Module 1 Wonders of the world短语归纳wonders of the world世界奇观 natural wonders 自然奇观man-made wonders 人造奇观 discuss sth. with sb.与某人讨论某事join in = take part in参加；加入 (活动) I’m not sure. 我不确信agree with sb. 同意某人的看法 be sure of sth 确信某事in the east 在东边 on the eastern coast of ...在……的东海岸sb. agree with sth. 某人适应（食物、气候） in one’s opinion据某人看来;按某人的意见agree to do sth. 同意做某事 more than = over 多于，超过agree to sth.(plan /decision/suggestion) 同意/赞成 less than 少于，不足agree on sth.( plan/ ) 在……方面意见一致 produce electricity 供电millions of 数百万的；数以百万计的 thousands of 成千上万的 several hundreds metres 几百米 early morning 大清早would like to do sth. = want to do sth. 想做某事 in the sun在阳光下Would like sb. to do sth. 想要某人做某事 a sign of …的迹象sign one’s name on…在…签上名字 keep silent 保持安静in silence 安静地 fall away 突然向下倾斜looked down to 向下看 a silver stream 一条银色的小溪look for 寻找 look forward to 盼望，期待look into 向…里面看 look up 查阅loop after 照顾 take a look 看一看look around 四周看，环顾 on top of 在 …之上重点句型I think natural wonders are more interesting than man-made ones. 我认为自然奇观比人造奇观更有趣。
Let’s call Wonders of the World and join in the discussion. 我们给《世界奇观》节目打，加入讨论吧It runs for several hundred metres on the eastern coast of Northern Ireland. 它在北爱尔兰的东海岸绵延几百米That sounds great, though I think Victoria Falls in Africa is even more fantastic. 它（巨人之路）很神奇，但我认为非洲的维多利亚瀑布更壮观But in my opinion, man-made wonders are more exciting than natural ones. 但是在我看来，人造奇观比自然奇观更激动人心It’s more than 2,000 years old. 它有两千多年的历史It produces electricity for millions of people in China. 它为中国上百万的人们提供电源Far below me, the ground fell away and down to a river. 远处，我下方的地面（仿佛在随光线）向下延伸，（逐渐）退落到下面（深谷中的）一条河里。
The sun rose behind me and shone on the rocks. 太阳从我身后升起，照在岩石上I looked over them, but it was silent and there was no sign of it. 我朝那片岩石望去，但是一片寂静，什么也看不到 I looked over them, but it was silent and there was no sign of it. 我朝那片岩石望过去，但是一片寂静，什么也看不到 “Yes,”he replied, “you’ll get there in five minutes.” “对，”他回答道，“再走五分钟你就到了Suddenly, the rain stopped and the clouds cleared. 突然，雨停了，云散开了I looked down to the Colorado River, a silver stream nearly one mile below me. 我俯视着科罗拉多河，一条在我身下大约一英里的银色小溪If you put the two tallest buildings in the world on top of each other at the bottom of the canyon, they still would not reach the top. 如果你把世界上最高的两座建筑物叠加在一起放在谷底，它们依然达不到顶端。
I remained by the canyon for about half an hour, and I asked myself, “Is the Grand Canyon the greatest wonder of the natural world?” 我在峡谷边逗留了大约半个小时，我问了自己一个问题，“大峡谷在世界自然景观中是最伟大的吗？”。