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1、英语视听说4听力原文UNIT1OurEarthTrack4-1-2&4-1-3Blake:Whatareyouworkingon,Mary?Mary:I'mfinishingmypaper.It'sduetomorrow,Blake.Blake:What'sthetopic?Mary:It'saboutGreenland.Blake:Greenland.Hmmm...that'spartofCanada,right?Mary:Ithinkyouneedtostudyyourworldgeography,Blake.
2、Blake:Well,isn'titnearCanada?Mary:Yes,it'soffthecoastofnortheastCanada,butit'spartofDenmark.Blake:Oh,Ididn'tknowthat.Well,what'syourpaperaboutexactly?Mary:Inmypaper,Ianswerthequestion"IsGreenlandreallygreen?"Inotherwords,isGreenlandcoveredbyalotofplantsandtree
3、s?Blake:Isit?Mary:Whatdoyouthink?Blake:Let'ssee...GreenlandisintheArcticCircle-wayupnorth.It'scold,...so"IsGreenlandreallygreen?"I'danswer"probablynot."Mary:You'dbecorrect.It'stoocoldthere.Inthenorth,alotofthegroundisfrozen.Thesummersareshort,soonlythesurfacet
4、haws.Blake:Thatsoundstough.Mary:It'shardfortheconstructionindustry.It'snoteasytobuildinGreenland.Blake:Itsoundssoharsh.Whywouldanyonewanttogothere?Mary:Therearebigmountainrangesonthecoasts.They'regreatforhikingandoutdoorsports.Andtherearelotsofanimalsthere.You
5、cansometimesseewhalesswimmingintheharbors.Blake:Thatsoundscool!OK,soifit'snotreallya"green"place,whywasitnamed"Greenland"?Mary:Thefirstsettlerswantedtoattractotherpeople.Theygaveitanattractivename.4-1-4&4-1-5Jay:Comeinhere,Elise.Youshouldseethisshow!Elise:What
6、isit?Jay:It'scalled"TheTitanicoftheSky".It'sabouttheHindenburg,agreatengineeringfeat.Elise:TheHindenburg...Jay:Youknow,thatgiantzeppelinthatcrashedin1934.Thirty-fivepeopledied.Elise:Ohyeah,Iremembernow.ItwasflyingfromGermanytotheUnitedStates.Itcrashedasitwasla
7、nding.Jay:Right.It'ssofunnylooking,don'tyouthink?Itdoesn'tlookanythingliketheairplaneswehavetoday.Elise:That'strue.Whywouldpeoplerideinazeppelinanyway?Itseemssodangerous.Jay:Well,somepeoplecalledtheHindenburg"man'sgreatestachievementinflight."Theythoughtitwass
8、afe,Iguess.Elise:Whorodeinitanyway?Jay:Mostlywealthypeople.Itaccommodatedbetween30and40passengersandcrew.Onepersonsaiditwaslikea"flyinghotel."Elise:Itsoundsprettygreat.Jay:Yeah,and