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Have you ever heard of the lines and <span class='nw'>figures</span> / of <span class='nw'>Nazca</span> in

<span class='nw'>Peru</span>? //

They are very large lines and pictures of animals / drawn

on the ground. //

They are over [1,500] years old, / but people only

discovered them / after planes began to fly over the <span class='nw'>region</span>. //

That is because the pictures are too large / to see the whole

picture of the <span class='nw'>images</span> / from the ground. //

Many people still

wonder / why such large <span class='nw'>drawings</span> were made. //

One <span class='nw'>German</span> woman, / <span class='nw'>Maria</span> <span class='nw'>Reiche</span>, / studied the lines

and drawings for years. //

She believed / that each figure was

a symbol of the stars. //

She thought / all the figures together /

were a kind of <span class='nw'>calendar</span>. //

Maria studied the <span class='nw'>mystery</span> of

Nazca / for more than 50 years. //

However, / she only started

her study / by chance. //

When she was 28 years old, / Maria found an advertisement /

for a teaching job in Peru. //

Soon she decided to take the job / and

left for Peru. //

She was <span class='nw'>hopeful</span> / about her job and the future. //

In her first two years, / she enjoyed teaching children. //

However, / she had one <span class='nw'>unfortunate</span> experience. //

She injured her

finger <span class='nw'>badly</span> / on a <span class='nw'>cactus</span>. //

“Your finger is so bad / that I have to cut

it off,” / her doctor said. //

Maria lost one of her fingers. //

Even after

the accident, / however, / she stayed in Peru. //

One day in 1941, / an American scientist told her / about

the large lines and figures, / which can be seen from an <span class='nw'>airplane</span>. //

“Someone said that they were <span class='nw'>waterways</span>. / However, / they must

be the symbols of stars,” / he said. //

She was interested in his

idea. //

She promised to visit Nazca / and to <span class='nw'>measure</span> the figures. //

This was the beginning of her [life-long] study. //

In 1952, / Maria <span class='nw'>encountered</span> a new figure / that <span class='nw'>determined</span>

her life. //

She found the image of a monkey. //

She measured it

carefully / and drew the <span class='nw'>entire</span> image <span class='nw'>correctly</span>. //

She was surprised /

when she noticed something about it. //

One hand of the monkey /

had only four fingers, / just like her hand. //

“Why?” / she wondered. //

She asked people / who knew the old Nazca stories / about its

meaning. //

They told her, / “Nazca people believed / that people with

<span class='nw'>disabilities</span> have a special power / to communicate with the gods.” //

She looked at her own hands / and said to herself, / “Have

I been chosen / to <span class='nw'>uncover</span> messages for the gods? / It must be

my destiny / to study the secrets / behind the lines and figures of

Nazca.” //

She felt this in her heart. //

It was surprising to her / that people in Peru did not

care / about the lines and figures of Nazca. //

People drove over

the lines / and <span class='nw'>damaged</span> them. //

They even planned to build a

waterway / to grow plants in that area. //

The lines and figures

were in danger. //

“I have to explain / the importance of the lines and figures /

to the people,” / Maria thought. //

However, / no one listened to her

words at first. //

She was only a German woman / who did not

have strong support from anyone. //

Maria guarded the lines / by

herself. //

In the 1970s, / the <span class='nw'>government</span> of Peru / finally made the

Nazca <span class='nw'>desert</span> a special area. //

Everyone in the town of Nazca /

grew to love and respect the <span class='nw'>lady</span> / who came from far away. //

Before she died in 1998, / she was given many <span class='nw'>honors</span>. //

One of

them was the title of Great Lady of Nazca. //

Thanks to her <span class='nw'>effort</span>, /

the white stones in the Nazca desert, / which <span class='nw'>form</span> the huge

figures, / will continue <span class='nw'>shining</span> like stars. //

Q&A

1.	No, we can’t. (It is too large to see from the ground.)
2.	She studied it for more than 50 years.

Q&A

3.	Yes, she did.
4.	She injured her finger, and her doctor had to cut it off.

Q&A

5.	In 1941.
6.	She found the image of a monkey.

Q&A

7.	No, they didn’t. (They drove over the lines and damaged them.)
8.	Yes, it was. (The government made it a special area in the 1970s.)
9.	e.g. Yes, I do. I think she was happy to study what she was interested in.

Q&A

Q1.	Can we see the whole picture of each image from the ground?
Q2.	How long did Maria study the mystery of Nazca?

Q&A

Q3.	Did Maria enjoy teaching children in Peru?
Q4.	What was Maria’s unfortunate experience?

Q&A

Q5.	When did Maria hear about the large lines and figures of Nazca?
Q6.	What did Maria find in 1952?

Q&A

Q7.	Did people in Peru care about the lines and figures of Nazca?
Q8.	Was the Nazca desert made a special area?
Q9.	Do you think Maria was happy to live in Peru?

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