WONDERS OF THE WORLD

Wonders of the World seem to come in sevens.

Something astonishing

and seemingly inexplicable.
The idea was so crazy that it is a wonder that anyone went along with it.

Someone very talented at something, a genius, a wonderful person.
He's a wonder at cooking.

The sense or emotion which can be inspired by something curious or unknown; surprise; astonishment.

Remarkable [rɪ'mɑːkəbl]
Unique [juː'niːk]
Breathtaking ['breθˌteɪkɪŋ]
Fascinating ['fæsɪneɪtiŋ]

Gardens of Babylon ['hæŋɪŋ gɑːd(ə)nz əv bæbɪlɔn] The Statue of Zeus

at Olympia ['stæʧuː əv zjuːs ət ə'lɪmpɪə] The Colossus of Rhodes [kə'lɔsəs əv rəudz ] The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus [ˌmɔːsə'liːəm ət ] The Lighthouse at Alexandria ['laɪthaus ət ˌælɪg'zɑːndrɪə] The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus ['templ əv ˈɑːtɪmɪs ət 'efəsəs]

in 2540 BC in honor of Cheops Pharaoh and is

the only ancient wonder to survive today. It is situated outside of modern Cairo and is visited by millions of tourists.

The Great Pyramid of Giza

Height: 146.5 metres

king Nebuchadnezzar II in 600 BC.
The Hanging Gardens of

Babylon used to be located in modern Iraq.
It was a present to Nebuchadnezzar's wife who enjoyed exotic plants and animals.
After 1st century BC it was the earthquake and the Gardens of Babylon were destroyed.

the Greek sculptor Phidias around 435 BC.
The statue was 13

meters high.
Zeus was made of gold panels and ivory plates.
Statue was damaged in the II century, then it was restored. In 5th -6th centuries AD the Statue was destroyed by the fire.

Statue of Zeus in the Hermitage

550 BC.
It took 120 years to build it.

Ephesus (near the modern Izmir, Turkey)



In 356 BC, not

long after its completion, the temple was destroyed in a vainglorious act of arson (поджог) by Herostratus, who set fire to the wooden roof-beams, seeking fame at any cost (слава любой ценой).
Alexander the Great paid for the temple’s rebuilding.







In 268 AD, the Temple was destroyed or damaged in a raid by the Goths.

353 and 350 BC at Halicarnassus (present Bodrum, Turkey) for

Mausolus, a satrap in the Persian Empire, and his wife.

destroyed by flood (наводнение).
A new structure was built and damaged

by the earthquake (1494 AD)

Reconstruction in Istanbul Ruines

Egypt), a tower built between 280 and 247 BC on

the island of Pharos at Alexandria
Height: 120(140) meters.
For many centuries it was among the tallest man-made buildings.
The Lighthouse was destroyed because of the silt (ил).
Its stones were used to build the Citadel of Qaitbay in Alexandria.

built on the Greek island of Rhodes between 292 and

280 BC.
Before its destruction the Colossus of Rhodes was 36 meters high.
It was one of the tallest statues of the ancient world.
In 226 BC an earthquake destroyed the statue .

Giza is the tomb of the Anatolian king built by his

widow.
False. The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus was the tomb of the Anatolian king built by his widow.

still exists.

False. The Pyramid of Giza is the only ancient

world wonder that still exists.

in modern Iraq.

True.

and was made of wood.

False. The Statue of Zeus at

Olympia was about 12 meters tall and was made of gold and ivory.

Egyptian God Helios.

False. Helios is the Greek God.

Goths.

True.

his name to go down in history.

False. The Temple of

Artemis was destroyed by one man who wanted his name to go down in history.

was an initiative started in 2001 by the Swiss corporation

New7Wonders Foundation to choose Wonders of the World from a selection of 200 existing monuments.

Itzá

Christ the Redeemer

Great Wall

Machu Picchu

Petra

Yucatán, Mexico
Jordan
Rio de Janeiro
China
Cuzco, Peru
Rome
Agra,

India

Present Indefinite; Главное – Future Indefinite).

If I have a lot of money, I will visit the Stonehenge.
Тип I-(б) - маловероятные события
(Придаточное – Subjunctive II-2 (should + инфинитив); Главное – Future Indefinite).
If I should have a lot of money, I will go to _ Easter Island.
Тип II - почти нереальные события
(Придаточное – Subjunctive I (Past Subjunctive); Главное – Subjunctive II-1 (would + инфинитив).
If I had a lot of money, I would restore the Coliseum.
Тип III - абсолютно нереальные события (Придаточное – Subjunctive I (Past Perfect Subjunctive); Главное – Subjunctive II-3 (would + Perfect инфинитив).
If I had (I’d) had a lot of money, I would have rebuilt the Colossus of Rhodes.

try to rebuild those of the Seven wonders of the

world that have disappeared? 2. If you could design a wonder of the world, what would you design? 3. What makes wonder a wonder? 4. Is it important to have an official list of the wonders of the world? 5. What wonders would you like to visit?

Marvellous

Amazing

Impressive

Magnificent

Remarkable

Unique

Breathtaking

Fascinating

Gorgeous

Picturesque

Delightful

Admirable