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The Taj Mahal is considered to be one of the most beautiful buildings in the world and the finest example of the late style of Indian architecture. It is at Agra in northern India. It lies beside the River Jumna in the middle of gardens with quiet pools.The Taj Mahal was built by the Mogul emperor Shah Jehan, who ruled India in the seventeenth century. It is in memory of his favourite wife, Arjumand Banu Bagam, known as Mumtaz Mahal, who died in 1631. The building, which was completed between 1632 and 1638, was designed by a local Muslim architect Ustad Ahmad Lahori. The whole building, with gardens and gateway structures, was completed in 1643. The Taj Mahal stands at one end of the garden tomb with marble path. The room is softly lighted by the light that passes through double screens of carved marble set high in the walls. The building now is kept in good condition.The Taj Mahal took 22 years to build. Shah Jehan planned a similar building, but in black instead of white, to lie on the other side of the river. But before it could be built, Shah Jehan was imprisoned by his son and buried next to his wife in the Taj Mahal.Section_ⅠIntroduction & Reading — Pre-reading[原文呈现][读文清障]Part 1The Amazing①Caves ofZhoukoudianZhoukoudian is a small village about 50 kilometres south-west of Beijing. In the 1920s②，archaeologists③discovered some prehistoric④human bones there which changed China’s knowledge ⑤of its history⑥. They came from an unknown species⑦of man and were the first evidence⑧of primitive⑨human life in China thousands of years ago. The remains⑩were ... three teeth!In 1929, a complete skull⑪was also discovered. Eventually⑫，archaeologists found almost 200 items⑬，including⑭six skulls and more than⑮150 teeth. These discoveries⑯proved the existence⑰of a human species who lived in the area⑱between 700,000 and 200,000 years ago.Four sites where Beijing Man and his relations⑲lived⑳were discovered on the northern face of○21 Dragon Bone Hill (Longgushan). They lived in the limestone○22caves in the area.①amazing adj.令人大为惊奇的②in the 1920s＝in the 1920’s③archaeologist/ˌɑːki’ɒlədʒIst/n．考古学家④prehistoric/ˌpriːhI’stɒrIk/adj .史前的；有历史记载以前的prehistory n．[U]史前时期⑤knowledge n．[U]知晓，了解⑥which引导定语从句，代指上文提到的事情。
Module 6 第1课时Ⅰ.根据汉语意思或首字母填空1．The conference v________ was changed after being known by the enemies.2．Salt p________ food from decay.3．They have made an________(协议)with each other.4．The man plans to________(投资)money in business enterprise.5．The trucks were forced to d________ to another road.答案：1.venue 2.preserves 3.agreement 4.invest 5.divertⅡ.句型转换1．It was certain that they had done that thing.There was________ ________that they had done that thing.2．It took him several days to finish the work.________ ________several days finishing the work.3．He preferred to give up the fortune that would one day come to him.He________ ________give up the fortune that would come to him one day.4．I'm sure that it rained last night.It________ ________ ________last night.5．The mother spent the whole night attending her sick daughter.The mother spent the whole night________ ________her sick daughter.答案：1.a certainty/no doubt 2.He spent 3.would rather 4.must have rained 5.looking afterⅢ.单句改错1．Do be careful when do your homework.________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 2．I, who is in America, feel proud of being Chinese.________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 3．The boss told us to finish the job as quickly as possible, which we thought it impossible.________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 4．It was on Saturday when he reached this city.________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 5．We have the party in honour for the famous writer.________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 6．So far there have been four buildings putting up here.________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 7．Five add to three makes eight.________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 8．A knife and fork are needed when you have supper in this hotel.________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 9．On the way home, he was caught by a storm. As a result, he developed a cold.________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 10．He has three sons, one of them is a doctor.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 答案：1．第二个do→doing应为时间副词＋动词-ing结构。
