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1、OurearthThenaturalworldListentoMaryandBlaketalkingaboutherpaper.Thenanswerthequestion.Whatareyouworkingon,Mary?I’mfinishingmypaper.It’sduetomorrow,Blake.What’sthetopic?It’saboutGreenland.Greenland.Hmmm---that’spartofCanada,right?Ithinkyouneedtostudyyourworldgeography,Blake.Well,isn’titnea
2、rCanada?Yes,it’soffthecoastofnortheastCanada,butit’spartofDenmark.Oh,Ididn’tknowthat.Well,what’syourpaperaboutexactly?Inmypaper,Ianswerthequestion“IsGreenlandreallygreen?”Inotherwords,isGreenlandcoveredbyalotofplantsandtrees?Isit?Whatdoyouthink?Let’ssee---GreenlandisintheArcticCircle---wayupnorth.
3、It’scold,---so“IsGreenlandreallygreen?”I’danswer“probablynot.”You’dbecorrect.It’stoocoldhere.Inthenorth,alotofthegroundisfrozen.Thesummersareshort,soonlythesurfacethaws.Thatsoundstough.It’shardfortheconstructionindustry.It’snoteasytobuildinGreenland.Itsoundssoharsh.Whywouldanyonewanttogothere?Ther
4、earebigmountainrangesonthecoasts.They’regreatforhikingandoutdoorsports.Andtherearelotsofanimalsthere.Youcansometimesseewhalesswimmingintheharbors.Thatsoundscool!Ok,soifit’snotreallya“green”place,whywasitnamed“Greenland”?Thefirstsettlerswantedtoattractotherpeople.Theygaveitanattractivename.Listenag
5、ain.CircleTrueorFalse.GustavandCarolinaareinternationalstudents.TheyaretellingBartabouttheirsummerworkexperienceintheUnitedStates.Didtheyenjoythemselves?Sowhatexactlydidyoudooverthesummer?WeworkedasvolunteersatGlacierNationalPark.I’veneverbeenthere.What’sitlike?It’sbeautiful.Therearemountainsandla
6、kes…and,ofcourse,glaciers!Howwasthejob?Wehadtodoalotofphysicalwork.Itwaskindofhard.That’strue,butitwasexciting,too!Weactuallysawbears!Wow!Thatdoessoundexciting.MaybeIshouldapply.I’llneedajobnextsummer.Sorry,Bart,butyoucan’tapplytothatprogram.It’saspecialprogramforinternationalstudents.Listentotwop
7、eopletalkingaboutnaturalwondersandman-madestructures.Payattentiontotheexpressionstheyuse.1.Mt.Fujiisreallybeautifulfromfaraway.Whenyouclimbit,it’sjustrocksanddirt…butit’sreallybeautifulfromfaraway.2.LastyearIwasi
