Vocabulary Unit 3

a large valley with very steep sides and usually a river flowing along the bottom

• Breathtaking

• Monument

• Statue

• Canyon

an old building or place that is an important part of a country's history

• Monument

• Ruin

• Rainforest

• Barrier

a forest in a tropical area that receives a lot of rain

• Canal

• Monument

• Rainforest

• Statue

a long, thin stretch of water that is artificially made either for boats to travel along or for taking water from one area to another

• Canyon

• Monument

• Canal

• Rainforest

an object made from a hard material, especially stone or metal, to look like a person or animal

• Gondola

• Barrier

• Statue

• Slum

extremely exciting, beautiful or surprising

• Slum

• Breathtaking

• Barrier

• Ruin

a narrow boat with a raised point at both ends, used on canals in Venice

• Slum

• Gondola

• Breathtaking

• Ruin

the broken parts that are left from an old building or town

• Gondola

• Ruin

• Slum

• Barrier

a very poor and crowded area, especially of a city

• Breathtaking

• Slum

• Ruin

• Monument

a long pole, fence, wall, or natural feature, such as a mountain or sea, that stops people from going somewhere

• Barrier

• Breathtaking

• Gondola

• Slum