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　　【英语作文：世界的奇迹如题对于世界上的一些奇迹的介绍】

　　英语作文：世界的奇迹

　　如题对于世界上的一些奇迹的介绍

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马灵洁

　　TheGreatWall长城

　　GreatWallofChina,fortifications,c.1,500mi(2,400km)long,windingacrossNChinafromGansuprov.toHebeiprov.ontheYellowSea.Thewall,runningmostlyalongthesouthernedgeoftheMongolianplain,waserectedtoprotectChinafromnorthernnomads.Itisanamalgamationofmanywallsbuiltinancienttimes;thefirstunifiedwallwasbuiltinthe3dcent.B.C.bytheCh'indynasty.LaborerswereconscriptedfromalloverChinatobuildit,andmanyofthemdiedduringtheproject.Thewall'spresentformdatessubstantiallyfromtheMingdynasty(1368–1644).Itaverages25ft(7.6m)inheightandis15to30ft(4.6–9.1m)thickatthebase,slopingto12ft(3.7m)atthetop.Guardstationsandwatchtowersareplacedatregularintervals.Theeasternpartofthewallisearthandstonefacedwithbrick,butinthewestitismerelyanearthmound.SuccessiveinvasionsofChinafromthenorthdemonstratedthattheGreatWallhadlittlemilitaryutility.Since1949twosectionsNofBeijinghavebeenreconstructedandareopentovisitors.