Unit 3, Number 12, Exercise 3.0:05
Listen to the text the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and say which of the statements below are true, false or not mentioned in the text.0:13
The seven Wonders of the Ancient World were in ancient Greek, called by a word which can be translated more or less as must sees, in other words, seven musts for people to see.0:28
The list which we know today was compiled in the Middle Ages, by which time many of the sites were no longer in existence.0:43
Since the list came mostly from ancient Greek writings, only sites that have been known and visited by the ancient Greeks were included.0:52
Of these wonders, the only one that has survived to the present day is the Great Pyramid of Giza.1:01
The existence of the hanging gardens has not been definitely proved.1:09
Records show that the other five wonders were destroyed by natural disasters.1:14
The Temple of Artemis and the Statue of Zeus were destroyed by fire, while the lighthouse at Alexandria, the Colossus and the Mausoleum of Mausolus were destroyed by earthquakes.1:19
There are sculptures from the Mausoleum of Mausolus and the Temple of Artemis in the British Museum in London.1:32
The Mausoleum of Mausolus was the tomb of King Mausolus built at Halicarnassus by the king's widow.1:40
From the king's name, Mausolus, the term mausoleum has come to mean any large, highly ornamented tomb.1:49
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