人教 | 高中英语词汇与阅读选修六：Unit5（附音频、双语文本）

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.

Although my job is occasionally dangerous, I don't 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.

I was appointed as a volcanologist working for 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. Having collected and evaluated the information, I help other scientists to predict where lava from the volcano will flow next and how fast. Our work has saved many lives because people in the path of the lava can be warned to leave their houses. Unfortunately, we cannot move their homes out of the way, and many houses have been covered with lava or burned to the ground.

When boiling rock erupts from a volcano and crashes back to earth, it causes less damage than you might imagine. This is because no one lives near the top of Mount Kilauea, where the rocks fall. 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 rock. 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. 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 sound, like a railway train passing my window. Having experienced quite a few earthquakes in Hawaii already, I didn't take much notice. I was about to go back to sleep when suddenly my bedroom became as bright as day. I ran out of the house into the back garden where I could see Mount Kilauea in the distance. 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.

The day after this eruption I was lucky enough to have a much closer look at it. Two other scientists and I were driven up the mountain and dropped as close as possible to the crater that had been formed during the eruption. 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 our whole body, helmets, big boots and special gloves. 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. 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.

Today, I am just as enthusiastic about my job as the day I first started. Having studied volcanoes now for many years, I am still amazed at their beauty as well as their potential to cause great damage.

我有一个很好的就业机会,在世界上最令人兴奋的.我去了不寻常的地方,并与来自世界各地的人一起工作.有时在户外工作,有时在办公室,有时用科学的设备,有时满足当地居民和游客,我却乐此不疲.危险的,因为我的工作有时是危险的,我不介意让我兴奋,让我觉得活着.然而,我的工作是最重要的事情是帮助普通百姓的保护-----地球上最强大的力量,在20年前,我被任命为工作在夏威夷火山观测站（HVO）的一个火山的火山骚扰.我的工作是最活跃的火山----基拉韦厄火山在夏威夷,这是一个数据库的信息收集之一.收集和评估这些信息,我可以帮助其他科学家预测,如何快速熔岩流从火山口.

我们的工作节省了许多人的生活,熔岩警告的路径,因为人离开他们的房子.不幸的是,我们没有自己的家园的存在,导致许多房屋被熔岩覆盖,或夷为平地.当沸腾的岩崩回地球的火山爆发和崩溃,它会导致更多的伤害比你想象的.这是因为有没有人住在附近的顶部,基拉韦厄火山,其中的岩石慢慢下山,波又一波的熔岩流会造成更大的伤害,因为它熔岩掩埋在其路径中的一切.

然而,火山喷发本身是真正令人兴奋的观看,我永远不会忘记我第一次看到它.这是第二个星期后,我抵达夏威夷.工作了一整天,我早早地上床睡觉.我熟睡的时候,突然我的?床开始摇晃,我听到一种奇怪的声音,像一列火车从我的窗户.在夏威夷的地震已经经历了很多,我也没在意.我正要回去睡觉时,突然我的?卧室亮如白昼.我跑出去的房子的后花园,在那里我可以看到,从基拉韦厄山.炽热的熔岩从火山口几百米的高空.这是一个绝对美妙的景象.

日喷发后,我很幸运,有一个仔细查看.我是其他两位科学家的山路,尽可能接近在火山喷发形成的火山口下降.准备在早期天文台特别的衣服,我们去的临近,我们穿上.我们三个人看起来像宇航员一样.我们身着白色防护服和头盔,大靴子和手套包裹着我们的整个身体.走在这炎热的地方,它是不容易的,但我们慢慢的火山口边缘,并看着火山口分化成红色的沸腾中心.另外两个爬下到熔岩的火山口,一些收集第一手资料,为今后的研究,因为这是我第一次的经验,所以我看了他们留在上面.

今天,就像我第一次开始我的工作,我的日常工作?的积极性开始.研究了多年的火山,我仍惊叹于它们的美丽和敬畏他们的潜力足以造成极大的损害.

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