Unit 2 素养培优-【红对勾讲与练】2022-2023学年新教材高中英语必修第一册(北师大版)

UNIT 2　SPORTS AND FITNESS　　　　　　　 素养培优 Ⅰ. 阅读理解 A Distance, just like currency, becomes incom- prehensible when it reaches large quantities. So, when outdoor enthusiast and Midwest Mountaineering employee Elizabeth John says she only hiked the nearly 500 miles of the Colorado Trail over a period of six weeks, don􀆳t let her fool you. That􀆳s like walking from St. Paul to St. Louis—give or take a few dozen miles—plus thousands upon thousands of feet of altitude. “ I􀆳m a gardener, I􀆳m a busy-hands person, but busy feet are just as good,” she explains. “ I don􀆳t meditate, but maybe that􀆳s the way I think about it—walking as a way to relax. ” John took childhood hikes in the Boundary Waters and caught her case of busy feet while hiking in Alaska as a teenager. With a background in paddling, mountaineering, and backpacking, she found long-distance hiking rewarding, though exhausting. Since then, thru-hiking—hiking a long- distance trail (考验) end-to-end in one hiking season—has gotten friendlier to beginners. John has given up 60-pound packs in favor of a lighter modern backpacking equipment. For her 50th birthday, she decided to fly to Spain and walk close to 500 miles of the Camino de Santiago. The Colorado jaunt, her first solo long-distance hike, followed a few years later in 2017. “Going on a big walk is unreasonable and includes being uncomfortable, wet, hungry, sore, tired, lonely... it􀆳s challenging,” she says. “ It􀆳s a leap of faith. But I found the rewards surprising and unexpected, some even waiting for me at home after the trip. There is a rhy