Μάθημα : ΑΓΓΛΙΚΑ B' ΓΥΜΝΑΣΙΟΥ (ΠΡΟΧΩΡΗΜΕΝΟΙ)

The "Church of Holy Wisdom", also called Agia Sophia, is in Constantinople – now Istanbul. It was built by the emperor Justinian after the riots of AD 532. Anthemios and Isidoros were two of the Greek architects who designed it. It took six years to build and about ten thousand men worked on it. The first stone of the foundations was laid by the emperor himself. The building had brick walls, marble linings inside, amazing mosaics made up of tiny cubes of coloured glass, marble or gold and massive marble pillars. Of all its fascinating features though, perhaps the most remarkable is its huge, shallow dome, supported on piers made of limestone. There are also smaller half-domes around the largest, supported by arches - a typical feature of Byzantine design for big buildings. Agia Sophia is well over 45m high and over 60m long and wide. Today we are accustomed to seeing buildings as large as this, sometimes even larger. But in Justinian’s time, Agia Sophia must have been truly awe-inspiring.

1. Architects =                                                         6.  Mosaic =                                                        

2. Building =                                                             7. Foundation =

3. Marble =                                                                8. Emperor =

4. Dome =                                                                 9. Shallow =

5. Arches =                                                                10. Limestone =

1. King : ……………………..                   6. Used to: …………………
2. Agia Sophia : ……………..               7. Huge: ……………………
3. Designers : ……………….                 8. Was put: ………………..
4. Painted: ………………….                    9. Very small: …………….
5. Biggest: ………………….                     10. Hellenic : ………………

ex:  strong                                                   stronger                                   the strongest

1. He is the ………………….. (clever) pupil in class.
2. Jim runs ………………….. (fast) as John.
3. Penny is …………………. (fat) than her sister.
4. The computer is not ………………………… (expensive) as the TV.
5. This year the winter is …………………..(cold) than last year.

       diversity – unity - harmony - tolerance

1. They can live together in …………………. although they come from different countries.

2. National ………………. is essential in time of war.

3. In this country there is racial ………………………They respect other people’s opinions, customs

and beliefs.

4. Some countries like the USA have a great deal of cultural …………………….