外研英语九上Unit2IwasontheedgeoftheGrandCanyon.ppt

Make a table with facts about: the Changjiang River the Great Wall. 大峡谷位于美国科罗拉多高原上，科罗拉多河从中流过。据说在十六世纪，有一个叫科罗拉多的人为了寻找传说中的七座黄金城，从遥远的地方跋涉到此地，发现 了大峡谷，科罗拉多大峡谷由此得名。据地理学家考证，大峡谷已走过六百万年的历史，是大自然在地球上的杰作，辉煌与壮丽远非一般自然景色可比。美国人以此为骄傲与自豪。 大峡谷全长446公里, 平均宽度16公里, 最大深度2公里, 平均谷深1.6公里, 总面积2724平方公里. 由于科罗拉多河穿流其中, 故又名科罗拉多大峡谷，它是联合国教科文组织选为受保护的天然遗产之一. 视频网址 /u35/v_NTE5NzcwNDg.html /u11/v_MzUyMjY4MDc.html n262485244.shtml /v_show/id_XMzg5OTMzMTY =.html When I arrived, it was early morning and it was raining. I got out of(4) the car. I went through(5) a gate. I walked along(6) a path. In the east, the sky was becoming light(7), but beside the path, it was still very dark, there was nothing to see. After about a kilometer, a stranger appeared in front of me. I asked him if I was going the right way. He replied(8) “Yes.” He said I would get there after five minutes. I came to sme rocks and stopped. I looked carefully over(9) them, but it was too dark to (10) see anything. Suddenly, the clouds cleared(11). The rain stopped. The sun rose(12) behind me and behind the rocks. I was on the edge of the Grand Canyon, one of the wonders of the world. I saw that the ground(13) fell away and down to a river, far below me. The Colorado River I looked down to(14) the Colorado River(15) about 2 kilometres below me. If you put the three tallest buildings in the world at the bottom of (16) the canyon, they still will not reach the top. Then I looked across to (17) the other side of the canyon. It was 20 kilometres, maybe more. Finally, I looked to(18) my left and to my right, and on both sides(19) the canyon disappeared into the distance(20)---over 400 kilometres long. The Grand Canyon is 2,724 square kilometres, so it is not just big, it is huge(21). That morning on the edge of the canyon, I asked myself a question: “Is the Grand Canyon the Greatest wonder in the natural world? How deep is it? How wide is it? Ho