unit 18 White Sands资料.pptxVIP

Unit 18 White SandsTarget vocabularya brochureslideto windto evaporateblindto dissolvea bookletmove smoothly over a surfaceto turn; curveto change into gasunable to seeto disappear in waterRead the passage paragraph by paragraph pick out some important points in each paragraph.Para 1:At the entrance _____ White Sands National Monument, a narrow road begins to wind ______ way through large rolling white hills. One might think these hills were covered with snow except (for the fact) _____ it is over thirty degrees outside.We have to put on our sunglasses ________ continuing our drive.toitsthatbeforewind ( wound, wound) The stream winds (its way) through the village.Don’t forget to wind (up) the clock tonight, or it will stop.Para 2:How did all of this white sand end up in a desert valley in southern New Mexico?end up being put in prisonend up poor end up in hospitalmake both ends meet put an end to When this water evaporates, gypsum crystals remain _____ the ground to be formed ______ alternating hot, cold, wet, and dry weather ____ sand.alternate v. alternative n. adj.We alternate in doing the housework.You have the alternative of marrying or remaining a bachelor. onbyintoPara 3:Over millions of years, the tiny bits of gypsum crystals _______________ (blow) by the wind and collected into large desert of white sand dunes __________now covers more than 660,000 square kilometers.have been blownthat/ whichbe covered withcover an area ofcover 20 pages/ cover 20 kilometerscover the expensesPara 4:We follow the blacktop road for 13 kilometers _____ the heart of the dunes.There, the road ends in a parking lot __________ (surround) on all sides by rolling white dunes.Some have brought winter sleds and are sliding down the dunes on them.The wet bar of soap slid across the floor.She slid out of the room when no one was looking.I’ve slid into the habit of reading while eating.intosurroundedPara 5-6: As we set off across the gypsum dunes, we marvel at the i