A: Hello, Lingling. What are you doing?
B:
A: What kind of competition?
B: The first prize is "My dream vacation".
A: Really? If you win first prize, you can go on your dream vacation, yes?
B: Yeah! I can go to Egypt (埃及) to see the pyramids (金字塔).
A: Oh, I visited the pyramids last year. They're wonderful.
B: Yeah! That's amazing. Do you know?
A: Yes, they built them as their tombs (陵墓).
B: How many pyramids are there in Egypt?
A: More than eighty.
B: Oh, it is the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still in existence (存在).
A. A writing competition. B. I'm writing articles for a competition. C. And the Pyramid of Khufu is the largest of all. D. Why did the ancient emperors build pyramids? E. They're one of the oldest and greatest man-made objects in the world. |