Grade 9 Unit 5 Topic 3 Section D

The Egyptian ^[1]Egyptian: [ɪ’dʒɪpʃ(ə)n]   n. 埃及人；埃及语；〈古〉吉普赛   adj. 埃及(人)的；〈古〉吉普赛(人)的 pyramids ^[2]pyramid: 美: [ˈpɪrəmɪd]   英: [‘pɪrəmɪd]  n. 锥体；（古埃及的）金字塔；棱锥体；金字塔形的物体（或一堆东西） were built around 2 560 B.C. The largest one of them is the Great Pyramid of Khufu. It is one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The King, Khufu, built the Great Pyramid as his tomb ^[3]tomb: 美: [tum]  英: [tuːm]  n. 坟墓；冢. Studies show that it took 100 000 people over 20 years to complete ^[4]complete: 美: [kəmˈplit]  英: [kəmˈpliːt]  adj. 完成；结束；（用以强调）完全的；全部的  v. 完成；结束；填写（表格）；使完整 it. ^[5]it takes sb. st. to do sth. : 做某事花费某人某些时间。

The Great Pyramid was considered a unique building in the 19th century A.D. ^[6]A.D. : 公元；公元后 At that time, it was still the tallest building in the world. According to scientific ^[7]scientific: 美: [ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk]  英: [.saɪən’tɪfɪk]  adj. 科学（上）的；关于科学的；细致严谨的 research, the ancient King, Khufu, ordered his men to ^[8]order sb. to do sth. : 命令某人做某事; build the Great Pyramid stone by stone. The biggest stone weighs as much as 15 tons ^[9]ton: 美: [tʌn]  英: [tʌn]  n. 吨. Each stone was fixed ^[10]fix: 美: [fɪks]  英: [fɪks]  v. 修理；确定；安排；安装  n. 定位；困境；（尤指简单、暂时的）解决方法 so well, though the ancient workers didn’t have any modem tools ^[11]tool: 美: [tul]  英: [tuːl]  n. 工具；方法；受人利用的人. The Great Pyramid has four sides and each side is 230.4 meters long and 146.5 meters high. At that time, there were no modem machines or equipment, so how did the ancient Egyptians build the Great Pyramid? To this day, it is still a mystery ^[12]美: [ˈmɪst(ə)ri]  英: [‘mɪst(ə)ri]  n. 神秘；奥秘；奥迹；神秘的事物. But many scientists continue to ^[13]continue to do sth. : 继续做某事 study their methods. The completion ^[14]completion: 美: [kəmˈpliʃ(ə)n]  英: [kəmˈpliːʃ(ə)n]   n. 完成；结束；（房地产等的）完成交易 of the Great Pyramid shows the wisdom and the achievements of ancient Egyptian working people ^[15]working people: 劳动人民.