外教社新目标大学英语系列教材：中国文化英语教程 Unit 16 PPT课件Reading A.pptxVIP

Reading A;Reading A;Para.2 Generally speaking, there were about seven major independent architectural systems in the ancient world. Some of them have long ceased to exist, or have not been widely circulated, such as ancient Egyptian, West Asian, Indian and American structures. Only Chinese, European and Islamic structures are considered to be the world’s three major architectural systems. The Chinese and European structures continued over the longest period of time and spread over the widest area and consequently produced more brilliant achievements. ;Para.3 The basic feature of Chinese archit