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1、OurearthThenaturalworldListentoMaryandBlaketalkingaboutherpaper.Thenanswerthequestion.Whatareyouworkingon,Mary?Imfinishingmypaper.Itsduetomorrow,Blake.Whatsthetopic?ItsaboutGreenland.Greenland.Hmmm-thatspartofCanada,right?Ithinkyouneedtostudyyourworldgeography,Blake.Well,isntitnearCanada?Yes,itsofft
2、hecoastofnortheastCanada,butitspartofDenmark.Oh,Ididntknowthat.Well,whatsyourpaperaboutexactly?Inmypaper,Ianswerthequestion“IGeenlandreallygreen?”Inotherwords,isGreenlandcoveredbyalotofplantsandtrees?Isit?Whatdoyouthink?LetsseeGreenlandisintheArcticCircle-wayupnorth.Its-csod,“IsGreenlandreallygreen?
3、Idanswer“probablynot.”Youdbecorrect.Itstoocoldhere.Inthenorth,alotofthegroundisfrozen.Thesummersareshort,soonlythesurfacethaws.Thatsoundstough.Itshardfortheconstructionindustry.ItsnotnlandtobuildinGreeItsoundssoharsh.Whywouldanyonewanttogothere?Therearebigmountainrangesonthecoasts.Theygreatforhiking
4、andoutdoorsports.Andtherearelotsofanimalsthere.Youcansometimesseewhalesswimmingintheharbors.Thatsoundscool!Ok,soifitsnotreallya“green“place,whywasitnamedaGreenlandThefirstsettlerswantedtoattractotherpeople.Theygaveitanattractivename.Listenagain.CircleTrueorFalse.GustavandCarolinaareinternationalstud
5、ents.TheyaretellingBartabouttheirsummerworkexperienceintheUnitedStates.Didtheyenjoythemselves?Sowhatexactlydidyoudooverthesummer?WeworkedasvolunteersatGlacierNationalPark.Iveneverbeenthere.Whatsitlike?Itsbeautiful.Thereareountainsandlakesand,ofcourse,glaciers!Howwasthejob?Wehadtodoalotofphysicalwork
6、.Itwaskindofhard.Thatstrue,butitwasexciting,too!Weactuallysawbears!Wow!Thatdoessoundexciting.MaybeIshouldapply.IextsureedeajobnSorry,Bart,butyoucantapplytothatprogram.Itsaspecialprogramforinternationalstudents.buListentotwopeopletalkingaboutnaturalwondersandman-madestructures.Payattentiontotheexpres
7、sionstheyuse.1. Mt.Fujiisreallybeautifulfromfaraway.Whenyouclimbit,itsjustrocksanddirtreallybeautifulfromfaraway.2. LastyearIwasinSanFranciscoandIhadachancetodriveacrosstheGoldenGateBridge.Whatanamazingfeatofengineering.ItgivesyouachancetolookthroughallofSanFranciscoandoverSanFranciscoBayanditsjusta
8、wonderfulchancetoseethecity.JayandElisearetalkingaboutanaccident.Listenandcheckthecorrectpicture.Comeinhere,Elise.Youshouldseethisshow!Whatisit?ItscalledTheTitanicoftheSky.ItsabouttheHindenburg,agreatengineeringfeat.TheHindenburg.Youknow,thatgiantzeppelinthatcrashedin1934.Thirty-fivepeopledied.Ohyea
9、h,Iremembernow.ItwasflyingfromGermanytotheUnitedStates.Itcrashedasitwaslanding.Right.Itssofunnylooking,dontyouthink?Itdoesntlookanythingliketheairplanesashavetoday.Thatstrue.Whywouldpeoplerideinazeppelinanyway?Itseemssodangerous.Well,somepeoplecalledtheHindenburgmansgreatestachievementinflight.Theyt
10、houghtitwassafe,Iguess.Whorodeinitanyway?Mostlywealthypeople.Itaccommodatedbetween30and40passengersandcrew.Onepersonsaiditwaslikeaflyinghotel.Itsoundsprettygreat.Yeah,anditwasfast.Thatswhypeoplerodeit.Theywantedtogettotheirdestinationfaster.Whydidnttheyjusttakeajetplane?Elise!Youknowtheydidnthavejet
11、sbackthen.Look,in1934ittookfivedaystotravelfromGermanytotheU.S.byship.Thezeppelincoulddoitinhalfthattime.Itwasspeedy.Well,maybeIllsitdownandwatchalittlebit.MaybeIlllearnsomething.Listenagain.Howwasthezeppelindescribed?Checkyouranswers.Comeinhere,Elise.Youshouldseethisshow!Whatisit?ItscalledTheTitani
12、coftheSky.ItsabouttheHindenburg,agreatengineeringfeat.TheHindenburg.Youknow,thatgiantzeppelinthatcrashedin1934.Thirty-fivepeopledied.Ohyeah,Iremembernow.ItwasflyingfromGermanytotheUnitedStates.Itcrashedasitwaslanding.Right.Itssofunnylooking,dontyouthink?Itdoesntlookanythingliketheairplanesashavetoda
13、y.Thatstrue.Whywouldpeoplerideinazeppelinanyway?Itseemssodangerous.Well,somepeoplecalledtheHindenburgmansgreatestachievementinflight.Theythoughtitwassafe,Iguess.Whorodeinitanyway?Mostlywealthypeople.Itaccommodatedbetween30and40passengersandcrew.Onepersonsaiditwaslikeaflyinghotel.Itsoundsprettygreat.
14、Yeah,anditwasfast.Thatswhypeoplerodeit.Theywantedtogettotheirdestinationfaster.Whydidnttheyjusttakeajetplane?Elise!Youknowtheydidnthavejetsbackthen.Look,in1934ittookfivedaystotravelfromGermanytotheU.S.byship.Thezeppelincoulddoitinhalfthattime.Itwasspeedy.Well,maybeIllsitdownandwatchalittlebit.MaybeI
15、lllearnsomething.Listentotheconversationandcheckthecorrectpicture.Ithinkweshouldbuyabiggercar.Bigcarsaresafer.Yes,butontheotherhand,theyconsumemoreoil.Theyalsolookreallycool.Thatstrue,buttherearesomeSUVswhicharenotbigbutalsoverybeautiful.And1thinkbigcarsaremorefuntodrive.Butthenagain,itsveryexpensive.Well,letsgetmoreinformationaboutseveralkindsofcars,okay?Listentoanotherpersontalkingaboutfamousbuildingsinhiscountryandfillintheblankswithinformationyouhear.MycountryhastwoveryfamousbuildingscalledthePetronasTowers.Thebuildingsaremadeofglass,steel,and
