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1、Unit7What’sthehighestmountainintheworld?SectionA2dRole-playtheconversation.Guide:Feelfreetoaskmeanythingontoday’sGreatWalltour.Tourist1:Howlongisthewall?Guide:Ah,themostpopularquestion!Ifwe’reonlytalkingaboutthepartsfromtheMingDynasty,it’sabout8,850kilometers
2、long.Thismakesitthelongestwallintheworld.Tourist2:Wow,that’samazing!Whydidtheancientemperorsbuildthewall?Guide:ThemainreasonwastoprotectChina.Asyoucansee,it’squitetallandwide.AsfarasIknow,therearenoman-madeobjectsasbigasthis.Tourist3:IsBadalingpartoftheMingGr
3、eatWall?Guide:Yes,it’sthemostfamouspart.3aReadthearticleandmatcheachparagraphwiththemainideas.Paragraph1SpiritofclimbersParagraph2AchievementsofclimbersParagraph3FactsanddangersQomolangma—theMostDangerousMountainintheWorld?Oneoftheworld’smostdangeroussportsis
4、mountainclimbing,andoneofthemostpopularplacesforthisistheHimalayas.TheHimalayasrunalongthesouthwesternpartofChina.Ofallthemountains,Qomolangmarisesthehighestandisthemostfamous.Itis8,844.43metershighandsoisverydangeroustoclimb.Thickcloudscoverthetopandsnowcanf
5、allveryhard.Evenmoreseriousdifficultiesincludefreezingweatherconditionsandheavystorms.Itisalsoveryhardtotakeinairasyougetnearthetop.ThefirstpeopletoreachthetopwereTenzingNorgayandEdmundHillaryonMay29,1953.ThefirstChineseteamdidsoin1960,whilethefirstwomantosuc
6、ceedwasJunkoTabeifromJapanin1975.Whydosomanyclimbersrisktheirlives?Oneofthemainreasonsisbecausepeoplewanttochallengethemselvesinthefaceofdifficulties.Thespiritoftheseclimbersshowsusthatweshouldnevergiveuptryingtoachieveourdreams.Italsoshowsthathumanscansometi
7、mesbestrongerthantheforcesofnature.SectionB2bScanthearticletofindoutwhatthesenumbersmean:10,12,200,2,000.ScanningThismeansmovingyoureyesquicklydownthepagetofindspecificinformation.Itis8:30a.m.attheChengduResearchBase.LinWeiandtheotherpandakeepersarepreparingt
8、hemilkforthebabypandas’breakfast.At9:00a.m.,theyfindthatmostofthebabiesarealreadyawakeandhungry.Whenthebabiesseethekeepers,theyrunoverwithexcitementandsomeofthemevenwalkintotheirfriendsan
