新标准初中英语九年级(上):UNIT1 The Great Pyramid

[00:00.00]Module 12 WONDERS OF THE WORLD
[00:07.61]UNIT 1 The Great Pyramid¹ was built in 2560 BC.
[00:14.95]1 Listen and read.Then say.
[00:19.62]Hi,Feifei.What are you doing here?
[00:22.25]Hello,Peter.
[00:23.32]I'm doing some research
[00:24.56]for my history assignment².
[00:26.39]Really?What's your assignment about?
[00:29.09]It's about the seven wonders of the world.
[00:31.75]Oh,you mean those ancient places like
[00:34.62]the Great Pyramid in Egypt?
[00:36.53]Yes,that's right.Do you know
[00:38.33]what the other wonders of the world are?
[00:41.48]That's a difficult question.I know the Great
[00:45.21]Pyramid...Oh,and there's the Hanging Gardens
[00:48.80]of Babylon,isn't there?
[00:51.01]Well done!That's two of them.
[00:53.61]The Great Pyramid was built in 2560 BC
[00:59.20]and took over 40 years to build.
[01:02.20]I didn't realize it was so old.
[01:04.61]That's more than 4,500 years old!
[01:08.23]That's right.
[01:09.41]The Hanging Gardens of Babylon are Special,too.
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1 pyramid   

n.金字塔

参考例句：

• The Great Pyramid is the biggest of all.大金字塔是其中最大的一座。
• Pyramid is one of the miracles in the world.金字塔是世界奇迹之一。

2 assignment   

n.任务，作业；分配，指定

参考例句：

• His assignment was to follow the spy.分配给他的工作是跟踪这个间谍。
• He has got a new assignment.他得到一项新任命。