1 A world of wonders 1
2 Petra city of pink stone 4
3 The Serengeti migration 7
4 Angkor Wat 10
5 The Iguaz Falls 14
6 Chichn Itz 17
7 The Grand Canyon 20
8 The Alhambra 24
9 The lights of the aurora 28
10 Kyoto 32
11 The Great Barrier Reef 35
12 Qins last army 38
13 Tomorrows wonders 41
GLOSSARY 42
ACTIVITIES: Before Reading 44
ACTIVITIES: While Reading 45
ACTIVITIES: After Reading 49
TRANSLATION 参考译文 52
內容試閱:
The journey is long and hot. You travel across dry land, with rocky hills and small trees. Then you must walk between high mountain walls. At last you begin to leave this dark place and come into the light. And suddenly you have arrived in Petra, and you can see in front of you the beautiful building of pink stone called the Treasury. You are looking at one of the worlds wonders.
There are old wonders and new wonders in the world. Some are made by people, and some belong to the natural world. From these thousands of wonders, the author has taken eleven of his favourites cities and temples, from the East and the West, from the sea, the land, and the sky. Turn the page, and come on a journey to some of the most wonderful things in the world today.
旅途漫长且炎热。你穿越干旱的土地,那里有嶙峋的山丘和低矮的树丛。接着,你必须行走于高耸的山壁之间。终于,你开始离开这片黑暗之所,抵达光明之地。转瞬间,你就来到了佩特拉古城,在你眼前的是一座由粉红岩石构成的绝美建筑,它被称为金库。此时你正在欣赏着的地方便是世界奇观之一。
世界上的奇观或早已有之,或新近入选;或由人创造,或成于天然。作者从这成千上万处奇观中选出了自己最喜爱的11处,它们有城邦,有庙宇,或来自东方,或源于西方,或在海洋之中,或在大地之上,或于天际之间。翻开书页,与我们一同踏上旅途,领略当今世界一些精妙绝伦的奇观吧。