Expedition Zero
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Getting Ready for Your Trip.
准备出行目录 。
4 Starting Out in Singapore.
4起于新加坡.
5 Island Hopping in Indonesia.
5 印度尼西亚的Hopping岛。
7 Floating in the Amazon Rainforest.
7 在亚马逊雨林飘来飘去.
10 Seeing Life on the Congo River.
10,见"刚果河上的生活".
13 A Climate Riddle.
13 气候论。
17 Reflecting on “Expedition Zero”.
17 反思“0号加速器”。
18 Glossary.
18 词汇。
19 Index.
19 指数。
20 Getting Ready for Your Trip Pack light clothes and a hat to protect yourself from the Sun.
20 准备你的"旅行包" 轻装和一顶帽子来保护自己免受太阳的侵袭
Also, take insect repellent—the bugs are big where you’re going.
使用驱虫剂,
Throw in an umbrella because it rains often.
扔入雨伞,因为经常下雨。
Don’t forget a camera; you might see monkeys, parrots, or pythons.
不要忘记相机;你可能会看到猴子、鹦鹉或蟒蛇。
You will be traveling at zero degrees latitude along the equator (ee-KWAY-ter), the imaginary line that separates the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
你们将沿着赤道(ee-KWAY-ter)以零度纬度行走,这条空想线将南北半球分隔开来。
The equator passes through many different continents, countries, and cultures around the world.
赤道穿过世界各地许多不同的大陆、国家和文化。
Can you find where the labeled locations are mentioned in this book?
你能找到本书中提到的标签位置吗?
ANTARCTICA Java is the home of the largest Buddhist temple in the world.
澳大利亚 爪哇是世界上最大的佛教寺庙之所.
Starting Out in Singapore As your plane nears the airport in Southeast Asia, you look down on Singapore.
在新加坡开始 在你的飞机靠近东南亚机场时,你俯视新加坡.
Its shiny skyscrapers make this small island country look very large.
它闪闪发光的摩天大楼使这个小岛国看起来非常庞大.
You can see hundreds of ships in the harbor.
港口里有上百艘船
Singapore has one of the world’s busiest ports.
新加坡拥有世界上最繁忙的港口之一。
As you begin to explore the city, the tropical heat takes your breath away.
当你开始探索城市时, 热带的热量会夺走你的呼吸。
You come upon an outdoor market.
你来到一个户外市场。
You can tell that you are in a hot climate by looking at the plants for sale.
你可以看到,你在一个炎热的气候 通过看植物出售。
Sugar cane, limes, papayas, and orchids love Singapore’s hot, wet weather.
甘蔗,石灰,木瓜等兰花都喜欢新加坡炎热湿润的天气.
The charts below show what the climate is like at one degree north latitude.
下面的图表显示北纬一度的气候是怎样的.
Singapore has many skyscrapers and a busy harbor.
新加坡有许多摩天大楼和一个繁忙的港口.
Island Hopping in Indonesia Your next stop is Java, one of Indonesia’s thousands of islands.
印度尼西亚的Hoping岛 下一站是印度尼西亚千岛群岛之一的爪哇岛。
You’re traveling on a train without air-conditioning through the lowlands, and it’s hot!
你们乘坐没有空调的火车穿过低地,
In the distance, the tops of volcanoes poke above the clouds.
在远处,火山的顶部 在云层上方
You pass paddies—watery fields where rice is grown.
你通过稻田 水田种植稻谷。
The volcanic soil is good for growing crops.
火山土壤有利于种植农作物.
All day long, the train stops in small villages.
一天到晚,列车都停在小村庄.
At each stop, you notice the tall spires of mosques (MOSKS), places of worship in the Islamic religion.
在每一站,你们都注意到清真寺、伊斯兰宗教的礼拜场所高耸起的气息。
Most Indonesians are Muslims.
大多数印尼人都是穆斯林.
Five times a day, you hear the beautiful cries of men calling people to pray.
一天五次,你听到男人叫人祈祷的美丽叫声.
Volcanoes formed the island of Java.
火山形成爪哇岛.
Many of them are still active.
其中许多人仍然活跃。
Muslims gather to worship at mosques in Indonesia.
穆斯林聚集到印度尼西亚的清真寺去礼拜.
From Java, you take a quick ocean ferry to Bali.
从爪哇出发,你乘快船去巴厘岛
Many people on the island live on the slopes of volcanoes.
岛上有许多人生活在火山的山坡上.
To create flat fields for growing rice, people have carved terraces into the mountainsides that look like huge stair steps.
为了为种植稻田创造平地,人们将梯子刻入了山坡上,看起来像是巨大的楼梯台阶.
Hindu temples are everywhere.
印度教寺庙无所不在.
As Hindus, Balinese people leave food and flowers at temples as offerings to the gods.
作为印度教教徒,巴厘人会把食物和花留在寺庙去作为祭祀神灵.
Floating in the Amazon Rainforest Once you leave Indonesia, you fly east along the equator.
在亚马逊雨林漂浮 离开印度尼西亚后,会沿着赤道向东飞行.
For hours, you see nothing but the vast Pacific Ocean.
几个小时以来,你只看到广阔的太平洋
Your plane lands in Manaus (mah-NOWS), Brazil, a city located on the Amazon River.
位于亚马逊河畔的一座城市,
As you walk through the old section, you come upon the fish market.
当你走过旧地段,你来到了鱼市。
It stretches for two city blocks.
它伸展两个城市街区。
Thousands of fish—some of them six feet (1.
有上千条鱼,其中有些是6英尺(1.
8 m) long—are for sale on rows and rows of tables.
8米)长相相相接,可分行和分行出售.
Balinese people build terraces to farm land on hills and mountains.
巴厘岛人建造了梯田来耕种山地和山地上的土地.
Brazilians shop for fresh fish at a market in Manaus.
巴西人在马瑙斯的一个市场买鲜鱼.
You hop on a boat on a small river that flows into the Amazon.
你跳上一条小河 流入亚马逊
The sounds of the rainforest make a jungle symphony as birds, monkeys, and insects call back and forth.
雨林的声音使丛林交响乐成为鸟类,猴子,昆虫来回呼唤.
Huge trees, ferns, and vines arch over the water.
巨大的树,花和藤蔓 在水上拱起。
Because the level of the water can rise or fall as much as thirty feet, people build their homes on stilts.
由于水位可以起落至30英尺,人们会用平地来建造家园.
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There are very few roads in the rainforest because most people live along waterways.
雨林中的道路很少,因为大多数人住在水道上.
You see almost no farms in this region—the forest is too thick, and the soil is too poor.
该地区几乎没有农场,森林太厚,土壤太贫瘠。
Suddenly, thunder booms, black clouds open up, and a heavy rain falls.
忽然出雷出,黑云开来相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去.
After fifteen minutes, the rain stops as suddenly as it began, and the steamy heat returns.
15分钟后,雨会像开始一样突然停止,而蒸发的热量会回升.
A house built on stilts at the edge of the Amazon River A houseboat travels on the Amazon River in Brazil.
在亚马逊河畔建起的平地上的房子 巴西亚马逊河畔的一艘船
Seeing Life on the Congo River Before you leave Manaus, you check the weather in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
在离开马瑙斯之前,在刚果河上看到生活,你检查刚果民主共和国的天气.
You know you are going to need your rain gear.
你知道你需要你的雨具吗?
You fly all night across the Atlantic Ocean.
你整晚飞过大西洋
When you wake, you are about to land in the capital, Kinshasa.
当你醒来时,你即将降落在首都金沙萨。
It is located on the Congo River, a long river that drains the rainforest of Central Africa.
它位于刚果河上,是一条排出中部非洲雨林的长河.
Wandering the city, you hear an interesting kind of music.
漫游城市,你听到一种有趣的音乐。
You follow the sound and come upon a café.
你跟着声音走 到咖啡馆来
You are told it is ndombolo music, “Afro Pop,” a popular music invented in the Congo but known throughout the world.
刚果发明的一首流行音乐,
A woman carries fresh vegetables in a Kinshasa market.
一名妇女在金沙萨市场携带新鲜蔬菜。
You are hungry.
你饿了。
You ask the waitress for a typical dish.
你问服务员 一个典型的菜。
She brings you foufou, a dish made with plantain, yam, or cassava paste rolled into a ball and fried.
她给你带来一盘花粉, 用花生、香肠或木薯糊做成的, 滚入一球再炸.
It is served with either salted fish or barbecued goat meat.
它有咸鱼或烤羊肉。
Goat stew with foufou is a traditional Congolese food.
与foufou一起炖羊肉是刚果传统食品.
Snowy Mount Kenya rises high above the forest.
雪地肯尼亚山高起于森林之上.
A Climate Riddle Next stop is Kenya, a country on the east coast of Africa.
A Climate Riddle Next stop is Kenya, 一个位于非洲东海岸的国家。
You leave Nairobi (nye-ROH- bee), the capital, to begin a five-day trip.
你离开首都内罗毕开始为期五天的旅行。
Starting in the town of Nanyuki, you cross the equator and enter Sirimon Park.
从南由克镇开始,你穿过赤道进入西里蒙公园.
All day, you hike through a forest of bamboo, a treelike grass that grows quickly in hot, wet weather.
整天,你爬过一棵竹子的森林, 一种树状的草,在炎热而湿润的天气中迅速生长.
On day two, you enter a treeless area of low grasses.
第二天,你进入一个无树的低地草地。
On day three, the land changes again—now it’s rocky with little plant life.
在第三天,土地又变了,现在植物生物很少,地势又变了。
It’s hard to catch your breath and you’re freezing, even though you’re wearing heavy clothes.
虽然身穿重装,
You think to yourself, “How can this be?
你对自己想:“这怎么可能?
I’m on the Equator, but my feet are in snow!”
但我的脚在雪地上! “
It’s because you are hiking to Mount Kenya, which rises to a height of 17,040 feet (5,194 m)!
肯亚山的高度高达17,040英尺(5,194米),
Reflecting on “Expedition Zero” The equator is a special place that gets lots of sunshine and often lots of rain as well.
反思“0号引渡” 赤道是一个特别的地方,它获得许多阳光,并且常常也获得很多雨.
It is neither north nor south, and there isn’t much difference between winter, summer, spring, and fall.
无论是北方还是南方, 冬季、夏季、春季和秋季的差别不大。
Traveling the equator, you dripped with sweat in the heat.
在赤道上走来走去 热得汗流满地
You had to run for cover in heavy rain.
你不得不在暴雨中跑去寻找掩护
You saw huge rivers draining rainforests.
你看到大河在冲出雨林
You even saw snow on Mount Kenya.
你甚至看到肯尼亚山上下雪
During your journey, you saw many ways of life.
在旅途中,你看到了许多生活方式.
Some people in big cities, such as Singapore, live and work in air-conditioned buildings.
新加坡等大城市的一些人在空调建筑中生活并工作.
Others, such as those in the Amazon rainforest, build their homes high above ground in order to stay dry.
其他如亚马逊雨林中为保持干燥而高地上建造家园.
Expedition Zero showed you that the world is full of variety, even on the same latitude line.
远征零号向您展示了世界充满了多样性,甚至在同一纬度线上.
Rice farmers work on terraced land outside a village in Bali.
稻农在巴厘一个村庄外的梯田上工作。
Do You Know?
你知道吗?
North or south of the equator, days get longer in summer and shorter in winter.
赤道以北或以南,夏季的天数会更长,冬季会更短.
But at the equator, each day (and each night) is very close to twelve hours long, no matter what season of the year it is.
但在赤道上,无论一年的季节如何,每一天(和每晚)都非常接近12小时长.
Glossary cassava (n.)
术语:木薯(n.)
a plant with edible roots that is grown in the tropics (p.
有可食用根的植物,生长于热带地区(p.
15) equator (n.)
15) 赤道 (n.
an imaginary line that circles Earth halfway between the poles (p.
一种想象中的线条,将地球圈入两极之间(p.
4) insect a substance that drives away or discourages biting or stinging insects (p.
4) 昆虫是一种能驱走或劝阻被咬或被刺昆虫的物质(p.
4) mosques (n.)
4)清真寺(n.
places of worship in the religion of Islam (p.
伊斯兰教中的礼拜场所(p.
8) plantain (n.)
8) 计划(n.
a wild banana that grows in the tropics (p.
在热带地区生长的野生香蕉(p.
15) rainforest (n.)
15) 雨林 (n.
a dense forest, usually in a tropical area, that receives a lot of rain and contains diverse animal and plant life (p.
一种密集的森林,通常分布于热带地区,可接受大量降雨并包含多种动植物活(p.
11) stilts (n.)
11)平地(n.
posts that support a structure above the ground or water level (p.
支持地上或水上结构的员额(p.
12) symphony (n.)
12)相声 (n.
a classical musical composition for a full orchestra (used figuratively) (p.
一个完整的管弦乐团的古典音乐成分(以比喻方式使用)(p.
11) terraces (n.)
11) 梯田(不详)
wide stairs cut into a hillside to make flat ground for farming (p.
宽高的楼梯被切入了山坡以做平地进行耕作(p.
9) tropical (adj.)
9) 热带(adj.
having a hot, humid climate typical of latitudes near the equator (p.
其地处赤道附近,具有典型地由纬度构成的炎热潮湿气候(p.
6) Index Amazon rainforest, 3, 10, 18 Bali, 4, 9 Congo River, 13 equator, 4, 10, 17, 18 Indonesia, 7, 8, 10 Java, 4, 7 Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 4, 13, 14 Manaus, Brazil, 4, 10, 13 Mount Kenya, 4, 17, 18 Singapore, 4–6, 18 repellent (n.)
6) 亚马逊雨林指数 3,10,18 巴厘岛,4,9 刚果河,13 赤道,4,10,17,18 印度尼西亚,7,8,10 爪哇,4,7 金沙萨,刚果民主共和国,4,13,14 马瑙斯,巴西,4,10,13 肯尼亚山,4,17,18 新加坡,4-6,18 驱使 (n.