Презентация на тему Wonders of the World

false or not mentioned in the text.

1.The wonders of

the ancient world were created to attract tourists from Ancient Greece.
2.It was a must for people from the Middle Ages to see the Seven Wonders.
3.The list which contains the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World was made in Ancient Greece.
4.Nowadays people can see only one wonder of those
seven.
5. The archaeologists are not quite sure that the Hanging Gardens really existed.
6. The Mausoleum of Maussollos was about 140 feet high.
7. The English word mausoleum originated from the first name of a king.

mentioned
7. True

On the island of Pharos, 1(guard) 2(enter) to the harbour of Alexandria, Ptolemy II of Egypt ordered the 3(construct) of one the 4(one) lighthouses in history.
Sostratus of Cnidus designed and 5(build) the 400-foot high tower, which 6(complete) about 270 B.C. Of white marble, in set back stories of 7(vary) shapes, the lighthouse kept a fire 8(burn) nightly. That fire could 9(see) many miles out on the Mediterranean.
This lighthouse, one of the 10(great) buildings of the ancient world, stood for almost 1,600 years. It 11(destroy) by an earthquake in 1303.

various/varying
8. burning
9. be seen
10. greatest
11. was destroyed

foot
white marble
kept a fire burning nightly that could be

seen many miles out on the Mediterranean

an earthquake in 1303

– 16th century AD
Jordan
Christ the Redeemer
1450 AD
Mexico
Colosseum
1648 AD
Egypt