八下英语unit7课文原文

Unit7

Section A 2d

A: Feel Free to ask me anything on today's Great Wall tour.

B: How long is the wall?

A: Ah, the most popular question! If we are only talking about the parts

from the Ming Dynasty, it's about 8,850 kilometers long. This

makes it

the longest wall in the world.

C: Wow, that's amazing! Why did the ancient emperors build the wall?

A: The main reason was to protect their part of the country. As you can

see,

it

is

quite

tall

and

wide.

As

far

as

I

know,

there

are

no

other

man-made objects as big as this.

B: Is Badaling part of the Ming Great Wall?

A: Yes, it's the most famous part.

3a

Qomolangma --- the most dangerous mountain in the world

One of the world's most dangerous sports is mountain climbing

，

and

one of the most popular places for this is the Himalayas

run

along

the

southwestern

part

of

China.

Of

all

the

mountains,

Qomolangma is the highest and is the most 's 8, 844.43 meters

high

and

so

is

very

dangerous

to

clouds

cover

the

top

and

snow

can

fall

very

more

serious

difficulties

include

freezing