1、Unit2 Travelling around PERU is a country on the Pacific coast of South America with three main areas：narrow，dry，flatland running along the coast，the Andes Mountains，and the Amazon rainforest. 秘鲁是一个位于南美洲太平洋海岸的国家，主要有三个地区：狭窄的、干燥的、平坦的陆地沿海岸延伸，安第斯山脉和亚马逊雨林。 In the 1400s and 1500s, Peru was the centre of t
2、he powerful ancient Inca Empire. The Incaemperorlived in the now-famoussiteMachu Picchu. Spain took control of Peru in the 16th century and ruled until 1821. It is for this reason that Spanish is the mainofficiallanguage of Peru. 在14世纪和16世纪，秘鲁是强大的古代印加帝国的中心。印加皇帝住在现在著名的地点马丘比丘。西班牙在16世纪控制了秘鲁，并一直统治到1821年
3、。正因为如此，西班牙语才是秘鲁的主要官方语言。TRAVEL PERU秘鲁旅行Amazon Rainforest Tour 亚马孙热带雨林之旅A shortflightfrom Cusco takes you from the Andes into the Amazon rainforest. From there，youll spend one day travelling by boat to your accommodationin the middle of the forest. You can then spend three days exploring the rainfores
4、t with a local guide and enjoying the plants and animals uniqueto the rainforest.从库斯科出发的短途航班带你从安第斯山脉前往亚马孙雨林。从那里，你将花一天时间乘船前往位于森林中间的住处。在接下来的三天里，你可以在当地导游的陪同下，深入雨林进行探索，欣赏雨林独有的动植物。Machu PicchuTour马丘比丘之旅This four-day walking tour will take you on amazingpathsthrough the Andes Mountains on the way to the c
5、ity of Machu Picchu. After reaching your destination，you will have a day to explore and be amazed by this ancient city. Especially amazing is the Incas dry stone method of building. Inca builders cut stones to exact sizes so that nothing was needed to hold walls together other than the perfect fit o
6、f the stones.这次为期四天的徒步旅行将带你在通往马丘比丘的途中，踏上穿越安第斯山脉的神奇之路。到达目的地后，你将有一天时间探索这座令人惊叹的古城。特别令人惊奇的是印加人的干式石头搭砌的建造方法。印加的建筑工人将石头切割成精确的尺寸，仅仅凭着石头间的完美贴合，即可稳固墙体Cusco Tour 库斯科之旅Spend four days enjoying the unique Spanish and local Indian culture high in the Andes at Cusco，the capital of the Inca Empire from the 13th un
7、til the 16th century. Stay in a local hotel，visit the museums，admirethe architecture，enjoy the excellent local food，and go shopping at the local markets.在安第斯山脉高处的库斯科，花四天时间享受独特的西班牙和当地印第安文化。库斯科是13世纪至16世纪印加帝国的首都。入住当地酒店，参观博物馆，欣赏建筑，品尝当地美食，并在当地市场购物。Lake Titicaca Tour 的的喀喀湖之旅Enjoy the beautiful countryside
8、 as you spend a day driving along the new highway connecting Cusco to Lake Titicaca. There，a boat will take you to stay with a local Uros family on an island for three days. Both the island and the Uros homes are made of water plants from the lake.沿着连接库斯科到的的喀喀湖的新公路，你可以欣赏美丽的乡村。在那里，一艘船将带你去与岛上当地的乌鲁斯人家庭
9、住在一起三天。岛屿和乌鲁斯人的住宅均由湖中的水生植物制成。So come and experience what Peru has to offer：everything from the ancient Inca culture and centuries-old Spanish villages to deep rainforests，high mountains，and a beautiful coastline.所以，来体验一下秘鲁所能提供的一切吧：从古老的印加文化和有数百年历史的西班牙村庄，到茂密的雨林、高山和美丽的海岸线。For morebrochuresabout otherpa
10、ckagetours around Peru，contact us at tourinfotravelperu. org.想获得有关秘鲁周边其他包价旅游的更多资料手册，请与我们联系：tourinfotravelperu. org.Reading for Writing P30Dear Xiao Li，亲爱的小李，My time here in China is going well. I love my new school and classmates. Over the October holiday，my parents and I are planning to go to Xian
11、to see the Terracotta Army. Ive heard that it is an amazingsight，and I cant wait to go. To me，the story of the Terracotta Army is almost unbelievable. Its amazing that there are more than 8，000statues，and no one in modern times knew about them until the 1970s.我在中国度过的时间很顺利。我爱我的新学校和同学。十月假期，我和父母打算去西安看兵
12、马俑。我听说这是一个令人惊叹的景象，我迫不及待地想去。对我来说，兵马俑的故事几乎令人难以置信。令人惊奇的是，有超过8 000个雕像，直到20世纪70年代，现代人才了解它们。Were also planning to visit several other places in Xian. My dad and I are both looking forward to going to the Shaanxi History Museum，because my dad loves history and I have heard that this museum is known as a “C
13、hinese treasure house”! Were also going to the Xian City Wall and a few other famous sights.我们还计划去参观西安的其他几个地方。我和父亲都期待着去陕西历史博物馆，因为我父亲喜欢历史，我听说这个博物馆被称为“中国宝库”！我们还要去西安城墙和其他一些著名的景点。Were taking the train，leaving the day before the October holiday begins. Were arriving at 9：30 a.m. and will start sightseein
14、g right away，so I hope we sleep well on the train!我们将坐火车，在十月假期开始的前一天离开。我们将在上午9：30到达并立即开始观光，所以我希望我们能在火车上睡个好觉！I guess thats all for now! Ill write again soon and send photos! Do you have any plans for the coming holiday? Hope to hear from you soon.我想就写到这里吧！我很快就会再写信并发送照片！你对即将到来的假期有什么计划吗？希望早日收到你的来信。Your
15、 friend，你的朋友，Richard理查德TERRACOTTA ARMY兵马俑Come and see the Terracotta Army：more than 8，000 statues were made in the third centuryBCEto guard the tomb of the Chinese Emperor Qinshihuang! Each statue has a different face，leading researchers to believe that each one is a copy of a real soldier. The stat
16、ues fill only one part of the emperors huge tomb，which still has not been completely unearthed. More than 700，000 people worked for nearly 40 years to build this tomb. However，no one in modern times knew about the tomb or the terracotta statues until 1974，when some farmers discovered the tomb while they were digging a well!来看看兵马俑：公元前3世纪制作的8 000多件雕像是为了守卫中国皇帝秦始皇的坟墓！每个雕像都有一个不同的面孔，使得研究人员认为每个雕像都是一个真正的士兵的副本。这些雕像只占秦始皇巨大坟墓的一部分，坟墓尚未完全挖掘出来。超过70万人工作了近40年来建造这座坟墓。然而，直到1974年，一些农民在挖井时发现了坟墓，现代人才知道这个坟墓或者兵马俑雕像！
