Deep in the Amazon
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents A Different Look.
内容表 A 不同的外观。
4 At Home in the Amazon.
4 在亚马逊的家中。
6 Traditional Ways.
6 传统方法。
8 The Yanomami Today.
8 《今日的柳下》。
12 Why Does the World Care?
12 为什么世界关心?
16 Explore More.
16 探索更多。
18 Glossary.
18 词汇。
20 A Different Look What if you arrived at school one day with red stripes painted on your body?
20 不同的外观 如果有一天你来到学校 身上涂有红色条纹怎么办?
What would your friends say?
你的朋友会怎么说?
What if your nose and lips were pierced with little sticks?
如果你的鼻子和嘴唇被小棍子刺穿怎么办?
What if you wore parrot feathers in your ears?
如果你在耳朵上穿鹦鹉羽毛呢?
Would people laugh at you?
人们会笑你吗?
Well, what seems strange to one person may seem normal to another.
那么,什么看起来奇怪的人 可能看起来正常的人。
The answers to these questions probably depend on what culture you grew up in.
这些问题的答案可能取决于你成长于何种文化。
Your friends might think that wearing red stripes, sticks, and feathers is strange.
你的朋友可能认为穿红色条纹,棍子和羽毛是奇怪的.
But if you grew up in certain parts of the Amazon rainforest, it would be completely normal.
但是如果你在亚马逊雨林的某些地方长大,那将是完全正常的.
Your parents and grandparents would dress this way, and your friends, too.
你父母和外祖父母会穿成这样 还有你的朋友
In fact, if you walked deep into the Amazon rainforest dressed like you are right now, people would probably stare at you.
事实上,如果你穿得像你现在这样深入亚马逊雨林, 人们可能会盯着你。
Things that may seem normal to you (such as T-shirts, socks, and shoes) would look very strange to them.
你可能觉得正常的事情(如T恤、袜子和鞋等)对他们来说会非常奇怪。
People do wear sticks in their noses and feathers in their ears.
人们确实在鼻子上戴棍子,在耳朵上戴羽毛.
They also walk barefoot in the jungle with bows and arrows.
他们还用弓箭在丛林中赤脚行走.
These people pick bananas that grow in the wild.
这些人选取在野外生长的香蕉.
They eat fruit, monkeys, and even insects.
他们吃水果,猴子,甚至昆虫。
These people also have lived deep in the rainforest for thousands of years.
这些人也曾在雨林深处活了上千年.
They still use local resources for food, shelter, and clothing.
他们仍然利用当地资源提供食物、住所和衣服。
Most of them have never left the rainforest.
他们大多从未离开过雨林.
They do not have stores, cars, electricity, or television.
他们没有商店、汽车、电力或电视。
They are one of the world’s oldest traditional cultures.
它们是世界上最古老的传统文化之一。
They are called the Yanomami.
他们被称为"柳下"
In this book, you will learn about the Yanomami.
在这本书中,你会了解"柳下".
They are an interesting group of people who may live very differently from you.
他们是一群有趣的人 他们可能和你住得非常不同
You will read about where they sleep, how they find food, and how they dress.
你会读到他们在哪里睡觉 如何找到食物 如何穿衣服
You will also learn why the Yanomami became “famous” around the world.
你们也将了解为什么Yanomami人在世界各地成为“名人”。
At Home in the Amazon The Yanomami live in the richest part of the natural world: the Amazon rainforest.
在亚马逊的"家园"(Home in the Amazon) 亚诺马米人生活在自然界最富有的地方:亚马逊雨林.
The Yanomami live in the northern part of the Amazon rainforest.
亚诺马米人生活在亚马逊雨林的北部.
Their lands are located in present-day Venezuela and Brazil, although the Yanomami have lived there long before those countries even existed.
他们的土地位于当今的委内瑞拉和巴西,尽管亚诺马米人早在这些国家存在之前就在那里居住了.
The Amazon is home to more kinds of plants and animals than any other place on Earth.
亚马逊地区的动植物种类比地球上任何其他地方都多.
The Amazon rainforest has plenty of rain, sun, and warm weather.
亚马逊雨林有大量的雨,阳光,和温暖的天气.
It is full of green plants.
它充满了绿色植物。
These plants produce fruit and flowers all year.
这些植物全年出产水果和花卉.
This makes great food for animals to eat.
这对动物来说是绝佳的食物
And all of these resources (water, plants, and animals) make it a place where humans can live, too.
所有这些资源(水、植物和动物) 也使它成为人类可以生活的地方。
The Amazon is lush throughout the year.
亚马逊河一整年都是干流.
The Yanomami are almost a part of the rainforest.
亚诺马米人几乎是雨林的一部分.
They pick fruits that grow on trees.
他们摘取生长在树上果实.
They hunt animals that live nearby.
他们捕猎住在附近的动物。
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For thousands of years, the Amazon rainforest has given the Yanomami all that they need to survive.
数千年来,亚马逊雨林 给了亚诺马米人生存所需的一切
Traditional Ways The Yano The Yanomami live in big, circular huts called yanos.
传统方法 亚诺人 亚诺马米人住在大圆形的小屋里 叫做亚诺斯
They build them with wooden poles, vines, and thatched leaves.
他们用木杆、藤子和树干叶来建树。
If you saw a yano from above, it would look like a big circle with a hole cut out in the middle.
如果你从上面看到一个雅诺, 它会看起来像一个大圆圈, 一个洞被切出在中间。
The center of the circle is open to the sky.
圆通中心向天开.
This is where the adults hold ceremonies and where the children play.
这是成年人举行仪式的地方,也是孩子们玩的地方。
An entire Yanomami village may live in the same yano.
整个亚诺马米村可能都住在同一个亚诺.
This means that many families share the same roof.
这意味着许多家庭共用同一屋顶。
Instead of living in separate rooms, each family has its own area where family members eat and sleep.
每个家庭不是住在单独的房间里,而是有自己的地区,家庭成员在那里吃吃睡觉。
Each family has its own fire pit for cooking.
每个家庭都有自己的火坑做饭.
And each person has his or her own hammock to sleep in.
每个人都有自己的吊床睡觉。
The roof protects the Yanomami from the rain and the fire keeps them warm at night.
屋顶保护了柳下美人免受降雨和火灾的侵袭,使其在夜间保持温暖.
Hammocks can be made out of vines, bark, and cotton.
羊肉可以由藤条,树皮和棉花制成.
An entire Yanomami village may live under one circular roof!
整个横野美村都住在一个圆形的屋顶下!
Do You Know?
你知道吗?
Yanomami can be spelled in different ways: Yanoama, Yanomama, and Yanomamo.
亚诺马米可以不同方式拼出:亚诺马马,亚诺马马马和亚诺马莫.
Gathering and Gardening The Yanomami know the rainforest well.
聚落和园艺, 柳下人对雨林很了解
They know which plants are edible.
他们知道哪些植物是可食用的.
They know which ones are poisonous.
他们知道哪些有毒
They know which herbs to use for a headache and which ones to use for a cold.
他们知道哪些草药用来治头痛,哪些用来治感冒.
Yanomami women gather wild foods like fruit, nuts, and roots.
亚诺玛米女人收集野生食物如水果,坚果和根.
Sometimes children climb high in the trees to pick fruit.
有时儿童会高攀在树上取出水果.
The Yanomami even gather insects to eat, such as termites.
亚诺米人甚至会聚集昆虫来取食,如白蚁等.
Yanomami villages also plant gardens in the rainforest.
亚诺马米村还种植了雨林中的花园.
To make room for the garden, they cut and burn the trees on a small section of land.
为了给花园腾出空间,他们砍伐并烧毁了一小块地上的树木.
Then they plant sugar cane, plantains, sweet potatoes, manioc, and more.
后又种植甘蔗,平原,甜薯,木薯等.
The Yanomami know that rainforest soil is thin.
柳下人知道雨林土壤稀疏.
This is why they move their garden to a new place every few years.
这就是为什么他们每隔几年就把花园搬到一个新地方。
This way they do not harm the land.
这样他们不会伤害土地。
The old garden soon grows back into rainforest again.
老花园很快又长回了雨林.
Why a Wayumi?
为什么是大同?
When the Yanomami do not have enough food from gathering and gardening, they set out on a wayumi.
当柳下人没有足够的食物 聚集和园艺, 他们出发在一胡同。
A wayumi is a trek through the rainforest in search of food.
渡过雨林寻找食物
Entire villages travel on wayumis that may last from a few days to many weeks.
整个村庄的旅顺时间可能从几天到多星期。
On wayumis, they eat roots, make hammocks out of bark, and sleep under big leaves to keep dry.
在活生生地上,它们会吃根,用树皮做吊床,在大叶下睡觉以保持干燥.
Hunting and Fishing Yanomami men hunt with long bows and wooden arrows.
狩猎和钓鱼 柳下人用长弓和木箭打猎.
They attach bird feathers to the arrows to make them fly straight.
它们会把鸟羽附在箭上以使它们能直飞.
Sometimes they dip their arrowheads in poison.
有时会把箭头浸入毒药中.
Hunters walk barefoot through the rainforest.
猎人赤脚走过雨林.
They look for anteaters, tapirs, and other animals.
他们寻找食人动物,水龙头和其他动物。
When a hunter kills an animal, he shares its meat with the entire village.
当一个猎人杀死一个动物, 他分享它的肉与整个村庄。
The Yanomami use different methods to catch fish.
亚诺马米人使用不同方法来捕取鱼.
They may shoot arrows at fish in the river.
他们可能会向河里的鱼射箭
Or they may skim baskets through the water.
或者他们可以从水中滑出篮子
The Yanomami also know how to fish with the poisonous ayori-toto vine.
亚诺美人也懂得用有毒的 a到藤来捕鱼.
They cut the vine and slide it through the water.
他们切出藤蔓并滑入水中.
The poison drips into the water and stuns nearby fish.
毒药倒入水中而震取附近鱼.
The fish then float to the surface.
鱼会浮到地上
That’s when the Yanomami scoop them up.
这时,
Each Yanomami village has its own garden.
每个柳下村都有自己的花园.
Within that garden, each family has a small plot of land.
在花园里,每个家庭都有一小块地。
Clothing In the hot rainforest, the Yanomami do not wear much clothing.
服装 在炎热的雨林中,柳下人并不多穿衣服.
Men tend to wear loincloths and strings tied around their waists.
男人往往会穿长裤和被绑在腰部的绳子.
Women wear little fringed aprons and no top.
女人穿小围裙 没有顶部
Children often don’t wear any clothing.
孩子们经常不穿衣服。
The Yanomami do not normally wear shoes or sandals.
柳下人一般不穿鞋或凉鞋.
The Yanomami paint their bodies with different colors.
亚诺米人用不同的颜色来描绘他们的身体.
They use red dyes from seeds, purple dyes from palm fruit, and black powder from charcoal.
它们使用出自种子的红色染料,出自棕榈果的紫色染料,出自木炭的黑粉.
They like to paint dots and squiggly lines.
他们喜欢画点和花纹
Yanomami girls like to pierce their nose, lips, and ears.
亚诺玛米女孩喜欢刺穿她们的鼻子,嘴唇和耳朵.
They insert small wooden sticks in their nose and lips.
在鼻子和嘴唇上插入了小木棍.
From their ears, they hang bright bird feathers.
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They also wear necklaces made of seeds and armbands made of fragrant leaves.
他们也佩戴由种子所制成的项链和由花叶所制成的臂章.
The boys sometimes crown their heads with small, white hawk feathers.
男孩们有时会用小而白的鹰羽来为头冠.
The Yanomami Today About 20,000 Yanomami live in the Amazon today.
今天的"亚诺玛米"大约有2万个亚诺玛米生活在今天的亚马逊.
They live in a way that is similar to their ancestors.
他们的生活方式与祖先相似.
They still hunt, gather food, and sleep under yanos.
他们还在打猎 收集食物 睡在亚诺斯下
But in the last fifty years, more and more outsiders have reached their land.
但在过去五十年中,越来越多的外人已经到达了他们的地盘.
These outsiders travel by motorized boats, trucks, and airplanes.
这些外来者乘坐摩托化船只,卡车和飞机出行.
The Yanomami are no longer so isolated in the rainforest.
亚诺马米人不再在雨林中如此孤立.
looks at his face paint.
看着他的脸彩。
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They call these outsiders nabuh.
他们称这些外人为"纳布".
The arrival of nabuh has been hard for the Yanomami.
纳布的到来对亚诺米人来说是很难的.
Some of them have died from new diseases introduced by the nabuh.
其中一些人死于Nabuh引进的新疾病。
Others have been killed by gold miners.
另一些人被金矿开采者杀害。
But the Yanomami also feel threatened for another reason.
但柳下人也因为另一个原因感到受到威胁.
Nabuh are quickly destroying their home—the Amazon rainforest.
纳布正在迅速摧毁他们的家园——亚马逊雨林.
This must seem threatening to the Yanomami because they know that if the rainforest is not healthy, they will not be healthy.
这似乎威胁到了亚诺马米人,因为他们知道如果雨林不健康,他们就不会健康了.
If there are no trees, there will be fewer animals.
如果没有树木,动物就会减少.
And without trees and animals, the Yanomami could not exist.
没有了树木和动物 柳下人就无法存在
Their life is in a delicate balance with the rainforest.
他们的生活与雨林保持了微妙的平衡.
They could not survive without it.
没有它,他们就无法活下来。
Living for Today and Tomorrow The Yanomami do something very special: they live in a way that is sustainable.
为今天和明天而活 亚诺马米人做了一些非常特殊的事:他们的生活方式是可持续的。
This means that the way they live today will leave a healthy rainforest for tomorrow.
这意味着他们今天的生活方式将会为明天留下健康的雨林.
They don’t cut down any more trees than they need.
他们不会砍倒更多的树,
And they don’t hunt any more animals than they need.
他们不会猎取更多的动物,
This way their children and grandchildren will still have fruit to pick and animals to hunt.
这样,他们的子孙仍然会有取出水果和去打猎的动物.
Garimpeiro Gold Rush In Portuguese, garimpeiro means “wildcat gold miner.”
加里姆佩罗金色拉什 在葡萄牙语中,Garimpeiro的意思是“Wildcat金矿工。 “
This is a person who usually goes out alone or with a small group of people in search of gold.
这个人通常单独出门或与一小群人去寻找黄金.
In the 1970s, many garimpeiros invaded Yanomami land hoping to strike it rich.
20世纪70年代,许多加里姆佩罗斯入侵了希望打击富饶的亚诺马米地.
Many nabuh who visit the Amazon rainforest take something away from it.
许多访问亚马逊雨林的纳布从中夺走一些东西.
Some take gold from the ground.
有些人从地取出黄金.
Others take rubber from trees.
其他人从树上取出橡胶.
Many outsiders cut down large sections of rainforest to take out wood.
许多外人砍伐了大片雨林取出木材.
Garimpeiros are some of the outsiders on Yanomami land.
加里姆佩罗斯是亚诺马米地上的一些外人.
Every day more of the Amazon rainforest is cut down.
每天更多的亚马逊雨林被砍伐.
Why Does the World Care?
为什么世界关心?
In the past twenty years, the Yanomami have become kind of “famous.”
在过去20年里,亚诺马米人已经变得有点“臭名昭著”。 “
Their faces appear in books, magazines, and even movies.
他们的脸出现在书籍,杂志,甚至电影中.
People around the world have become fascinated by their culture.
世界各地的人们都开始对自己的文化着迷.
But they have also been worried that the Yanomami are in danger.
但他们也一直担心柳下人有危险.
Many people around the world have worked to protect the Yanomami way of life.
世界各地很多人都努力保护"柳下"生活方式.
In 1991, the government of Brazil set aside a large piece of rainforest for them.
1991年,巴西政府为他们预留了一大块雨林.
The government even blew up airstrips to keep the gold miners from landing there.
政府甚至炸毁了简易跑道来阻止金矿开采者登陆.
But most Yanomami do not even know that they are famous.
但大部分的柳下人甚至不知道他们是出名的.
They do not know that they are the subjects of books and movies.
他们不知道自己是书籍和电影的主体.
They just continue to live their daily lives in the rainforest—as they have done for thousands of years.
他们只是继续生活在雨林中的日常生活中——就像他们几千年来所做的那样。
So why should we care about people in such a faraway place?
那么我们为什么要关心 在这样一个遥远的地方的人呢?
Well, it’s not actually as far away as it seems.
但实际上,
The Amazon rainforest is important to all of us on Earth.
亚马逊雨林对地球上的我们所有人都很重要.
It produces a lot of the world’s oxygen.
它产生大量的世界氧气。
It affects a lot of the world’s weather.
它影响了世界许多天气。
It is home to many unique animals.
它是许多独特动物的家园。
And of course, it is home to special people.
当然,这里有特殊的人
The Yanomami culture is probably different from yours.
柳下文化可能与你不同
Chances are that you don’t go to school with red stripes painted on your body.
你可能不会在身体上涂上红色条纹去上学。
And you probably don’t wear sticks in your nose.
你可能不会在鼻子上戴棍子。
But after reading about the Yanomami, they might seem a little less strange to you.
但是在读完关于"柳下"的书后,他们对你来说可能看起来有点奇怪了.
Just as you put on a shirt, the Yanomami paint red stripes on their chests.
就像你穿上衬衫一样 柳下人胸口有红色条纹
Just as you go to school in the morning, they walk into the rainforest to find food.
就像你早上去学校, 他们走进雨林寻找食物。
And just as you have learned from your parents, the Yanomami learn from their parents.
就像你从父母那里学到的, 柳下人从父母那里学到的。
So in some ways, you are not that different after all.
所以,在某些方面, 你毕竟不是那么不同。
Explore More Did you find the stories of the Yanomami interesting?
探索更多 你发现柳下的故事很有趣吗?
Would you like to read more about them?
你想多读读吗?
Tell your librarian you want to read about people who live in the Amazon rainforest.
告诉你的图书管理员,你想读到 住在亚马逊雨林的人。
In addition to the Yanomami, there are many more interesting groups of people who live in the Amazon region.
除了亚诺马米人,还有许多更有趣的群体生活在亚马逊地区.
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A组.
In the address window, type: www.
在地址窗口中,类型:www.
google.
Google (英语).
com.
电话
B.
毕.
Then type: Yanomami.
后为类型:柳下美.
Click on “Google Search.”
单击“谷歌搜索”。 “
C.
C组
Read the colored links.
读取有色链接.
Click on one that looks interesting.
点击一个看起来很有趣。
D.
D类.
When you want to explore other links, click the back arrow at the top left of the screen.
想要探索其他链接时,单击屏幕左上方的后箭头.
E.
（字母E）
Or try some different searches: Yanomamo, Amazon rainforest people, or Brazil.
或者尝试一些不同的搜索:亚诺马莫,亚马逊雨林人,或者巴西.
T R Y T H I S!
试一试！
Glossary ancestors (n.)
词汇祖先 (n.
relatives who lived a long time ago (p.
长生不老的亲属(p.
12) culture (n.)
12) 文化 (n.
the customs and ways of a certain group of people (p.
某些人群的习俗和方式(p.
4) edible (adj.)
4)可食用(adj.
safe to be eaten (p.
安全食用(p.
9) loincloths (n.)
9) 脱衣.
small pieces of clothing worn around the hips (p.
臀部周围穿戴的小件衣服(p.
11) manioc (n.)
11）木薯（名词）
the starchy root of a tropical tree that is used for food (p.
用于食物的热带树的淀粉根(p.
9) methods (n.)
9)方法 (n.
particular ways of doing things (p.
特定办事方式(p.
10) plantains (n.)
10) 计划(n.
wild bananas that grow in the tropics (p.
在热带地区生长的野生香蕉(p.
9) resources (n.)
9) 资源(不详)
a supply of something valuable or very useful (p.
提供有价值的或非常有用的东西(p.
5) sustainable (adj.)
(5) 可持续(adj.)
able to be used in a way that does not completely use up or cause permanent damage to a resource (p.
能够用于不完全使用或对资源造成永久损害的方式(p.
14) tapirs (n.)
14) 水龙头 (n.
big, hoofed animals that are related to the horse and the rhinoceros (p.
与"马"和"犀"(p.
10) traditional (adj.)
10) 传统(adj.
of or relating to a long-established custom (p.
或与已长期确立的习惯有关(p.
5) trek (n.)
5)出行(n.
a long journey on foot (p.
长途步行(p.
10) Let’s Investigate!
让我们来调查吧!
The Yanomami know where their food, clothes, and houses come from.
柳下人知所出所出所出所出所出所出所出所出所出所出所出所出所出所出所出所出所出所出所出所出所出所出所出所出所出.
Do you?
你喜欢吗？
Do you know where your clothes were made?
你知道你的衣服是哪里做的吗?
What about the very shirt on your back?
你背上的衬衫呢?
Well, a person on the other side of the world may have helped to make it!
世界另一边的人 可能帮了大忙
There’s a pretty easy way to find out where things come from: read the label.
读取标签,
There are labels on shirts, fruit, canned food, toys, and many more things.
衬衫上还有标签,水果,罐装食品,玩具等多件东西.
Labels might read: “Made in Spain” or “Made in China” or “Made in Brazil.”
标签可改为:“在西班牙制造”或“在中国制造”或“在巴西制造”。 “
See where the things in your house were made.
看看你家里的东西是在哪里制造的
If there’s not a label, maybe it was made nearby.
若没有标签,
Ask somebody!
问个人!
If you start to find things from all over the world, it might be fun to photocopy a world map.
如果你开始从世界各地找到东西, 复印世界地图可能很有趣。
Then you could draw an “X” (or put a sticker) on each country where things are from.
然后,你可以画出一个“X”(或贴出标签),标出每个东西来自的国家。
Then you would see how global your life really is.
然后,你会看到你的生活是多么的全球。