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新世纪视听说教程（听力课本）（第三版）

Book4-Unit1听力原文

整理者：电气杨红叶，王雪

AudioTrack4-1-2第四页

Blake:Whatareyouworkingon,Mary

Mary:I’mfinishingmypaper.It’sduetomorrow,Blake.

Blake:What’sthetopic

Mary:It’saboutGreenland.

Blake:Greenland.Hmmm…that’spartofCanada,right

Mary:Ithinkyouneedtostudyyourworldgeography,Blake.

Blake:Well,isn’titnearCanada

Mary:Yes,It’soffthecoastofnortheastCanada,butit’spartof

Denmark.

Blake:Oh,Ididn’tknowthat.Well,what’syourpaperaboutexactly

Mary:Inmypaper,Ianswerthequestion.“IsGreenlandreallygreen”

Inotherwords,isGreenlandcoveredbyalotofplantsandtree

Blake:Isit

Mary:Whatdoyouthink

Blake:Let’ssee…GreenlandisintheArcticCircle-wayupnorth.It’s

cold…so“IsGreenlandreallygreen”I’danswerprobably

not.”

Mary:You’dbecorrect.It’stoocoldthere.Inthenorth,alotof

thegroundisfrozen.Thesummerareshort,soonlythesurface

thaws.

Blake:Thatsoundstough.

Mary:It’shardfortheconstructionindustry.It’snoteasytobuild

inGreenland.

Blake:Itsoundssoharsh.Whywouldanyonewanttogothere

Mary:Therearebigmountainrangesonthecoasts.They’regreatfor

hikingandoutdoorsports.Andtherearelotsofanimalsthere.

Youcansometimesseewhalesswimmingintheharbors.

Blake:Thatsoundscool!Ok,soifit’snotreallya“green”place,

whywasitnamed“Greenland”

Mary:Thefirstsettlerswantedtoattractotherpeople.Theygiveit

anattractivename.

AudioTrack4-1-4第5页

Jay:Comeinhere,Elise.Yousho