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听力原文: The ancient Egyptians believed strongly in life after death. They believed that a person would need his body to exist in his afterlifE.(20) Therefore, they carefully preserved the body by treating it with spices and oils and wrapping it in linen cloth. (18) The wrapped body was then placed in a tomB.A body that is treated in this way is called a mummy.
Egyptian kings and nobles wanted to be certain that their mummies would be kept in safe places forever. They had great tombs built for themselves and their families. Many kings were buried in secret tombs carved out of solid rock in a place near Thebes called the Valley of the Kings.
About eighty kings built towering pyramid-shaped stone tombs. These pyramids have become famous as one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient worlD.
(19) One of the most amazing things about these pyramids is that they were constructed without using wheels or heavy equipment to move or raise the rocks. Egypt did not learn about the wheel until long after the pyramids were built. Workmen used levers to get large blocks of stone on and off sledges and hauled them into place over long ramps built around the pyramids.
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听力原文: Today we're gonna take a look at an unusual house in America, the Winchester HousE.(14) It was built by Sarah Winchester, the nineteenth-century heiress of the Winchester family. I don't think I need to tell you why the Winchester family is famous. That's right. It's the owner of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, which made its wealth by manufacturing Winchester guns, the gun of note and notoriety in the American West.Sarah Winchester was married to the son of Oliver Winchester, who'd founded the Winchester Repeating Arms Company and made a huge success of it. In 1881, Sarah's husband and their month-old daughter dieD.Sarah was destroyed by the loss of her beloved husband and daughter.(16) In the aftermath of her loss, Sarah was convinced that the family's misfortune was due to the fact that the family's massive fortune had been obtained through the manufacture of weapons responsible for uncountable deaths. Sarah became convinced that the family was being haunted by the ghosts. (15) To thwart the ghosts, she plans to build such a confusing house that the ghosts wouldn't be able to find their way through it. This is the story of how the Winchester House came to be the way it is. (17) Whether or not you believe in ghosts yourself, and…well…not everyone does…you can see that Sarah diD.The world of architecture has one huge and eye-catching reminder of Sarah's belief in ghosts.What does the speaker mean when he says 'I don't think I need to tell you why the Winchester family is famous'?A.It is not something important.B.The students should already know it.C.It will be explained later in the lecturE.D.The students need lo answer his question.
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