Баранова, Starlight 9. Учебник. Module 6e

b)
In picture A there is a multi- coloured stone fagade.
In picture В there are some ruins underwater.
In picture C there are some cave dwellings.
In picture D there is a temple.

I think the places are all abandoned cities that have been rediscovered. They are all of archaeological interest.

1 D 4 C 7 A 10 D 13 A
2 A 5 A 8 D 11 В 14 В
3 В 6 C 9 В 12 В 15 D

1 security
2 electric
3 canyon
4 fairytale
5 rock
6 advancing
7 treasures
8 rays
9 business
10 breath

1 humidity
2 rubble, collapsed
3 abandoned
4 crack
5 plunged into
6 shielded
7 battle
8 flames
9 deserted
10 tempted

a)
Petra is carved out of red, white and pink sandstone on a cliff face. There are dozens of tombs and temples there. Alexandria was the home of the Lighthouse of Pharos, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Its ruins are 8 metres below the sea in the harbour.
Mesa Verde is in Colorado. It is the abandoned cave dwellings oftheAsanazi, an ancient Native American tribe. Angkor Wat was once a wealthy city. It is under threat from humidity and advancing jungle, but reconstruction and preservation is taking place.
b)
It is important to preserve archaeological sites because it is a link to our past. We can learn a lot about the future by looking at the past and I think it is important to preserve our heritage for future generations.
I enjoy visiting historic sites because I like history and I like learning about how people lived in the past.

Macchu Picchu in Peru is also called The Lost City of the Incas’. It was built in the 15th century at the height of the Incan Empire but then it was forgotten for centuries. It may have been a palace of the emperor Pachacuti or it may have been a religious place, but it was deserted only 100 years after it was built. It is only 50 miles from Cuzco, the Inca capital, but the Spanish conquerors could not find it.
It was rediscovered in 1911 by an American historian and explorer called Hiram Bingham who was led there by the local Quechuan people.