[名校联盟]贵州省贵阳市花溪二中八年级英语《Unit 3 Knowledge of Common Interest》课件（6份）（新世纪版）

Seven Ancient Wonders of the World ——that is most widely agreed on The Hanging Gardens of Babylon A king of Babylon had the gardens built around 600 BC to please the queen. The Statue of Zeus at Olympia The statue was made of gold and ivory about the 5th century BC. It was about 40 feet high. But it was destroyed by fire. The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus（以弗所的阿尔忒弥斯神庙）古希腊 The work on the temple began about 350 BC.野兽的女神 The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus（哈利卡纳苏斯的摩索拉斯陵墓） A queen had it built in memory of her husband. Some remains of the tomb are in the British Museum. The Colossus at Rhodes（罗德岛太阳神巨像）爱琴海，希腊 It was a bronze statue of Apollo, about 105 feet high. Artists worked 12 years on it before they completed it in 280 BC. But it was finally destroyed by an earthquake. The Pharos Lighthouse of Alexandrea（埃及亚历山大港的灯塔） The lighthouse was built during the 3rd century BC on the Island of Pharos off the coast of Egypt. Among all the seven wonders, only one, the Pyramids of Egypt, has survived. Fires, earthquakes and wars destroyed the others. Now people learn about them by reading ancient tales and history books. Wonders of the World Q1:Can you tell us how many wonders there are in the ancient world? Q 2: What are they? 埃及吉萨金子塔 阿泰密斯神殿 亚历山大灯塔 巴比伦空中花园 罗德港巨人雕像 摩索拉斯基陵墓 宙斯神像 Listen to the tape twice and try to answer the questions:( Paragraph 1) The Pyramid is one of the seven ancient wonders of the world, isn’t it? Where are they? Who built them? Why did they build pyramids? How many pyramids did they build? What is the largest and most famous among them? Put the following sentences into the right order: 1.Among , the Great Pyramid is the largest and most famous. 2.Nearly 5,000 years ago, the Egyptians built pyramids to keep the bodies of their kings and queens after their death. 3.Near the Nile River stand the famous pyramids of Egypt, the oldest of the seven ancient wonders of the world. 4. Thousands of people worked ver