The Seven Natural Wonders of the World.ppt

The Seven Natural Wonders of the World By 512英教三班 王杉文 34号 When the American Lowell Thomas roaming the world, he founds many exciting spectacle ,after he repeated selection, put forward “The Seven Natural Wonders of the World”: The Grand Canyon, The African Victoria Falls, The world’s highest peak, mount Everest ，undergrand cave mammoth cave in Kentucky in the United States, Alaska’s glacier bay, Lake Baikal, Yellowstone national park in the United States. 美国人洛厄尔·托马斯漫游世界时，发现了许多令人兴奋和神往的奇景，他经过反复挑选，提出了“世界七大自然界奇观”：美国科罗拉多大峡谷，非洲维多利亚瀑布，世界最高峰珠穆朗玛峰，美国肯塔基州地下洞穴猛犸洞，阿拉斯加的冰河湾，贝加尔湖，美国黄石公园。 1、 Grand Canyon（科罗拉多大峡谷） A?famous?American?John?Muir?said?in?1898:? “The?Grand Canyon?...as?unearthly?in?the?colorand?as?grandeur?in?the?quantity?of?its?architecture?as?if?you?had?found?it?after?human?beings?extinction?on?some?other?star.? 一个著名的美国人约翰·缪尔曾在1898年说过：”科罗拉多河的大峡谷......它的色彩和构造的宏伟多样是时尚所没有的，就像是人消亡以后在别的星球上发现的东西。 ” ? The Grand Canyon is a world-famous natural wonders,located in the northwestern Arizona kay Papua plateau in the western United States.The average width of 16 kilometers,its maximum depth of 1740 meters,an average of 1600 meters,deep valley with a total area of 2724 square kilometers.It was chosen as one of the protection of nation heritage by the United Nations educational,scientific and cultural organization,also known as the biggest cracks on the earth. Colorado plateau is a typical “tabular highland”,Also known as “The Table Mountain”,that is at the top of the flat side