The Amazing Amazon
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Chapter 1: There Is a Place.
目录 1:有一个地方。
4 Chapter 2: Layers of the Rainforest.
4 第2章:雨林地层.
10 Chapter 3: Keeping It Clean.
10 第3章:保持干净.
18 Chapter 4: Who, Me?
18 第4章:谁,我?
20 Explore More.
20 探索更多。
22 Glossary.
22 词汇表。
24 Chapter 1: There Is a Place There is a place where monkeys swing and howl.
24 章 次 页 次 1: 有一个地方 有一个地方 猴子挥舞和嚎叫。
There is a place where jaguars leap from tree to tree.
有一个地方 美洲虎从树上跳到树上
In this place, bananas and pineapples grow for free.
在这个地方,香蕉和菠萝是免费生长的.
In this place, tiny frogs live in flowers.
于此地有小青蛙活于花地.
This is where pink-colored dolphins swim in the river.
这里有粉色的海豚游入河中.
This is where storms come often, and where the air is sweet.
这里经常有暴风雨,空气很甜.
Some sunlight filters through the vines and leaves, but it is mostly dark here on the ground.
一些阳光通过藤蔓和叶子过滤,但地面上大部分是黑暗的.
It is hot, steamy, and surprisingly still.
热活泼活泼 令人惊讶的是
Rainwater trickles down from leaf to leaf.
雨水从叶子到叶子从下而来.
You hear a slow sound: drip, drip, drip.
你听到一个缓慢的声音: 滴,滴,滴。
Your skin is sweaty.
皮肤出汗.
An insect lands on your neck.
一只昆虫落在你的脖子上
An ant quietly walks across your sandal.
一只蚂蚁悄悄地走过你的凉鞋
Suddenly a little brown monkey swings to a nearby branch.
突然有一只小棕色的猴子向附近的一枝树上挥去.
Then a bright green bird flutters past.
然后一只绿色的鸟飞过过去
Welcome to the Amazon rainforest.
欢迎来到亚马逊雨林
NOTE: Rainforest can be spelled in two ways: rainforest or rain forest.
注:雨林可以有两种拼法:雨林或雨林.
We will use the one-word spelling.
我们将使用一个字的拼写。
And when this book uses the word rainforest, it means tropical rainforest.
而当这本书使用"雨林"一词时,也指热带雨林.
Rainforests Tropical rainforests live up to their name: They are forests where it rains a lot.
热带雨林名副其实: 它们是森林 那里经常下雨。
In fact, a typical tropical rainforest receives between 150 and 400 centimeters (59–157 in) of rain each year.
事实上,典型的热带雨林每年会得到150至400厘米(59–157英寸)的降雨.
They are also warm.
它们也很温暖。
Their temperature averages between 25° and 35° Celsius (77°F–95°F).
其平均气温在25°至35°C(77°F-95°F)之间.
Rainforests are green year-round.
雨林全年绿.
Their hot, humid, and rainy climate is perfect for tall trees, vines, ferns, and other plants.
它们的炎热潮湿多雨的气候对于高大的树木,藤蔓,花生等植物来说是完美的.
The really thick parts of rainforests are what we call jungle.
雨林中非常茂密的部分就是我们所说的丛林。
Tropical rainforests cover a small part (about 6 percent) of Earth’s surface.
热带雨林覆盖地表的一小部分(约6%).
But over half (50 percent) of the world’s plant and animal species are found in them!
但世界上一半以上(50%)的动植物都存在于其中!
Rainforests usually lie in tropical areas near Earth’s equator.
雨林通常分布在地赤道附近的热带地区.
Most of the world’s rainforests are in Africa, Southeast Asia, and South America.
世界雨林大部分分布在非洲,东南亚和南美洲.
The Amazon The Amazon rainforest lies in South America.
亚马逊雨林位于南美洲.
It is the largest tropical rainforest in the world.
它是世界上最大的热带雨林.
It has more kinds of insects, plants, and animals than any other place on Earth.
它的昆虫,植物和动物种类比地球上任何其他地方都多.
Every year, scientists discover new species of insects and plants here.
每年科学家都会在这里发现昆虫和植物的新物种.
The Amazon River flows through the heart of this rainforest.
亚马逊河从这个雨林的中心流出.
It is like a huge sea of fresh water.
它就像一片巨大的淡水海。
Thousands of other rivers and streams empty into it.
数以千计的其他河流和溪流空入其中.
Catfish, piranhas, and dolphins all live in the Amazon River.
猫鱼,比兰哈斯和海豚都生活在亚马逊河.
This book will take you on a tour of the Amazon rainforest.
这本书将带你参观亚马逊雨林。
You will travel from the tallest trees to the rainforest floor.
你会从最高的树上去到雨林地上
Along the way, you will meet an eagle, monkey, jaguar, and ant.
沿途会遇到一只鹰,猴子,美洲虎和蚂蚁.
You will even hear what these Amazon natives would say—if they could talk.
你甚至听到亚马逊原住民会说什么,
So just how big is the Amazon River?
亚马逊河有多大?
during the rainy season.
在雨季。
Atlantic Ocean.
大西洋报.
Switzerland.
瑞士。
(400 lb)!
(400磅计)!
rivers combined!
河流加起来!
Sloths are slow- moving animals.
斯洛斯是缓慢移动的动物.
They seem to just hang out (upside down!)
他们似乎只是挂出(上下!)
blend into the forest.
混入了树林里
Sammy was voted: Most Likely to Survive, but Least Likely to Succeed The tapir is a big, hoofed animal that is related to the horse and the rhinoceros.
萨米被投票: 最有可能是活下来,但最不可能是活下来 盘口 animal(学名:Conus tapir)为蹄形科 horse属的动物,与马和犀有关系.
Tapirs often weigh well over 136 kilograms (300 lb).
塔皮斯的重量往往会大大超过136公斤(300磅).
Tapirs like to take baths in the river and look for food when it is dark.
塔皮尔斯喜欢在河中洗澡,在天黑时寻找食物.
Tamara was voted: Best Personality The Amazon is the world’s widest and largest river.
塔马拉被投票: 最佳个性 亚马逊河是世界上最宽和最大的河流。
Chapter 2: Layers of the Rainforest To better understand the rainforest, scientists have “divided” it into four layers, or sections.
第2章:雨林地层 为了更好地了解雨林,科学家们将雨林“分割”成四层或四部分。
You can think of it like a four-story building.
可以想出四层楼来.
The highest trees make up the top floor, or the emergent layer.
最高的树木组成了顶层,或者新兴地层.
The next-highest trees make up the canopy layer.
次高树组成了树冠地层.
Below them is the understory layer.
其下为下层.
At the bottom is the rainforest floor.
地底是雨林地层.
At around 1.
1点左右
2 meters (4 ft) long, the capybara is the world’s largest rodent.
长2米(4英尺),花冠为世界最大的啮齿动物.
to be called a big rat.)
被称为"大老鼠". )
Capybaras’ webbed feet help them swim.
Cabybaras的被子脚帮助他们游泳。
Katie was voted: Most Likely to Win a Rat Race From the Amazon Yearbook Katie Capybara Paulo the Poison Arrow Frog The poison arrow frog has super-bright colors.
凯蒂被投票: 最有可能赢得亚马逊年鉴上的老鼠赛跑 凯蒂·卡皮巴拉·保罗毒箭蛙 毒箭蛙有超光亮的颜色.
These colors warn other animals that its skin is poisonous.
这些颜色警告其他动物它的皮肤有毒.
Indians in the Amazon rainforest dip their arrows into this poison for hunting.
亚马逊雨林的印第安人把箭浸入了这种毒药中去打猎.
High Risers The tallest trees of the rainforest are called the emergents.
高升号 雨林中最高高的树木被称为"新兴".
They are like big umbrellas that rise high above the thick forest.
它们就像大伞 高起于茂密的森林上
Emergents are exposed to lots of sun, wind, rain, and lightning.
紧急情况下暴露在阳光、风、雨和闪电中。
Big roots support these giant trees.
大根能支撑这些大树.
Because rainforest soil is shallow, tree roots often grow above the ground.
由于雨林土壤很浅,树根常生长于地上.
The kapok tree, for example, has roots that extend out like wooden walls.
例如卡波克树有根能像木墙一样延伸出.
These roots are so big that your whole class could hide behind just one of them!
这些根子太大了,你整个班都躲在他们后面!
Not many animals live in the emergent layer.
没有多少动物生活在新生地层中.
Some birds and butterflies do visit to eat leaves and fruit.
有的鸟和蝴蝶确实来拜访吃叶子和水果.
One huge bird, the harpy eagle, actually lives up there, high above the Amazon.
一只巨大的鸟, 竖起的老鹰, 住在亚马逊上空。
Spotlight interview: The Harpy Eagle RAZ Interviewer: Hello there, Harpy.
焦点访谈: 猎鹰RAZ 采访者: 哈比,你好吗?
Is it true that you are the largest eagle in the Americas?
你是美洲最大的鹰吗?
Harpy: I think so.
Harpy:我想是的。
In your people terms, I am about one meter tall, which is over three feet high.
就你的人而言,我大概只有一米高, 超过三英尺高。
RAZ Interviewer: It looks like you have some big wings as well.
津巴布韦 采访者: 看起来你也有大翅膀
Harpy: Oh, these things?
哦,这些东西?
I was born with these.
我生来就带着这些
If I stretch them out like this, they are longer than most people.
如果我这样把它们伸开 他们比大多数人都长
You see?
看到没?
My wingspan is two meters across—about six and a half feet.
我的翅膀有两米高 大约六英尺半
Flying fast really helps me find food.
飞快能帮我找到食物
RAZ Interviewer: What is your favorite food?
津巴布韦 采访者: 你最喜欢的食物是什么?
Harpy: Oh, I like pizza delivered to my door.
哦,我喜欢送披萨到我的门。
Just kidding—there’s no pizza here in the rainforest!
雨林里没有比萨饼!
I hunt sloths, monkeys, and fellow birds.
我猎食花鼠、猴子和同鸟
Monkeys are probably the tastiest.
猴子可能是最讨厌的
RAZ Interviewer: Is that what your big talons are for?
津巴布韦 采访者: 这就是你的大爪子吗?
Harpy: Yep.
对
These meat hooks can scoop unsuspecting animals right off of tree branches.
这些肉钩可以直接从树枝上挖出无可疑动物.
RAZ Interviewer: Do you ever fear revenge, like a monkey uprising?
津巴布韦 采访者: 你有没有害怕报复,像猴子起义?
Harpy: No, I’m the top bird around here.
Harpy:不,我是这里的顶级鸟类。
I build my stick nests in the tallest trees where monkeys don’t normally go.
我在猴子通常不会去的最高的树上筑起我的树巢。
Hey, there’s a monkey now!
喂 有只猴子来了!
I’ll see you later!
回头见!
Crazy Canopy The rainforest’s real action is in the canopy layer.
疯狂的花冠 雨林的真正作用在于树冠地层.
This is where most plants and animals live.
这是大多数动植物生活的地方.
It is like a thick roof woven out of tree branches, plants, and vines.
它就像树枝、植物和藤蔓所编织的厚厚的屋顶。
Many trees in the canopy are covered with climbing vines and epiphytes.
树冠上的许多树木被攀爬的藤蔓和起伏植物所覆盖.
Epiphytes are plants that grow on top of others.
被子植物(学名:Epiphytes)是其他植物上生长的植物.
Most of the rainforest’s flowers, fruit, and seeds are found in this layer.
雨林的大部分花,水果,种子都存在于这层.
With so much good canopy food, it makes sense that animals hang out here.
有了这么多的好树冠食物,动物在这里游荡是有道理的.
Many animals rarely come down to the ground.
许多动物很少倒地.
They eat, sleep, hunt, and give birth high up in the trees.
他们吃,睡,打猎,在树上高生.
Sloths, toucans, and parrots are just some of the canopy’s residents.
斯洛斯、托克和鹦鹉只是该地的一些居民。
The hardest one to ignore is probably the howler monkey.
最难忽略的可能是大叫猴
Its name befits its behavior, as these monkeys howl and scream to keep other animals out of their territories.
它的名字符合它的行为, 就像这些猴子叫叫和叫叫,不让其他动物进入它们的领地。
Spotlight interview: The Howler Monkey RAZ Interviewer: Wow, that was one loud howl!
焦点访谈: 霍华德·马克·拉兹 采访者: 哇,那是一个大叫声!
Excuse me, but could you please stop screaming for one moment?
对不起,但请停止尖叫一分钟?
I would like to ask you a few questions!
我想问你几个问题!
Howler: Okay, but hurry up.
好吧,但快点。
If I don’t scream like this, other monkeys may come into our territory.
如果我不这样叫,
RAZ Interviewer: Do you always stay up here in the canopy?
津巴布韦 采访者: 你总是呆在树冠上吗?
Howler: This is our home, my man.
霍华德: 这是我们的家,伙计。
On the ground, there are some really big animals—it’s a jungle down there.
在地上,有一些真正的大动物——下面是丛林。
When it comes to safety, we don’t monkey around.
在安全方面,
Up here, we can eat fruit, leaves, and flowers, and we can live in safety.
在这里,我们可以吃水果,叶子和花,我们可以安全地生活.
RAZ Interviewer: Does your long tail help you?
津巴布韦 采访者: 你的长尾巴能帮你吗?
It looks prehensile.
它看起来很困惑。
Reaching the Top Scientists have found creative ways to study the top layers of rainforests.
接触顶层科学家 找到了研究雨林顶层的创造性方法
They have climbed with ropes and ladders.
他们用绳子和梯子爬了上去
They have built platforms like tree houses.
他们建造了树屋等平台.
Some have gone up in cranes.
有的骑起起起重机
A blimp has even lowered a raft of scientists down to the canopy.
冰块甚至把一筏科学家 降入树冠
Bromeliads are cone- shaped plants that grow on trees.
布罗米利亚德是锥形植物,生长于树木上.
Their cones catch a lot of rainwater and form little swimming pools high above the ground.
它们的锥子会捕取出大量雨水,并形成地上高地上的小游泳池.
Tiny frogs, salamanders, and crabs live in these pools.
小青蛙,沙拉曼德人,和螃蟹生活在这些水池中.
Mosquitoes and dragonflies lay eggs in them.
蚊子和蜻蜓在其中产卵.
Howler: Yeah, if by prehensile you mean “grab onto.”
霍勒:是的,如果通过理解,你的意思是“拖入”。 “
My tail helps me climb, but my hands and feet are very useful for climbing, too.
我的尾巴帮助我攀爬,但我的手和脚对攀爬也非常有用.
RAZ Interviewer: You sure use big words for a monkey.
津巴布韦 采访者: 你用大字来形容猴子
Hey, stop the howling!
别叫了!
If you can be heard from miles away, just think how loud it is for me.
如果你能从几英里外听到 想想对我有多大声
What makes you so loud anyway?
你怎么会这么大声?
Howler: I have a special bone in my windpipe.
我有一个特殊的骨头在我的风笛。
My throat is like a hollow sound box.
我的喉咙就像个空心的音箱
See the big swelling under my chin?
看到我下巴下部的大肿胀了吗?
Here, touch it.
在这里,触摸它。
RAZ Interviewer: Oww!
津巴布韦 采访者:呜!
That’s not funny—you have sharp teeth!
这一点都不好笑,
Okay, Mr.
好吧,先生,我告诉你
Monkey, you can go back to howling now.
猴子,你现在可以继续叫了
The Darker Story The understory is the third level of the rainforest.
黑暗的故事 下层是雨林的第三层.
It is below the canopy and above the ground.
它位于树冠下和地上。
This is where ferns, plants, and young trees grow.
这是种花、植物和幼树生长的地方。
It is dark in the understory because very little light shines through the thick canopy.
底部很暗,因为光线很少 照穿了厚厚的花冠。
Understory plants grow leaves that are big and wide.
地底植物生长有大而宽的叶子.
That way, they have a better chance of catching some rays.
这样,他们有更好的机会 捕捉出一些射线。
Animals like to eat these big leaves.
动物喜欢吃这些大叶子.
The understory is not nearly as busy as the canopy, but animals do live here.
底部没有树冠那么繁忙 但动物确实住在这里
Poison arrow frogs hide in the foliage.
毒箭蛙藏于叶地.
Snakes wrap around trees like vines.
蛇绕树如藤.
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Large cats such as jaguars leap between branches.
大型猫类如美洲虎在树枝之间跳跃.
Spotlight interview: The Jaguar RAZ Interviewer: Hey, put me down!
焦点访谈: 美洲虎号 采访者: 嘿,放我下来!
And don’t bite.
也不要咬人。
Bad cat, bad big cat!
坏猫,坏大猫!
Jaguar: Sorry, I thought you were a monkey.
贾虎: 对不起,我以为你是猴子
Lucky you’re not as tasty.
幸运的是,
Hey, what do you think you’re doing here anyway?
嘿,你在这里做什么?
RAZ Interviewer: I came to interview you, the biggest cat in the Americas.
津巴布韦 采访者: 我来采访你 美洲最大的猫
Mr.
先生,请问...
Jaguar, are you really 2.
美洲虎,你真的2岁了
6 meters (8.
6米(8.
5 ft) long?
5英尺)长?
Jaguar: That’s what they say.
贾虎: 他们就是这么说的。
And I weigh 136 kilograms (300 lb), too.
我也重136公斤(300磅),
Not many animals mess with me.
没有什么动物惹我。
By the way, you can just call me Jag.
对了 你可以叫我杰格
RAZ Interviewer: Okay, Jag, what do you do for exercise?
津巴布韦 采访者: 好吧,贾格,你做什么运动?
Jag: I get bored with just one sport.
贾格:我对一个运动感到厌倦。
That’s why I cross-train: I run, swim, climb, fish, and hunt.
因此,我跨火车:我跑来跑去、游泳、攀登、钓鱼和打猎。
RAZ Interviewer: What do you hunt?
津巴布韦 采访者: 你猎什么?
Jag: Lots of things.
很多东西
Sometimes I climb up in the canopy to eat sloths and monkeys.
有时 我爬上树冠去吃花懒和猴子
On the ground, I hunt peccaries, tapirs, and yummy capybaras.
在地上,我猎取花生,水龙头, 和美味的卡比巴拉斯。
On lazy days, I lie near the river and catch fish with my claws.
在懒惰的日子,我躺在河边,用我的爪子来抓鱼.
When I’m really hungry, I kill caimans.
当我真的饿了,我杀了caimans。
RAZ Interviewer: Wow, I don’t want to be in your powerful jaws ever again!
津巴布韦 采访者: 我不想再出现在你强大的下巴里了!
If you’ll excuse me, I need to go now.
请原谅,
Chapter 3: Keeping It Clean If you walked around the rainforest floor, you might be surprised.
第3章:保持清洁 如果你走在雨林的地上 你可能会很惊讶
It is not just one thick jungle.
这不仅仅是一个茂密的丛林。
Sure, you would see roots, ferns, herbs, and baby trees.
当然,你会看到根,花,草,和婴儿树。
But most of the green would be high above you.
但大部分绿地会高在你上面
Earthworms, termites, fungi, and bacteria eat up the fallen fruit, leaves, and branches.
蚯蚓,白蚁,真菌等细菌会把倒地的果实,叶子和树枝吃掉.
They recycle it back into nutritious soil.
他们把它回收回有营养的土壤。
When a big tree falls, they quickly munch it down into small pieces.
当一棵大树倒下时,它们会很快地将其倒下成小块.
Also on the ground are big animals like deer, tapirs, peccaries, and capybaras.
地上还有鹿,水龙头,花序等大型动物和花序花序花序花序花序花序花序花序花.
But they are far outnumbered by the smaller spiders, beetles, and ants.
但是,它们的数量远远超过了较小的蜘蛛,甲虫和蚂蚁.
Ant highways crisscross the rainforest floor.
蚂蚁高速公路横跨雨林地层.
One kind of ant even parades around with leaves and flower petals in its mouth.
一种蚂蚁甚至会到处走来走去,嘴里有花叶花瓣.
It is the famous leaf-cutter ant.
这是著名的花生蚂蚁。
Answer: Insects!
答:昆虫们!
(There are more than two hundred types of mosquito alone.
(单有二百余种蚊.
There are well over one thousand different kinds of butterflies.
蝴蝶有一千多种种类
And just think of all the ants!)
想想所有的蚂蚁! )
Trivia Question In the Amazon rainforest, are there more mammals, birds, insects, or reptiles?
特里维亚问题 在亚马逊雨林,还有更多的哺乳动物,鸟类,昆虫,还是爬行动物?
Spotlight interview: The Leaf-Cutter Ant RAZ Interviewer: Hey down there!
焦点访谈: 叶裂蚁 RAZ 采访者: 嘿,那边!
Yeah, you—the one carrying the big leaf over your head!
是啊,你... 那个把大叶子放在你头上的人!
I’ d like to ask you a few questions.
我想问你几个问题。
Do you have a moment?
你有时间吗?
Ms.
妈妈
Ant: Sure, but I do need to hurry back to the fungus garden.
蚂蚁:当然,但我确实需要赶回真菌园.
We’re low on food.
我们的食物不足。
RAZ Interviewer: Did you really just climb up a tree and cut off that leaf?
津巴布韦 采访者: 你真的只是爬上一棵树 把叶子割了?
Ms.
妈妈
Ant: That’s correct.
蚂蚁:没错。
And now I’m carrying it back to our underground colony.
现在我把它带回我们的地下殖民地。
That’s where smaller ants will chew it up into little spongy bits.
更小的蚂蚁会把它嚼成小海绵。
RAZ Interviewer: So you don’t eat the actual leaf?
津巴布韦 采访者: 所以你不吃真正的叶子?
Ms.
妈妈
Ant: No, we use the leaves to grow fungus.
蚂蚁:不,我们用花叶来生长真菌.
Then we eat the fungus.
然后吃出真菌来.
Want to try some?
想试试吗?
RAZ Interviewer: No, thank you—I, uh, just had lunch.
津巴布韦 采访者: 不 谢谢 我刚刚吃过午饭了
So tell me, what is it like underground?
告诉我,地下是什么样子?
Ms.
妈妈
Ant: We have deep nests with hundreds of chambers.
蚂蚁:我们拥有有数百个房间的深巢.
In the middle rooms, small ants tend to our fungus gardens.
在中间的房间里,小蚂蚁倾向于我们的真菌园.
Our only queen is in a different room.
我们唯一的女王在另一个房间里
She can lay up to thirty thousand eggs in one day.
她一天能产出三万个蛋
That’s why there are almost five million of us here!
这就是为什么我们这里有将近五百万人的原因!
Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to sniff my way home.
请原谅, 我需要闻闻回家的路。
And please watch your feet—if you step on our trail, I might get lost!
请你小心脚下... 如果你踩上我们的脚步,我可能会迷路!
Chapter 4: Who, Me?
第4章:谁,我?
Yes, you.
对,你
Do you eat bananas?
你吃香蕉吗?
Do you like chocolate?
你喜欢巧克力吗?
Have you ridden a bicycle with rubber tires?
你骑过有橡胶轮胎的自行车吗?
Well, guess what!
你猜怎么着?
Bananas, chocolate, and rubber all grow in the Amazon rainforest.
香蕉,巧克力,和橡胶都生长在亚马逊雨林.
Many more things come from the Amazon, too, such as medicines, wood, pineapples, and fresh air.
更多的东西也来自亚马逊,如药品,木材,菠萝,和新鲜空气等.
The Amazon is a rich, living treasure.
亚马逊河是丰富而活的财宝.
Insects buzz by that do not even have names yet.
昆虫的叫声连名字都没有
Trees grow, fall, and turn back into soil.
树生而倒倒,回回而入于地.
Rainstorms fill up frogs’ swimming pools.
暴雨会淹没青蛙游泳池。
And perhaps most importantly, plants of the rainforest take carbon dioxide from the air and replace it with oxygen.
也许最重要的是,雨林的植物从空气中取出二氧化碳取而代之的是氧气.
Humans and other animals need oxygen in order to live.
人类和其他动物需要氧气才能活.
Explore More Did you like learning about the Amazon rainforest?
探索更多 你喜欢学亚马逊雨林吗?
Well, there is much more to see.
嗯,还有更多的事情要做。
If you do some research, you’re bound to find some very interesting animals!
如果你做了一些研究,你一定会找到一些非常有趣的动物!
Tell your librarian that you are interested in books about the Amazon rainforest.
告诉你的图书管理员 你对亚马逊雨林的书感兴趣
In the address window, type: www.
在地址窗口中,类型:www.
google.
Google (英语).
com Then type: Amazon rainforest.
连线 然后类型:亚马逊雨林.
Click on “Google Search.”
单击“谷歌搜索”。 “
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。
When you want to explore other links, click the “back” arrow on the top left.
想要探索其他链接时,请单击左上方的“后”箭头。
Or try a new search: Amazon River The Amazon rainforest is home to many living things.
或者尝试新的搜索: 亚马逊河 亚马逊雨林是许多活物的家园.
Capybara The Amazon rainforest is a real place.
队长 亚马逊雨林是一个真正的地方。
Even if it is far away from you, the Amazon lives at this very moment.
即使离你很远 亚马逊人也活在这时刻
As you read these words, a jaguar slinks through the understory.
当你读到这些话时,一只美洲虎会从底物中伸出来。
Right now, a leaf-cutter ant marches back to a fungus garden.
现在,一株被叶切的蚂蚁走回了真菌园.
Somewhere in the Amazon, the scream of a howler monkey echoes throughout the forest.
在亚马逊的某地,一只叫叫声的猴子在整个森林中回响起.
Can you hear it?
你能听到吗?
Try This!
试试这个!
Where do you live?
你住哪里? 住在这里?
Do you live in the rainforest?
你住在雨林里吗?
What about in a desert, tundra, or pine forest?
在沙漠,苔原, 或松林呢?
Do you live on the coast, up in the mountains, or out on the plains?
你住在海岸,山上,还是平地?
You must live somewhere, right?
你必须住的地方,对不对?
If you live in a town or city, sometimes it can be hard to tell what kind of region you live in.
如果你住在一个镇或城市, 有时很难分辨你住哪个地区。
But there are clues all around.
但周围都有线索
What kinds of trees and bushes grow nearby?
附近种出什么样的树和灌木?
What kinds of birds fly overhead?
什么样的鸟在空中飞行?
What is the weather like?
天气怎么样?
Look around and investigate.
环顾四周调查.
If you are not sure, ask your teacher, librarian, parent, or friend.
如果你不确定,请问您的老师、图书管理员、父母或朋友。
Once you figure it out, make a report.
一旦你明白了,就做个报告。
Draw a picture like the one on page 10, but make it for your area.
画一幅像第10页的画, 但为您区域。
What kind of insects, plants, and animals are native to your home?
什么样的昆虫,植物,动物 是你的家乡?
You could find this information by walking around outside.
你走出去就能找到这个信息
You could also ask other people.
你可以问别人。
Or you could read a book, or search the Web.
或者你可以读出一本书 或者搜索网络
You’ll probably be surprised by the cool things you learn about your neighbors!
你可能会惊讶于你对邻居所学的酷事。
Glossary epiphytes (n.)
词汇缩写(n.)
plants that grow on top of other plants instead of being rooted in soil and get their nutrients from air and rain (p.
生长在其他植物上而不是被植入土壤并从空气和雨水中获得营养的植物(p.
13) foliage (n.)
13) 叶生 (n.
plant leaves (p.
植物叶 (p.
16) fungi (n.)
16)真菌 (n.
plural form of “fungus”; a living thing that grows on organic material and produces spores (p.
复数形式的"fungus";一种活生生地生长于有机物上并产生孢子(p.
18) peccaries (n.)
18) 花纹花(n.
nocturnal piglike mammals found in the Americas (p.
在美洲发现的夜生猪类哺乳动物(p.
17) piranhas (n.)
17) 食人鱼 (n.
South American freshwater fish that have sharp teeth (p.
有尖齿的南美淡水鱼 (p.
6) prehensile (adj.)
6) 综合(adj.
able to hold or pick up things (p.
能够持有或取出物品(p.
14) residents (n.)
14) 居民(不详)
people or other animals that live in places (p.
活在地(p.
13) slinks (v.)
13) link(五.
moves in a sneaky way, often because of embarrassment, sadness, or fear (p.
动作狡猾,往往因为尴尬,悲伤或恐惧(p.
21) species (n.)
21)物种 (n.
a group of living things that are physically similar and can reproduce (p.
一组在身体上相似并可以繁殖活物(p.
5) talons (n.)
5）利爪（名词）
claws on the feet of birds such as owls, hawks, and eagles (p.
猫头鹰,鹰等鸟类脚上的爪子和鹰(p.
12) trickles (v.)
12) 花招 (五.
flows in a thin stream (p.
流入细小的溪流(p.
4) unsuspecting (adj.)
4) 无疑 (adj.