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1. have/get one’s ducks in a row
2. everything is in order
3. make sure that + S + V…
= ensure/assure…
4. get your act together
5. make an offer
6. Time isn’t on our side:
We don’t have enough time.
7. When is time ever (on our side)?
8. try/work/do one’s best to V
9. the new seven wonders of the world
10. name/illustrate
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11. the Andes (Mountains)
12. the Inca Empire
13. image
14. appear: show/come/turn up
ó disappear/vanish
15. document v.s. monument
16. Sth. impress Sb.
Sb. Be-V impressed by Sth.
impressive
impression
17. summer solstice
18. nausea
19. altitude: sea level
20. altitude sickness, such as nausea, dizziness and
headache
21. Hiram Bingham III: in 1911, he found out (:
discovered) Machu Picchu
22. explore/explorer/exploration
expedite/expedition
23. retreat
24. terrace
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25. ancient adj.
an ancestor
ancestry
26. Located/Situated/Standing/Lying 介係詞 (in/on/at) + 地方…, 景點 (tourist
attraction) + …
27. line 5
Located…, Machu Piccu…
Line 7
Built…, Machu Piccu…
Line 50 …Aguas Calientes, located at 2040 meters.
28. in the mid-1400s: in the middle of the years from 1400
to 1499
在15世紀中葉
29. feature: 特色
30. stone stairs
31. for example
for instance
such as
like
equally remarkable
e.g.
32. connect: link
33. various: different/diverse/multiple
34. level: layer
35. remarkable/outstanding
36. with + O + O.C.
O: its “Solstice Windows”
O.C.: V-pp & Adj.
aligned perfectly
with the rising sun of the summer solstice
37. in total
38. around/about/approximately/ca.
39. 200 buildings/architectures, many of which
were built using rocks weighing several (: a couple of) tons (: 噸 1000公斤)
40. It is believed that …
41. would have been a difficult task
42. would have been needed to push…
