The Everglades
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Weird and Wonderful.
内容表 怪异和美妙。
4 More Than a Swamp.
4个以上 比沼泽。
5 A Park Is Born.
5 公园诞生。
10 Protecting the Park.
10"保护公园".
12 Into the Wild.
12入野经.
14 Glossary.
14 词汇表。
16 Weird and Wonderful Do you know what a gumbo-limbo is?
16个怪异而奇妙 你知道什么是口香糖吗?
How about a stinkpot?
臭锅怎么样?
These funny words are the names of things that live in Everglades National Park.
这些滑稽的词是生活在Everglades国家公园里的事物的名字.
More Than a Swamp Everglades National Park is in South Florida.
比沼泽 Everglades国家公园还多 在南佛罗里达州。
The summers there are hot and wet.
有夏有热有湿.
The winters are mild and dry.
冬季温和干燥.
There is water everywhere.
到处都是水
Many people think that the Everglades is just swamps, or wetlands partly covered by water.
许多人认为Everglades只是沼泽地,或者湿地部分被水所覆盖.
It is much more than that.
情况远不止于此。
Where Are the Everglades?
埃弗格莱德人呢?
Georgia Alabama GULF OF MEXICO ATLANTIC OCEAN Everglades National Park Florida Everglades ecosystem Everglades National Park KEY Trees with Knees Cypress trees have growths called knees.
格鲁吉亚 亚拉巴马州 墨西哥 佛罗里达州国家公园 Everglades生态系统 Everglades国家公园 有膝盖的树 Cypress 树有称为膝盖的生长.
A cypress knee grows up from the tree’s roots.
膝盖由树根长出。
Part of these knees live above water.
部分膝盖活在水上.
They help bring air to the roots.
它们能把空气带到根上
The other part is below the water.
另一部分位于水下.
It helps to hold the roots in place.
有助于使根地坚固.
There are different types of areas in the Everglades.
埃弗格拉德山脉有不同种类的地区.
One of these is freshwater swamps.
其中之一是淡水沼泽.
Cypress trees grow there.
锡压树生长在那里.
Panthers, rabbits, turkey, and deer live there.
黑豹,兔子,火鸡,和鹿住在那里。
The Florida panther was named the state’s animal in 1982.
佛罗里达豹于1982年被命名为该州的动物.
The Everglades has saltwater swamps, too.
埃弗格拉德河也有盐水沼泽.
Mangrove trees grow there.
红树林在那里生长.
They look different from other trees.
它们看起来不同于其他树木.
They have long roots that rise above the water.
它们有长根起于水之上.
Mangrove forests protect the Florida coastline from storms and waves.
红树林保护了佛罗里达州海岸线免受风暴和大浪的侵袭.
Fish hide in mangrove roots.
鱼藏于红树林根.
A blade of sawgrass has sharp edges.
锯草一刀有锋利的边缘.
Female alligators make nests above the water to keep their eggs safe.
雌性鳄鱼在水上筑巢以保卵安全.
has wet marshes.
有湿沼泽。
The marshes are full of sawgrass.
沼地多有锯草.
Sawgrass is a tall plant with leaves that are sharp, like a saw.
锯草属(学名:Sawgras)是禾本科下的一个属,为高大的植物,叶尖,似锯.
The Everglades is made up of different types of areas.
Everglades由不同种类的地区所组成.
The Everglades has woods, too.
埃弗格拉德人也有树林
These areas are called hardwood hammocks.
这些地区被称作硬木吊床.
Tall trees grow thick with leaves there.
高高的树会长出浓密的叶子
They shade the ground below.
他们遮住地底
The trees grow close together in the hardwood hammock.
树木在硬木吊床中相接而生.
They keep the area shady and cool.
他们让这个区域保持阴暗和凉爽。
Ecosystems of the Everglades A Park Is Born For many years, people left the Everglades alone.
Everglades A公园的生态系统诞生 多年来,人们独自离开了埃弗格拉德.
Then, in 1903, things started to change.
随后,在1903年,情况开始发生变化.
Some people wanted to make farms and build homes there.
有些人想在那里做农场和建造住宅.
They began to drain away the water.
他们开始排出水面
The Everglades started to dry out.
Everglades号开始干涸.
Other people thought this was a bad idea.
其他人认为这是个坏主意.
One was a writer named Marjory Stoneman Douglas.
一个是作家叫马乔里·斯通曼·道格拉斯.
She worked hard to keep the Everglades as it was and protect the plants and animals that lived there.
她努力保持了埃弗格拉德人的原状并保护了住在那里的动植物.
River of Grass In the 1940s, Marjory Stoneman Douglas wrote a book called The Everglades: River of Grass.
1940年代的"草地之河"(River of Grass in 1940s),马乔里·斯通曼·道格拉斯(Marjory Stoneman Douglas)写了一本名为"活地"(The Everglades: River of Grass)的书.
The book helped bring attention to the park.
这本书有助于引起对公园的关注.
In 1934, land was set aside for a park.
1934年,土地被留作公园.
It took a while, but in 1947 the area was finally made a national park.
它花了一阵子时间,但1947年该地区终于被建成了国家公园.
President Harry Truman made the Everglades a national park on December 6, 1947.
总统哈里·杜鲁门于1947年12月6日将埃弗格拉德号建成了国家公园.
Protecting the Park Making the park was just the beginning.
保护公园 让公园刚刚开始
Today, the Everglades needs to be protected from other dangers.
今天,Everglades人需要保护免受其他危险。
One danger is changing weather.
一个危险是天气的变化。
Temperature shifts are hard on animals and plants.
对动物和植物来说,温度变化很硬.
They struggle to live.
他们为活命而挣扎
Another danger comes from animals and plants that are not from Florida.
另一个危险来自非佛罗里达州的动物和植物.
Some are pets that have been set free.
有些是被放出来的宠物
Some plants grow from seeds dumped in the trash.
有些植物是从倒入垃圾的种子中生长出来的.
They cause problems for the plants and animals that already live in the Everglades.
它们给已经生活在Everglades的动植物带来问题.
They may use up the things that local plants and animals need to live.
它们可能会用掉当地动植物需要活的东西.
Scientists hold a python caught in the Everglades in 2009.
科学家们在2009年抓住了被困在Everglades的蟒蛇.
Into the Wild People come from all over to see the Everglades.
入于野人从所出处来相见入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入入出出出出出出入出出出出出出出出入入入入入出出出出出出入入入入入入入入入出出出出出出出出出出出.
They hike on trails.
他们爬上小道。
They paddle through swamps.
他们划过沼泽地
They go on boat rides through marshes.
他们乘船穿越沼泽地.
Airboats travel easily across the shallow water in the Everglades.
航空艇在埃弗格拉德河中轻松地穿越浅水.
A visitor kayaks through the cypress swamps.
一只穿梭于囊泡沼泽的游艇
Manatees are found mostly in Florida.
马纳特人多见于佛罗里达.
Visitors take in amazing sights along the way.
参观者在路上的景色令人惊叹。
Beautiful birds, unusual animals, and strange plants are everywhere.
美丽的鸟类,不寻常的动物,和奇怪的植物到处可见.
Those sights remind people that Everglades National Park is a special place.
这些景点提醒人们,Everglades国家公园是一个特殊的地方.
It is a park like no other.
这是一个公园 不像其他。
The buttonbush flower blooms in the Everglades from June to August.
扣子花从6月到8月在Everglades开花.