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The satellite image provided by the Canadian Space Agency shows a square structure in a Mexican jungle.
William Gadoury found a lost Mayan city.

¡i©ú³ø±M°T¡jWilliam Gadoury, a fifteen-year-old boy from Quebec, Canada (¥[®³¤j»í¥_§J¬Ù), has discovered a lost Mayan (º¿¶®) city. By studying Mayan astronomy, Google Earth and images taken from a cutting-edge satellite, Gadoury has located a seemingly man-made structure in a jungle at Yucatan, Mexico (¾¥¦è­ô¤×¥d©Z). It matches the Mayans' star maps.

''I didn't understand why the Mayas built their cities far away from rivers, in remote areas, or in the mountains,'' Gadoury said. He has been interested in the mysterious Maya civilisation since he was a child. He has suggested a theory - that the people of Maya had located their towns and cities according to Mayan star maps.

The discovery has been confirmed by Dr Armand LaRocque who works at the University of New Brunswick (·s¤£­Û·ç§J¬Ù¤j¾Ç). According to him, the city comprises an 86-metre-high pyramid and thirty buildings. Gadoury has named the city K'ˆYAK' CHI', which in the Mayan language means ''Mouth of Fire''.

(sources: Ming Pao, BBC, The Huffington Post, Canadian Space Agency)

¡½Photo story

£»The satellite image provided by the Canadian Space Agency shows a square structure in a Mexican jungle.

£»William Gadoury found a lost Mayan city.

¡½Words

astronomy ¤Ñ¤å¾Ç

Maya civilisation º¿¶®¤å©ú

¡½Quiz

Choose the correct answers.

(answers on next text)

1. Where is the Mayan city Gadoury discovered?

a. in Canada

b. in the US

c. in Mexico

2. Which of the following words from paragraph two has the same meaning as ''far away''?

a. remote

b. built

c. mysterious

3. According to paragraph two, Gadoury believes that...

a. Mayan cities were built far away from rivers.

b. Mayan cities were built according to Mayan star maps.

c. the Maya civilisation started in the mountains.

4. Which of the following statements is true?

a. Dr Armad LaRocque thinks the discovery is not reliable.

b. Gadoury has named the Mayan city he discovered K'ˆYAK' CHI'.

c. The Mayan city Gadoury has discovered has altogether 86 buildings.

¡½Glossary

cutting-edge (adj) ¥ý¶iªº

satellite (n) ½Ã¬P

seemingly (adv) ªí­±¤W

theory (n) ²z½×

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