北师大初中英语八年级上册 Unit3 9-2（MP3+LRC）

[00:00.00]Exercise 2.1

[00:05.41]So,tell me about your trip to Egypt.

[00:08.71]How high are the pyramids

[00:11.03]They are huge!

[00:13.06]One of them-the Great Pyramid of Khufu-

[00:16.74]is 137 meters high.

[00:19.97]How far are the pyramids from Cairo?

[00:23.00]They are very close.

[00:24.60]Just a few kilometers to the west of Cairo.

[00:28.48]And how old is the Great Sphinx?

[00:31.62]It is more than 4,500 years old!

[00:36.10]Wow! How high is it?

[00:38.56]It is about 20 meters high!

[00:41.09]How long is the Nile River?

[00:43.83]It's 6,671 kilometers long.

[00:52.24]Exercise 3.2

[00:54.23]The capital of Germany is Berlin.

[00:57.66]The Grand Canyon is in the United States.

[01:00.94]The country directly to the south of

[01:03.63]the United States is Mexico.

[01:07.12]Brandenburg Gate is in Germany.

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