北师大初中英语八年级上--Unit3 9-2

[00:00.00]Exercise 2.1
[00:05.41]So,tell me about your trip to Egypt.
[00:08.71]How high are the pyramids
[00:11.03]They are huge!
[00:13.06]One of them-the Great Pyramid of Khufu-
[00:16.74]is 137 meters high.
[00:19.97]How far are the pyramids from Cairo?
[00:23.00]They are very close.
[00:24.60]Just a few kilometers to the west of Cairo.
[00:28.48]And how old is the Great Sphinx?
[00:31.62]It is more than 4,500 years old!
[00:36.10]Wow! How high is it?
[00:38.56]It is about 20 meters high!
[00:41.09]How long is the Nile River?
[00:43.83]It's 6,671 kilometers long.
[00:52.24]Exercise 3.2
[00:54.23]The capital of Germany is Berlin.
[00:57.66]The Grand Canyon¹ is in the United States.
[01:00.94]The country directly to the south of
[01:03.63]the United States is Mexico.
[01:07.12]Brandenburg Gate is in Germany.
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1 canyon   

n.峡谷，溪谷

参考例句：

• The Grand Canyon in the USA is 1900 metres deep.美国的大峡谷1900米深。
• The canyon is famous for producing echoes.这个峡谷以回声而闻名。