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Tom: Wow, this is amazing. I’m glad we’ve come here. So cool.
Daniel: I always love skiing. You know, it’s a cool game for cool people. Stay with me and you will be cool, too.
Tom: Hey, look over there. It seems that there is something interesting going on. Let’s go and have a look.
Daniel: Sure. It’s probably the skiing show. Adam told me there were many skiing clubs whose members put on shows to attract more visitors.
(They come to see the skiing show.)
Tom: See that. It’s so dangerous. My mom would never allow me to do that.
Daniel: Hey, don’t be so pathetic. It’s a maximal sports show. What else can they do to attract more visitors? Stop all this fuss and enjoy the show.
Tom: You are right. But what if the avalanche happened?
Daniel: They are all very experienced and great skiers. So I suppose the chance for them to be buried by an avalanche is slim.
Tom: Anyway, the show is breathtaking. By the way, where did they get so much snow in here?
Daniel: Don’t you know that? Are you kidding me?
Tom: Hey, not everyone is as lucky as you to have a father who is a scientist.
Daniel: Sorry. Well, they have the most advanced snowmaking machine.
Tom: Do you think the snowmaking may cause pollution?
Daniel: It’s possible. But the boss here said they were doing whatever they can.
Tom: It’s a good thing. OK, let’s go skiing.
Daniel: Here we go.
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汤姆：哇，这真是太棒了。真高兴我们到这里来。太酷了。
丹尼尔：我总是很喜欢滑雪。你知道，这是给酷人玩的酷游戏。跟我一起你也会变酷。
汤姆：嗨，看那边。那边好像有挺有趣的事。我们过去看看吧。
丹尼尔：行，那很可能是滑雪表演。亚当告诉我这里有很多滑雪俱乐部，它们的成员会进行表演来吸引更多的游客。
(他们来看滑雪表演。)
汤姆：看那个。那太危险了。我妈妈永远都不会让我做那个的。
丹尼尔：嗨，别那么可怜兮兮的了。这可是极限表演。否则他们还能做什么吸引游客啊?别大惊小怪了，我们好好看表演吧。
汤姆：好吧。不过，要是发生雪崩怎么办呢?
丹尼尔：他们个个都是经验丰富的出色滑雪者，所以我猜他们被雪崩埋葬的可能性极小。
汤姆：不管怎样，这表演真是激动人心。对了，他们从哪儿弄这么多雪到这里的?
丹尼尔：你难道不知道吗?你是在跟我开玩笑的吧?
汤姆：嗨，不是每个人都像你那么幸运有一个当科学家的老爸的。
丹尼尔：对不起。这个，他们有最先进的造雪设备。
汤姆：你觉得造雪会引起污染吗?
丹尼尔：那是有可能的。不过，这里的老板说过他们会尽可能避免污染。
汤姆：那还不错。好了，我们去滑雪吧。
丹尼尔：走喽!
经典背诵 Recitation
Tom: My best friend Daniel loves skiing. He thinks it’s a cool game. Today we went to a skiing show. The show was exciting but a bit too dangerous. I thought my mom would never allow me to do that. Daniel told me these shows were to attract more visitors. The players were all very experienced great skiers. So maybe there was nothing to worry about.
生词小结
pathetic adj. 差劲的
maximal adj. 最高的
fuss n. 大惊小怪
avalanche n. 雪崩
experienced adj. 有经验的
bury vt. 埋葬
breathtaking adj. 激动人心的
snowmaking n. 人工造雪
语素 Material
Mount Qomolangma
Mount Jolmo Lungma is the highest mountain in the world and it is situated in the middle of the Himalayas on the border between China and Nepal. It stands 8848 meters above sea level, and is covered by snow all year round. As the world’s highest mountain, it was thought to be too dangerous to climb for a long time. But in 1953, a New Zealander reached the top of it successfully.
珠穆朗玛峰
珠穆朗玛峰是世界上最高的山峰，它位于中国和尼泊尔交界处的喜玛拉雅山的中部，海拔8848米，终年被冰雪覆盖。作为世界最高峰，很长一段时间，人们都认为它过于危险而无法攀登。但是1953年，一个新西兰人却成功地登上了它的顶峰。
