【轻松英文阅读】被发现的洞穴
时间：2018-12-28 作者：英语课 分类：轻松英文阅读
英语课
It is the world’s largest cave and no one even knew it existed until recently. Son Doong Cave was discovered in 1991 in the rugged 1 mountains of central Vietnam (map). A local man by the name of Ho Khanh discovered an entrance to the cave but did not have the proper gear to go in.
It wasn’t until 2009 that the full extent of the cave became known, when a group of British cavers made the first survey of the cave. What they discovered was truly phenomenal. The cave is over 5.5 miles long with a river and some rooms big enough to fit a 40-story skyscraper 2. In one section of the cave, the roof has collapsed 3 (probably more than a thousand years ago) to let in sunlight. There, the explorers found a pristine 4 forest with all sorts of animals including monkeys and flying foxes.
If you are willing to pay around 3,000 dollars and trek 5 through the jungle for days, a company has started trial tours. (tour link)
1 rugged
adj.高低不平的，粗糙的，粗壮的，强健的
- Football players must be rugged.足球运动员必须健壮。
- The Rocky Mountains have rugged mountains and roads.落基山脉有崇山峻岭和崎岖不平的道路。
2 skyscraper
n.摩天大楼
- The skyscraper towers into the clouds.那幢摩天大楼高耸入云。
- The skyscraper was wrapped in fog.摩天楼为雾所笼罩。
3 collapsed
adj.倒塌的
- Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
- The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。