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1、Unit7CulturalRelicsTheGreatWallofChinaTheGreatWall,thesymboloftheChinesenation,stretches6,350kilometersfromShanhaiguanPassontheeastcoasttoJiayuguanPassintheGobiDesert.ConstructionoftheWallfirstbeganduringtheperiodoftheWarringStates(476-221BC).TheGreatWallo
2、fChinaIn221BCEmperorQinShihuangdecidedtohavethewallslinkedupandextended.Historicalrecordsshowthatabout1millionpeople,one-fifthofChina'spopulationatthetime,tookpartintheprojectwhichlastedmorethantenyears.Whenitwasfinishedwecallit"WanLiChangCheng"whichmeans"
3、TenThousand-Li-LongWall".Pyramids,EgyptLocatedonthewestbankoftheNileRiver,thepyramidsrankassomeofthebest-knownmonumentsintheworld.TheancientEgyptiansbuiltthepyramidstoserveasroyaltombs.Builtwithouttheuseofmodernmachinesaround2650BC,theGreatPyramidis137metr
4、eshigh.Stonehenge,EnglandStonehenge,acircleoflargestandingstonesnearSalisbury,England,wasprobablybuiltinthreestagesbetweenabout3000and1000BC.Thefunctionofthemonumentremainsunknown:oncebelievedtobeatemple,Stonehengeisnowoftenthoughttohavebeeneitheratemplefo
5、rsunworshipersoratypeofastronomicalclockorcalendar.NameofthesiteWhyisitimportant?Whatisbeingdonetoprotectit?1TheWinterPalaceThissiteisimportantbecauseittellsusabouthowpeoplelivedinthepast.Visitorsarenotallowedtogoinsidethehouse.Instead,theycanwalkaroundthe
6、houseandlookedattheparkbehindthehouse.Thereisalsoasmallmuseum,wherevisitorscanlookatpicturesoftheinsideofthehouse.ListeningNameofthesiteWhyisitimportant?Whatisbeingdonetoprotectit?2TheSunshineTempleThetempleisanimportantpartofourhistory;manyimportantthings
7、happenedhere,andmanypoemshavebeenwrittenaboutthetemple.Wearetryingtosavethetemplebybuildingawallbetweenthelakeandthetemple.Wewillalsomovesomeofthethingsinthetempletothenewmuseumthatisbeingbuiltbetweenthemountainandthevillage.NameofthesiteWhyisitimportant?W
8、hatisbeingdonetoprotectit?3MountLuShanThemountainisanimportantpartofChina’shistoryandmanyimportantpeoplehavebeenhere.Wearetryingtolimitthenumberofcarsonthemountainandwetrytousemorebuses.TheWinterPalaceTheWint