{"id":489,"date":"2018-05-09T11:17:52","date_gmt":"2018-05-09T18:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.palomar.edu\/mcastillo\/?page_id=489"},"modified":"2025-08-17T22:34:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T05:34:53","slug":"the-great-wall-of-china","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.palomar.edu\/mcastillo\/the-great-wall-of-china\/","title":{"rendered":"I – China"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Lesson – present tense + reading for comprehension + completing the sentences – I level)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Great Wall of China\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

To get to the Great Wall of China you drive<\/span> one hour north of Beijing. \u00a0When you get<\/span><\/strong><\/em> there you see<\/span><\/strong><\/em> an ancient series of walls and fortifications, totaling more than 13,000 miles in length. Qin Shi Huang is<\/span><\/strong><\/em> the one who conceives the idea of building the Great Wall to prevent invasions from barbarian nomads.\u00a0\"\"<\/p>\n

When people come<\/span> <\/strong><\/em>to China, many want to see the Great Wall and to walk on it. \u00a0When they arrive<\/span><\/strong><\/em> at one location called Padaling, many tourists get excited when they see<\/span><\/strong><\/em> how beautiful and majestic the wall is. \u00a0As they climb<\/span> <\/strong><\/em>the steps to start the walk, they discover<\/span><\/strong><\/em> there are<\/span> <\/strong><\/em>so many people who have the same idea of walking on the Great wall. When they first start<\/span><\/strong><\/em>, they feel<\/span><\/strong><\/em> excited and energetic. \u00a0But after 30 minutes they realize<\/span> <\/strong><\/em>that they have<\/span><\/strong><\/em> a difficult walk because the wall goes<\/span><\/em><\/strong> up and down, and in some places the pavement is<\/span> <\/strong><\/em>not even. \u00a0The walkway on the wall is<\/span><\/strong><\/em> not always flat or even like a normal street or roadway. \u00a0So in time after 20 to 40 minutes of walking the people turn around<\/span><\/strong><\/em> and return<\/span><\/strong><\/em> to where they have started. \u00a0\"\"It is<\/span> <\/strong><\/em>impossible to keep on going because the wall stretches<\/span><\/strong><\/em> 13,000 miles long. \u00a0But the walk gives<\/span><\/strong><\/em> everyone joy and energy, because the people get<\/span><\/strong><\/em> a good exercise, meet<\/span> <\/strong><\/em>other tourists along the way, and stop<\/span><\/strong><\/em> and admire<\/span><\/strong><\/em> the magnificent view of the landscape and all the thousands of thousands of people walking on the wall like ants. \u00a0A person can never forget the experience and the walk on the Great Wall because it is<\/span><\/strong><\/em> the only one in the world. \u00a0You must see it and walk on it to understand the experience.<\/p>\n

Rubric for self-grading this quiz<\/strong><\/h3>\n

0 \u00a0 \u00a0 mistakes \u00a0A – Student has little or no problems understanding the concepts<\/p>\n

1 \u00a0 mistakes \u00a0 \u00a0B- Student has a couple of problems understanding the concepts<\/p>\n

2. \u00a0mistakes \u00a0 \u00a0C – Student shows problems understanding the concepts<\/p>\n

3. \u00a0mistakes \u00a0 \u00a0D – Student shows significant problems understanding the concept<\/p>\n