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Lesson 5.TianmenshanI.Script 400 miles away, deep in the heart to the Hunan province is another epic holy site. But this time formed without human hands, a natural formation shaped by the area’s unusual geology. Tianmenshan known as heavens gate cave. To get here, you must first drive one of the world’s most dangerous roads, the Tongtian Highway. Marked by 99 short bends in just over six miles, it climbs over 3,000 vertical feet. The first stop, the mountain forests of Zhangjiajie. Thousands of precarious peaks reach out up to three times the height to the Empire State Building. It’s a breathtaking mystical scene that provided inspiration for the alien landscapes of the movie Avatar, a wonder of geology that draws people from all over the world. To cope with a 30 million annual visitors, the Chinese have built the world’s highest outdoor elevator. The 100 dragons lift, ascends a vertiginous one thousand feet to the top of the jutting stones.“Here, as we can see, is a layer of quartz rock. The layer at the bottom is the soft layer here. The landscape of Zhangjiajieis formed by the stacking of these two types of rocks.”To reach their final dramatic destination, the class catches the world’s longest cable way, a heart-stopping ride more than four miles long and then they climb 1999 steps to reach at lasttheir final destination.“This is the Heaven’s Gate Cave.” This epic natural feature was seen to be a gateway to paradise.“There are many similar formations in the world. However, this is a rarity given its height. You spend a lot of energy to get up here to see such a beautiful sight. It’s definitely rewarding.”II.Translation六百四十公里外，在湖南的腹地坐落着另一个史诗级圣地。但是这回却并非出自人类手笔，而是大自然的鬼斧神工。天门山，也是通往天堂的大门。想要到达那里，首先得开车经过世界上最危险的公路：通天大道。短短十公里，竟有九十九道弯，能爬升九百米的高度。第一站是张家界的山笋峰林，万千险峰高耸入云，高达三个帝国大厦。有此奇景令人屏息，它是电影《阿凡达》中外星风貌的创作灵感，也是一个吸引世界各地人们来此的地理奇观。为了满足每年三千万人次的游客，中国修建了世界上最高的户外电梯。它有一百层三百三十米高，扶摇直上，直达奇峰顶端。 “我们这看到的就是比较坚硬的那层石英砂，下面的这一层是比较软的一层。当然这的地貌就是由这样的两种岩型一层一层的堆叠起来的。”为了到达他们动人心弦的目的地，这个小组搭上了世界上最长的索道，以惊心