Machu Picchu

Mike:

This is Machu Picchu.// The place has been a World Heritage site/since 1983.//

Yui:

What are these buildings?//

Mike:

They are palaces, temples and houses.//

Yui:

What did the Incas use/to build them?//

Mike:

They used big stones.// The stones fit together so well.//

Yui:

They had such amazing skills!//

Yui:

What’s this big stone?// I’ve never seen a shape like this.//

Mike:

Probably it was a kind of clock.// It had something to do with the sun.//

Yui:

Is it one stone?// How did the Incas cut and move it?//

Mike:

I have no idea.// They didn’t use iron tools or wheels.//

Yui:

What a mystery!//

Yui:

What are these terraced fields?//

Mike:

Maybe the Incas used them/to grow corn or potatoes.//

Yui:

They look so beautiful!//

Mike:

Yes.// The people always lived/in harmony with nature.// Not only the city/but also the forest around it/has become a World Heritage site.//

Yui:

Why did the Incas build this city here?//

Mike:

That’s another mystery to solve!//