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7 A ARTISTRY BEHIND THE WONDERS

4 Read again and answer the questions.

1. Why did Artemisia decide to build a tomb for her husband?
a) to make him happy b) to make him memorable
2. What does ‘they’ in line 3 in the first story refer to?
a) the craftsmen b) the king and the queen
3. How long did it take to build the tomb?
a) 3 years b) 2 years
4. What did the queen want to see so much?
a) the green hill b) her hometown
5. Why couldn’t the people take their eyes off the gardens?
a) Because they were breathtaking. b) Because they were legendary.
6. What does ‘them’ in line 7 in the second story refer to?
a) the gardens b) the people
7. What is the main idea behind these stories?
a) how to build a wonder b) different ways to show love

IdIom of the week

can’t take eyes off

An Exotic Present
1 The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were a gift to a queen from her husband, King Nebuchadnezzer
II. There were exotic flowers and plants on the climbing terraces. When pretty Amyitis married
the king, she started to miss her beautiful green homeland. So, the king ordered his men to build
a mountain for her in Babylon. They worked between 605 BC - 562 BC to construct the gardens.
5 Because it didn’t rain much on this land, the engineers used the water from the nearby Euphrates
River. After they finished, the gardens looked like a large green mountain. They were so beautiful
that the people couldn’t take their eyes off them. However, the Hanging Gardens were the only
legendary ancient wonder because historians couldn’t agree on their location.

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