Go to the Eiffel Tower Activity Two: Wonders of the World

2. Activity One: Let’s Go to the Eiffel Tower • Activity Two: Wonders of the World BACK

3. Let's go to the Eiffel Tower

4. World Map

5. Europe

6. France

7. Paris

8. The Eiffel Tower

9. The Eiffel Tower Facts • Construction: 1887-1889 (2 years, 2 months, 5 days) • Date of birth: March 31, 1889 • Occasions for: 1) 1889 Universal Exhibition2) Centennial of the French Revolution • Engineers : Maurice Koechlin and Emile Nouguier  • Architect : Stephen Sauvestre  • Contractor : Gustave Eiffel

10. The Eiffel Tower Facts • Material: Steel • Number of Steel Workers: 300   • Total weight: 10,100 tons • Height: 324 m (height with antenna) • Numbers of visitors in 2000: 6,315,423 • Distinctive feature: recognizable thought the entire world

11. The Eiffel Quizzes Take a test to know some fast facts about the Eiffel Tower

12. The contractor: Gustave Eiffel • Whom was the tower name after? • Its architect. • The engineers • The contractor.

13. 1889 World Fair 100th anniversary of the French Revolution • For what was the Eiffel Tower built? (choose two reasons) • 1889 World Fair. • The birthday of their president. • Centennial of the French Revolution.

14. 1710 • In 1889, how many stairs were there between the ground level and the top of the Tower? • 1665. • 1710. • 1889.

15. Red • What color was the Tower in 1889? • Yellow. • Brown. • Red.

16. French flag • Through the years and transformation, the Eiffel Tower has kept one aspect unchanged… • Giant thermometer. •   Christmas tree. •   French flag.

17. Steel • What is the tower made of? • bronze • steel • wood

18. 50 tons • How many tons of paint are used every 7 years? • 25 tons • 50 tons • 75 tons

19. Just one. • Guess how many workers died during construction? • 1 • 10 • 100

20. Shenzhen (深圳)scale: 1:3 • In which Chinese city is a replica of the Eiffel Tower located? • Beijing •   Shenzhen •   Shanghai

21. A seeing dog • Pets are not allowed in the Eiffel Tower except… • a quiet cat. •   a seeing dog. •   a small rabbit.

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23. Wonders of the World Sights seen in the mind’s eye can never be destroyed. Strabo (64 BC - AD 21)

24. Wonders of the World • There are many magnificent wonders in the world. Some are natural while others are man-made. Here, we are going to have a quick tour around the world and see some of the wonders. • Some facts related to those wonders are provided. Probably you can try to connect those facts together, make them into a paragraph and introduce them as if you were a tour guide!

25. Taroko Gorge (Taiwan) The Great Wall (China) The Grand Canyon (USA) The Pyramids (Egypt) Niagara Falls (Canada) The Leaning Tower of Pisa (Italy) Mount Fuji (Japan) The Golden Gate Bridge (USA)

26. This is…. (China)

27. The Great Wall of China

28. The Great Wall • Width: 8 meters wide • Height: 5-9 meters high • Materials: brick, earth and stone • in 221 B.C., Chin Shih-huang began to connect separate walls into one long wall • Other emperors continued to extend the wall until it reached more than 3,000 kilometers • Original purpose: military purpose • Present purpose: one of the tourist attractions on earth

29. This is…. (USA)

30. The Golden Gate Bridge

31. The Golden Gate Bridge • Total length of Bridge including approaches:1.7 miles = 8,981 ft = 2,737 m • Width of Bridge: 90 ft = 27 m • Height of Bridge: (Clearance above mean higher high water) 220 ft = 67 m • The Golden Gate Bridge has two main towers that support the two main cables. • Completed and opened to pedestrian traffic: May 27, 1937 • May 28, 1937 opened to vehicular traffic

32. This is…. (Italy)

33. The Leaning Tower of Pisa

34. The Leaning Tower of Pisa • Function: Bell Tower • Years Built: 1173-1350 • Year in which lean became obvious: 1178 (Third Story) • Height: 55.863 meters (185 feet) • Weight: 14,700 metric tons • 8 stories • Steps to Bell Tower: 294 • Outer diameter of base: 15.484 meters • Inner diameter of the base: 7.368 meters

35. This is…. (USA)

36. The Grand Canyon

37. The Grand Canyon • along the Colorado River • one of the seven natural wonders of the world • 250 million years old • 277 miles (443 km) long • 10 miles (16 km) in width from rim to rim in average • depth from the north more than 5,700 feet • depth from the south rim about 5,000 feet • to hike to the bottom of the Grand Canyon—at least one full day • a round way mule trip (to the river and back)—two days

38. This is…. (Japan)

39. Mt. Fuji

40. Mt. Fuji • A volcano: the last eruption began in November 1707 • Elevation: 3,776 meters (2.34 miles) • The air gets thinner as the elevation increases • Average temperature in July: 40.8 degrees F • The temperature at the top is about 36-40 degrees F cooler than the sea level

41. This is…. (Egypt)

42. The Great Pyramid of Giza

43. The Great Pyramids • The only one of the famous “Seven Wonders of the Ancient World” that still stands • Construction period—20 years • 100,000 oppressed slaves involved • 756 feet long on each side • 450 feet high • Composed of 2,300,000 blocks of stone • Each stone 2 ½ tons in weight

44. This is…. (US and CA border)

45. The Niagara Falls

46. The Niagara Falls: Horseshoe Falls • One hundred percent of the falls located in Canada • Speed—20 miles (32km/h) per hour • The crest line of the Falls 2,200 feet (670m) in width • The crest line of the Falls 500 feet (152 meters) above sea level • A total of 600,000 gallons of water flowing over the width of the crest line of the Falls

47. This is…. (Taiwan)

48. Taroko Gorge

49. Taroko Gorge • Situated near the Rocky east coast of Taiwan, Taroko Gorge rates as one of the island’s biggest tourist attractions. With a fantastic 19-kilometer-long canyon, the gorge is a breathtaking scene of craggy rocks and cascading water. Largely unspoiled, this area offers tourists a fabulous opportunity to see nature at its best. Two of the best places for viewing the gorge are Yentzukou (燕子口) and Chiuchutung (九曲洞).

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