Park Rangers
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents What’s It Like to Be a Park Ranger?
如何成为公园游侠?
4 Where Do Rangers Work?
游侠在哪里工作?
6 What Do Rangers Do?
6 游侠做什么?
8 What Do Rangers Need to Know?
8 游骑兵需要知道什么?
12 Can I Be a Park Ranger?
12,我可以成为一个公园游骑兵?
14 Glossary.
14 词汇表。
16 What’s It Like to Be a Park Ranger?
16岁是公园游侠,
Imagine being a park ranger.
想象一下当园丁
Picture yourself leading visitors to a beautiful hidden waterfall.
想象一下自己带领游客来到一个美丽的隐蔽瀑布.
Think about walking people step-by-step through an exciting battle from history.
考虑让人们一步步地走过一场来自历史的激动人心的战斗.
Imagine holding a turtle for schoolkids to touch.
想象一下拿着一只乌龟让孩子摸
Imagine skiing into a snowy forest to save a hurt hiker.
想象一下滑雪去雪地森林去救一个受伤的徒步者.
Two visitors show their workbooks to a ranger at North Cascades National Park in Washington.
两名游客向华盛顿北卡斯卡德国家公园的一名护林员展示他们的作业手册.
Being a park ranger is a lot of work.
做一个公园护林员是很多工作。
Rangers work long hours.
游骑兵工作时间很长.
They work nights and weekends.
他们晚上和周末都工作
They might hike for miles in a single day.
他们可能在一天内爬上几英里
They face wild animals and wild weather.
他们面临野生动物和野生天气.
Still, most rangers say it’s the best job in the world.
但大多数护林员都说这是世界上最好的工作。
Where Do Rangers Work?
游侠在哪里工作?
Park rangers work in national or state parks.
公园护林员在国家或州立公园工作.
Some parks are beautiful natural areas, such as the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone.
一些公园是美丽的自然区,如大峡谷和黄石公园.
Others are important places from history.
其他的都是历史上的重要地方.
Many parks include museums and public buildings.
许多公园包括博物馆和公共建筑.
Some include memorials, which help us remember an event or a person who died.
有些包括纪念会,这些纪念会帮助我们记住一个事件或一个已经死亡的人.
Delicate Arch at Arches National Park in Utah Ranger Gear Rangers wear uniforms so visitors know who they are.
犹他州的Arches国家公园的Delicate Arch 在犹他州游骑兵Gear游骑兵队穿制服,让游客知道他们是谁.
They carry gear that helps them do their outdoor job.
他们携带的装备 帮助他们做户外工作。
A typical ranger needs: • hiking boots • a sun hat • a radio • rope • a flashlight • a first-aid kit • sunscreen • bear spray* * Bear spray is high- powered pepper spray.
典型的护林员需要: • 徒步靴子 • 太阳帽 • 收音机 • 绳子 • 手电筒 • 急救箱 • 防晒霜 • 熊喷雾 * 熊喷雾是高能辣椒喷雾.
If a wild animal attacks, bear spray can stop it.
如果野生动物攻击,熊喷雾可以阻止.
Parks are special places set aside for the future, but people visit parks today.
公园是专为未来而设的特殊场所,但人们今天参观公园.
They hike, ski, and fish in parks.
他们徒步旅行,滑雪, 和鱼在公园。
They see beautiful art.
他们看到美丽的艺术。
They walk on beaches and rest near waterfalls.
他们走在海滩上,在瀑布附近休息.
Park rangers work to keep all the visitors safe.
公园护林员努力保护所有游客的安全.
Rangers also teach people about the park and how to save it for the future.
游骑兵还教人们如何去公园以及如何为未来保存.
What Do Rangers Do?
游侠做什么?
Park rangers do many different jobs.
公园护林员做许多不同的工作.
Some rangers teach the public.
有些护林员教大众.
At Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico, rangers teach people about bats while millions of them fly out of a cave.
在新墨西哥州的卡尔斯巴德凯文斯,护林员教人们蝙蝠,而数百万蝙蝠则从洞穴中飞出.
At George Washington’s birthplace in Virginia, rangers show how the Washington family ate dinner in the 1730s.
在乔治·华盛顿在弗吉尼亚的出生地,护林员展示了华盛顿家族在1730年代是如何吃晚餐的.
At Alcatraz Island in California, rangers tell how some men escaped from the famous prison.
在加利福尼亚的阿尔卡特斯岛,护林员告诉一些男子是如何从著名的监狱逃出.
At Carlsbad Caverns, Mexican free-tailed bats exit their cave at sunset.
在卡尔斯巴德·卡文斯,墨西哥自由尾巴蝙蝠于日出后出洞.
A state park ranger directs traffic during a fire in California.
加州发生火灾时,州立公园护林员指挥交通.
Some rangers work with scientists and other experts.
一些护林员与科学家和其他专家合作.
In the Everglades, rangers track Florida panthers.
在Everglades,护林员追踪佛罗里达豹.
They make sure these endangered animals are safe and healthy.
它们确保这些濒危动物的安全和健康.
In Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada, rangers keep track of wildfires set to keep the forest healthy.
在加拿大艾伯塔省班夫国家公园,护林员会追踪野火,以保持森林的健康.
Park rangers also help protect parks.
公园护林员也帮助保护公园.
In Navajo National Monument in Arizona, rangers make sure visitors don’t damage Native American ruins.
在亚利桑那州的纳瓦霍国家纪念碑,
On Cape Hatteras in North Carolina, rangers keep people from stepping on bird nests.
在北卡罗莱纳州的哈特拉斯角,护林员不让人们踩到鸟巢.
Endangered birds lay their eggs on the beach.
濒危鸟在海滩上下蛋.
In Wisconsin’s Horicon National Wildlife Refuge, protecting snakes is part of a ranger’s job.
在威斯康辛的霍利康国家野生动物中 保护蛇是护林员工作的一部分。
Leader of the Pack Not everyone who works for the National Park Service is a ranger.
国家公园服务局的负责人不是每个人
Take biologist Doug Smith, who studies animals in Yellowstone National Park.
带生物学家道格·史密斯去黄石国家公园研究动物.
“Everyone confuses biologists with rangers,” Smith says.
Smith说:“每个人都把生物学家和护林员混为一谈。”
In the early days of the Park Service, rangers did biology and everything else.
公园服务初期,护林员从事生物学和其他一切.
Now, he says, “They're really involved with taking care of people.”
现在,他说:“他们真的参与照顾人。 “
Smith’s focus is more wolves than people.
史密斯的焦点是狼多于人.
He came to Yellowstone in 1994 to help restore wolves to the park.
1994年他来到了黄石公园帮助将狼恢复到公园.
Today, there are eleven packs in the park and 85–90 wolves.
今天,公园里有11个包和85-90个狼.
“In the park, it is clear that our mission is to restore natural systems, to bring nature back to the way it was before we messed it up,” Smith says.
“在公园里,我们的任务显然是恢复自然系统,使自然恢复到我们搞砸了之前的样子。”
“So we did it, and we're doing it, and we're trying to understand it.”
“所以我们做到了,我们正在这样做,我们试图理解它。 “
A dart shot from a helicopter made this Yellowstone wolf sleepy.
一架直升机发射的飞镖令这只黄石狼困了.
Now Doug Smith fits a radio collar to the wolf.
现在道格・史密斯 和狼的无线电领合了
The radio collar will help biologists with wolf research.
无线电领会帮助生物学家进行狼的研究.
Other park rangers keep visitors safe.
其他公园护林员保证游客的安全.
In the Great Smoky Mountains in Tennessee, rangers sign in every hiker.
在田纳西州的"大烟山"中,护林员在每个出行者中签名.
They make sure everyone comes home safely.
保证大家安全回家
If a hiker goes missing, rangers search the mountains.
如果一个徒步者失踪, 护林员搜索山上。
If a hiker is sick or hurt, rangers may need to fly the person out.
如果徒步者生病或受伤,护林员可能需要将人飞出.
Saving people can be dangerous.
救人可能很危险
Rangers face flash floods, crumbling cliffs, and wild animals.
游骑兵面临山洪,崩塌的悬崖和野生动物.
In fact, park rangers have one of the riskiest jobs in the world!
事实上,公园护林员有世界上最危险的工作之一!
What Do Rangers Need to Know?
游侠需要知道什么?
Rangers in different parks know about different things.
不同公园的游骑兵知道不同的事情.
At Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park, a ranger shows visitors how lava created the mountains, caves, and sea cliffs.
在哈瓦伊火山国家公园,一名护林员向游客展示了熔岩如何形成山脉、洞穴和海崖。
A history expert at the Statue of Liberty tells what the statue means to people moving to the United States.
自由女神像的历史专家讲述了雕像对移居美国的人的意义.
Musicians at the New Orleans Jazz Park play music the city is famous for.
新奥尔良爵士乐公园的音乐家们演奏了这座城市出名的音乐.
In Montana’s Glacier National Park, rangers learn rescue skills.
在蒙大拿州的冰川国家公园,护林员学习救援技能.
A park ranger guides a visitor at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.
一名公园护林员引导一位游客前往华盛顿特区的林肯纪念馆.
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Even rangers working in the same park are experts on different subjects.
甚至在同一公园工作的护林员也是不同主题的专家.
One ranger in Glacier National Park describes how glaciers shaped its beautiful valleys.
冰川国家公园的一位护林员描述了冰川如何塑造其美丽的山谷.
An animal expert leads scientists to the park’s mountain goats.
一位动物专家带领科学家来到公园的山羊.
Another expert talks about the stars in the big, dark Montana sky.
另一位专家讲述了大而黑暗的蒙大拿天空中的星星.
A ranger who knows first aid helps a hurt hiker.
一个知道急救的护林员帮助了受伤的徒步者.
Can I Be a Park Ranger?
我可以当公园游骑兵吗?
Does being a park ranger sound like fun?
公园护林员听起来好玩吗?
You can start by becoming a park volunteer.
你可以从成为公园志愿者开始
Volunteers do many of the same jobs as rangers.
志愿兵做许多与护林员相同的工作.
They learn about what goes on inside a park.
他们知道公园里发生了什么
Most rangers go to college.
大部分护林员上大学。
Some study history or science, while others study the wild lands and how people use them.
有些人研究历史或科学,而另一些人则研究野地以及人们如何使用.
This girl is a volunteer ranger in Florida’s Biscayne National Park.
这个女孩是佛罗里达州比斯凯恩国家公园的志愿护林员.
Mountain goats live in Glacier National Park and several other parks.
山羊生活在冰川国家公园和其他几个公园.
They usually stay above the areas where trees grow.
它们通常停留在树木生长地上方.
Many people want to be park rangers.
许多人想成为公园护林员.
To get the job, you must show that you’re a hard worker and a good leader.
要获得这份工作,你必须表明你是一个勤奋的工人和一个优秀的领导者。
If you love nature and history, and you want to help preserve it, you might make a great ranger!
如果你喜欢自然和历史,你想帮助保存它, 你可能会成为一个伟大的护林员!