Номер 3, страница 129 - гдз по английскому языку 11 класс учебник Афанасьева, Михеева

Unit three.

Number twelve.

Exercise three.

Listen to the text.

The seven wonders of the ancient world.

And say which of the statements below are true, false, or not mentioned in the text.

The seven wonders of the ancient world were, in ancient Greek, called by a word which can be translated more or less as must-sees. In other words, seven musts for people to see.

The list, which we know today, was compiled in the Middle Ages. By which time many of the sites were no longer in existence.

Since the list came mostly from ancient Greek writings, only sites that have been known and visited by the ancient Greeks were included.

Of these wonders, the only one that has survived to the present day is the Great Pyramid of Giza.

The existence of the Hanging Gardens has not been definitely proved. Records show that the other five wonders were destroyed by natural disasters. The Temple of Artemis and the statue of Zeus were destroyed by fire. While the Lighthouse at Alexandria, the Colossus, and the Mausoleum of Mausolus were destroyed by earthquakes.

There are sculptures from the Mausoleum of Mausolus and the Temple of Artemis in the British Museum in London.

The Mausoleum of Mausolus was the tomb of King Mausolus, built at Halicarnassus by the king's widow. From the king's name, Mausolus, the term mausoleum has come to mean any large, highly ornamented tomb.