40 L4-Wonders of Past

Oxford Read and Discover level 4 Wonders Of the Past by Kathryn Harper

《牛津阅读与发现》四级《过去的奇迹》作者:凯瑟琳·哈珀

Introduction What is a wonder? It's something amazing. When we see it we ask, 'How is this possible?' Nature makes many wonders. People make wonders, too! What is a wonder of the past? It's something amazing that people made a long time ago. What are these wonders of the past? Where are they? What wonders are there in your country? Discover! Now read and discover more about some wonders of the past!

什么是奇迹? 这很神奇。当我们看到它时，我们会问:“这怎么可能?”大自然创造了许多奇迹。 人也能创造奇迹!什么是过去的奇迹? 这是很久以前人们发明的神奇的东西。 这些过去的奇迹是什么? 他们在哪里?你们国家有什么奇观? 发现!现在阅读和发现更多关于过去的奇迹!

Chapter 1 Stonehenge The Stonehenge stone circles are in England. People transported the first stones to this place about 5,000 years ago. We don't know a lot about Stonehenge. Who built it? How did they build it? Why did they build it? It's a mystery. People built Stonehenge with bluestones and sarsen stones. There were about 80 bluestones. They came from mountains 250 kilometers away. They are very heavy —some weigh about 4 metric tons. Discover! The biggest sarsen stone weighs about 45 metric tons. That's like ten elephants! The sarsen stones are even bigger and heavier. About 4,000 years ago, people transported them from 30 kilometers away. How did people use Stonehenge? Maybe they used it as a cemetery or a place for studying the sun and the stars. Maybe it was also a temple. It's still a special place for some people today. Every year, on June 21st, lots of people go to Stonehenge to celebrate the longest day of the year.

巨石阵巨石阵在英国。 大约5000年前，人们把第一块石头运到这里。 我们对巨石阵知之甚少。 谁建造的?他们是如何建造它的? 他们为什么要建造它?这是个谜。 人们用青石和砂岩建造巨石阵。 大约有80块青石。 他们来自250公里外的山区。 它们非常重，有些重约4公吨。 发现!最大的砂岩重约45公吨。 那就像十头大象!砂岩更大更重。 大约4000年前，人们从30公里外把它们运过来。 人们是如何使用巨石阵的? 也许他们把它用作墓地或研究太阳和星星的地方。 也许它也是一座寺庙。 对今天的一些人来说，它仍然是一个特别的地方。 每年的6月21日，很多人都会去巨石阵庆祝一年中最长的一天。

Chapter 2 Tutankhamun's Treasures Tutankhamun was a king in Egypt more than 3,300 years ago. He died when he was only 19 years old. When he died, people put a gold mask over his face. They put his body in a coffin made of gold. Then they put the coffin into two bigger coffins. They put all three coffins in a tomb with food and many treasures. The Egyptians thought that the king needed these things after he died. Tutankhamun's tomb was in the Valley of the Kings. No one discovered it for a long, long time. Then a British archaeologist called Howard Carter discovered it in 1922. When he broke through the door, he was amazed. There were gold statues, boats, jewels, toys, masks, and even a gold bed! There were about 3,500 treasures. For ten years, Carter took the treasures from the tomb, and wrote about them. Tutankhamun became one of the most famous kings in the world. Today, many of his wonderful treasures are in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo in Egypt.

图坦卡蒙的宝藏图坦卡蒙是3300多年前的埃及国王。 他去世时只有19岁。 他死后，人们给他戴上了金面具。 他们把他的尸体放进金制的棺材里。 然后他们把棺材放进两个更大的棺材里。 他们把这三具棺材和食物和许多财宝一起放在一个坟墓里。 埃及人认为国王死后需要这些东西。 图坦卡蒙的陵墓在帝王谷。 很长很长一段时间没有人发现它。 1922年，一位名叫霍华德·卡特的英国考古学家发现了它。 当他破门而入时，他大吃一惊。 里面有金雕像、船、珠宝、玩具、面具，甚至还有一张金床!大约有3500件珍宝。 十年来，卡特从坟墓中取出宝藏，并写了关于它们的文章。 图坦卡蒙成为世界上最著名的国王之一。 今天，他的许多奇珍异宝都在埃及开罗的埃及博物馆。

Chapter 3 The Great Wall of China About 2,400 years ago, there were many small countries in China. There were often wars. People didn't want enemies in their country, so they built big walls to keep them out. For more than 2,000 years, people built walls, destroyed walls, and built new walls. The Great Wall of China is really many walls. Together they are about 7,000 kilometers long. The walls are about 7 meters high. There are also many taller towers. Prisoners, soldiers, and other people built the wall. They transported the stones and bricks by hand. This work was hard and dangerous. About three million people died building the wall. Later, more than one million soldiers guarded the wall, but it was hard to stop the enemies. People also used the wall as a road. Today, tourists like to walk along the wall. Discover! For many years, people thought that you could see the Great Wall of China from the moon, but this is not true!

大约2400年前，中国有许多小国。 那里经常发生战争。人们不希望自己的国家有敌人，所以他们建造了高墙把敌人挡在外面。 两千多年来，人们建造城墙，摧毁城墙，建造新城墙。 中国的长城真的有很多墙。 它们加起来大约有7000公里长。 城墙大约有7米高。 还有许多更高的塔。 囚犯、士兵和其他人建造了这堵墙。 他们用手搬运石头和砖块。 这项工作既艰苦又危险。 大约有三百万人死于修建这堵墙。 后来，一百多万士兵守卫着长城，但很难阻止敌人。 人们还把这堵墙用作道路。 今天，游客们喜欢沿着城墙散步。 发现!多年来，人们认为你可以从月球上看到中国的长城，但这是不正确的!