Nurturingnature6UNITTheSkyRailway33002ListentothesonganddiscusswhyQinghai-TibetRailwayisdescribedastheSkyRailway.Workinpairsandcompletethequiz.Trytoguessifyouarenotsureoftheanswers.11Whichisthehighestrailwayintheworld?aTheTrans-SiberianRailway.bTheQinghai-TibetRailway.cTheChengdu-KunmingRailway.2InwhichyearwasthecompletedQinghai-TibetRailwayputintooperation（使......投入運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)；實(shí)施）?a1984.b2001.c2006.3WhichofthesestationsisnotontheQinghai-TibetRailway?aLhasa.bGolmud（格爾木）.cLanzhou.4WhichofthesenaturalWorldHeritageSitesdoestheQinghai-TibetRailwaypassby（經(jīng)過，路過，逝去）?aXinjiangTianshan.bQinghaiHohXil可可西里.cSouthChinaKarst.Let'sreadthepassageandlearnmoreaboutit.作者編號：330011.Marktheplacestheauthorpassedandmentionedinhisjourney.XiNingQingshuiheBridgeGolmudTanggulaCuonaLakeLhasaWhile-readingFast-reading作者編號：330012.Whichorderisthepassagebasedon?A.TimeorderB.SpaceorderC.Developmentofthestory?Fromwhichsentencesinthepassagecanweknowit?Para.1:Sittingbackinmyseat,Ican’tquitebelievethatI’mabouttotravelalongtherailway….Para.3:ThefirstlandmarktocatchmyeyeisthesplendidQingshuiheBridge…Para.5:Thejourneyhasbeenflyingby,andbeforeIknowit,wehavereachedTanggulaStation…Para.6:AswepassCuonaLake,…Fast-readingReadthepassageandfindoutwhytherailwayisparticularlyspecialtotheauthor.TheauthorhasworkedontheQinghai-TibetRailway.Oncebelieved“impossible”,thehighestrailwayintheworldisarecordoftheeffortsoftheworkerstoovercomethemostdifficultengineeringchallenges.Theseeffortsandtheirendresultsmeanthattherailwayisspecialtotheauthor.21Toprovethathumanscanconquer/challenge(征服)

nature.2Tohighlight/stress/emphasizetheamountofworkrequiredtobuildtheQinghai-TibetRailway.3Topraisetheworkers’effortsinbuildingtheQinghai-TibetRailway.Choosetheauthor'spurposeinwritingthepassage.3Fillintheblanksaccordingtothetext.TrytofindthekeyinformationabouttheQinghai-TibetRailway.mirror-likedragons

Tibetanantelopesoxygen-making

proudbreaksgrasslandsReadparas3-6andcompletethetable.ChallengesSolutionsToprotectwildanimals.1_______________________

havebeenbuiltundertherailwaytoallowtheanimalsto2____________________________________________.Thirty-threepassagesmovesafelyandfreely4intheirnaturalhabitatChallengesSolutionsTo3____________________________________________

_______________.675bridgeswith4____________________________________________

werebuiltbetweenGolmudandLhasa.140,000squaremetresofwetlandwere

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inordertoprotectitsdistinctecosystem.preventdamagetowetlandsandgrasslandslengthofabout160kilometresmovedtoanewareaatotalChallengesSolutionsTomakesuretheworkersstayedhealthy.6_______________________

_________were

constructed.Theworkersalsoenjoyed7_____________inlowerareas.To8________________________.Thousandsandthousandsofsandbagswereusedto9_________________________alongthelaketo10________________________________Severaloxygen-makingstationsregularbreaksbuildatwenty-kilometrewallprotectitfromconstructionwasteprotectCuonaLake1.Whichofthefollowingwasunnecessarytoconsiderduringtheconstructionofthe“SkyRailway”?A.Workers'health.B.Safetyofwildanimals.C.Protectionofthewetlands.D.Foreignexperts'opinions.2.WhatdidtheworkersbuildalongCuonaLake?A.Severaloxygen-makingstations.B.Atwenty-kilometresandbagwall.C.Thirty-threepassagesundertherailway.D.675bridgesbetweenGolmudandLhasa.Choosethebestanswertoeachofthefollowingquestionsaccordingtothetext.3.Whichofthefollowingbestdescribestheauthor'sfeelingaboutthisjourney?A.Encouraged.

B.Nervous.C.Proud.

D.Upset.PossibleanswersthewordsusedtodescribetheQinghai-TibetRailwayWecanalsosayitisamiracle,greatachievement,etc.1.WhichwordsinthepassageareusedtodescribetheQinghai-TibetRailway?Whatotherwordscouldyouthinkoftodescribeit?Think&Share2WhatchangesdoyouthinktheQinghai-TibetRailwayhasbroughttothepeoplelivingalo