Wonders
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Introduction.
导言表。
4 A Hot Spot.
4个热点
5 Wildlife.
5 野生动物。
7 History.
7历史.
11 Conclusion.
11 结论。
14 Glossary.
14 词汇表。
16 Important Sites in Yellowstone National Park Montana Old Faithful Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone Wyoming Yellowstone Lake Idaho Montana Wyoming Montana Yellowstone Idaho Bison Grizzly bears Wolves Volcano rim Geyser Hot spring Mud pot KEY State border Park entrance Introduction Colorful pools and wild animals.
黄石国家公园中16个重要遗址 蒙大拿州旧忠实大峡谷 黄石州怀俄明州黄石湖 蒙大拿州怀俄明州黄石州 Idaho Bison Grizzly bear Wolves Volcano Rim Geyser 温泉泥盆子 国家重点边境公园出入口介绍 有色花池和野生动物.
Streams of hot water that shoot out of the ground.
流出出地外的热水.
People can see these things and more at Yellowstone, which became the world’s first national park in 1872.
人们可以在黄石公园看到这些东西,在1872年黄石公园成为世界上第一个国家公园.
National parks are areas of special, protected land.
国家公园是特殊保护地.
A Hot Spot Many people who go to Yellowstone want to see Old Faithful geyser.
一个热点 很多去黄石公园的人 都想见见老忠心鬼
A geyser is a hole in the ground that shoots steam and hot water into the air.
胶囊是地上向空气中放出蒸汽和热水的洞.
Yellowstone has about three hundred of them.
"黄石"有约300种.
Old Faithful shoots water 100 feet (30 m) high about every ninety minutes.
老忠射出100英尺(30米)高地,约每90分钟.
Yellowstone Supervolcano Yellowstone is home to an old caved-in volcano.
黄石超级火山 黄石公园是一座已入洞的老火山的家园.
Over the past two million years, the volcano has had three big eruptions.
在过去的两百万年里,火山已经发生了三次大爆发.
The rim of the caved-in volcano is huge.
入洞火山的边缘是巨大的.
It is more than 45 miles (72 km) across in some places.
在一些地方,它超过45英里(72公里)。
People still watch Yellowstone closely.
人们仍然密切注视"黄石".
The volcano doesn’t look as if it is going to erupt again soon.
火山似乎不会很快再爆发。
Old Faithful is not the largest geyser in Yellowstone, but it is the one most people go to see.
旧忠信不是黄石公园最大的宝石 它是人们去见最多的
Yellowstone is on top of a hot spot.
黄石在一热地上.
Heat from Earth’s center warms up rocks and rainwater in the ground.
地球中心的热量使地上岩石和雨水变暖。
Then hot water and steam move up and shoot out of the ground.
然后热水和蒸汽向上移动,从地上射出.
The hot spot has also made hot pools of smelly mud and many colorful hot springs.
热地还使多出臭泥和多出彩色温泉等热水池.
Yellowstone has the third largest hot spring in the world (main).
黄石有世界第三大温泉(主).
Mud pots are areas that are filled with clay and ash from volcanoes (inset).
泥盆子是指从火山中被粘土和灰烬所填满(被陷入)的区域.
Wildlife Many kinds of animals live in Yellowstone.
有多种动物生活在黄石公园
The biggest animals in Yellowstone are bison.
黄石公园最大的动物是野牛.
They can weigh up to 2,000 pounds (907 kg).
它们能重达2000磅(907公斤).
Bison are hairy animals with a hump on their back.
贝森是毛发的动物,背上有驼峰.
They roll in the dust to fight off flies and to get rid of their old fur.
他们翻入尘埃去与苍蝇相抗争,并摆脱了旧有的皮毛.
The bison is the biggest land animal in North America.
野牛是北美最大的陆地动物.
Thousands of bison live in Yellowstone.
有上千只野牛住在黄石公园
The next-biggest animals are grizzly bears.
后一大种为灰熊.
They can weigh 800 pounds (363 kg) and are fast for their size.
它们能重800磅(363公斤)并快于体型.
In the winter, grizzly bears sleep in dens under the ground for months.
在冬季,灰熊会睡在地底下的地穴里数月.
Visitors to Yellowstone used to feed the grizzly bears.
黄石公园的游客曾为灰熊提供食物.
Today, this is against the rules because it is dangerous.
今天,这是违反规则的,因为它是危险的。
People forced wolves out of Yellowstone over one hundred years ago.
一百多年前人们强迫狼出黄石公园
Later, workers for the national park brought them back.
后来,国家公园的工人将他们带回.
About one hundred wolves live in Yellowstone today.
今天大约有100只狼生活在黄石公园.
From 1995 to 1997, forty-one wild wolves were brought to Yellowstone from Canada and Montana.
从1995年到1997年,41只野生狼被从加拿大和蒙大拿州带到了黄石公园.
More than 350 other kinds of wild animals also live in the park.
公园内还居住了350多条其他种类的野生动物.
People may see elk, deer, golden eagles, fish, beavers, and foxes.
人们可能看到麋鹿,鹿,金鹰,鱼,海狸和狐狸.
Yellowstone is a safe place for them.
黄石公园对他们来说是个安全的地方
History Native Americans were the first people to visit Yellowstone.
历史上,美洲原住民是最早访问黄石公园的人.
They visited the area for thousands of years before it became a national park.
他们在成为国家公园之前,曾访问过该地区数千年.
Native Americans would stay in Yellowstone for a time, hunt for food, and make tools.
美洲原住民会留在黄石公园一段时间, 寻找食物,做作工具。
Old shelters still stand in the park today.
旧的避难所今天仍然站在公园里.
Later, explorers went to Yellowstone.
后来,探险家去黄岩.
The United States decided that the land, water, and animals were special.
美国决定土地,水和动物是特殊的.
Yellowstone was set aside to be protected forever.
黄石公园被搁置 永远保护。
The first national park was born.
第一个国家公园诞生了.
Paintings were made to show off Yellowstone’s beauty (top).
画作被取出"黄石"美相(上).
Men explored Yellowstone before it was a park (bottom).
人类在黄石公园(下方)之前探索了它.
There are now over fifty national parks in the United States.
目前美国有50多所国家公园.
Some protect special natural areas.
一些保护特殊的自然区域.
Others protect places that are important to history.
其他人保护对历史很重要的地方。
Gettysburg National Park helps people remember the battle that happened there (top).
葛底斯堡国家公园帮助人们记住那里发生的战斗(上).
Grand Canyon National Park protects one of the biggest canyons in the world (bottom).
大峡谷国家公园保护了世界上最大的峡谷之一(下方).
Conclusion About three million people come from all over to visit Yellowstone every year.
结论 每年约有300万人来自各地来黄石公园参观.
They fish, hike, camp, watch wildlife, and visit the hot springs.
他们捕鱼,出行,露营,观看野生动物,并参观温泉.
In Yellowstone, people can see natural beauty unlike anything else.
在"黄石"中,人们可以看到与其他事物不同的自然美.
Now that Yellowstone is protected as a national park, it will always be around.
现在黄石公园作为国家公园被保护,它将永远在周围.
The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone is one of the most amazing sights in the park (main).
黄石大峡谷是公园中最出众的景点之一(主景).
Travel posters encourage people to visit Yellowstone (inset).
出行海报鼓励人们参观"黄石" (Inset).