【文章內容簡介】 e sound, l ike a rai l way trai n passi ng m y wi ndow. H avi ng experi enced qui te a few earthquakes in H awai al ready, I di dn’t take much noti ce. I was about to go back to sl eep when suddenl y m y bedroom becam e as bri ght as day. I ran out of the house i nto the back garden where I coul d see Mount Ki lauea i n the di stance. There had been an erupti on from the si de of the m ountai n and red hot l ava was fountai ning hundreds of m etres i nto the air. It was an absol utel y fantastic si ght. The day after thi s erupti on I was lucky enough to have a m uch cl oser l ook at i t. Two other sci enti sts and I were dri ven up the m ountai n and dropped as cl ose as possi bl e to the crater that had been form ed duri ng the eruption. H aving earli er col ected speci al cl othes from the observatory, we put them on before we went any cl oser. Al three of us l ooked li ke spacem en. We had whi te protecti ve sui ts that covered our whol e body, helm ets, bi g boots and speci al gl oves. It was not easy to wal k i n these sui ts, but we sl owl y made our way to the edge of the crater and l ooked down i nto the red, boi li ng centre. The other two cl im bed down i nto the crater to col l ect som e l ava for l ater study, but thi s bei ng my fi rst experi ence, I stayed at the top and watched them . Today, I am just as enthusi asti c about my job as the day I fi rst started. H avi ng studi ed vol canoes now for m any years, I am stil am azed at thei r beauty as wel l as thei r potenti al to cause great dam age. TH E LAKE OF H EAVEN Changbai shan i s i n Jil i n Provi nce, N ortheast China. Much of thi s beauti ful, m ountainous area i s thi ck forest. Changbai shan i s China’s l argest nature reserve and it i s kept i n i ts natural state for the peopl e of Chi na and vi si tors from al l over the worl d to enjoy. The hei ght of the l and vari es from 700 m etres above sea l evel to over 2, 000 m etres and is hom e to a great di versi ty of rare pl ants and anim al s. Am ong the rare anim al s are cranes, bl ack bears, l eopards and ti gers. Many peopl e e to Changbaishan to study i ts uni que pl ants and anim al s. Others e to wal k i n the m ountai ns, to see the spectacul ar waterfal s or to bathe i n the hot water pool s. H owever, the attracti on that arouses the greatest appreci ati on i n the reserve i s Ti anchi or the Lake of H eaven. Tianchi is a deep l ake that has form ed i n the crater of a dead volcano on top of the m ountai n. The l ake i s 2, 194 m etres above sea l evel, and m ore than 200 m etres deep. In winter the surface freezes over. It takes about an hour to cl im b from the end of the road to the top of the mountai n. When you arri ve you are rewarded not onl y wi th the si ght of i ts cl ear waters, but al so by the vi ew of the other si xten m ountai n peaks that surround Ti anchi. There are m any stori es tol d about Ti anchi . The m ost wel known concerns three young wom en from heaven. They were bathi ng i n Ti anchi when a bi rd fl ew above them and dropped a sm al l frui t onto the dress of the youngest gi rl. When she pi cked up the fruit to sm el l i t, it fl ew i nto her m outh. H aving swal lowed the frui t, the gi rl becam e pregnant and l ater gave birth to a handsom e boy. It i s sai d that thi s boy, who had a great gift for l anguages and persuasi on, i s the father of the Manchu peopl e. If you are l ucky enough to vi sit the Lake of Heaven wi th your loved one, don’t fet to drop a coi n i nto the cl ear bl ue water to guarantee your l ove wi l be as deep and l asti ng as the l ake i tsel f. 選修七 Uni t 1 MARTY’S STORY Hi , my nam e i s Marty Fi el di ng and I guess you coul d say that I am ―one i n a m il li on‖. In other words, there are not m any peopl e l i ke m e. You see, I have a m uscl e di sease whi ch m akes m e very weak, so I can’t run or cl im b stairs as qui ckl y as other people. In addi ti on, som etim es I am very cl um sy and drop things or bum p i nto furniture. Unfortunatel y, the doctors don’t know how to m ake m e beter, but I am very outgoi ng and have l earned to adapt to m y di sabil i ty. M y motto i s: l ive one day at a tim e. Unti l I was ten years ol d I was the sam e as everyone el se. I used to cl im b trees, swi m and play footbal. In fact, I used to dream about playing professional footbal and possibl y representing m y country in the World Cup. Then I started to get weaker and weaker, unti l I could onl y enjoy footbal l from a bench at the stadium . In the end I went into hospital for medi cal tests. I stayed there for nearly three m onths. I thi nk I had at least a bi l ion tests, i ncluding one in which they cut out a piece of muscle from my l eg and l ooked at it under a mi croscope. Even after al l that, no one could give my di sease a中海物業(yè)管理有限公司 Z HO NGH AI PR OP ERT Y M ANA GE MEN T CO．， LT D． 編號： WI/J01 版本： C 社區(qū)服務管理手冊 編制： _________日期： __________ 審核： _________日期： __________ 批準： _________日期： __________ 文件受控章 聲明：社區(qū)服務管理手冊未經許可，不得翻印。 責任部門：社區(qū)服務部 have a mi tm ent li ke yours, but they do not bel i eve they have the power to do anythi ng to i mprove our envi ronm ent. That i s not true. Together, indi vi dual s can m ake a di fference. We do not have to put up wi th pol uti on. The growth of the greenhouse gas, carbon dioxi de i n the ai r actual l y es as a resul t of m any thi ngs we do every day. H ere are a few suggestions on how to reduce it. They shoul d get you started wi th your project. We use a l ot of energy i n our houses. It is O K to l eave an el ectri cal appl i ance on so l ong as you are usi ng i t—if not, turn it of! Do not be casual about thi s. So i f you are not usi ng the li ghts, the TV, the puter, and so on, turn them off. If you are col d, put on m ore cl othes i nstead of turn