Get to Know Mountains

認(rèn)識(shí)崇山峻嶺

本篇適合：朗讀，挑戰(zhàn)

同學(xué)們，你們都爬過(guò)山嗎？你們見(jiàn)過(guò)的山是怎樣的？你們知道山是怎樣形成的嗎？你們了解哪些著名的山脈呢？下面就讓我們一起爬上高山，一睹崇山峻嶺的風(fēng)貌吧。

by CC

Mountains are like the rooftops of the world, their peaks soaring up into the clouds.

Slopes are steep and valleys are deep in the mountains. The higher you go, the colder it is, and the scarcer the vegetation becomes.

Movement beneath the surface forced the earth’s crust upwards to form mountains. This all happened millions of years ago.

Mountains like these are extinct volcanoes. They erupted a very long time ago. They may even erupt again one day.

Wind, frost and rain eat into the rocks, and produce the strange shapes of mountains.

Mountains can look very different in summer and winter.

rooftop ['ru?ft?p] n. 屋頂（復(fù)數(shù)：rooftops）

peak [pi?k] n. 山頂，山峰（復(fù)數(shù)：peaks）

soar [s??] v. 屹立，高聳（-ing形式：soaring）

slope [sl??p] n. 斜坡（復(fù)數(shù)：slopes）

steep [sti?p] adj. 陡峭的，險(xiǎn)峻的

scarce [ske?s] adj. 缺乏的，稀有的（比較級(jí)：scarcer）

vegetation [,ved??'te??（?）n] n. 植物，植被

crust [kr?st] n. 地殼

extinct [?k'st??kt] adj. 已熄滅的，不再活躍的

volcano [v?l'ke?n??] n. 火山（復(fù)數(shù)：volcanoes）

erupt [?'r?pt] v. 噴發(fā)，爆發(fā)（過(guò)去式：erupted）

frost [fr?st] n. 霜

eat into [i?t '?nt?] 腐蝕，侵蝕

In spring, melting snow swells the streams and the waterfalls. They go down into the valleys.

Mountains are home to a great number of animals. They survive well in the cold, the wind and the thin atmosphere.

To cross mountain ranges you need bridges, roads or tunnels and a good head for heights!

中文大意請(qǐng)見(jiàn)第47頁(yè)。

swell [swel] v. 使上漲，增加（第三人稱(chēng)單數(shù)：swells）

atmosphere ['?tm?sf??] n. 空氣，大氣

range [re?nd?] n. 山脈（復(fù)數(shù)：ranges）

tunnel ['t?nl] n. 隧道（復(fù)數(shù)：tunnels）

a head for sth. 的常見(jiàn)搭配是have a head for sth.。這里的head指的是“頭腦”，have a head for sth. 表示“在某方面有頭腦”，也就是“有某種才能，擅長(zhǎng)某事”的意思。但如果一個(gè)人說(shuō)：“I don’t have a head for heights”，就是說(shuō)他“懼高，有恐高癥”。例如：

Ben had a good head for business, but he is not very creative.

本很有生意頭腦，但沒(méi)什么創(chuàng)造力。

He doesn’t have a head for heights.

他懼高。

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下面是一些世界上著名的高山，哪些是你聽(tīng)說(shuō)過(guò)的呢？

Mount Everest in the

Himalayas（8,844 metres）位于喜馬拉雅山脈的

珠穆朗瑪峰（8844米）Mount McKinley in the USA (6,194 metres)位于美國(guó)的麥金利峰（6194米）

Mount Kilimanjaro

in Africa (5,892 metres)位于非洲的

乞力馬扎羅山（5892米）

Mount Fuji

in Japan (3,776 metres)

位于日本的富士山（3776米）

Mount Tahat

in Algeria (2,908 metres)位于阿爾及利亞的

塔哈特山（2908米）

請(qǐng)你根據(jù)自己的理解把下面的單詞與相應(yīng)的圖片連起來(lái)。

ranges volcano tunnel waterfall

答案請(qǐng)見(jiàn)第47頁(yè)。