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昨年アメリカ・ロサンジェルス旅行に行きました。 しかしその時にこの世界遺産グランドキャニオンを見ることができなかったのです。 日程と時間の都合でこの遺産を見る観光計画は行われませんでした。大変見たかったというのがこのLA旅行の心残りなので、そこで選びました。 そして調査段階と実際に目で見たあとの感情の変化にわくわくしています。 青山学院大学 2007年度 経済学部経済学科 3年 高橋 真弘 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Pre-reading Questions:
What country
is Grand Canyon in?
Grand Canyon Brief description: Carved out by the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon (nearly 1,500 m deep) is the most spectacular gorge in the world. Located in the state of Arizona, it cuts across the Grand Canyon National Park. Its horizontal strata retrace the geological history of the past 2 billion years. There are also prehistoric traces of human adaptation to a particularly harsh environment. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Reading Passage
History@【The Grand Canyon is among the earth's greatest on-going geological spectacles.】 Its vastness is stunning, and the evidence it reveals about the earth's history is invaluable. About 65 million years ago in the earth's shifting, a huge area of land was lifted (A) above sea level, forming what is now the Colorado Plateau. For the last 5-6 million years, the Colorado River has been slowly carving its way down through the many layers of rock. The river and its tributaries, together with the erosive forces of rain, snow, heat and cold, have formed a spectacular gorge one-mile deep and at some points 18 miles across. The colorful strata of the canyon walls reveal the rock formations of the earth's evolution from nearly (B) years ago. A【The river continues to carve into the earth's surface.】 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Climate |
Notes gorge 【名】〔狭くて深い岩場の〕山あい、渓谷、山峡、地溝 vastness 【名】広大さ stunning 【形】気絶させるような、ぼうぜんとさせる、驚くほど美しい、とても魅力的な Colorado Plateau 【地名】コロラド高原 erosive 【形】浸食性の elevation 【名】標高、海抜、上昇、 |
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