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1、精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上Earth Care1.I have the greatest job in the world. I travel to unusual places and work alongside people from all over the world. Sometimes working outdoors, sometimes in an office, sometimes using scientific equipment and sometimes meeting local people and tourists, I am never bored.2. A
2、lthough my job is occasionally dangerous, I dont mind because danger excites me and makes me feel alive. However, the most important thing about my job is that I help protect ordinary people from one of the most powerful forces on earth - the volcano.3. I was appointed as a volcanologist working for
3、 the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) twenty years ago. My job is collecting information for a database about Mount Kilauea, which is one of the most active volcanoes in Hawaii.4. Having collected and evaluated the information, I help other scientists to predict where lava from the volcano will fl
4、ow next and how fast. 5. Our work has saved many lives because people in the path of the lava can be warned to leave their houses. 6. Unfortunately, we cannot move their homes out of the way, and many houses have been covered with lava or burned to the ground.7.When boiling rock erupts from a volcan
5、o and crashes back to earth, it causes less damage than you might imagine.8. This is because no one lives near the top of Mount Kilauea, where the rocks fall. 9. The lava that flows slowly like a wave down the mountain causes far more damage because it buries everything in its path under the molten
6、rock. 10. However, the eruption itself is really exciting to watch and I shall never forget my first sight of one. It was in the second week after I arrived in Hawaii. 11. Having worked hard all day, I went to bed early. I was fast asleep when suddenly my bed began shaking and I heard a strange soun
7、d, like a railway train passing my window.12. Having experienced quite a few earthquakes in Hawaii already, I didnt take much notice.13. I was about to go back to sleep when suddenly my bedroom became as bright as day. 14. I ran out of the house into the back garden where I could see Mount Kilauea i
8、n the distance. 15. There had been an eruption from the side of the mountain and red hot lava was fountaining hundreds of metres into the air. It was an absolutely fantastic sight. 16. The day after this eruption I was lucky enough to have a much closer look at it. Two other scientists and I were dr
9、iven up the mountain and dropped as close as possible to the crater that had been formed during the eruption. 17. Having earlier collected special clothes from the observatory, we put them on before we went any closer. All three of us looked like spacemen.We had white protective suits that covered o
10、ur whole body, helmets, big boots and special gloves. 18. It was not easy to walk in these suits, but we slowly made our way to the edge of the crater and looked down into the red, boiling centre.19. The other two climbed down into the crater to collect some lava for later study, but this being my first experience, I stayed at the top and watched them. 20. Today, I am just as enthusiastic about my job as the day I first started.21. Having studied volcanoes now for many years, I am still amazed at their beauty as well as their potential to cause great damage.专心-专注-专业
高中英语新课标选修六Unit-5课文原文(共2页)
