Unit 7 What’s the highest mountain in the world？

鏈接一：英語對話和短文

（一） 對話

A=Jim B=Li Xiang

A： Excuse me， where are you from？

B： Im from Nantong， a city near the Yangtze River. My hometown is near mountains with pleasant climate.

A： Can you tell something about it？

B： Sure， the mountains are the most beautiful places in my hometown in spring. There are all kinds of flowers， grass and plants attracting many types of animals. People can breathe fresh air to relax themselves. Some people lose themselves in the beautiful field.

A： What about summer？

B： In summer， there are lots of big forests. They are good places to enjoy cool air. Every afternoon， a water park is open to tourists， it is a paradise for children to play. Children can swim， play hide-and-seek， catch fish or collect shells...

A： Chinese food is so delicious， can you tell me something special in your hometown？

B： My hometown has a lot of special fruit and vegetables， the bamboo shoots， watermelon， strawberries， oranges， grapes and some seafood. If you come here， after eating them， you wont forget them.

A： Is it easy to shop in your hometown？

B： It is also a good place for shopping， different shopping malls， supermarkets， shops are everywhere， and you can buy what you want.

A： Im very glad to visit your hometown some day.

B： The people in our hometown are very friendly and warm-hearted. Welcome to our home.

New words：

1. paradise n. 天堂

2. hide-and-seek 捉迷藏

3. bamboo shoots 竹筍

（二）短文

A Visit to Guilin

劉素庚

After two hours flight， we arrived in Guilin. I felt very excited， and everyone says Guilin has the best mountains and water， I wondered to see how special the scenery is.

My parents and I went to Guilin scenic area — the elephant trunk hill， what a beautiful elephant trunk hill！ I cant believe my eyes. Nature is really amazing！ Green elephant trunk hill looks like a huge elephants nose. It puts into the clear water. We lost ourselves in the beautiful mountain and water！

The second day we came to the Lijiang River. The Lijiang River is clear. The scenery on both sides is different， the water is like a beautiful and lovely picture. Under the direction of the guide， we see many things like pictures. After visiting the Lijiang River， I understand why there are so many poems to write about its beautiful scenery.

Guilins landscape is very famous， and its cave is also very strange. The last day we went to see the cave. I came to the hole. I cant wait to rush to his stones， how beautiful they look！ They are in thousands of ways. They surprised us a lot！

Guilin tour ended， I was very tired， but I was so happy. When I went to bed， I fell asleep soon. I had a dream. In the dream， Im still climbing the mountain in Guilin， visiting the Lijiang River by boat...I hope to visit Guilin with my parents again.

New words：

1.flight n. 飛行；班機

2.scenery n. 風景；景色

3.scenic area 景區

4.trunk n. 樹干；軀干；象鼻

5. amazing adj. 令人驚異的

6. lose oneself in... 沉浸于……

7. guide n. 指南；向導

8. poems n. 詩歌，詩集

9. landscape n. 風景，景色

10. cave n. 洞穴

鏈接二：神奇的地理奇觀

1.土耳其：巴姆凱莉

它在土耳其語里的意思是“棉花城堡”，我們能夠一目了然地看清楚它名字的來由。如夢似幻，就像是天然棉花鋪就的白色城堡。

2.南極洲：埃利伯斯火山的冰塔

埃利伯斯火山海拔為4 167米，邊緣兩側分布著幾百座冰塔，乍看像是巨人臉上新長出不久的須茬。這座火山恐怕是南極洲上唯一一塊冰火交融的地方了，既翻騰著火的熱焰，又充滿冰的嚴酷。冰塔有20米高，時常吞云吐霧，彌漫在南極上空，像是隨時會噴發。有些蒸汽還沒出塔就被凍住了，使得塔身膨脹得越來越大。

3.美國、新墨西哥：帳篷式山峰

帳篷式山峰是一種林狀喀斯特景觀。石林喀斯特是在地殼運動、構造裂隙、生物作用和土壤侵蝕作用配合下，碳酸鹽巖被地表水和地下水溶蝕形成的各種石柱組合體，石柱表面溶蝕形態豐富，石柱形態多樣、造型奇特、組合復雜，石柱擬人似物，形態萬千，賦予豐富的人文和美學信息。石林喀斯特發育演化過程經歷了漫長的地質歷史、復雜的古地理變遷、被玄武巖覆蓋烘烤、湖盆沉積物埋藏，地殼抬升等共同影響。我們只能驚嘆于大自然的鬼斧神工。正所謂造化鐘神秀，面對如此震撼壯美的自然奇跡，我們除了去贊嘆，還能做什么呢？

4.阿根廷：月亮谷

伊斯奇瓜拉斯托和塔蘭穆帕亞自然公園地處阿根廷中部的沙漠地帶，其中湖泊和沼澤中有大量的植物化石，一部分已經成為煤層，其他化石則完好地保留了植物原本的形狀、脈絡和紋理，在其他地區這種保存形式并不多見。在沉積物中最常見的是火山巖灰層，伊斯奇瓜拉斯托土地干燥，表面崎嶇不平，人們稱之為“月亮谷”。

5.巴西：魔井

魔井不是井，是巴西馬托格羅索國家公園中的一個塌陷湖。湖水清澈，能夠十分清楚地看到湖底的石頭以及古老的樹干，當太陽透過縫隙投射到湖面時，湖面上會顯現出一片美得動人心魄的藍。

6.玻利維亞：烏尤尼鹽沼

它被稱為“天空之鏡”。每年冬季，它被雨水注滿，形成一個淺湖；而每年夏季，湖水則干涸，留下一層以鹽為主的礦物硬殼，中部達6米厚。人們可以駕車駛越湖面。靜止不動的淺淺水面，加上稀薄的空氣，會讓游人突然感覺前方路無盡頭。盡管地處偏僻，天空之境還是吸引了無數游客前往，他們通常就住在當地一家鹽湖旅館。在這兒，一旦你舉起相機就會再也舍不得移開鏡頭，恨不得捕捉下全部美景。尤其是在雨后，湖面像鏡子一樣，反射著好似不是地球上的，美麗得令人窒息的天空景色，這也就是傳說中的“天空之境”。

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