8 Animals from the Past

Animals from the Past by Keiko Hirami Table of Contents Chapter 1 Animals of the Past page 2 Chapter 2 The Woolly Mammoth page 4 Chapter 3 The Dodo page 7 Chapter 4 The Tasmanian Tiger page 10 Chapter 5 Save Animals Today page 14 Glossary/ Index page 15 Comprehension Check page 16

来自过去的动物作者Hirami Keiko目录目录第1章过去的动物第2页第2章长毛象第4页第3章渡渡鸟第7页第4章塔斯马尼虎第10页第五章拯救动物第14页词汇表/索引第15页理解检查第16页

Chapter 1 Animals of the Past Have you ever seen a living dinosaur? Of course not! Dinosaurs are extinct. They are not living anymore. Around 65 million years ago, all the dinosaurs died. Some scientists think it was because Earth's climate changed. Language DETECTIVE They: They has the th sound. Find three more words with the th sound in this chapter. Many other animals are extinct, too. Some became extinct in ancient times. Other animals became extinct less than 100 years ago. Let's learn about some of them. Dinosaurs are the biggest animals that have ever lived on land.

第一章过去的动物你见过活着的恐龙吗? 当然不是!恐龙灭绝了。 他们不再活着了。 大约六千五百万年前，所有的恐龙都灭绝了。 一些科学家认为这是因为地球的气候变化。 语言侦探他们:他们有th这个音。 在本章中再找出三个带有th音的单词。 许多其他动物也灭绝了。 有些在古代就灭绝了。 其他动物在不到100年前就灭绝了。 让我们来了解其中的一些。 恐龙是曾经生活在陆地上的最大的动物。

Chapter 2 The Woolly Mammoth The woolly mammoth looked like an elephant. But woolly mammoths were even bigger! Like elephants, woolly mammoths had tusks and a trunk. Unlike elephants, they had long hair all over their bodies. tusks: very long teeth The woolly mammoths had rounder tusks than the elephants' tusks. This museum model shows what scientists think a mammoth looked like. Woolly mammoths lived during the Ice Age. Their long hair kept them warm. They used their tusks to get ice and snow off the plants they ate. Prehistoric people hunted mammoths for food. They also used their bones to make huts, tools, and jewelry. Ice Age: a time when ice covered most of Earth

长毛象长得像一头大象。 但是长毛象更大!像大象一样，长毛象也有象牙和鼻子。 与大象不同的是，它们全身长满了长毛。 长毛象的长牙比大象的长牙更圆。 这个博物馆模型展示了科学家们认为猛犸象的样子。 长毛猛犸象生活在冰河时代。 他们的长发使他们感到温暖。 它们用象牙从它们吃的植物上取下冰雪。 史前人类猎杀猛犸象作为食物。 他们还用自己的骨头建造小屋、工具和珠宝。 冰河时代:地球大部分地区被冰覆盖的时期

Prehistoric people painted pictures of mammoths on cave walls. You can still see them today. Woolly mammoths became extinct around 10,000 years ago. Maybe this happened because Earth's climate changed. Scientists think another valid theory is that too many people were hunting woolly mammoths. Chapter 3 The Dodo Have you ever heard anyone say, "Dead as a dodo"? People say this because the dodo is extinct. Dodos were big birds that lived on the island of Mauritius. They became extinct more than 400 years ago. island: land with water all around it This map shows where dodos lived.

史前的人们在洞穴墙壁上画猛犸象。 今天你仍然可以看到它们。 长毛猛犸象大约在一万年前灭绝。 也许这是因为地球的气候变化。 科学家们认为另一个有效的理论是太多人猎杀长毛象。 第三章渡渡鸟你曾听人说过“死得像只渡渡鸟”吗? 人们这么说是因为渡渡鸟已经灭绝了。 渡渡鸟是生活在毛里求斯岛上的一种大鸟。 它们在400多年前就灭绝了。 这张地图显示了渡渡鸟生活的地方。

Dodos had large legs, short wings, and very big beaks. Each dodo bird was the size of a large turkey. Dodos laid their eggs on the ground. Dodos were unable to fly or run. They were easy to catch. People killed dodos for food. Language DETECTIVE Unable: Unable has the un- prefix. Find another word with the un- prefix on page 4. Dodo birds lived on this island. Today, the only dodos we can see are models in museums. But hungry people were only part of the problem. In 1644, people brought cats, dogs, and pigs to Mauritius. These animals ate the dodos and their eggs. By 1690, the dodo bird was extinct.

渡渡鸟的腿很大，翅膀很短，嘴巴也很大。 每只渡渡鸟都有一只大火鸡那么大。 渡渡鸟在地上产卵。 渡渡鸟不能飞也不能跑。 他们很容易被抓住。人们杀死渡渡鸟作为食物。 语言检测Unable: Unable带有un前缀。 在第4页找到另一个带有un前缀的单词。 渡渡鸟生活在这个岛上。 今天，我们唯一能看到的渡渡鸟是博物馆里的模型。 但饥饿的人只是问题的一部分。 1644年，人们把猫、狗和猪带到毛里求斯。 这些动物吃渡渡鸟和它们的蛋。 到1690年，渡渡鸟灭绝了。