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喜馬拉雅山“雪人”被稱作“夜帝”（Yeti），意思是居住在巖石上的動物。關(guān)于“雪人”的傳說可以追溯到公元前326年，它們身高15米到46米，頭顱尖聳，紅發(fā)披頂，全身長滿灰黃色的毛，行動敏捷。隨著時間的推移，有關(guān)“雪人”的傳說逐漸被神秘動物學(xué)家承認(rèn)，世界各地的探險(xiǎn)隊(duì)、科學(xué)家和媒體都相繼前往喜馬拉雅山，希望能揭開“雪人”的神秘面紗。然而“雪人”真的存在嗎？

Recently， the Indian Army found mysterious large footprints in the snow. The military group， on an outing in Nepal， took pictures and later put them on Twitter. They drew the conclusion that the footprints belong to the Yeti， also known as the “elusive snowman”.

Most experts in the scientific community say the Yeti is a myth， an imaginary story. The man?like creature is part of Nepali tradition and is said to live high in the Himalayan mountains.

In the tweet， the Indian army said it found the footprints measuring 81 centimeters by 38 centimeters， close to a camp near Mount Makalu on April 9， 2019.

Reactions on social media

The Indian armys Twitter post has drawn criticism by some on social media. One user， for example， put an image of a pothole（坑洼） in Bombay and noted that Yetis footprints could be found there. Other users noted that the supposed Yeti tracks appeared to be a single foot line. One user suggested the Yeti may have been riding a kind of strange bicycle.

Mount Makalu and the Yeti

Mount Makalu， where the Indian Army took the photographs， is one of the highest mountains in the world. It stands near the Makalu?Barun Valley， an area very far from human population. The area has already been explored by researchers looking for the Yeti. Daniel C. Taylor is one of them. He wrote a book on the mystery of the Yeti. Taylor noted that the footprints likely came from a bear. Taylor told the Reuters News Agency that if the footprints came from an animal， its the size of a dinosaur. Taylor added， “One needs to really confirm those measurements of the footprint size because we know for sure that there are no dinosaurs living in the Barun Valley.”

Since the 1920s， tales of a wild beast have captured the imagination of climbers in Nepal and around the world. In 2008， Japanese climbers returning from a mountain in western Nepal told Reuters they had seen footprints， which they thought belonged to the Yeti.

Although they carried cameras， video equipment and telescopes， they had not seen or taken any photographs of the creature. In 2017， a group of international researchers studied multiple Yeti samples. The researchers concluded the samples belonged to bears.

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What can we know about Mount Makalu？

A.It stands near human population.

B.It is in the Makalu?Barun Valley.

C.It remains to be explored by human beings.

D.It is one of the highest mountains in the world.

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Ⅰ.Important vocabulary in the text

1.on an outing 在遠(yuǎn)足;在游玩

2.put...on Twitter 把……發(fā)到推特上

3.elusive adj. 難找的;難以解釋的

4.imaginary adj. 想象中的;虛構(gòu)的

5.Twitter post 推文

6.draw criticism 引發(fā)批評

7.supposed adj. 所謂的;誤以為的

8.confirm v. 確認(rèn);證實(shí)

9.for sure 確信;無疑

10.capture the imagination of 引起……的想象;激起……的想象（力）

Ⅱ.Sentences for writing

1.主語+be said to do sth “……據(jù)說做某事”，相當(dāng)于“It is said that+主語+謂語”。

這種類人生物是尼泊爾傳統(tǒng)的一部分，據(jù)稱它們生活在喜馬拉雅山脈的高處。

The man?like creature is part of Nepali tradition and? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? high in the Himalayan mountains.

2.There be+名詞/名詞詞組+doing something意為“某人/某物正在做某事”，現(xiàn)在分詞doing所表示的動作和前面的人或物存在主謂關(guān)系，doing是現(xiàn)在分詞作后置定語。

我們需要核實(shí)這些腳印尺寸的測量結(jié)果，因?yàn)槲覀兇_認(rèn)巴倫山谷沒有恐龍出沒。

One needs to really confirm those measurements of the footprint size because we know for sure that? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? no dinosaurs? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? in the Barun Valley.