英语情景口语:the natural world自然界

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　　083　the natural world
        　　Worlds
        　　River lake stream pool coast sea ocean waterfall cliff rocks mountain hill
valley cave forest island peninsula mountain range desert sand dune peak plateau
climate erosion
        　　Phrases
        　　Erode rocks
        　　Change the landscape
        　　Dominate the landscape
        　　Be covered with
        　　Compare with
        　　Be made up of
        　　Beginner
        　　A: what are you doing?
        　　B: I’m just looking at this map of the world. I’m preparing for a geography
class.
        　　A: there are no countries marked on the map.
        　　B; no, there aren’t. this map just show the geographical features. Look at
the Himalayan plateau with the highest peaks in the world.
        　　A: the thing that I find most surprising is that most of the world is
covered with water. Compared to the oceans, most countries are tiny.
        　　B; I find it incredible how millions of years of volcanic activity have
created mountains thousands of metres tall.
        　　A; rivers have created deep valleys and canyons like the grand canyou.
        　　B: the oceans and landscapes all influence our climate.
        　　A; it’s all so interesting. I’ll have to find more infomp3ation about it on
the internet. Or perhaps I should try and attend your geography class.
        　　Intemp3ediate
        　　A: bout our countries are quite small. How would you describe the landscape
in your country?
        　　B: my country is well know for being very flat. There are some hills in the
southeast of the country.
        　　A: is it really completely flat?
        　　B; pretty much. The land rises and falls only a few meters. The southeast,
the hills rise to a height of a few hundred meters. There are mountains over
1000 meters high in your country.
        　　A; yes, there are. They are not very big compared with the mountains in
other countries.
        　　B; the coast of your country is very varied. The coast of my country is
just made up of sandy beaches.
        　　A; that doesn’t sound too bad. Great for sunbathing! The coast of my
country changes even within a few kilometers. There are cliffs, then sandy
beaches. Then rocks. There are lots of caves in the cliffs. There are also many
small islands off the coast, but few people lives on them.
        　　B: there are many lakes and rivers in your country too. We also have many
rivers, but only a few lakes.
        　　A: we also have waterfalls in the mountains. They make the landscapes look
very scenic. The landscape has been shapes by millions of years of erosion,
especially by water.