版外研版九年级上英语课文

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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 do you like it,Tony?

Tony:Well,I visited the Giant`s Causeway two years `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 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 at the Terracotta `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?

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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 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 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 sun rose behind me and shone on he below me,the ground fell away and down to a 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 you put the two tallest buildings in the world on top of each other at the bottom of the canyon,they still would not reach the I looked across to the other side of the canyon,It was about fifteen miles away,maybe ,I looked to my left and to my right,,and on both sides the canyon went far away for more than 200 Grand Canyon was not just was huge!

I remained by the canyon for about half an hour,and I asked myself.“Is the Grand Canyon the greatest wonder of the natural world?”I certainly know the do you think?

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My family always go somewhere interesting as soon as the holiday

begins.

Tony:The First of October s China`s National Day,isn’t it,Lingling? Lingling: People`s Republic of China was founded on lst October have celebrated the National Day since are flowers and national flags everywhere,and we have a three-day holiday.

Tony:Do you have any plans for the holiday this year?

Lingling: parents and I are going to visit some friends in Shandong province and will stay there until he end of the we`re staying with our friends,we`re going to spend one day in is your national day,Betty?

Betty:Our national day is called Independence `s on 4th `ve celebrated it since `s a public holiday,but we only have one day that day,there are all kinds of holiday `s the start of the vacation season and most people take a vacation sometime in July or August.

Lingling:And is there anything special on that day?

Betty:Well,you can see American flags usually have a picnic somewhere have great also watch bands play music in public parks.

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Daming:Do you have a national day in the UK,Tony?

Tony:No,we don`t—we celebrate Christmas with a two-day my family always go somewhere interesting as soon as the holiday begins.

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Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is an American is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in is a time