第十七讲TheGreatPyramid[词汇联想][短文助记]ThepyramidsinEgyptareworldfamous.TheGreatPyramidofKhufu,whowasthekingofEgypt,isthelargestoneamongthem.Peopleregarditasoneofthe“sevenwonders”oftheancientworld.Ittookabout100,000peopleover20yearstobuildit.Thebuildingismadeupoftwomillionstones.Eachstoneweighsmorethantwotons.TheGreatPyramidhasfoursidesandeachsideis230.4meterslong,and138metershigh.BecausethepyramidsweretrulythetombsoftheoldEgyptiankings,therewerealargeamountoftreasuresinthem.Afteralongtime,somesectionsofthemhavebeenpulleddownorwornout.Peoplerecentlybegantoprotectandrebuildthesepyramids.[单词释义]1.pyramidn.2.Egyptn.3.Egyptiann.&adj.4.kingn.5.emperorn.6.tombn.7.treasuren.1.金字塔，角锥形2.埃及3.埃及人；＆埃及的；埃及人的4.国王5.皇帝6.坟墓7.金银财宝，财富pyramidEgyptEgyptianwondertombkingtreasuretonstoneweighbemadeofregard…asrecentlyprotectrebuildpulldownbewornoutemperor8.regard…as9.wondern.&v.10.bemadeof11.stonen.12.weighv.13.tonn.14.pulldown15.bewornout16.recentlyadv.17.rebuildv.18.largeadj.19.amongprep.20.eachadj.&pron.21.trulyadv.22.amountn.23.alargeamountof24.sectionn.8.把……看作……9.奇迹；惊讶，惊叹；＆对……疑惑；想知道10.由……组成11.石料，石头12.重(若干)，称……的重量13.(重量单位)吨14.拆毁(建筑物)15.被损坏；破旧的，不能再用的16.最近，不久前17.重建18.大的，宽大的；(数、量)多的，多数的19.在……中间，在(三个以上)之间20.各个的，各自的；＆各个，各自21.真实地，真正地，实在地22.总额，总计，总数，数量23.许多，巨量24.部分；地区；部门；节，段落
