SixDangerousPlacesintheWorldCan’tArguewithThatNicknameKnownasthe“GatesofHell”orthe“DoortoHell”，theDarvazagascraterisanaturalgasfieldlocatedinanundergroundcavern.Topreventthespreadofmethane（甲烷）gasgeologistssetitonfireandithassupposedlybeenburningsince1971.Thegiantflamingholehasattractedmanytouristsintherecentdecade，whooftencampinthesurroundingarea.WhataNameThebone-riddensanddunesofNamibia’sSkeletonCoastrarelyseerainandalmostalwayshaveasignificantsurfblowinginfromthesea.Inthepastitwasfamousfor（沉船）andnowahaven（安全的地方）foradventure-seekingsurfers（沖浪者）lookingtotryitslegendarywaves.WhalebonesandrustyshipslineitsbeachesandtheSaanpeopleoftheNamibianinteriorcallit“TheLandGodMadeinAnger”.RunsHot’n’ColdKnownasthecoldesttownonearth，Oymyakon（奧伊米亞康）alocalityintheSakhaRepublicinRussiahasarecordedrecordlowtemperatureof-67,7℃.Itmayseemlikesnowdayeverydayforschoolkidsinthistown，butinfact，childrenonlygettostayathomeondayswhenitiscolderthan-55℃.GhostTownTheFukushimaprefecture（福島縣）liessouthofTokyonearthePacificOceanandwasthelocationoftheworstnucleardisastersinhistory.InMarch2011，asaresultofanearthquakeandthetsunami（海嘯）thatfollowed，therewasanexplosionandmeltdown[（核反應(yīng)堆的）堆芯熔毀]attheFukushimaDaiichiNuclearPowerPlantinOkuma.HellonearthLocatedinnorthemEthiopia（埃塞俄比亞），Dao（達(dá)羅爾）isthehottestinhabitedlocationonearth，withaveragetemperaturesreaching35℃.Inthepast，theregionhasbeenminedforvarioussubstancesbutisnowconsideredaghosttown；habitationisnearimpossibleduetotheheat，extremelysaltyandacidicwater，aswellasareasthatemittoxicgases.TheTruthIsStrangerThanFictionTheareaoftheAtlanticOceanthatliesbetweenBermuda（百慕大群島），PuertoRico（波多黎各）MiamiandSanJuan（圣胡安）isoftenreferredtoastheBermudaTriangle，anamegiventoitafteranumberofstrangeboatandplanedisappearances（消失）tookplacethere.Severalaccountsfromtheperiodreportboatsdisappearingandreappearingwithouttheircrews，andplanesdisappearingwithoutatrace.Mostexpertssaytherearerationalexplanationsfortheaccidentsandclaimthereisfaultyresearchinthemysteriousaccounts.butrumoursofparanormal（超自然的）activityoralienabduction（綁架）stillabound.ReadingComprehensionChoosethecorrectanswerforeachquestion.1.Whereis“TheLandGodMadeinAnger”located?A.Namibia.B.Fukushima.C.Darvaza.D.Ethiopia.2.What’stherecordlowtemperatureonearth?A.-35°C.B.-55°C.C.-34.6°C.D.-67.7°C.3.WhathappenedinFukushimainMarch2011?A.Anearthquakefollowedbyatsunami.B.Asuddendropoftemperature.C.Adrought.D.Asandstorm.4.WhichisNOTthereasonwhyresidentscan’tliveinDallol?A.Theheat.B.Thehumidclimate.C.Thetoxicgas.D.Thesaltyandacidicwater.5.Whatcanwelearnfromthepassage?A.Thefireinthe“GatesofHell”hasbeenburningsince1917.B.ThereisalotofraininNamibia’sSkeletonCoast.C.ChildreninOymyakonwillstayhomewhenthetemperatureis-60℃.D.IthasbeenprovedthatparanormalactivitiesexistintheBermudaTriangle.Vocabulary基礎(chǔ)詞attract vt.吸引；引起注意英tomakesb/sthcomesomewhereortakepartinsth記詞根記憶：at（表加強(qiáng)）+tract（拉）→把注意力拉過來→吸引例Thepicnicfoodattractedmanyants.野餐食物吸引了很多螞蟻。tourist n.旅游者；觀光客英apersonwhoistravellingorvisitingaplaceforpleasure記詞根記憶：tour（旅游）+ist（表人）→旅游者surroundingadj.周圍的；附近的記詞根記憶：surround（包圍，圍繞）+ing（…的）→周圍的dune n.沙丘（=sanddune）英asmallhillofsandformedbythewind，neartheoceanorinadesertlegendary adj.傳說中的；傳奇式的記來自legend（n.傳說；傳奇故事）搭alegendaryfigure一位傳奇人物nuclear adj.原子能的；核能的；原子核的記聯(lián)想記憶：nu+clear（清除）→原子能的威力足以清除地球上所有的生物→原子能的搭nucleartesting核試驗(yàn)nuclearweapon核武器substance n.物質(zhì)；實(shí)質(zhì)英atypeofsolid，liquidorgasthathasparticularqualities記詞根記憶：sub（下）+st（站）+ance（名詞）→立在下面的東西→實(shí)質(zhì)ghost n.鬼；幽靈搭ghoststory鬼故事crew n.全體機(jī)組人員；全體船員英allthepeopleworkingonaship，plane，etc記發(fā)音記憶：“可入”→限工作人員進(jìn)入→全體機(jī)組人員rational adj.理智的；合理的搭rationalthought理性思考alienn.外星人；外國人adj.外星人的；外國的；異族的；陌生的園記詞根記憶：a（其他的）+ien→其他地方的→外國的Vocabulary進(jìn)階詞crater n.火山口；坑搭volcaniccrater火山口undergroundn.地鐵adj.地下的adv.在地（面）下英underthesurfaceoftheground記組合詞：under（在…下）+ground（地面）→地下的cavern n.大洞穴，大山洞記詞根記憶：cav（洞）+erm（表地點(diǎn)）→大洞穴methanen.甲烷；沼氣英agaswithoutcolourorsmell，thatburnseasilyandisusedasfuelgeologist n.地質(zhì)學(xué)者英ascientistwhostudiesgeologyflaming adj.燃燒著的；滿腔怒火的haven n.庇護(hù)所；避難所記與heaven（天堂）一起記interior adj.內(nèi)部的，里面的n.內(nèi)部；內(nèi)地英theinsidepartofsth搭interiordecoration室內(nèi)裝潢intheinteriorof在…內(nèi)部locality n.位置；地區(qū)記來自local（adj.地方的）explosionn.爆炸acidicadj.酸的；酸性的mysteriousadj.神秘的；詭秘的；難以理解的英difficu