外研版必修一册第六单元听力练习

Unit 6 At one with nature

My name is Bolormaa. I am 74 years old and I am a nomad. That means I move around, not staying in one place for long. We usually move to a different place four times a year. The reason we do this is because we need to follow our sheep as they look for food in the hills.

I live in the grasslands zone of Mongolia with my husband and three sons and their wives and children. I have 12 grandchildren! As I am the oldest woman, people look up to me and expect me to make the big decisions.

We live in traditional tents, called “gers”. These are very comfortable. Inside our ger we have a place for cooking, tables and chairs and beds which are rolled up in the daytime, as well as a fridge and TV. We get our electricity from the solar panels we carry with us. Our gers are our homes and we take them with us as we cross the fields following our animals.

I love this way of life and never want to settle down in one place. Once I visited the capital city, Ulan Bator, but I didn't like it. Too big, crowded and so polluted. I love the beauty of wide-open spaces and the fresh air of the valleys and hills. When I need to be alone I just go outside.

Another place I don't like is the desert – we call it the Gobi. It has a harsh climate. There is nothing for the animals to eat there, no water and in winter the freezing cold wind blows from the polar regions.

I worry that my grandchildren will not want to carry on this way of life. Mongolia is changing rapidly and young people are moving to cities to find jobs.