Pre-readingquestionsPre-readingquestions:1.Doyouknow“theFiveGreatMountains”ofChina?Whichone(s)haveyouvisited?2.Thereisasayingfromancienttimesthatgoes,“itisnotworthseeingtheFiveGreatMountainsifyouhavebeentoHuangshanMountain.”WhatarethesignaturesceneriesofHuangshanMountain?Pre-readingquestions:3.WhatdoyouknowaboutXuXiake?AVisittoHuangshanMountainXuXiake(TranslatedbyJiaXiuhai)(TheSixthDay)Para.1aItwasafineday.IdecidedtogopasttheMercyLightTemple.AfterIengagedaguide,webegantoascendthemountainfromtheleftside,eachwithabamboostickinhand.Isawpeaksaheadwindingaroundeachother,withstonestepsbetweenthemcoveredwithsnow,lookinglikeathreadofwhitejade.Standingamongtheluxuriantgrowthoftreesandshrubs,Ilookeduptoseeahuddleofpeaks,withonlytheCelestialCapitalPeaktoweringtothesky.AfterIwentseveralliupwards,thestepsturnedsteeperandthesnowdeeper.Para.1bThesnowintheshadewasfrozenintoiceandbecametooslipperytosetfooton.Imovedahead,leavingmyguidebehindme.Idugaholeintheicewithmysticktosetonefootin,andthendugasecondholetolaymyotherfoot.Myguidefollowedmyfootstepsuntilwereachedaclearing,wherewecouldseetheLotusPeakandtheCloudGatePeak,bothofwhichlookedlikeguardiansoftheCelestialCapitalPeak,vyingwitheachotherinbeautyandgrandeur.Imademywayacrossthetwopeaks,wheregrotesquepinetreesclungprecariouslytohighandsteepcliffs.Thetalleroneswerealmostonezhanghighwhiletheshorteroneshadonlyafewcun.Thetreesatthetopofthecliffshadshortneedles,theirrootstwiningandintertwining,theirbranchescurlinglikesmallhornlessdragonsintheChinesemythology.Para.1cThethickerthetreeswere,theoldertheywere;theshorterthetreeswere,themoregrotesquetheyappeared.Itwasamazingtoseesuchfantasticpinetreesonthisfantasticmountain!Fromamongthepinetreesandrocksthereemergedagroupofmonkswhoseemedtohavecomedownfromthesky.Theyapproachedusslowlyandsaidinchoruswithjoinedpalms.“Sir,wehavebeencutofffromoutsidebythesnowforalmostthreemonths,anditiswithgreateffortsthatwehavemanagedourwayheretoseekfood.Howcanyouhavecomeallthewayuphere?”，Thentheyad