外研版九年级上英语课文M1~6.docVIP

M1 U1 Tony:Let`s call Wonders of the World and join in the discussion. I think natural wonders are more interesting than man-made ones. And I think the Giant`s Causeway is the most fantastic natural wonder. Lingling:Hm,I`ve never seen it,so I`m not sure I agree with you.Why do you like it,Tony? Tony:Well,I visited the Giant`s Causeway two years ago.It`s huge. There`re about 40,000 rocks,most of them with six sides. It goes for several hundred metres on the eastem coast of Northem Ireland. Lingling:That sounds great,though I think Victoria Falls in Africa are even more fantastic. They`re about 1,700 metres wide and 100 metres high.You can hear the loud noise a few kilometres away. Betty:Wow,tha`s huge! But in my opinion,man-made wonders are more exciting than natural ones.Look at the Terracotta Army.It`s more than 2,000 years old. Daming:I agree with you,Betty. And I think the Three Gorges Dam is fantastic too. It`s about 2,300 metres long,185 metres high and 15 metres wide at the top. It lions of people in China. Betty:Now,who`d like to call first? M1 U2 A great wonder of the natural world When I arrived,it was early morning and it was raining. I looked to the east—the sky was becoming grey.I got out of the car,went through a gate and walked along a dark path. There was nothing to see,but I knew it was there. After about a mile,a stranger appeared beside the path.“Am I going the right way?”I asked.He knew where I was going,“yes,”he replied,“you`ll get there in five minutes.”Finally,I came to some rocks and stopped. I looked over them,but it was silent and there was no sign of it. Suddenly,the rain stopped and the clouds cleared.The sun rose behind me and shone on he rocks.Far below me,the ground fell away and down to a river.I was looking across one of the wonders of the natural world—the Grand Canyon. I looked down to the Colorado River,a silver stream nearly one mile below me.If you put the two tallest buildings in the world on top of each othe