Number 13, exercise 5.0:03
Listen to the text 7 wonders of the Middle Ages and match the names of some of these wonders from 1 to 4 with the statements about them from A to D.0:07
Seven wonders of the Middle Ages are lists of wonders which were created after the Middle Ages.0:26
Some items on these lists are not technically from the Middle Ages.0:31
Some representatives.0:37
It is a huge prehistoric temple on Salisbury Plain in southern England.0:43
The main part is a great circle of standing stones.0:48
Each is more than twice as tall as a man and weighs nearly 30 tons.0:52
Flat stones were laid across the tops of the standing stones to form a ring.0:56
Inside the ring stood smaller stones and a great block that may have been an altar.1:00
Second, the Colosseum.1:09
The Colosseum of Rome was a giant sports stadium built by the ancient Romans.1:14
It could hold more than 50,000 people and was the largest building of its kind in the Roman Empire.1:20
Although the Colosseum has suffered several earthquakes, much of it still stands.1:27
The floor, or arena, was used for gladiators, combats, battles between men and animals, or between different kinds of animals.1:32
It was also used for showing rare wild creatures.1:42
The floor could also be flooded so that sea battles could be fought on it.1:47
Third, the Great Wall of China.1:55
More than 2,000 years ago, the first emperor of China built this wall to keep out China's enemies from the north.2:02
The Great Wall is the longest wall in the world.2:10
It stretches for 2,400 km from western China to the Yellow Sea.2:14
The wall is made from earth and stone.2:20
Watchtowers were built every 200 meters along it.2:23
Chinese sentries sent warning signals from the towers if anyone attacked the wall.2:27
The signal was smoke by day and a fire.2:33
Fourth, the Leaning Tower of Pisa.2:41
This is a round bell tower in the city of Pisa in Italy, which leans to one side.2:46
The citizens of Pisa like to believe that the architect of the Leaning Tower deliberately planned it that way because he was a hunchback.2:53
Actually, the soft soil beneath the foundation gives way.3:03
This causes the unsafe angle.3:08
On its completion in 1350, the tower leaned 14ft off, and it has been moving further ever since at the rate of a few inches a year.3:10
Nowadays, the tower is in danger of falling down completely.3:21
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