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A. Listen and answer the following questions. Note taking

1. What is the main idea of the passage? Topic :

different alphabets

hieroglyphics
learning a new language Main idea :

learning about ancient cultures

2. Who in ancient Egypt knew the symbols of
st
hieroglyphics? 1 Major point :
only kings
everyone

peasants Details :
priests

3. How many hieroglyphic characters are there?
26

over 26,000
nd
1,000 2 Major point :
over 2,000

4. What was not mentioned about the Rosetta Stone?
Details :
It was discovered in the early 1800s.
It became the breakthrough in deciphering glyphs.

It helped Jean-Francois Champollion in the 1820s.
The discovery of it was during the Egyptian invasion by

Napoleon Bonaparte’s troops.
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3 Major point :
B. Check True or False.

1. The word “hieroglyphics” comes from

German words. Details :

2. The hieroglyphic writings are similar to the

‘rebus’, a picture puzzle.

3. All of the sounds of the English alphabet

exist in hieroglyphics.

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