英语作文世界奇观100词左右（2）
英语作文世界奇观100词左右
介绍世界奇观英语作文篇4
The world is full of wonders which since the dawn1 of civilization man has created through his skill and talent. Early in history travelers began to list and describe the marvel they saw. Ancient2 writers limited their lists of wonders to ven, possibly becau the number ven was thought to have a special meaning.
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1. Great Pyramid常铖
The only surviving wonder of the ancient world is the Great Pyramid. It was built nearly 5,000 years ago as the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh3 Khufu, who ruled about 2,700 B.C. Covering an area of 13 acres at its ba, the pyramid contains nearly 2,500,000 well-cut stone blocks. Each block weighs about 2.5 tons, although some weigh many tons more. At its peak4 the pyramid originally5 ro to a height of 481 feet. The area it occupies could co
ntain four of the largest European churches. Yet the men who built it did not have even animals for labor, let alone machinery. Even the wheel was unknown to them, and the huge stone blocks were then pulled by an enormous number of laborers. The only mechanical aids they had were levers6, and primitive7 cutting tools. Yet in spite of the difficulties, the Great Pyramid is so accurately constructed that a thin piece of glass can hardly be inrted8 between the clo-fitting stones.
2. Hanging Gardens of Babylon樱花凋零
The next oldest wonder was the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. The 5th century Greek historian Herodotus has left us a full description of the gardens in all their glory. They were created over 2,500 years ago by King Nebuchadnezzar Ⅱ(605—562B.C.). Some say he had them made to delight his young bride9, who came from mountainous Persia10. Babylonia lay in the flat land of Mesopotamia11 and had no mountains. On the banks of the Euphrates River, which flowed through his royal city, the King's workmen raid an artificial12 hill 350 feet high. It was made up of a ries of platforms with trees, l
无精打采的拼音awns13, and flowers. Water from the river was pumped14 to the top of the hill and allowed to flow down through canals and small waterfalls. A heaven of coolness and beauty was created in that hot, thirsty land. Little remains of Babylon today except piles15 of broken mud brick.
3. Statue16 of Zeus
The huge figure of Zeus, King of the Gods, stood in the Temple of Zeus at Olympia in Greece. It was completed about 456 B.C. The statue ro to a height of 40 feet and almost touched the temple ceiling17. It was made of thin plates of gold and ivory18, covering a wooden form. The eyes were made of two large jewels. The statue was moved to Constantinople in the 5th century A.D. and was destroyed by fire about 475. Today visitors to Olympia, where the first Olympic Games were held, e only the foundations19 of the building in which it stood. But the workshop where the parts of the statue were prepared has been discovered nearby. Here some of the tools and even the molds20 from which the gold plates were made can still be en.
4. Temple of Diana
Diana was the Roman name for Artemis, the Greek goddess of the moon, protecting unmarried girls and animals. She was worshipped21 in many places, but her most important temple was at Ephesus, near the coast22 of prent-day Turkey. The temple, built in the 4th century B.C., was of white marble23, enriched with gold and silver. Precious24 jewels were stored below the temple. It was so lovely that it put all the other wonders in the shade.
基因突变是怎么回事5. Mausoleum
Also in Asia Minor(modern Turkey) was the Mausoleum. It was a marble tomb built for King Mausolus(?—353B.C.) by his wife, Artemisia(?—350?B.C). So beautiful was this monument that the word mausoleum has pasd into our language and now means “burial place”. Unlike the pyramid and the Temple of Diana, the Mausoleum was not large. It was a bright jewel of a building, made of shining white marble. Rising to a height of 140 feet on a mound25 overlooking the little port of Halicarnassus, it was visible to ship
沈秉成s entering the harbor. Its courtyard was surrounded26 by a wall. In the center of the court stood a high platform that was approached by splendid marble steps. Lions carved27 in marble guarded the approach. On a cond wall surrounding the platform were more statues. At each corner were statues of proud warriors28 on hors. Other carved hors drew the chariot29 on the top of the building. In the chariot stood figures. Only a few fragments30 of this splendid mausoleum remain. Some are now in the British Muum in London. From the, scholars31 have been able to reconstruct the building in model form.
我爱冬天6. Colossus of Rhodes
雌二醇偏低This statue of the sun god Helios towered above the harbor of Rhodes, an island in the Aegean Sea. It stood over 100 feet high on a stone ba that was itlf higher than most statues. The Colossus was built in 280 B.C. It was made of metal32 that had been melted33 down from the arms ud by Demetrius (337?-283 B.C.) when he attacked Rhodes in 305 B.C. After bravely resisting and defeating this invader34, the Rhodians bui
lt the statue as thanks offering to their god. The Colossus shaded35 its eyes and gazed out to a. Twenty times the height of a man, it stood at the harbor entrance for only 56 years. In 224 B.C. it was thrown to the ground by an earthquake36. The large metal plates lay there for centuries until, in the 7th century A.D, they were carried away and sold by tradesmen.
