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Let’s Climb Popo来登波波山吧 Words to understand inhabit v. live in inhabitant n. person living in a place sacred adj. holy, worthy of great respect Words to understand splendor n. magnificent show slippery adj. smooth, wet, difficult to move on slop n. area of rising or falling ground Words to understand volcanic adj. of a volcano volcano n. mountain having an opening through which gases, ashes and lava come up from below the earth’s crust Words to understand tropical adj. very hot blast n. strong sudden rush of wind ladder n. two lenghs of wood with crosspieces, used for clmbing up Sentences to understand Above all, it has the most beautiful mountains in the world. 注释：above all adv.最重要, 首先 Sentences to understand And surely the scene filled them with great wonder. 翻译：此地景色令他们赞叹不已。 Sentences to understand We can see our goal nearly two miles above, for the peak is flooded now with the light of a million tropical stars. 注释be flooded: be covered or filled with… Sentences to understand The horizon is bursting into flame. The rising sun burns our eyes, despite our smoked glasses. The icy blasts try to tear us from the slope. 注释：The horizon suddenly looks bright and red like burning fire. Sentences to understand When wer have only eight hundred feet to go, a blast of wild wind sweeps down from above. 注释：fierce Sentences to understand Then we slip ourselves down the icy slopes, racing away from the mountaintop as if chased by devils. 注释：好像被鬼追赶一样 Sentences to understand Is your face cooked? 注释：spoiled or ruined by the heat Background information Background information Popocatépetl (commonly referred to as Popo, El Popo or Don Goyo) (IPA:?[popoka?tepet?]) is, an active volcano and, at 5,426 m, the second highest peak in Mexico after the Pico de Orizaba (5,636?m). Popocatépetl is linked to the Iztaccíhuatl volcano to the north by the high saddle known as the Paso de Cortés, and lies in the eastern half of the Trans-Mexican volcanic belt. Backg