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Unit 9. Wonderful world. Reading - номер 8, страница 115.

Условие.

8 Read the text again and choose the correct answers.

1 Over a hundred million people ...

a) have visited the New Wonders of the World.

b) voted in the competition.

2 England's nomination ...

a) wasn't successful.

b) won the competition.

3 The Ancient Greeks chose Seven Wonders because ...

a) they thought seven was a magic number.

b) there were seven pyramids.

4 The Great Pyramid ...

a) was destroyed by an earthquake.

b) is the only remaining Ancient Wonder.

The Seven Wonders

of the World

The New Wonders

In 2007 the New Seven Wonders of the World were announced after a global competition. The winners were voted by phone and on the Internet – just like in Pop Idol! The competition was organized by a Swiss film-maker called Bernard Weber. It was very popular around the world – over a hundred million people cast their votes.

Some countries were disappointed that their nominations didn't win. Stonehenge, England’s mysterious stone circle, didn’t make the top seven, and neither did the beautiful Red Square in Moscow. Nevertheless, everyone agrees that the winners are all incredible man-made structures and they deserve to be protected forever.

The Ancient Wonders

Do you know why there are Seven Wonders of the World? It was the ancient Greeks who made the original list more than two thousand years ago, and they chose the number seven because it was considered to be magical. The Ancient Wonders included the Great Pyramid of Giza and the world’s first lighthouse in Alexandria. Ancient Greek tourists used to visit the Seven Wonders by boat, travelling across the Mediterranean. But today only the Great Pyramid remains. What happened to all the other Wonders? Most of them were destroyed by fires and earthquakes.

Colosseum

Taj Mahal

Great Wall of China

Machu Picchu

Petra

Chichén Itzá

Christ Redeemer

Решение 1.

Решение 2.