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1、,B R _ main,Listening Comprehension,Background Information,Warm-up Questions,1,PPT学习交流,B R _ Background Information_ main,Manhattan,Amazon River,Ecuador,Andes,Orion,Hollywood,2,PPT学习交流,B R _ Listening Comprehension,Listening Comprehension,3,PPT学习交流,B R _ Listening Comprehension,We live busy lives wi
2、th so little time to enjoy the world around us that oftentimes we almost forget it is there.Living in the Niagara region,an area that has so much to offer both scenically and historically,we forget about the diversity of nature and the fact that not everyone lives as we do.Going to university in Tor
3、onto this year,I was surprised to learn that Niagara is one of the top crop producers in not only Ontario,but also Canada.I was even more surprised that many of the people I met who were from Toronto had never seen a farm before,or,Listening Comprehension,4,PPT学习交流,B R _ Listening Comprehension,enjo
4、yed the small pleasures of picking their own fruit or going for hikes in scenic areas.I realized that I was lucky to have experienced both the urban and rural life.Intrigued by the question of how I felt about living so close to Niagara Falls,I decided to stop by after work one night and really look
5、 at them.I felt as though I was really seeing the falls for the first time,and they truly were everything that the tourists had promised.Staring into the never-ending cascades of water,I was mystified by it all.Here I was,standing at the top of such a glorious sight that I had seen so many times bef
6、ore,but for the first time in my life,I was truly seeing it the way that it was meant to be seen;through the eyes of a tourist.,5,PPT学习交流,B R _ Listening Comprehension,Questions and Answers,The Niagara region.,1.Where is the author living?,Niagara is one of the top crop producers in not only Ontario
7、,but also Canada.And many of the people I met who were from Toronto had never seen a farm before,or enjoyed the small pleasures of picking their own fruit or going for hikes in scenic areas.,2.What was he/she surprised to learn when he/she went to university in Toronto?,6,PPT学习交流,B R _ Listening Com
8、prehension,awed,mystified,a sense of wonder,3.How did he/she feel when he/she decided to stop by and take a look at the falls through the eyes of a tourist?,This is an open-ended question.,4.Have you ever had the same kind of experience as the author did?,Questions and Answers,7,PPT学习交流,B R _ Amazon
9、 River1,Amazon River,What do you know about Amazon?2.According to the pictures,describe the geographic location of Amazon.,8,PPT学习交流,B R _ Amazon River2,Amazon river in northern South America,largely in Brazil,ranked as the largest in the world in terms of watershed area,number of tributaries,and vo
10、lume of water discharged.Measuring 6,400 km(4,000 mi)from source to mouth,it is second in length only to the Nile among the rivers of the world.With its hundreds of tributaries,the Amazon drains a territory of more than 6 million sq km(2.3 million sq mi),roughly half of which is in Brazil;the rest i
11、s in Peru,Ecuador,Bolivia,and Venezuela.It is estimated that the Amazon discharges between 34 million and 121 million liters(9 million and 32 million gallons)of water per second and deposits a daily average of 3 million tons of sediment near its mouth.,9,PPT学习交流,B R _ Amazon River3,The annual outflo
12、w from the river accounts for one-fifth of all the fresh water that drains into the oceans of the world.The outpouring of water and sediment is so vast that the salt content and color of the Atlantic Ocean are altered for a distance of about 320 km(about 200 mi)from the mouth of the river.,10,PPT学习交
13、流,B R _ Ecuador1,Ecuador,11,PPT学习交流,B R _ Ecuador2,Ecuador Republic in northwestern South America,bounded by Colombia on the north,by Peru on the east and south,and by the Pacific Ocean on the west.The country also includes the Galpagos Islands(Coln Archipelago)in the Pacific,about 965 km(about 600
14、mi)west of the mainland.Ecuador straddles the equator(Ecuador is the Spanish word for“equator”)and has an area of 272,045 sq km(105,037 sq mi).Quito is the countrys capital.Ecuador has a diverse population composed of people of European,Native American,and African descent.The majority are mestizos,i
15、ndividuals of mixed European and Native American ancestry.Most of the Native Americans,12,PPT学习交流,B R _ Ecuador3,live in poverty in the highlands region,where a small elite of European descent controls most of the land and wealth.Ecuador was a Spanish colony until 1822,when independence forces won a
16、 decisive victory over Spain.Ecuador has had a democratically elected government since 1979,but historically the government has alternated between civilian rule and military dictatorship.Most political conflicts involved squabbles among groups within the upper classes who controlled the nations weal
17、th.,13,PPT学习交流,B R _ 2_4Andes,Andes,According to the picture,describe the geographic situation of Andes.,14,PPT学习交流,B R _ 2_4Andes,The Andes are the principal mountains of South America and one of the greatest mountain systems of the world.The Andes include some of the worlds highest peaks.More than
18、 50 of them soar higher than 6,100 m(20,000 ft)above sea level.Only the Himalayas of south central Asia are higher.The lofty plateaus and high mountain valleys of the Andes contain some of the highest permanent human settlements in the world.The Andes are the longest system of high mountain ranges o
19、n earth.They extend for more than 8000 km(5000 mi)in a narrow belt along the western edge of the South American continent,from the coast of the Caribbean,Andes,15,PPT学习交流,B R _ 2_4Andes,Sea in the north to the island of Tierra del Fuego in the extreme south.Along almost its entire length,the Andes r
20、ise abruptly from the Pacific coast.The mountains reach into seven countries:Venezuela,Colombia,Ecuador,Peru,Bolivia,Chile,and Argentina.,16,PPT学习交流,B R _ 2_4 Orion,Orion,17,PPT学习交流,B R _ 2_4 Orion,Orion(astronomy),constellation located on the celestial equator east of Taurus.It is an oblong configu
21、ration with three stars in line near its center.It is represented on pictorial charts as the figure of Orion,the hunter in Greek mythology,standing with an uplifted club.Three bright stars represent his belt and three fainter stars aligned south of the belt represent his sword.Alpha()Orionis,or Bete
22、lgeuse,is located in the left corner of the oblong,corresponding to Orions shoulder.Beta()Orionis,or Rigel,is diagonally opposite Betelgeuse.A nebula surrounding the three stars marking Orions sword is one of the most conspicuous bright nebulas in the heavens.,Orion,18,PPT学习交流,B R _ 2_4 Hollywood,Ho
23、llywood(California),unincorporated in the northwestern part of the city of Los Angeles,California,famed as a center of the motion picture industry in the United States.It is also a major center of the U.S.television industry.The main thoroughfares,Sunset and Hollywood boulevards and Vine St.,contain
24、 well-known restaurants,nightclubs,and studios.The Hollywood Bowl,a natural amphitheater in the Hollywood Hills,is the site of cultural events.The was laid out in the late 1880s,after a real developer named Harvey Wilcox registered his 120-acre citrus ranch as Hollywood on February 1st,1887,and,dist
25、rict,Hollywood,_,southwestern,_,broadcasting,_,numerous,_,community,_,estate,_,19,PPT学习交流,B R _ 2_4 Hollywood,started selling of the property.in 1903,it merged with Los Angeles in 1910.The first movie was established here in about 1911.,Hollywood,subdivisions,_,Incorporated,_,studio,_,20,PPT学习交流,B R
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