金字塔英文PPT-曹文佩

1、The Pyramids,Catalogue,Summarize,Introduction,Great Pyramid of Khufu,The end,金字塔是埃及人在他们的领袖法老的命令下建造的。在公元前2615年左右，几任法老相继统治埃及，基奥普斯法老建造了有史以来最大的金字塔 大金字塔，也被称为胡夫金字塔。胡夫金字塔每边长770英尺，高481英尺。 古代的建筑者是如何建造这些庞然大物的，这一直是个未解之谜，但很明显它需要付出大量的脑力和体力。,A reference of Egypt, all of us will associate with the pyramids.The pyr

2、amids were built by Egyptians under the orders of the Egyptian leader, whose name was Pharaoh. There was a sequence of Pharaohs culminating around 2615 B.C., with the Pharaoh Cheops who built the biggest thing, the Great Pyramid, also known as Khufu. Cheops built a pyramid which 770 feet on one side

3、 and 481 feet tall. How ancient builders managed to build these massive structures has never been fully answered .,古埃及金字塔是奴隶制帝王的陵墓，最宏大的当为吉萨三座大金字塔。塔基呈方形，每边长230米，高146米，用230余万块巨石（每块平均重达 2.5吨）垒成.,Pyramids of ancient Egypt is the emperors tomb of slavery, the most ambitious mbis of the three when the Gre

4、at Pyramid of Giza. Tower footing is a square, each side length 230 meters, 146 meters high, built by more than 230 million pieces of stone each weighting on an average of 2.5 tonnes).The king tomb built with 400 tons of rock. Overall size of the magnificent, design science, structure is complicated

5、, which has lasted 30 years to completed. Ancient Greece, it was known as one of the Seven Wonders of the world.In 1980, its inscribed on the World Heritage List.For being a man made wonder that has survived the sands of time, the pyramids rise to the No.2 spot.,国王墓室用一块400吨重的石板垒成。整体规模雄伟壮观，设计科学，构造复杂，

6、历时30年建成。古希腊时即被称为世界七大奇迹之一，1980年列入世界遗产名录。历经岁月的沧桑，金字塔位列十大人工奇观排行榜第2名。,矗立在埃及沙漠中吉萨的三座大金字塔建于4000年前，它们一直都是有史以来最宏大的建筑。,苏珊:Look, how big the pyramid of Khufu is! 你看!胡夫金字塔可真大啊! 贾斯汀:Yes. Its magnificent. The tour guide told us that more than two million stone blocks were used to build it, weighing an average of

7、 2.5 tons each. 嗯 .特别壮观.导游告诉我们建胡夫金字塔用了200多万吨巨石.平均每一块有2.5吨那么重. 苏珊:How did the ancient Egyptians do that? 4,000 years ago there was no machinery. How could they move such enormous blocks to build such a huge pyramid? 这么重!那古埃及人怎么运输这些巨石建起如此之大的金字塔呢?4000多年前可没有任何的机器. 贾斯汀:During the annual flood of the Nile

8、, the stone blocks were floated down the river on barges to the construction site. 每年尼罗河发大水的时候.人们就把石头装在驳船上.船顺流而下.漂到建金字塔的地方.,苏珊:How did they lift those huge blocks to make such a tall structure? 那建金字塔的时候.人们怎么往上运这些石头呢? 贾斯汀:Ramps were built and extended around the pyramid and used as the road to drag u

9、p the blocks. When the pyramid was done, they took the ramps away. Susan, do you know who built the pyramid? 金字塔周围修建了一些斜坡.人们顺着坡道把巨石拖上去.随着金字塔高度的增加.斜坡也越来越长.等金字塔建好了.再把坡道拆掉.苏珊.你知道金字塔是谁建的吗? 苏珊:Ive heard that the pyramids were built by the pharaohs slaves. 我听说是法老的奴隶建的. 贾斯汀:It isnt really correct. The pyra

10、mids were built by skilled workers, and the unemployed farmers also came to work during the flood season. 不是的.其实是技艺熟练的工人们建的.发大水时.农民们无事可做.也会加入到建金字塔的大军中.,苏珊:Were they forced to build the pyramid? 这些工人和农民是被法老抓去做苦力的吗? 贾斯汀:Some history books said they were, but research says No. It was considered a relig

11、ious duty because the people believed that the pharaoh was Sun God living on earth. If his corpse was not preserved, the pharaoh could not enjoy life after death. 原来有些历史书上说他们是被抓去的.但后来的研究表明她们是自愿的.古埃及人相信法老是人世间的太阳神.一旦没有保存好法老的遗体.法老死后就不能享受来世.所以他们把建金字塔看成是自己的责任. 苏珊:Oh, so people were not forced to build th

12、e pyramid! 哦.原来人们不是被迫修建金字塔的. 贾斯汀:In fact they were proud to do the work. 事实上.很多人还以此为傲呢! 苏珊:Sounds interesting! 真有意思!,法老们的初衷是为自己建造豪华的陵墓，而最终他们创建的却是昭示人类潜能的纪念碑。金字塔蕴含着一种共同的信息，金字塔属于埃及，但它也属于世界。因此我们完全可以把金字塔作为展示人类伟大文明的早期纪念物。,The original purpose of pharaoh fru may be have set up a magnificent tombs for themselves, but in the end, they created the monuments to human potential. Th