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1、Visit www.readinga- for thousands of books and materials.Taj MahalA Reading AZ Level N Leveled BookWord Count:595WritingWrite a newspaper article for students explaining the importance of the Taj Mahal.Include facts from the book in your article.Social StudiesResearch to learn more about India and c

2、reate a poster highlighting at least five facts about it.Connectionswww.readinga-LEVELED BOOK NLEVELED BOOK NWritten by Danny ReifTaj Mahal www.readinga-Written by Danny ReifTaj Mahal What makes the Taj Mahal unique?Focus QuestionTaj MahalWorld Landmarks Level N Leveled Book Learning AZWritten by Da

3、nny ReifAll rights reserved.www.readinga-burialcoffinmemorialpeacefulpollutiontowersWords to KnowFront and back cover:Thousands of visitors come to see the Taj Mahal every week.Title page:The walls of some of the Taj Mahal buildings are covered with flowers and other beautiful shapes.Photo Credits:F

4、ront cover,back cover:Arco Images GmbH/Alamy;title page:Michel Gounot/Godong/Corbis;page 4:david pearson/Alamy;page 5:LEROY Julien/Alamy;page 7(left):Dennis Richardson/D;page 7(right):Xin Hua/D;page 8:Saiko3p/D;page 9:Tim Graham/Robert Harding Picture Library/Superstock;pages 10,11:Dinodia Photos/Al

5、amy;page 12:REX USA/Amos Chapple;page 13:x-drew/iStock/Thinkstock;page 14:Fosco Maraini/Gabinetto Vieusseux PropertycFratelli Alinari/Mary Evans;page 15:Pakorn Lopattanakij/AlamyCorrelationLEVEL NM2028Fountas&PinnellReading RecoveryDRA3Table of ContentsThe Taj Mahal .4The Great Gate .7The Main Build

6、ing .8A Love Story .10The Buildings Go Up .12The Taj Mahal Today .14A Lasting Memorial .15Glossary .16BAY OF BENGALARABIAN SEAINDIAAgraYamuna RiverTaj Mahal Level N4The Taj MahalHundreds of years ago,the Mughal(MOO-guhl)family ruled parts of India.They were rich and powerful rulers.They built many b

7、eautiful buildings that still stand today.Of all the places the Mughal people built,the most famous is the Taj Mahal(TAJ muh-HAHL)in Agra,India.To many people,the Taj Mahal is one of the most beautiful places on Earth.3Table of ContentsThe Taj Mahal .4The Great Gate .7The Main Building .8A Love Stor

8、y .10The Buildings Go Up .12The Taj Mahal Today .14A Lasting Memorial .15Glossary .16BAY OF BENGALARABIAN SEAINDIAAgraYamuna RiverTaj Mahal Level N4The Taj MahalHundreds of years ago,the Mughal(MOO-guhl)family ruled parts of India.They were rich and powerful rulers.They built many beautiful building

9、s that still stand today.Of all the places the Mughal people built,the most famous is the Taj Mahal(TAJ muh-HAHL)in Agra,India.To many people,the Taj Mahal is one of the most beautiful places on Earth.5Across the Yamuna River to the east is the Moonlight Garden.Experts think this was one of Shah Jah

10、ans favorite spots to view his wifes memorial.The Taj Mahal is a memorial with beautiful buildings,walls,and gates.It also has peaceful gardens and lovely pools of water.Shah Jahan(SHAH jah-HAHN)was an important Mughal ruler.He built the Taj Mahal over three hundred years ago for his wife after she

11、died.Her name was Mumtaz Mahal(moom-TAHZ muh-HAHL).Shah Jahan wanted to make a beautiful burial place for her.He wanted people to remember her for a long time.Taj Mahal Level N6 assembly hall(jawab)mosqueriverfront terracemausoleumtowercentral poolgardenswater channelGreat Gateforecourt5Across the Y

12、amuna River to the east is the Moonlight Garden.Experts think this was one of Shah Jahans favorite spots to view his wifes memorial.The Taj Mahal is a memorial with beautiful buildings,walls,and gates.It also has peaceful gardens and lovely pools of water.Shah Jahan(SHAH jah-HAHN)was an important Mu

13、ghal ruler.He built the Taj Mahal over three hundred years ago for his wife after she died.Her name was Mumtaz Mahal(moom-TAHZ muh-HAHL).Shah Jahan wanted to make a beautiful burial place for her.He wanted people to remember her for a long time.Taj Mahal Level N6 assembly hall(jawab)mosqueriverfront

14、 terracemausoleumtowercentral poolgardenswater channelGreat Gateforecourt7The Great GatePeople enter the Taj Mahal through the Great Gate.Visitors can see the main building through the door of the gate.The huge white building is where Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal are buried.Four tall,thin towers are

15、around it.The Great Gate has two tall towers on each side.The towers are topped with white marble(top).The main buildings onion-shaped dome is framed by the Great Gates doorway(left).Taj Mahal Level N8The Main BuildingSome of the Taj Mahals buildings are made of red sandstone.The main building and t

16、he towers around it are made of white stone called marble.The Taj Mahal buildings have many beautiful things,both inside and outside.Artists used thousands of colorful stones to make flowers,butterflies,and other pictures on the walls.Different kinds of shiny gems were used as well.From across the Y

17、amuna River,visitors can see the main building.They can also see the red stone assembly hall on the left and the mosque on the right.7The Great GatePeople enter the Taj Mahal through the Great Gate.Visitors can see the main building through the door of the gate.The huge white building is where Shah

18、Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal are buried.Four tall,thin towers are around it.The Great Gate has two tall towers on each side.The towers are topped with white marble(top).The main buildings onion-shaped dome is framed by the Great Gates doorway(left).Taj Mahal Level N8The Main BuildingSome of the Taj Mahals

19、 buildings are made of red sandstone.The main building and the towers around it are made of white stone called marble.The Taj Mahal buildings have many beautiful things,both inside and outside.Artists used thousands of colorful stones to make flowers,butterflies,and other pictures on the walls.Diffe

20、rent kinds of shiny gems were used as well.From across the Yamuna River,visitors can see the main building.They can also see the red stone assembly hall on the left and the mosque on the right.9Visitors can go inside the main building,where Shah Jahan and his wife are buried.A coffin for Mumtaz Maha

21、l is in the center of the room.Her husbands coffin is beside hers.Both coffins are empty.They are only for people to view.The real burial places are in a room under the main floor.Thousands of visitors come every day to see the empty coffins of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal.Taj Mahal Level N10A Love S

22、toryShah Jahan met his wife-to-be when he was fifteen and she was fourteen.They were married five years later.He gave her the title Mumtaz Mahal,which means“Chosen One of the Palace.”She was his wife and also his close friend.Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal were married for nineteen years(16121631).9Vis

23、itors can go inside the main building,where Shah Jahan and his wife are buried.A coffin for Mumtaz Mahal is in the center of the room.Her husbands coffin is beside hers.Both coffins are empty.They are only for people to view.The real burial places are in a room under the main floor.Thousands of visi

24、tors come every day to see the empty coffins of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal.Taj Mahal Level N10A Love StoryShah Jahan met his wife-to-be when he was fifteen and she was fourteen.They were married five years later.He gave her the title Mumtaz Mahal,which means“Chosen One of the Palace.”She was his wi

25、fe and also his close friend.Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal were married for nineteen years(16121631).11When Mumtaz died,Shah Jahan was heartbroken.People said he was so sad that his beard turned white,and he cried so much,he needed glasses.After Mumtaz Mahal died,Shah Jahan lived for thirty-five more

26、years.He died in 1666.Taj Mahal Level N12The Buildings Go UpAfter Mumtaz Mahal died,Shah Jahan returned to his capital city of Agra,India.He decided to build the Taj Mahal in Agra beside the Yamuna(YAH-moo-nah)River.Shah Jahan began building the Taj Mahal in 1632,about a year after Mumtaz Mahal died

27、.Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal near a bend in the Yamuna River.The waters there are peaceful.11When Mumtaz died,Shah Jahan was heartbroken.People said he was so sad that his beard turned white,and he cried so much,he needed glasses.After Mumtaz Mahal died,Shah Jahan lived for thirty-five more years

28、.He died in 1666.Taj Mahal Level N12The Buildings Go UpAfter Mumtaz Mahal died,Shah Jahan returned to his capital city of Agra,India.He decided to build the Taj Mahal in Agra beside the Yamuna(YAH-moo-nah)River.Shah Jahan began building the Taj Mahal in 1632,about a year after Mumtaz Mahal died.Shah

29、 Jahan built the Taj Mahal near a bend in the Yamuna River.The waters there are peaceful.13It was a big job.Twenty thousand workers helped build the Taj Mahal.One thousand elephants helped carry things.Builders and painters came from all over the world.Huge pieces of white marble were pulled on cart

30、s by oxen.Workers used ropes to move the marble into place.The work was finished in 1653.It took almost twenty-two years to build the Taj Mahal.Taj Mahal Level N14The Taj Mahal TodayAfter Shah Jahan died,the Taj Mahal was forgotten.People stole many of the gems and stones from its walls.They also to

31、ok gold lamps,beautiful rugs,and other things.Since then,people have fixed some of the damage at the Taj Mahal.Today,air pollution is the biggest danger.Pollution from factories damages the buildings and ruins the white marble.People work to keep the Taj Mahal safe.They moved some factories farther

32、away.Groups of people work to fix harm caused by air pollution.People work hard to fix artwork from hundreds of years ago.13It was a big job.Twenty thousand workers helped build the Taj Mahal.One thousand elephants helped carry things.Builders and painters came from all over the world.Huge pieces of

33、 white marble were pulled on carts by oxen.Workers used ropes to move the marble into place.The work was finished in 1653.It took almost twenty-two years to build the Taj Mahal.Taj Mahal Level N14The Taj Mahal TodayAfter Shah Jahan died,the Taj Mahal was forgotten.People stole many of the gems and s

34、tones from its walls.They also took gold lamps,beautiful rugs,and other things.Since then,people have fixed some of the damage at the Taj Mahal.Today,air pollution is the biggest danger.Pollution from factories damages the buildings and ruins the white marble.People work to keep the Taj Mahal safe.T

35、hey moved some factories farther away.Groups of people work to fix harm caused by air pollution.People work hard to fix artwork from hundreds of years ago.15A Lasting MemorialShah Jahan wanted to make a place for people to enjoy forever.Today,the Taj Mahal is one of the New Seven Wonders of the Worl

36、d.Many people visit every day to view the beautiful buildings and gardens.Hundreds of years have passed since the Taj Mahal was built.It is still one of the most beautiful places in the world.In the evening,the white marble of the Taj Mahal seems to glow.Taj Mahal Level N16Glossaryburial(n.)the act

37、of placing a dead body in the ground(p.5)coffin(n.)a long,thin box in which a dead person is buried(p.9)memorial(n.)something that stands for the memory of a person,place,thing,or event(p.5)peaceful(adj.)calm and quiet(p.5)pollution(n.)the act or result of putting harmful things into the air,water,o

38、r soil(p.14)towers(n.)tall,thin buildings(p.7)15A Lasting MemorialShah Jahan wanted to make a place for people to enjoy forever.Today,the Taj Mahal is one of the New Seven Wonders of the World.Many people visit every day to view the beautiful buildings and gardens.Hundreds of years have passed since

39、 the Taj Mahal was built.It is still one of the most beautiful places in the world.In the evening,the white marble of the Taj Mahal seems to glow.Taj Mahal Level N16Glossaryburial(n.)the act of placing a dead body in the ground(p.5)coffin(n.)a long,thin box in which a dead person is buried(p.9)memor

40、ial(n.)something that stands for the memory of a person,place,thing,or event(p.5)peaceful(adj.)calm and quiet(p.5)pollution(n.)the act or result of putting harmful things into the air,water,or soil(p.14)towers(n.)tall,thin buildings(p.7)www.readinga-Written by Danny ReifTaj Mahal What makes the Taj

41、Mahal unique?Focus QuestionTaj MahalWorld Landmarks Level N Leveled Book Learning AZWritten by Danny ReifAll rights reserved.www.readinga-burialcoffinmemorialpeacefulpollutiontowersWords to KnowFront and back cover:Thousands of visitors come to see the Taj Mahal every week.Title page:The walls of so

42、me of the Taj Mahal buildings are covered with flowers and other beautiful shapes.Photo Credits:Front cover,back cover:Arco Images GmbH/Alamy;title page:Michel Gounot/Godong/Corbis;page 4:david pearson/Alamy;page 5:LEROY Julien/Alamy;page 7(left):Dennis Richardson/D;page 7(right):Xin Hua/D;page 8:Sa

43、iko3p/D;page 9:Tim Graham/Robert Harding Picture Library/Superstock;pages 10,11:Dinodia Photos/Alamy;page 12:REX USA/Amos Chapple;page 13:x-drew/iStock/Thinkstock;page 14:Fosco Maraini/Gabinetto Vieusseux PropertycFratelli Alinari/Mary Evans;page 15:Pakorn Lopattanakij/AlamyCorrelationLEVEL NM2028Fo

44、untas&PinnellReading RecoveryDRAVisit www.readinga- for thousands of books and materials.Taj MahalA Reading AZ Level N Leveled BookWord Count:595WritingWrite a newspaper article for students explaining the importance of the Taj Mahal.Include facts from the book in your article.Social StudiesResearch to learn more about India and create a poster highlighting at least five facts about it.Connectionswww.readinga-LEVELED BOOK NLEVELED BOOK NWritten by Danny ReifTaj Mahal