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Unit6Nurturingnature

UnderstandingIdeas

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backinmyseat,Ican’tquitebelievethatI’mabouttotravelalongtherailwaythatmanyforeignexpertsclaimedwas“impossible”.ThetrainhasbeenracingalongsteadilysinceitleftXining.Allthistime,thesong“SkyRailway”hasbeenplayinginsidemyhead.Thewords“railwayslikemassivedragonsarewindingamongthemountains”seemparticularlyvividasItravelacrossthe“roofoftheworld”.

ThefirstlandmarktocatchmyeyeisthesplendidQingshuiheBridge,theworld’slongestbridgebuiltoverpermafrost.Look!AgroupofTibetanantelopesismovingunderthebridge,withsomestoppingtoeatgrassattheirleisure.Thirty-threepassageshavebeenbuiltundertherailwaytoallowtheanimalstomovesafelyandfreelyintheirnaturalhabitat.WildanimalssuchastheseTibetanantelopeshavenowbeenusingthesepassagesforyears.Theyseemtotallyunawarethatwearespeedingpastatover100kilometresanhour.Topreventdamagetowetlandsandgrasslands,675bridgeswithatotallengthofabout160kilometreswerebuiltbetweenGolmudandLhasa.Weevenmoved140,000squaremetresofwetlandtoanewareainordertoprotectitsdistinctecosystem.Thejourneyhasbeenflyingby,andbeforeIknowit,wehavereachedTanggulaStation.Locatedatover5,000metresabovesealevel,this

isthehighestrailwaystationintheworld.Inlocationssuchasthis,thethinair,changeableweatherandhighlevelsofUVradiationpresentedperhapsthegreatestchallengeforrailwayworkers.Tomakesurewestayedhealthy,

severaloxygen-makingstationswereconstructed.Wewerealsoabletoenjoyregularbreaksinlowerareas.AswepassCuonaLake,Ifeelasenseofprideandachievement.Usingthousandsandthousandsofsandbags,webuiltatwenty-kilometrewallalongthelaketoprotectitfromconstructionwaste.CuonaLakeissoclosetotherailwaythatIwanttoreachoutandtouchitspalebluemirror-likesurface.Waterbirdsplayinginthelake,andcattleandsheepwanderingthegrasslandsbringthescenerytolife.TheQinghai-TibetPlateauhasbeenattractingpeople’sadmirationforcenturies.Now,thankstoourefforts,passengersfromalloverthecountryhavebeen

enjoyingthesemagicallandscapes.Iamproudthatwebuiltour“impossible”railway,anddidsowiththecarethattheenvironmentdeserves.Ittrulyisan

extraordinary“SkyRailway”.1.Marktheplacestheauthorpassedandmentionedinhisjourney.XiNingQingshuiheBridgeGolmudTanggulaCuonaLakeLhasaFast-readingWhile-reading:pairwork(4mins)

Thetravelingrouteoftherailway.Task1.Whichorderisthepassagebasedon?a.Timeorderb.Spaceorderc.DevelopmentofthestoryReadforstructureMatchthemainideaanddividethearticleintodifferentparts.Para1Para2Para3Para4Para5Para6Para7A.Howtopreventdamagetowetlandsandgrasslands.B.HowtoprotectCuonaLake.C.ThetrainleavesXining.D.Howtoprotectwildanimals.E.Weconsiderprotectingthedelicateeco-systemfirst.F.Howtomakesuretheworkersstayedhealthy.G.I'mproudwebuiltour"SkyRailway".CDEFBGAIntroductionBodyConlusionReadforcontentsPara1.Sittingbackinmyseat,Ican'tquitebelievethatI'mabouttotravelalongtherailwaythatmanyforeignexpertsclaimedwas“impossible”.

ThetrainhasbeenracingalongsteadilysinceitleftXining.Allthistime,thesong“SkyRailway”hasbeenplayinginsidemyhead.Thewords“railwayslikemassivedragonsarewindingamongthemountains”seemparticularlyvividasItravelacrossthe“roofoftheworld”.Questions:1.ManyforeignexpertsclaimedtheQinghai-TibetRailwaywas_________.2.Finddetailsthatshowtheauthor'sfeelings.'sthefunctionofPara.1inpicturingtheauthor'sjourney?impossibleItsetsboththebackgroundofthejourneyandtheemotionalatmosphereoftherestofthepassage.ReadforcontentsPara3Whatisthechallenge?Whatisthesolution?ToprotectthewildanimalsThirty-threepassageshavebeenbuiltundertherailwaytoallowtheanimalstomovesafelyandfreelyintheirnaturalhabitat.

1.AgroupofTibetanantelopesismovingunderthebridge,withsomestoppingtoeatgrassattheirleisure.2.Theyseemtotallyunawarethatwearespeedingpastatover100kilometres.Humanbeingsliveinharmonywithwildlife.ReadforcontentsPara4Whatisthechallenge?Whatisthesolution?Topreventdamagetowetlandsandgrasslands

675bridgeswithatotallengthofabout160kilometreswerebuiltbetweenGolmudandLhasa.140,000squaremetresofwetlandweremovedtoanewarea

inordertoprotectitsdistinctecosystem.Theengineersandworkersmakegreatefforttobuildtherailwayaswellasprotecttheenvironmentandwildanimalsalongtheway.ReadforcontentsPara5Whatisthechallenge?Whatisthesolution?Tomakesuretheworkersstayedhealthy.Severaloxygen-makingstationswereconstructed.Theworkersalsoenjoyed

regularbreaksinlowerareas.Locatedatover5,000metresabovethesealevel,thehighestrailwaystationintheworldThethinair,changeableweatherandhighlevelsofUVradiationReadforcontentsPara6Whatisthechallenge?Whatisthesolution?ToprotectCuonaLakeThousandsandthousandsofsandbagswereusedtobuildatwenty-kilometrewallalongthelaketoprotectitfromconstructionwaste.

Waterbirdsplayinginthelake,andcattleandsheepwanderingthegrasslandsbringthescenerytolife.ReadforcontentsPara7

TheQinghai-TibetPlateauhasbeenattractingpeople'sadmirationforcenturies.Now,thankstoourefforts,passengersfromalloverthecountryhavebeenenjoyingthesemagicallandscapes.Iamproudthatwebuiltour“impossible”railway,anddidsowiththecarethattheenvironmentdeserves.Ittrulyisanextraordinary“SkyRailway”.Question:Whatmakestheauthorfeelproud?A.Webuiltthe"impossible"railway.B.Weprotectedtheecosystem.C.Webuiltthe“impossible"railway,notdestroytheecosystem.D.Passengerscallit"SkyRailway".Choosetheauthor'spurposeinwritingthepassage.

1.Toprovethathumanscanconquernature.2.Tohighlighttheamount(量，数量）ofworkrequiredtobuildtheQinghai