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  Stonehenge.
  
  
  Презентация к уроку 1 «On Salisbury Plain.» Unit 12. к учебнику К. Кауфман, М. Кауфман «Happy English.ru» для 6-го класса.
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  Любовь Васильевна,
  учитель английского языка БОУ г.Омска «СОШ №124»
  

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  learn the new words:
  cemetery-кладбище
  derive-получать
  designate-обозначать
  сapability-возможность
  awe-inspiring-впечатляющий
  сentury-век, столетие
  

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  Stonehenge, prehistoric stone circle monument, cemetery, and archaeological site located on Salisbury Plain, about 8 miles (13 km) north of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. It was built in six stages between 3000 and 1520 BC.
  

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  As a prehistoric stone circle, it is unique because of its artificially shaped sarsen stones. The name of the monument probably derives from the Saxon stan-hengen, meaning “stone hanging” or “gallows”.
  

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  Stonehenge was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1986. English antiquarian John Aubrey in the 17th century and his compatriot archaeologist William Stukeley in the 18th century both believed the structure to be a Druid temple.
  

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  In 1963 American astronomer Gerald Hawkins proposed that Stonehenge had been constructed as a “computer” to predict lunar and solar eclipses; other scientists also attributed astronomical capabilities to the monument.
  

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  In 2008 British archaeologists Tim Darvill and Geoffrey Wainwright suggested that Stonehenge was used in prehistory as a place of healing. However, analysis of human remains from around and within the monument shows no difference from other parts of Britain in terms of the population’s health.
  

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  The Stonehenge that is visible today is incomplete, many of its original sarsens and bluestones having been broken up and taken away, probably during Britain’s Roman and medieval periods.
  

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  Stonehenge was built within an area that was already special to Mesolithic and Neolithic people. About 8000–7000 BC, early Mesolithic hunter-gatherers dug pits and erected pine posts within 650 feet (200 metres) of Stonehenge’s future location.
  

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  Stonehenge is the world’s most famous stone circle, visited by more than a million people per year. It stands as an icon for all that is mysterious and awe-inspiring about humanity’s prehistoric past.
  

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  For well over a century, people have gathered at the monument to celebrate the summer solstice. Modern-day Druidic societies have claimed Stonehenge as their own temple, even though the identification of Stonehenge with the original Druids is suspect.
  

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  Say : True or False.
  Stonehenge is located on Salisbury Plain, about 8 miles north of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.
  It was built between 4000-1560 BC.
  The name of the monument probably derives from the English stan-hengen, meaning “stone hanging” .
  Some scientists believed the structure to be a Druid temple.
  Stonehenge is the world’s most famous stone circle, visited by more than a billion people per year.
  
  
  

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  Answer the questions.
  1. What is Stonehenge?
  2. What did American astronomer Gerald Hawkins propose?
  3. What did British archaeologists Tim Darvill and Geoffrey Wainwright suggest in 2008?
  4.What does the analysis show?
  5. Why have people gathered at the monument for well over a century?
  6. How many people visit Stonehenge every year?
  
  
  
  

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  Используемые ресурсы:
  Encyclopedia Britannica:
  http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/567331/Stonehenge
  Картинки:
  http://img15.nnm.ru/5/c/b/2/6/9f77aa88263d9434a009e069e94_prev.jpg
  http://zev.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/druids_stonehenge.jpg
  http://www.knowth.eu/wallpaper/stonehenge-equinox-800.jpg
  
  
  
  

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