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1、M1U1Tony:Let`scallWondersoftheWorldandjoininthediscussion.Ithinknaturalwondersaremoreinterestingthanman-madeones.AndIthinktheGiant`sCausewayisthemostfantasticnaturalwonder.Lingling:Hm,I`veneverseenit,soI`mnotsureIagreewithyou.Whydoyoulikeit,Tony?Tony:Well,Ivis
2、itedtheGiant`sCausewaytwoyearsago.It`shuge.There`reabout40,000rocks,mostofthemwithsixsides.ItgoesforseveralhundredmetresontheeastemcoastofNorthemIreland.Lingling:Thatsoundsgreat,thoughIthinkVictoriaFallsinAfricaareevenmorefantastic.They`reabout1,700metreswidea
3、nd100metreshigh.Youcanheartheloudnoiseafewkilometresaway.Betty:Wow,tha`shuge!Butinmyopinion,man-madewondersaremoreexcitingthannaturalones.LookattheTerracottaArmy.It`smorethan2,000yearsold.Daming:Iagreewithyou,Betty.AndIthinktheThreeGorgesDamisfantastictoo.It`s
4、about2,300metreslong,185metreshighand15metreswideatthetop.ItlionsofpeopleinChina.Betty:Now,who`dliketocallfirst?M1U2AgreatwonderofthenaturalworldWhenIarrived,itwasearlymorninganditwasraining.Ilookedtotheeast—theskywasbecominggrey.Igotoutofthecar,wentthroughaga
5、teandwalkedalongadarkpath.Therewasnothingtosee,butIknewitwasthere.Afteraboutamile,astrangerappearedbesidethepath.“AmIgoingtherightway?”Iasked.HeknewwhereIwasgoing,“yes,”hereplied,“you`llgetthereinfiveminutes.”Finally,Icametosomerocksandstopped.Ilookedoverthem,
6、butitwassilentandtherewasnosignofit.Suddenly,therainstoppedandthecloudscleared.Thesunrosebehindmeandshoneonherocks.Farbelowme,thegroundfellawayanddowntoariver.Iwaslookingacrossoneofthewondersofthenaturalworld—theGrandCanyon.IlookeddowntotheColoradoRiver,asilve
7、rstreamnearlyonemilebelowme.Ifyouputthetwotallestbuildingsintheworldontopofeachotheratthebottomofthecanyon,theystillwouldnotreachthetop.ThenIlookedacrosstotheothersideofthecanyon,Itwasaboutfifteenmilesaway,maybemore.Finally,Ilookedtomyleftandtomyright,,andonbo
8、thsidesthecanyonwentfarawayformorethan200miles.TheGrandCanyonwasnotjustbig.Itwashuge!Iremainedbythecanyonforabouthalfanhour,andIaskedmyself.“IstheGrandCanyonthegreatestwonderofthen
