GRADE8 UNIT 9 LESSON4 THE NILE
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Ahmed Darweesh
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GRADE8 UNIT 9 LESSON4 THE NILE
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-Read the following text and answer the questions :
The Nile
In the past, the Ancient Egyptians called the longest river on our planet Ar or Aur, which means ‘black’, because after the river
flooded it left behind black
sediment. Nowadays, the most common name for this river is enNîl or an-Nîl in Arabic and Nile in
English. The Nile flows for 6700 km through ten different African nations and its large delta meets
the Mediterranean Sea on the coast of Egypt. Throughout history, there have been many expeditions to discover
the source of the Nile. In the nineteenth century, many people believed the source of the Nile to be LakeVictoria, but nowadays, we know that the real source of the Nile is probably one of the many the smaller rivers that flow into Lake Victoria. However, we still don’t know which
one, and and explorers from all over the world still travel to Africa to try to solve the mystery.
Lake Victoria is definitely the source of the White Nile, one of the two big tributaries of the Great Nile, the great mother river which flows down to the sea. The other main tributary is the Blue Nile, which comes from Lake Tana in Ethiopia. The two meet in Sudan to form the Great Nile, which flows into Egypt, where it finally meets the sea. The Nile delta is about 160 km long
and covers 240 km of coastline. The sea tides bring salt water into the Nile’s estuary where it
mixes with fresh water.This is home to some of the biggest reptiles in the world: the Nile crocodiles!
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2 Read the text again. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)?
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3 31 Two friends are talking about a documentary they have just watched on TV. Which of these things do they not mention?
a form of transport
a reptile
a dam
a temple
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4 Read the Listening strategy box. Then listen again and tick the sentences that are correct.
1 The girls hadn’t heard of the Nile before watching the documentary.
2 The girls agree that the Nile crocodiles are scary.
3 The documentary told the story of a man who was killed by a crocodile.
4 The girls would like to visit different parts
of Egypt
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1 What’s the capital of Egypt?
Giza
Cairo
Alexandria
2 What was the Great Pyramid of Giza?
a temple
a palace
a tomb
3 The river Nile was called ‘black’ in ancient
times because of its ...
frequent floods.
dirty water.
sediment.
4 How long is the river Nile?
more than 6,500 km
about 6,000 km
less than 6,500 km
5 What are the Blue Nile and the White Nile?
the source of the Nile
tributaries of the Nile
the Nile’s estuaries
6 Where do the Blue Nile and the White Nile
meet?
in Sudan
in Ethiopia
in Tanzania
7 The Nile meets the sea in the ...
Mediterranean.
Red Sea.
Arab Sea.
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