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1、2019-2020年高中英语Unit1TalesoftheunexplainedYeti素材牛津译林版必修2AtibetianfortressbelowthemountainsweretheYetiissupposedtoroam.TheHimalayaMountains,thehighestrangeonEarth,havebeenreferredtoasthe"roofoftheworld."Ifthatisso,thereisamysterycalledtheYetiinourattic.InTibetanthewordmeans"magicalcreature"andtr
2、ulyitisaseeminglysupernaturalenigmaintheshapeofahairy,bipedcreaturethatresemblesagiantape.TheHimalayaslieontheborderbetweenIndia,Nepal,andTibet(nowpartofChina).Theyareremoteandforbidding.Largestretchesaroundtheseroughvalleysandpeaksareuninhabited.Thetallestmountainintheworld,Everest,29,028fee
3、thigh,lieshalfinNepal,halfinChina.ItisfromNepal,though,thatmostattemptstoclimbEverest,andthesurroundingmountains,aremade.InKatmandu,thecapitolofNepal,avisitorfindshimselfimmersedintheYetilegend.Heisamercialmoneymakerforthetouristindustry(there'sevenaHotelnamedthe"YakandtheYeti")aswellaslegend
4、,religionandfantasytosomeoftheNepalesepeople.ThefirstreliablereportoftheYetiappearedin1925whenaGreekphotographer,N.A.Tombazi,workingasamemberofaBritishgeologicalexpeditionintheHimalayas,wasshownacreaturemovinginthedistanceacrosssomelowerslopes.Thecreaturewasalmostathousandfeetawayinanairawith
5、analtitudeofaround15,000feet."Unquestionably,thefigureinoutlinewasexactlylikeahumanbeing,walkinguprightandstoppingoccasionallytouprootorpullatsomedwarfrhododendronbushes,"saidTombazi,"Itshowedupdarkagainstthesnowand,asfarasIcouldmakeoutworenoclothes."ThecreaturedisappearedbeforeTombazicouldta
6、keaphotographandwasnotseenagain.Thegroupwasdescending,though,andthephotographerwentoutofhiswaytoseethegroundwerehehadspottedthecreature.Tombazifoundfootprintsinthesnow."Theyweresimilarinshapetothoseofaman,butonlysixtosevenincheslongbyfourincheswideatthebroadestpartofthefoot.Themarksoffivedist
7、incttoesandtheinstepwereperfectlyclear,butthetraceoftheheelwasindistinct..."Therewere15printstobefound.Eachwasoneandonehalftotwofeetapart.ThenTombazilostthetrailinthickbrush.Whenthelocalswereaskedtonamethebeasthe'dseentheytoldhimitwasa"Kanche
