手机APP下载

您现在的位置: 首页 > 双语阅读 > 图文阅读 > 环球之旅 > 正文

环球之旅:神秘的埃及金字塔

来源:网络 编辑:beck   可可英语APP下载 |  可可官方微信:ikekenet



  Was there engineering genius involved? Yes, there was. For example, when you're putting the block right at the top, how are you going to lug5 a block of stone that weighs several tons 480 feet up a structure? How are you going to do it, and how are you going to do it without leaving scratches6 on all the rest of the structure? And how many people does it take to drag a block weighing several tons 480 feet up into the sky? Approximately, 2.3 million blocks of stone were cut, transported and assembled to create the Great Pyramid.
 
  有工程天才的参与吗?是的,有。比如,当你要把一个石块放在顶端时,你该如何把一个几吨重的石块提升到480英尺的高度呢?应该怎样做?怎么做才不至于在塔身留下刮痕?把几吨重的石块提举到480英尺的高处又需要多少人力呢?为了建造大金字塔,人们切割、运输、垒砌了大约230万块石头。

  The Pharaohs may have set out to build magnificent tombs for themselves, but in the end they created monuments to human potential. There's a universal message in the pyramids. The pyramids belong to Egypt, but the pyramids also belong to the world. That's why we can all identify the pyramids as an early monument of human greatness.

法老们的初衷是为自己建造豪华的陵墓,而最终他们创建的却是昭示人类潜能的纪念碑。金字塔蕴含着一种共同的信息,金字塔属于埃及,但它也属于世界。因此我们完全可以把金字塔作为展示人类伟大文明的早期纪念物。

  For being a man?made wonder that has survived the sands of time1, the pyramids rise to the number two spot.
 
由于历经岁月的沧桑,金字塔位列十大人工奇观排行榜第2名。

重点单词   查看全部解释    
identify [ai'dentifai]

想一想再看

vt. 识别,认明,鉴定
vi. 认同,感同身

 
massive ['mæsiv]

想一想再看

adj. 巨大的,大规模的,大量的,大范围的

 
universal [.ju:ni'və:səl]

想一想再看

adj. 普遍的,通用的,宇宙的,全体的,全世界的

 
pyramid ['pirəmid]

想一想再看

n. 金字塔
vi. 急速增加
vt

 
approximately [ə'prɔksimitli]

想一想再看

adv. 近似地,大约

 
constructed

想一想再看

vt. 构造,建造;创立,构筑;搭建(construct

 
sequence ['si:kwəns]

想一想再看

n. 顺序,连续,次序,序列,一系列
vt.

联想记忆
genius ['dʒi:njəs]

想一想再看

n. 天才,天赋

联想记忆
block [blɔk]

想一想再看

n. 街区,木块,石块
n. 阻塞(物), 障

 
potential [pə'tenʃəl]

想一想再看

adj. 可能的,潜在的
n. 潜力,潜能

 


文章关键字:

发布评论我来说2句

    本节目其它精彩文章:
    查看更多>>
    • 环球之旅:美国西部的文化和金融中心——旧金山

      San Francisco, open your Golden Gate, sang the girl in the theatre. She never finished her song. The date was 18th April, 1906. The earth shook and the roof suddenly divided, buildings crashed to th

      2010-11-17 编辑:beck 标签:

    • 环球之旅:闻名遐迩的爱丁堡军乐节

      Every year, an average of 217,000 people gather at Edinburgh Castle in order to watch the famous Military Tattoo. Begun in the year 1950 with just eight items in the program, the Military Tattoo has

      2010-11-18 编辑:beck 标签:

    • 环球之旅:中国台北特色美食一日游

      Taipei boasts a wide variety of scrumptious, regional Chinese cuisines and a few down-home specialties, all of which stem from the island's history. 台北以各式中国地方美味和众多特色家常小吃而闻名,

      2010-11-22 编辑:beck 标签:

    • 环球之旅:高空鸟瞰图 美丽的莫斯科城

      Here is a new selection of breathtaking and beautiful Moscow shots made from roofs, towers and bridges. Such photos transmit the atmosphere of a big megalopolis very well – millions of people like

      2010-12-07 编辑:beck 标签:

    • 环球图片纵览 这个冬天有点冷

      A lamp covered with frozen snow shines on top of the Feldberg mountain near Frankfurt, central Germany, on a cold Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. AP / Michael Probst2010年11月30日星期二,德国中部地区法兰克福

      2010-12-09 编辑:beck 标签:

    • << 返回双语阅读首页

    最新文章

    可可英语官方微信(微信号:ikekenet)

    每天向大家推送短小精悍的英语学习资料.

    添加方式1.扫描上方可可官方微信二维码。
    添加方式2.搜索微信号ikekenet添加即可。