NEWsevenWANDERS组员：自己填Itwaslistedasoneoftheworldculture
heritageAAAA-gradenationaltouristattractions7wonders
intheworldNEW①②③④⑤⑦⑥Finalpollrankinglist:①Great?
Wall?②Petra③Christ?the?Redeemer④Machu?Picchu⑤Chichen?Itza
⑥Colosseum⑦Taj?MahalI.TheGreatWall@ChinaInthenorth
ofChina,thereliesa6,700-kilometer-long(4,161-mile-long)an
cientwall.Nowwell-knownastheGreat
WallofChina[Idiom]HewhohasneverbeentotheGreatWallis
notatrueman.不到长城非好汉Itwaslistedasoneofthew
orldcultureheritageAAAA-gradenationaltouristattractionsAs
oneofthesevenWondersintheworld,theGreatWallofChinah
asbecomethesymboloftheChinesenationanditsculture.II.
PetrainJordanThecitylostintime失落之城PETRA（佩特拉）isknown
foritsrockcutarchitecture(isthepracticeofcreatingbuild
ingsandotherphysicalstructuresbycarvingnaturalrock.)
Location●Petra（meaningrock）isananci
entcityintheJordaniangovernorateofMaan●Itliesontheslo
peofMountHorinabasinamongthemountainswhichformtheeas
ternflankofWadiAraba,thelargevalleyrunningfromtheDead
SeatotheGulfofAqaba●Itwasdescribedasa“rose-redcity（
玫瑰之城）”.Therocksalsohaveothercolors,e.g.light,blue,orang
e,yellow,purple&green.●Thesiteisfeaturedinfilmssucha
s:(电影）IndianaJones(夺宝奇兵）Transformers:RevengeoftheFallen
ChristRedeemer@RiodeJaneiroBrazil基督像
巴西里约热内卢●It’sastatueofJesusChristinRiodeJaneiro,Br
azil;consideredthelargestArtDeco（建筑风格）statueintheworld.
●Itweighs635tonnes,andislocatedatthepeakofthe700-met
reCorcovado（科尔科瓦杜）mountainintheTijucaForestNationalParko
verlookingthecity.●Itismadeofreinforcedconcrete（钢筋混泥土）
andsoapstone（皂石）,andwasconstructedbetween1922&1931.Chr
istRedeemer∣∣∣∣∣38mInPeru秘鲁马丘比丘IV.Itwasdescridedas
“TheLostCityoftheIncas印加的失落之城Itstartedbuildingaround
AD1400butitwasabandonedasanofficialsite（军事要塞）fortheI
ncarulersacenturylater,itwasunknowntotheoutsideworldb
eforebeingbroughttointernationalattentionin1911.Oftenref
erredtoas"TheLostCityoftheIncas“.LOCATION●MachuPicchu
isapre-ColumbianIncasitelocated2,430?metresabovesealevel
.●ItissituatedonamountainridgeabovetheUrubambaValley
(乌鲁班巴河谷）inPeru.V.ChichenItzaPyramid@Mexico奇琴伊查库库尔坎金字塔墨
西哥ChichenItza——Oneoftheworld‘sforemostarcheological(考古的）
sites.●Eachbuildinghasitsownfeatures,someforexercise,
someforworship●ChichenItzatotalareaofabout15squarekilo
meters,with15ballgamecourts.●ChichenItzacanbedividedin
totwoparts,thefirstpartisthereligiousarea,includingthe
ballgamecourts（球戏场——球戏是玛雅人的宗教活动）,temples（庙宇）,PyramidofKuku
lcan&cenote.ThesecondpartisaboutMayascience,suchasastr
onomicalobservatory.PyramidofKukulcan库库尔坎金字塔GreatBallCo
urtandTempleoftheJaguarsCenote（天然井，西班牙语词汇，源自玛雅语“dzonot”，英文为
sinkhole）提供尤卡坦半岛玛雅人（Maya)最主要的水源,古代的玛雅人也把cenote视为通向神圣的地下世界的入口,其中最著名的有SacredWell（祭祀神时用的井）SacredCenote该天然井用于祭祀活动，美考古学家水下探查时，发现了大量的金银玉器，乃至活人献祭的骸骨。-----Manygirlswereburiedhere. |
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