新概念三册原文深度开发讲义 Lesson8 A famous monastery

新概念三册原文深度开发讲义 Read to Learn 新概念英语第三册Lesson 8 A famous monastery What are the St. Bernard dogs used for? The Great St. Bernard Pass _________(connect) Switzerland ____ Italy. At 2,473 metres, it is the _______(high) mountain _____ in Europe. The _______ monastery of St. Bernard, _______ was ________(found) in __________(eleven) century, lies about a mile away. =__________ For hundreds of years, St. Bernard dogs ______ _____(save) the lives of travellers _________(cross) the _______(danger)Pass. These _______(friend)dogs,_______ were first ________(bring) from Asia, were _______(use) ____ watchdogs even in Roman times. Now that a tunnel has been _______(build) _________ the mountains, the Pass is _____dangerous, but each year, the dogs are still ______(send) out into the snow________ a traveller is in __________(difficult). Despite the new tunnel, there are still a few people _______ rashly attempt _________(cross) the Pass ___ foot. _______ the summer months, the monastery is very _____, for it is ________(visit) by thousands of people _____cross the Pass in cars. As there are so many people about, the dogs have to be_______(keep) in a ______enclosure. In winter, ________, life at the monastery is _______different. The temperature _______ to -30 and very few people _________ to cross the Pass. The monks ______winter to summer of they have more privacy. The dogs have greater __________(free), too, for they are __________(allow)to wander ________ their enclosure. The only regular visitors to the monastery in winter/_____(be) parties of skiers ____ go there at Christmas and Easter. These young people, _____ love the ______of mountains, always receive a warm ________ at St. Bernard's monastery. The St. Bernard or St Bernard is a breed of ver