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1、Unit7What’sthehighestmountainintheworld?SectionA2dRole-playtheconversation.Guide:Feelfreetoaskmeanythingontoday’sGreatWalltour.Tourist1:Howlongisthewall?Guide:Ah,themostpopularquestion!Ifwe’reonlytalkingaboutthepartsfromtheMingDynasty,it’sabout8,850kilometerslong.Thismakesitthelongestwal
2、lintheworld.Tourist2:Wow,that’samazing!Whydidtheancientemperorsbuildthewall?Guide:ThemainreasonwastoprotectChina.Asyoucansee,it’squitetallandwide.AsfarasIknow,therearenoman-madeobjectsasbigasthis.Tourist3:IsBadalingpartoftheMingGreatWall?Guide:Yes,it’sthemostfamouspart.3aReadthearticlean
3、dmatcheachparagraphwiththemainideas.Paragraph1SpiritofclimbersParagraph2AchievementsofclimbersParagraph3FactsanddangersQomolangma—theMostDangerousMountainintheWorld?Oneoftheworld’smostdangeroussportsismountainclimbing,andoneofthemostpopularplacesforthisistheHimalayas.TheHimalayasrunalong
4、thesouthwesternpartofChina.Ofallthemountains,Qomolangmarisesthehighestandisthemostfamous.Itis8,844.43metershighandsoisverydangeroustoclimb.Thickcloudscoverthetopandsnowcanfallveryhard.Evenmoreseriousdifficultiesincludefreezingweatherconditionsandheavystorms.Itisalsoveryhardtotakeinairasy
5、ougetnearthetop.ThefirstpeopletoreachthetopwereTenzingNorgayandEdmundHillaryonMay29,1953.ThefirstChineseteamdidsoin1960,whilethefirstwomantosucceedwasJunkoTabeifromJapanin1975.Whydosomanyclimbersrisktheirlives?Oneofthemainreasonsisbecausepeoplewanttochallengethemselvesinthefaceofdifficul
6、ties.Thespiritoftheseclimbersshowsusthatweshouldnevergiveuptryingtoachieveourdreams.Italsoshowsthathumanscansometimesbestrongerthantheforcesofnature.SectionB2bScanthearticletofindoutwhatthesenumbersmean:10,12,200,2,000.ScanningThismeansmovingyoureyesquicklydownthepagetofindspecificinform
7、ation.Itis8:30a.m.attheChengduResearchBase.LinWeiandtheotherpandakeepersarepreparingthemilkforthebabypandas’breakfast.At9:00a.m.,theyfindthatmostofthebabiesarealreadyawakeandhungry.Whenthebabiesseethekeepers,theyrunoverwithexcitementandsomeofthemevenwalkintotheirfriendsan
