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滑雪巡逻队雪崩前沿的警哨 　　俗话说欺山莫欺水,但其实山也不可欺!当你在寒冷的季节享受滑雪带来的乐趣时,请时刻保持警觉,因为很可能会发生雪崩哦!特别是在无人管理的偏僻区域,滑雪的危险性更大。由于有专门的滑雪巡逻队进行维护,在滑雪场内发生雪崩的可能性则相对较小。雪崩是怎样形成的呢?滑雪巡逻队的日常工作又是什么?一起走进美国 　　科罗拉多州阿斯彭山滑雪巡逻队,探访这群身负重任、在平凡的岗位上作出不平凡贡献的人。 　　 　　When he was about ten years old, Doug Driskell narrowly escaped an 1)avalanche. He and some friends were waiting for a 2)tram to carry them down a 　　mountain at a ski resort, and they started 3)goofing around. Then Driskell stepped down into a bowl-shaped area. 　　“We were just walking around having snowball fights,” he says. “All of a sudden, the whole bowl took off. I ran and jumped out. There was a huge 4)rumble later when the 　　avalanche hit the valley. It was the 5)closest call I ever had.” 　　Within five seconds of taking off, an avalanche can move at 80 miles an hour, so people rarely have time to jump or run out of harm’s way like Driskell did as a kid. But these days, avalanches don’t often 6)overtake skiers at resorts because the ski 7)patrol makes sure the slopes are safe. 　　Driskell, Snow Safety 8)Coordinator for Aspen Mountain Ski Patrol in Aspen, Colorado, says Colorado has the most avalanche accidents in the US, keeping him very busy. 　　Big storms and warming weather make the month of March especially 9)treacherous for avalanches. “The most activity happens when we get a bunch of snow, because the added weight increases the stress,” he explains. 　　An avalanche occurs when one entire area or slab of snow slides off of another layer underneath it. The layers form as wind and weather lay down layers of snow. Each layer takes a different form. For example, some will be wetter or icier than others. 　　When a slab starts to slide, 　　anything on top is carried along, and the avalanche picks up whatever lies in its path as it 10)roars down a slope ? 　　including rocks, trees and people. 　　The Aspen Mountain Ski Patrol 11)demonstrates this action by 12)stacking up books with salt 13)sprinkled 　　between them. The salt makes each book or laye