Bison Came Back
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Great Beasts.
内容表 大野兽.
4 Millions Turns to Thousands.
四百万转至上千.
7 New Help.
7 新帮助.
10 Wonderful Sights.
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14 Glossary.
14 词汇表。
16 Great Beasts Bison are the biggest animals in North America.
16"大野兽"比森是北美最大的动物.
They weigh up to 2,000 pounds (907 kg)—almost half as much as a car.
他们的体重可达2000磅(907公斤)-几乎是一辆车的一半.
They can run 35 miles (56 km) per hour.
它们能跑出每小时35英里(56公里).
Bison can use their hooves and horns as weapons, but their primary defense is to stampede, or run away.
拜森可以把蹄和角当作武器来使用,但是他们的首要防守是被戳出,或者逃跑.
Although they are big, fast, and strong, bison almost went extinct.
虽然它们很大,快而强壮,但野牛几乎灭绝了.
People nearly wiped them out by hunting too many.
人们几乎消灭他们 通过狩猎太多。
Bison don’t move south as the weather grows cold.
Bison不会随着天气变冷而南移。
Their winter coats are some of the warmest in the world.
他们的冬季外衣是世界上最暖和的.
People changed their ways just in time.
人们及时改变了方式。
They stopped the big hunts and protected land where bison live.
他们阻止了大狩猎,保护了野牛所住地.
Bison bounced back.
拜森反弹回来。
Today, there are about a half million bison in North America.
今天,北美约有50万只野牛.
If you visit a place such as Yellowstone National Park, you can see them for yourself.
若去黄石国家公园等地取景,可自行取景.
Millions Turns to Thousands Once, there were around thirty million bison in North America.
数以百万计变为以千计 有一次,北美约有3000万只野牛.
They lived in large herds, mostly on the Great Plains.
他们居住在大群地中,多活在大平原上.
The Great Plains UNITED STATES MEXICO CANADA The Great Plains were once covered in prairie, or wild grasses.
美国大平原 墨西哥 大平原曾被草原所覆盖,或为野生草地.
By the early 1900s, much of this grass was plowed under for crops.
到了1900年代初期,这些草地的大部分被犁下以作农作物.
Some of the prairie was saved, though, and some was brought back from seed.
有的草原虽然被救出,有的被从种子中带回.
GREAT PLA IN S NORTH AMERICA SOUTH AMERICA They were an important animal for many Native American people.
南美洲北部的大人民军 他们是许多美国原住民的重要动物.
Not only did bison provide food, but their hides were used for clothing and shelter.
野牛不仅提供食物,还用他们的皮来作衣物和住所.
Native Americans also made bison bones into tools.
美洲原住民也把野牛骨头做成工具.
They used all parts of a bison.
他们用了野牛的所有部分。
For many years, Native Americans lived along with bison.
多年来,美洲原住民与野牛一起生活.
They hunted what they needed but always left enough for herds to stay big.
他们猎取他们需要的东西,但总是留下足够让牧群保持大.
Geronimo leans over a dead bison around 1900.
Geronimo在1900年左右靠过一只死野牛.
Geronimo was a famous leader of the Apaches.
杰罗尼莫是阿帕奇人著名的领袖.
They lived in the Southwest, from Arizona to Texas.
他们居住在从亚利桑那到德克萨斯的西南部.
As settlers moved into the western United States in the 1800s, more bison were hunted.
随着1800年代定居者迁入美国西部,更多的野牛被打猎.
Bison were often killed for sport or for their hides, which were sold.
拜森经常被杀死是因为运动或他们的皮被出售.
As railroads spread across the West, they brought more hunters.
随着铁路遍布西方,带来了更多的猎人.
Sometimes thousands of bison were killed in a single day.
有时一天之内有上千只野牛被杀死.
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the land.
这片土地
Sadly, by 1889, there were only about one thousand bison left.
可悲的是,到1889年,只剩下了大约一千只野牛.
Hunters on the Kansas Pacific Railroad shoot a herd of bison in this 1871 art.
堪萨斯太平洋铁路上的猎人在这1871年的艺术中拍摄了一群野牛.
New Help For years, few people did anything about the bison killing.
新建帮助 多年来,很少有人对野牛的杀戮做过任何事.
Some bison were sent to zoos and ranches to protect them.
一些野牛被送往动物园和牧场去保护他们.
Over time, laws were passed to protect bison in other places.
随着时间的推移,通过法律保护其他地方的野牛。
Yellowstone National Park, formed in 1872, became a safe place for bison.
1872年形成的黄石国家公园成为野牛的安全地.
People could not hunt them there.
人们不能在那里猎杀他们。
Children at a Washington, D.
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, zoo look at a bison around 1895.
动物园在1895年左右看着一只野牛
At that time, zoos were about the only place where people could see bison.
当时,动物园是人们唯一能看到野牛的地方.
In the early 1900s, people shipped bison from East Coast zoos back out West.
1900年代初,人们从东海岸动物园将野牛运回了西部.
In 1913, fourteen were brought by train from New York to Wind Cave National Park in South Dakota.
1913年,十四人从纽约被火车带到了南达科他州的风洞国家公园.
Several hundred wild bison live on that land today.
今天有几百只野牛住在那片地上
The buffalo nickel was first minted in 1913 to honor the American West.
水牛镍币于1913年被首次铸造以纪念美国西部.
The artist who sculpted the coin’s bison grew up on the prairie.
雕刻硬币"野牛"的艺术家在草原上长大.
Yet his model was a bison who lived in New York’s Central Park Zoo.
他的模特是野牛,
This bison was moved from a New York City zoo to Kansas in 1907.
这只野牛于1907年从纽约市动物园搬到堪萨斯.
By 1916, there were just twenty-three bison in Yellowstone, but people shipped more there, too.
到1916年,黄石公园只有23只野牛,但人们也在那里运送了更多的.
The bison had plenty of room to roam, and soon their numbers began to grow.
野牛有足够的空间去漫游,很快它们的数量开始增长.
Today, there are several thousand bison in Yellowstone.
今天,黄石有几千只野牛
Bison sometimes use plowed roads in Yellowstone National Park.
拜森有时会使用黄石国家公园中被犁出的道路.
It’s far easier than plowing through snow, though bison are built to do just that.
这比在雪地上耕犁容易得多,
People in other places also helped bison bounce back.
其他地方的人们也帮助野牛反弹.
Bison live today on ranches, on the National Bison Range in Montana, and on other government land.
贝森今天生活在牧场,蒙大拿州国家贝森牧场,以及其他政府用地.
Sparky Wonderful Sights Like thousands of other wild animals, bison almost went extinct.
闪闪发光 和其它上千个野生动物一样,野牛几乎灭绝了.
There will probably never be as many bison as there once were, but at least they still exist.
野牛可能不会像以前那样多 但至少它们仍然存在
Yellowstone is the only place in the United States where bison have lived since prehistoric times.
黄石岛是美国从史前时代起,野牛唯一居住的地方.
Today, bison are easy to spot at a place such as Yellowstone.
今天,野牛很容易在黄石等地被发现.
They love to roll around in the dirt.
他们喜欢在泥地上滚来滚去。
Sometimes one lets out a great, loud snort.
有时,有人放出 一个伟大的,响亮的吸气声。
They swim across rivers and run across the land, wild and free.
它们会游过河流并跑过陆地,野生而自由.
It’s a wonderful sight to see.
这真是精彩的景象。
Rolling in the dirt helps keep away flies and remove old hair (top).
倒入泥地有助于让苍蝇远离并去除旧发(上).
Bison are strong swimmers (bottom).
拜辛是强壮的游泳运动员(下方).