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Old and New 古今鉴赏 The Great Wall of China The Great Wall of China is the longest man-made structure ever built. The original wall was 6,300 kilometers long. Most of the Great Wall dates from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Today, the eastern end of the wall is at Shanhaiguan. In the west, the wall ends near the town of Jiayuguan. Hong Kong International Airport At the time it was built, Chek Lap Kok (Chi Lajiao) Airport in Hong Kong was the biggest civil engineering project of all time. It took six years to build and cost US ＄20 billion. The terminal building is the largest covered space in the world. The airport is within five hours’ flying time of half the world’s population and is designed to accommodate 80 million passengers a year. The Three Gorges Dam The Three Gorges Dam is the largest hydro-electric dam in the world, more than 1.5 kilometers wide across the Yangtze River, the world’s third longest river. Its reservoir is more than 500 kilometers long. The Three Gorges Dam 三峡大坝 words cliff dam gorge hydro-electric reservoir carving construction dream submerge canal narrow power relic(s) historical site generate harness energy poem watchtower Power station suggest Mao Zedong wrote a poem (in which he dreamed of “walls of stone to hold back clouds and rain till a smooth lake rises in the narrow gorges”). Now his dream has come true. The power of the Yangtze River, (which is the worlds third longest river), has been harnessed by the Three Gorges Dam. The Three Gorges Dam, (which is the biggest construction project in China since the building of the Great Wall and the Grand Canal), has been built to control flooding and provide hydro-electric power for the central region of China. The dam is nearly 200 meters high and 1.5 kilometers wide. It is the largest hydro-electric power station and dam in the world and has cost more than any other construction project in history. Sun Yat-sen, (