How Mountains Are Made

How Mountains Are Made

山是如何形成的

On Saturdays sometimes we go mountain climbing. We follow a trail through a thick forest. At first the climb is easy.

星期六我们有时去爬山。我们沿着一条小路穿过茂密的森林。 一开始爬起来很容易。

Then it gets steeper and steeper. We stop on a rock ledge halfway up and eat our lunch.

然后它变得越来越陡。我们在半山腰的一个岩架上停下来吃午饭。

When we start out again, we have to walk more slowly. The slope is getting very steep. The forest is thinning out, and the trees are shorter. We can see the top of the mountain, but it seems to take forever to get there .

当我们再次出发时，我们必须走得慢一些。坡度越来越陡了。森林越来越稀疏，树木越来越矮。我们可以看到山顶，但似乎要花很长时间才能到达那里。

When we reach the top, we can see out in every direction! There are hardly any tree up here, and the land is rocky.

当我们到达山顶时，我们可以看到四面八方! 这里几乎没有树，而且地面多石。

We spend a long time looking at the rocks. Here's one with the shape of a seashell in it. Fossils are the remains of animals that lived millions of years ago. This mountain is more than four thousand feet high. That's nearly a mile. There are no oceans up here. How did a sea animal get to the top of this, mountain?

我们花了很长时间看着岩石。这是一个贝壳形状的。 化石是生活在数百万年前的动物的遗骸。 这座山有四千多英尺高。差不多有一英里。这里没有海洋。海洋动物是怎么爬上这座山的?