Warm Up
- Have you ever visited any country in South America? If you could visit a country out of Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Bolivia, and Chile, which would you choose?
- Have you ever visited any historical spots such as Machu Picchu?If yes, how was it? If no, where would you like to visit??
- Machu Picchu is one of the Seven Wonders of the World, do you know any other places like that in Japan or elsewhere?
Listening
Before the video: Teachers will read the following questions aloud, please prepare for listening!
After the video: Did you get it? If not, please tell your teacher specifically which part you didn’t understand. Let’s review the video again 🙂
- What part of the train is his favourite? And why?
- Before coming to Machu Picchu, where did he see Machu Picchu before?
- What were the terraced hills used for?
Key Words & Phrases
Do you understand the following Key Words & Phrases? Your teacher will select Key Words & Phrases and ask you about their meanings.
If you don’t understand, your teacher can explain them. Afterwards, try to use the Key Words & Phrases to make a sentence!
- As you look up, you can see the towering canyons above. It’s like nature is just completely engulfing you.
- Okay, stage one of our voyage is complete. Now we’re gonna jump in a van and drive up to Machu Picchu.
- Actually the side Machu Picchu, there are many sides, many sectors, right here we can show the different irrigation systems, the farming systems, the religious system
- Right now, I’m standing above the urban section and this is where everybody lived, there are only about six to seven hundred people that actually lived in Machu Picchu and they were all of the high class.
- What is your favourite method of travel (by foot, road, plane or train, etc)?
- Have you ever visited a farm before or tried farming before?
- What season do you like? And what do you do in that season
00:17 Let’s go!
00:39 We are in Aguas Calientes.
01:28 that actually lived in Machu Picchu
01:59 and what they would do is they’d chisel them down
02:24 – Woooooooooh!
02:25 – Machu Picchu!