Unit 2 

Activity 2 Read the passage and complete the table. 阅读文章，完成表格。

A great wonder of the natural world

自然界的一个伟大奇迹

When I arrived,it was early morning and it was raining. I looked to the east-the sky was becoming grey. I got out of the car, went through a gate and walked along a dark path. There was nothing to see, but knew it was there.

我到达的时候，正是清晨，天正下着雨。我望着东方——天空变得灰蒙蒙的。我从车里幽来，穿过大门，沿着一条漆黑的小路往前走。什么也看不见，但是我知道它就在那儿。

After about a mile, a stranger appeared beside the path. "Am I going the right way?"I asked. He knew where I was going. "Yes,"he replied ,"you'll get there in five minutes. " Finally, I  came to some rocks and stopped. I looked over them,but it was silent and there was no sign of it.

大约走了一英里后，一个陌生人出现在小路旁边，我问道：“我走的路对吗？”他知道我要去哪儿。“是的，”他回答，“五分钟后你会到达那儿。”最后，我来到一些岩石前停了下来。我从那片岩石上望过去，但是一片寂静，还是看不见它。

Suddenly,the rain stopped and the clouds cleared. The sun rose behind me and shone on the rocks. Far below me, the ground fell away and down to a river. I was looking across one of the wonders of the natural world-the Grand Canyon.

突然，雨停了，云散了。太阳从我身后升起，照在岩石上。远远地，在我的下方，地面（仿佛在随光线），向下倾斜（逐渐）退落到下面一条河里。我在眺望自然界奇观之一的大峡谷。

I looked down to the Colorado River,a silver stream nearly one mile below me. If you put the two tallest buildings in the world on top of each other at the bottom of the canyon,they still would not reach the top. Then I looked across to the other side of the canyon. It was about fifteen miles away, maybe more. Finally, I looked to my left and to my right,and on both sides the canyon went far away for more than 200 miles. The Grarid Canyon was not just loig. It was huge!

我俯瞰科罗拉多河，一条在我下方差不多一英里的银色的溪流。如果你把世界上最高的两座建筑物叠放在峡谷的底部，它们仍然不能达到顶部。然后，我眺望峡谷的另一边，它大约有15英里远，或许更多。最后，我向左右遥望，在两边，大峡谷延伸超过200英里。大峡谷不仅仅是大。它是巨大！

I remained by the canyon for about half an hour,and I asked myself,"Is the Grand Canyon the greatest wonder of the natural world?"I certainly know the answer. What do you think?

我在峡谷边停留了约半个小时，我问自己：“大峡谷是自然界最伟大的奇观吗？”我当然知道答案。你认为呢？