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Some of the most interesting buildings in the world are the pyramids(金字塔). Thousands of years ago in Egypt, the kings(国王) 1. b
uilt
them as tombs(坟墓). They thought pyramids would help them bring life back 2. a
fter
they died. They also wanted the world to remember them 3. b
ecause
they thought they were very important.
There are many pyramids along the Nile River. They are very famous in the world. One of the most famous is the Great Pyramid of Giza. Every year, 4. m
illions
of people from around the world visit them. Today they are just as 5. p
opular
as they were 4,000 years ago.
How did people build them? The Great Pyramid has over 2 million 6. s
tones
. Many of them are very big. The workers, Egyptian men and women, worked in teams. The teams had their 7. o
wn
different jobs. Some dug up the stones, and 8. o
thers
moved them. Another team cut the stones. The last team put the stones into the pyramid.
Even though(即使) there were so 9. m
any
teams, no stone was in a wrong place. The pyramid is so wonderful and great. Even today nobody 10. k
nows
how the workers moved them to the top. How amazing!