45 The Rainforest

The Rainforest by Karen Zipkas and Mark Norman Table of Contents Chapter 1 The Rainforest page 2 Chapter 2 The Ground page 4 Chapter 3 The Tree Trunks page 8 Chapter 4 The Treetops page 12 Chapter 5 Rainforests Are Important page 14 Glossary/ Index page 15 Comprehension Check page 16

凯伦·齐普卡斯、马克·诺曼著《热带雨林》目录表第一章热带雨林第二页第二章地面第四页第三章树干第八页第四章树梢第十二页第五章热带雨林很重要第14页词汇表/索引第15页理解检查第16页

chapter 1 The Rainforest A rainforest is a jungle. It is warm and wet. Tall trees grow close together. It rains a lot in the rainforest. Rainforests have many plants and animals. This is the Amazon Rainforest. It is the biggest rainforest in the world. rainforest plants

雨林雨林是丛林。 天气温暖潮湿。高大的树木长得很近。 雨林里经常下雨。 雨林里有许多植物和动物。 这是亚马逊雨林。 它是世界上最大的雨林。 热带雨林植物

Chapter 2 The Ground Many plants grow on the ground, their leaves fall on the ground. Many bugs eat the leaves. Leafcutter ants carry leaves to their nest. leaves leafcutter ants nose mouth anteater The giant anteater eats 30,000 ants in one day. The giant anteater lives on the ground. It has a long nose. It eats ants with its mouth.

许多植物生长在地上，它们的叶子落在地上。 许多虫子吃树叶。切叶蚁把树叶带回巢中。 树叶切叶蚂蚁鼻子嘴食蚁兽巨大的食蚁兽一天吃掉3万只蚂蚁。 巨大的食蚁兽生活在地上。 它有一个长鼻子。它用嘴吃蚂蚁。

A tapir lives in the rainforest. It looks like a pig with a long nose. It sniffs for food. sniffs: smells The tapir eats fruits, grass, and leaves. tapir nose grass jaguar This jaguar hunts an animal. The jaguar stays still. Then it jumps on the animal. The jaguar lives in the rainforest. Jaguars hunt tapirs, anteaters, and other animals.

貘生活在热带雨林中。 它看起来像一只长鼻子的猪。 它嗅着食物。貘吃水果、草和树叶。 貘鼻子草美洲虎这只美洲虎正在捕猎动物。 美洲虎静止不动。然后它跳到动物身上。 美洲虎生活在热带雨林中。 美洲虎捕食貘、食蚁兽和其他动物。

Chapter 3 The Tree Trunks Many beetles, birds, frogs, and snakes live on tree trunks. If you glanced up, you could see tent bats under tree leaves. They hide from snakes. Language DETECTIVE Beetles: Beetles ends with s making it plural. Plural means more than one. Find three more plural words on this page. These tent bats hide under a leaf. leaf tent bats gecko tree bark Geckos hide in the day. They hunt at night. A gecko is a lizard. It has skin that looks like tree bark. This helps it hide. hide: not be seen

许多甲虫、鸟、青蛙和蛇都住在树干上。 抬头一看，你可以看到树叶下的帐篷蝙蝠。 他们躲避蛇。语言侦探甲虫:甲壳虫以s结尾，使它成为复数。 复数的意思是不止一个。 在本页上再找三个复数单词。 这些帐篷蝙蝠藏在树叶下。 树叶帐篷蝙蝠壁虎树皮壁虎躲在白天。 他们在夜间狩猎。壁虎是一种蜥蜴。 它的皮肤看起来像树皮。 这有助于它隐藏。隐藏:不被看见