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 seven, possibly
because the number seven was thought to have a special
meaning.
1. Great Pyramid
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 base, 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 rose to a height of 481 feet. The area it
occupies could contain 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 these difficulties, the Great
Pyramid is so accurately constructed that a thin piece of glass can
hardly be inserted8 between the close-fitting stones.
2. Hanging Gardens of Babylon
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 raised an artificial12 hill 350 feet high. It was made up
of a series of platforms with trees, lawns13, 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 rose 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, see 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 seen.
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 present-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.
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 passed 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 ships 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 second wall
surrounding the platform were more statues. At each corner were
statues of proud warriors28 on horses. Other carved horses 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 Museum in London. From
these, scholars31 have been able to reconstruct the building in
model form.
6. Colossus of Rhodes
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 base that was itself 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 used by Demetrius (337?-283 B.C.) when he attacked Rhodes in 305 B.C. After bravely
resisting and defeating this invader34, the Rhodians built the
statue as thanks offering to their god. The Colossus shaded35 its
eyes and gazed out to sea. 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.
7. Pharos
The pharos was the forerunner37 of all lighthouses. It was
built on the island of Pharos near Alexandria, the gateway to
Egypt, between 285 and 247 B.C. It stood about 400 feet high
and was built in levels. The top supported a pan38 in which a fire
burned day and night. A huge mirror, possibly made of metal,
reflected the light so brightly that it could be seen far out at sea.
Inside the building were 300 rooms. Horse-drawn carts carried
fuel up to the ever-burning light. The Pharos was destroyed by
an earthquake in the 14th century A.D. Some people believe that
on calm days its fragments still can be seen below the waters of
the harbor.
In every generation, man creates new marvels that can be
added to the list of wonders of the world.
介绍世界奇观英语作文篇5
Mt. Everest
Mt. Everest, which straddles6 the border between China and
Nepal, is the world's highest mountain. It measures 29,035 feet.
And the mountain is still growing! Geological7 forces push it up
a few millimeters each year.
Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa8 Tenzing Norgay first reached
the peak's summit in 1953. Since then more than 1,000 people
have reached the top—and at least 100 have died trying. Why
climb Everest? Briton George Mallory, part of the first expedition
to climb the mountain in 1921, famously answered that question:
“Because it is there.”
Grand Canyon9
Visitors to the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River in Arizona
admire its breathtaking10 colors, rock formations and cliffs. No
picture can adequately capture its beauty. The canyon is 277
miles long and anywhere from 4 to 18 miles wide, rim11 to rim.
A national park protects the canyon's most spectacular
section. Visitors can either hike or ride a mule from the rim to the
canyon floor 5,280 feet below. The Colorado River flows through
the canyon. The river created several other canyons, but the
Grand Canyon is the most beautiful.
Great Barrier Reef12
The Great Barrier Reef extends 1,200 miles along Australia's
northeast coast through the Coral Sea. It is the largest coral
formation in the world and is visible from space! Actually, it is not
one reef but a chain of thousands.
More than 10,000 species live on the Great Barrier Reef.
These reef inhabitants include more than 1,500 kinds of fish and
200 kinds of birds. The beauty of the reef also attracts thousands
of human visitors each year. They dive or see the reef by glass-bottom boat.
Victoria Falls
Victoria Falls stretch across the Zambezi River between
Zimbabwe and Zambia. Locals call the falls “Mosioa Tunya,” or
“The Smoke that Thunders.” The roar of the water can be heard
long before the mist from the falls comes into view. During peak
flood season, the falls form the largest curtain of falling water in
the world. The mile-wide falls plunge 330 feet over a cliff into a
narrow gorge13. From February to May, nearly 120 million
gallons of water a minute make the plunge into the gorge.
Amazon Rain Forest
The Amazon Rain Forest covers more than a billion acres of
northern South America. If this rain forest were a country, it
would be the ninth largest in the world!
Some scientists call the area the “lungs of our planet.” The
area produces more than 20 percent of the world's oxygen.
Millions of animal and plant species live in the Amazon, including
one third of the world's bird species!
A visit to the Amazon, or any of these natural wonders, is an
experience you will treasure for a lifetime.
介绍世界奇观英语作文篇6
built 4,000 years ago, the three great pyramids at giza, in the
egyptian desert remain the most colossal1 buildings ever
constructed.
the pyramids were built by egyptians under the orders of the
egyptian leader, whose title was pharaoh2. there was a sequence
of pharaohs culminating3 around , with the pharaoh
cheops who built the biggest thing ever built, the great pyramid,
also known as khufu. cheops built a pyramid 770 feet on one side
and 481 feet tall. how ancient builders managed to build these
massive structures has never been fully answered but the effort
clearly required brains and brawn4.
was there engineering genius involved? yes, there was. for
example, when you're putting the b lock right at the top, how are
you going to lug5 a block of stone that weighs several tons 480
fee t 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.
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 be long 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.
for being a man made wonder that has survived the sands of
time1, the pyramids rise to the n umber two spot.
矗立在埃及沙漠中吉萨的三座大金字塔建于4000年前,它们一直都是有史以来最宏大的建筑。
金字塔是埃及人在他们的领袖--名为法老--的.命令下建造的。在公元前2615年左右,几任法老相继统治埃及,基奥普斯法老建造了有史以来最大的金字塔--大金字塔,也被称为胡夫金字塔。胡夫金字塔每边长770英尺,高481英尺。古代的建筑者是如何建造这些庞然大物的,这一直是个未解之谜,但很明显它需要付出大量的脑力和体力。
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