Reading

1. | GW. Find the meaning of unknown words. Read the passages and make a presentation.

Cliff Dwellings

The cave complexes in modern day Turkey, Cappadocia were built for defense as much as a shelter. Their narrow passages made it difficult for invaders to penetrate the dwellings. Tucked away* in the northwest corner of Iran there is a quaint and mysterious thirteenth century village of Kandovan. It’s a village in Sahand Rural District, in the Central District of Osku County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. This village consists of man-made cliff dwellings which are still inhabited. The troglodyte homes,

The Great Barrier Reef

excavated inside volcanic rocks and tuffs similar to dwellings in the Turkish region of Cappadocia, are locally called “Karaan”.

Visible from outer space, the World Heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef is one of the world’s largest coral reef system on our planet. In 1975 the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park was established to protect its fragile ecosystems, which include more than 2,900 individual reefs; 900 islands; 300 coral cays; and inshore mangrove islands. The park stretches for 2,300 km (1,400 miles) over an area of approximately 344,400 square kilometres. The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, Australia. Diving and snorkelling are spectacular. The astounding array of sea life includes soft and hard corals, more than 1,600 species of tropical fish, sharks, dolphins, turtles, rays, and giant clams.

*tuck away - store something in a secure place