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1、··外研社(2014新版)九年级英语上册课文(Module1—12)Module1WondersoftheworldUnit1It’smorethan2,000yearsold.Tony:Let'scallWondersoftheWorldandjoininthediscussion.Ithinknaturalwondersaremoreinterestingthanman-madeones.AndIthinktheGiant'sCausewayisthemostfantasticnaturalwonder.Lingling:Hm,I
2、’veneverseenit,soI'mnotsureIagreewithyou.Whydoyoulikeit,Tony?Tony:Well,IvisitedtheGiant'sCausewaytwoyearsago.It'shuge.There'reabout40,000rocks,mostofthemwithsixsides.ItgoesforseveralhundredmetresontheeasterncoastofNorthernIrelandLingling:Thatsoundsgreat,thoughIthinkVict
3、oriaFallsinAfricaareevenmorefantastic.They'reaboutl,700metreswideand100metreshigh.Youcanheartheloudnoiseafewkilometresaway.Betty:Wow,that'shuge!Butinmyopinion,man-madewondersaremoreexcitingthannaturalones.LookattheTerracottaArmy.It'smorethan2.000yearsold.Daming:Iagreewi
4、thyou,Betty.AndIthinktheThreeGorgesDamisfantastictoo.It'sabout2,300metreslong,185metreshighand15metreswideatthetop.ItproduceselectricityformillionsofpeopleinChina.Betty:Now,who'dliketocallfirst?·······Unit2TheGrandCanyonwasnotjustbig.AgreatwonderofthenaturalworldWhenIar
5、rived,itwasearlymorninganditwasraining.Ilookedtotheeast--theskywasbecominggrey.Igotoutofthecar,wentthroughagateandwalkedalongadarkpath.Therewasnothingtosee,butIknewitwasthere.Afteraboutamile,astrangerappearedbesidethepath."AmIgoingtherightway?"Iasked.HeknewwhereIwasgoin
6、g."Yes,”hereplied,“you’llgetthereinfiveminutes,"Finally,Icametosomerocksandstopped.Ilookedoverthem,butitwassilentandtherewasnosignofit.Suddenly,therainstoppedandthecloudscleared.Thesunrosebehindmeandshoneontherocks.Farbelowme,thegroundfellawayanddowntoariver.Iwaslooking
7、acrossoneofthewondersofthenaturalworld-theGrandCanyon.IlookeddowntotheColoradoRiver,asilverstreamnearlyonemilebelowme.Ifyouputthetwotallestbuildingsintheworldontopofeachotheratthebottomofthecanyon,theystillwouldnotreachthetop.ThenIlookedacrosstotheothersideofthecanyon.I
8、twasaboutfifteenmilesaway,maybemore.Finally,Ilookedtomyleftandtomyright,andonbothsidesthecanyonwentfarawayform