Unit7
Section A 2d
A: Feel Free to ask me anything on today's Great Wall tour.
B: How long is the wall?
A: Ah, the most popular question! If we are only talking about the parts from the Ming Dynasty, it's about 8,850 kilometers long. This makes it the longest wall in the world.
C: Wow, that's amazing! Why did the ancient emperors build the wall? A: The main reason was to protect their part of the country. As you can see, it is quite tall and wide. As far as I know, there are no other man-made objects as big as this.
B: Is Badaling part of the Ming Great Wall?
A: Yes, it's the most famous part.
3a
Qomolangma --- the most dangerous mountain in the world
One of the world's most dangerous sports is mountain climbing，and one of the most popular places for this is the Himalayas.The Himalayas run along the southwestern part of China. Of all the mountains, Qomolangma is the highest and is the most famous.It's 8, 844.43 meters high and so is very dangerous to climb.Thick clouds cover the top and snow can fall very hard.Even more serious difficulties include freezing
weather conditions and a heavy storms.It is also very hard to take in air as you get near the top.
The first people to reach the Top were Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary on May 29, 19 53. The first Chinese team did so in 1960, while the first woman to succeed was Junko Tabei from Japan in 1975.
Why do so many climbers risk their lives? One of the main reasons is that people want to challenge themselves in the face of difficulties.The spirit of these climbers shows us that we should never give up trying to achieve our dreams.It also shows that humans can sometimes be stronger than the forces of nature.
Section B 2b
It's 8:30 AM at the Chengdu research base. Panda keepers are preparing milk for the baby pandas' breakfast. At 9 AM, they find that most of the babies are already awake and hungry.When the babies see the keepers, they run over to them with excitement and some of the young pandas even walk into their friends and fall over!
Lin Wei, one of the panda keepers, says, "They are so cute and lovely. I take care of them like they are my own babies. I wash,feed and play with them every day.They are very special to me."In fact, many people around the world love these black and white animals.Pandas have become so popular that they are now a symbol of China.
Scientists say there are now fewer than 2000 pandas living in the forests.Another 300 or so live in zoos or research centers in China and other countries.Pandas do not have many babies, maybe only one every two years.The babies often die from illnesses and do not live very long. Adult pandas spend more than 12 hours a day, eating about 10 kilos of bamboo. Many years ago, there were a lot more bamboo forests and pandas in China, but then humans started to cut down these forests.As the forests get smaller and other human activities cause more problems, pandas can not find enough to eat and they are having fewer babies.
An education program in Chengdu teaches children about pandas and other endangered wild animals.They send people to schools to tell children about the importance of saving these animals.And the Chinese government is trying hard to help save the pandas.Scientists are doing research to better understand the habits of pandas.We all hope that in the future there will be a lot more pandas.。