Chapter8 Natural Wonder 自然景观
Unit 2 Pyramids 金字塔
第三部分 Conversations 实用对话
情境对话1
The Sphinx 狮身人面像
Nina:What sights are there worth seeing here?
妮娜：这里有什么值得看的景色？
Monica:The Sphinx is well known all over the world.
莫妮卡：狮身人面像是世界闻名的。
Nina:ls it?
妮娜：是吗？
Monica:Sure.lt's also the place most worth seeing among all the places I've ever seen.
莫妮卡：是的。并且它是我见过的最有观赏价值的地方。
Nina:lt must be splendid.
妮娜：那一定很壮观。
Monica:Of course.
莫妮卡：当然。
Nina:Shall we visit some other places?
妮娜：还有什么地方可以游览的？
Monica:We'll also go to the Suez Canal.
莫妮卡：我们还将去苏伊士运河。
Nina:Really? That's great.
妮娜：是吗？太棒了。
Monica:Yes,I am sure you'll have a good time here.
莫妮卡：是的，我肯定你会玩得愉快的。
Nina:l think so.
妮娜：我想是的。
情境对话2
The Great Pyramid 大金字塔
Loren:Do you have any vacation plans?
劳伦：你假期有什么安排吗？
Glen:Not exactly,but I have made up my mind to see the Great Pyramid in E-gypt for a few days.
格林：还没完全定下来，但我决定要花几天时间去看埃及的大金字塔。
Loren:Wow,great!I went there two years ago.lt's one of the most interesting places l've ever seen.
劳伦：哦，太好了！两年前我去过那儿吉？那是我看过的最有意思的地方之一。
Glen:I was told that those tombs are actually used to keep the kirtgs,corpses.
格林：我听说那些建筑都是用来保存国王尸体的。
Loren:You're right.They are not only used io keep them safe after their death,but also to hold thair treasures.As a matter of fact,the huge stone pyra-mids were built over those tombs.
劳伦：你说得很对。金字塔不仅为了保护他们死后的安全，而且也为了保存他们的财宝。实际上，那些大石头砌成的金字塔是建在那些国王坟墓上的。
Glen:How many of them-are there?
格林：有多少个金字塔？
Loren:They say there are over eighty pyramids in Egypt.
劳伦：据说埃及有80多个。
Glen:Where are those,pyramids located ?
格林：那些金字塔都在什么地方？
Loren:They are all on the west bank of the Nile River.
劳伦：它们都在尼罗河的西岸。