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1、.UNIT1OurEarthTrack4-1-1&4-1-2Blake:Whatareyouworkingon,Mary?Mary:I'mfinishingmypaper.It'sduetomorrow,Blake.Blake:What'sthetopic?Mary:It'saboutGreenland.Blake:Greenland.Hmmm...that'spartofCanada,right?Mary:Ithinkyouneedtostudyyourworldgeography,Blake.Blake:Well,isn'titne
2、arCanada?Mary:Yes,it'soffthecoastofnortheastCanada,butit'spartofDenmark.Blake:Oh,Ididn'tknowthat.Well,what'syourpaperaboutexactly?Mary:Inmypaper,Ianswerthequestion"IsGreenlandreallygreen?"Inotherwords,isGreenlandcoveredbyalotofplantsandtrees?Blake:Isit?Mary:Whatdoyouthin
3、k?Blake:Let'ssee...GreenlandisintheArcticCircle-wayupnorth.It'scold,...so"IsGreenlandreallygreen?"I'danswer"probablynot."Mary:You'dbecorrect.It'stoocoldthere.Inthenorth,alotofthegroundisfrozen.Thesummersareshort,soonlythesurfacethaws.Blake:Thatsoundstough.Mary:It'shardfo
4、rtheconstructionindustry.It'snoteasytobuildinGreenland.Blake:Itsoundssoharsh.Whywouldanyonewanttogothere?Mary:Therearebigmountainrangesonthecoasts.They'regreatforhikingandoutdoorsports.Andtherearelotsofanimalsthere.Youcansometimesseewhalesswimmingintheharbors.Blake:Thats
5、oundscool!OK,soifit'snotreallya"green"place,whywasitnamed"Greenland"?Mary:Thefirstsettlerswantedtoattractotherpeople.Theygaveitanattractivename.Track4-1-3Bart:Sowhatexactlydidyoudooverthesummer?Gustav:WeworkedasvolunteersatGlacierNationalParkBart:I'veneverbeenthere.What'
6、sitlike?Carolina:It'sbeautiful.Therearemountainsandlakes...and,ofcourse,glaciers!Bart:Howwasthejob?Gustav:Wehadtodoalotofphysicalwork.Itwaskindofhard.Carolina:That'strue,butitwasexciting,too!Weactuallysawbears!Bart:Wow!Thatdoessoundexciting.MaybeIshouldapply.I'llneedajob
7、nextsummer.Carolina:Sorry,Bart,butyoucan'tapplytothatprogram.It'saspecialprogramforinternationalstudents.Track4-1-41.Mt.Fujiisreallybeautifulfromfaraway.Whenyouclimbit,it'sjustrocksanddirt...butit'sreallybeautifulfromfaraway.2.LastyearIwasinSanFranciscoandIhadachancetodr
8、iveacrosstheGoldenGateBridge.Whatanamazingfeatofengineering.ItgivesyouachancetolookthroughallofSanFranc
