金字塔介绍

Today,Iwanttointroducethepyramids[ˈpirəmid]to

youall!

emoderncityofCairoliesthelargest

andmostimposingconcentrationofpyramidsin

theworld,

,wejustfocusonsomeofthemto

hispicture,Built4,000yearsago,

thethreegreatpyramidsatGiza,intheEgyptian

dertremainthemostgreatbuildingver

constructed.

dsfunctionedastombs

forPharaohs.

amidswerebuiltbyEgyptiansunderthe

ordersoftheEgyptianleader,

ftheleader,wemustrememberthe

pharaohs----khufuandThebiggest

pyramid——Khufu

atpyramid,alsoknownasKhufu,is770

feetononesideand481feettall.

rtobuildthegreatpyramid,2.3

millionblocksofstonewerecut,transportedand

therearealso

somestudyshowthatthisstoneare

man-made,fortheyoncefoundawispofhairin

thestone,andtheybelievethatancientpeopleare

areadyabletoprducttheman-madestone.

为了建造大金字塔，人们切割、运输、垒

砌了大约230万块石头。

alstructure

•11.

•Youmaydonotknowthecondlargest

pyramid,butyouwilldosoon.

•Thecondgreatpyramidwasbuildbythe

sonofKhufu——Khafre

•astofpyramid,itisTheGreat

Sphinx['sfinˌdʒi;z].Heattractstouristsall

overtheworld,bythemagicofhis

eEgyptiankingKhafre哈

夫拉cametotourthetombwhichwould

completed,hefoundtherewasastoneleaft.

Hepromptlyorderedthemasonstocarvea

sphinx，accordingtohisface.在最大的胡夫金

字塔东侧，便是狮身人面像，他以诱惑的魔

力，吸引了各地的游客。法老卡法瑞来到这

了巡视自己快要竣工的陵墓——金字塔时，

发现采石场上还留下了一块巨石。他当即命

令石匠们，按照他的脸型，雕一座狮身人面

像。

•'sacommonmessageinthe

amidsbelongtoEgypt,but

's

whywecanallidentifythepyramidsasan

earlymonumentofhumangreatness

•ientbuildersmanagedtobuild

the?’ssure

thatitneedsbrainsandstrength.

•asbeenamanmadewonder

thathassurvivedthesandsoftime,