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UNIT6 Nurturing Nature
UNIT6 Nurturing Nature
Understanding Ideas
The Sky Railway
Introduction
Built on 7.1st 2006, the Qinghai-Tibet Railway is the highest and longest pleatue railway in the world. With a total length of 1956 km, among which about 960 km is 4000m above the sea level, it’s the first railway system that connects Tibet with other regions. Sarting from Xining and ending in Lhasa, the Qinghai-Tibet railway passes 85 train stations, costing nearly 33.9 billion Yuan.
while-reading
1. Read the passage and summarize the main idea.
It introduced my experiences and feelings during this journey as well as the hard efforts made by the workers.
2. The type of the passage is______.
A. a novel B. a travel notes
C. a biography D. a travel guidline
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while-reading
Read P 1-2 and answer the questions
1. How did I feel when I was in that train?
He felt excited, proud and unbelievable.
2. What’s the biggest challenge in constructing this railway?
The delicate ecosystem
while-reading
Find out the challenges we met and the solutions and fill the table on P85.
Xining
Qingshuihe Bridge
Cuona Lake
Tanggula
Lhasa
Qingshuihe Bridge (para3)
Challenge:
How to protect _____________?
Solutions:
___________________ have been built under the railway to make the animals to ________________________________________________
wild animals
Thirty-three passages
move safely and freely in their natural habitat.
Xining
Qingshuihe Bridge
Cuona Lake
Tanggula
Lhasa
the wetlands and grasslands
Xining
Qingshuihe Bridge
Cuona Lake
Tanggula
Lhasa
Areas between Golmud and Lhasa (para4)
Challenge:
How to prevent ________________________________?
Solutions:
1. 675 ________ with __________________________ were built between Golmud and Lhasa.
2. 140,000 square metres of wetland ___________________________________________________
damage to wetlands and grasslands
bridges
a total length of about 160 kilometres
were moved to a new area in