【重點詞組或短語】

1. as big as 與……一樣大

3. one of the oldest countries最古老的國家之一

5. feel free to do sth. 隨意地做某事

7. as far as I know 據我所知

9. any other mountain 其他任何一座山

11. of all the salt lakes 在所有的咸水湖中

13. run along 延伸；貫穿

15. freezing weather conditions嚴寒的天氣狀況

17. fall over 摔倒

19. walk into sb. 撞到某人

21. every two years 每兩年；每隔一年

2. take in air 呼吸空氣

4. in the face of difficulties 面臨危險

6. give up doing sth. 放棄做某事

8. achieve ones dream 實現某人的夢想 10. the force of nature 自然界的力量

12. even though 雖然；盡管

14. at birth 在出生的時候

16. be awake 醒著

18. run over with excitement 興奮地跑過去

20. endangered animals 瀕危動物

22. be in danger 處于危險之中

【重難點句子】

1. It is also very hard to take in air as you get near the top.

當你接近山頂時，連呼吸都會困難。

2. One of the main reasons is because people

want to challenge themselves in the face of difficulties.

其中一個主要的原因是人們想要在面臨困難時挑戰(zhàn)自己。

3. The spirit of these climbers shows us that we should never give up trying to achieve our dreams.

這些登山者的精神向我們證明：為了實現我們的夢想，我們永遠都不應該放棄嘗試。

4. Adult pandas spend more than 12 hours a day eating about 10 kilos of bamboo.

成年大熊貓一天要花12 個多小時的時間吃大約10千克的竹子。