47 The Rainforest

THE RAiNFOREST BY TiSHA HAMiLTON Table of Contents Introduction page 2 Chapter 1 Inside the Rainforest page 4 Chapter 2 Food in the Rainforest page 6 Chapter 3 Save the Rainforest! page 11 Conclusion page 14 Glossary/ Index page 15 Comprehension Check page 16

《热带雨林》作者蒂莎·汉密尔顿目录简介第二页第一章热带雨林之旅第四页第二章热带雨林中的食物第六页第三章拯救热带雨林!第11页结论页14术语表/索引页15理解检查页16

Introduction What is a rainforest? What are the contents of a rainforest? A rainforest is a warm, wet place. A rainforest has many tall trees, vines, and bright flowers. There are many wonderful things to see and to hear. Monkeys swing in the tops of trees. Frogs croak. Tiny birds fly by. Tree trunks are covered with green vines. The ground is very soft. The rainforest is pretty. It's also an important part of our world. This hummingbird lives in the rainforest of Costa Rica. You can hear the howler monkey scream in the rainforest.

什么是雨林? 雨林的内容是什么? 热带雨林是一个温暖潮湿的地方。 热带雨林有许多高大的树木、藤蔓和鲜艳的花朵。 有许多奇妙的东西可以看和听。 猴子在树梢上荡秋千。 青蛙呱呱地叫。小鸟飞过。 树干上长满了绿色的藤蔓。 地面很软。雨林很漂亮。 它也是我们世界的重要组成部分。 这只蜂鸟生活在哥斯达黎加的雨林中。 你可以听到吼猴在雨林里尖叫。

CHAPTER 1 Inside the Rainforest Many plants and animals live in the rainforest. Many people live in neighborhoods near the rainforest, too. Plants, animals, and people all need the rainforest for food and shelter. The trees in the rainforest form a huge green cover, like a roof, over the forest. This cover is called the canopy. This map shows the world's rainforests. Think of a belt around the middle of the Earth. That is the equator. The rainforests are on that belt. When it rains, the water hits the tops of the trees. Then it falls down to the ground. The roots of the trees drink up the water. The water moves inside the tree to its top and into its leaves. Then, the green leaves give off moisture into the air. When there is enough moisture in the air, it rains again. This is the water cycle of the rainforest. give off: to send out; release water cycle: when water moves from sky to land and back to sky again This shows how water falls into the forest and moves back to the sky. rain falls the roots absorb water Water goes up the tree leaves give off moisture

在雨林里许多植物和动物生活在雨林里。 许多人也住在雨林附近的社区。 植物、动物和人类都需要雨林提供食物和住所。 雨林中的树木在森林上形成了一个巨大的绿色覆盖物，就像一个屋顶。 这种覆盖物被称为树冠。 这张地图显示了世界上的热带雨林。 想象一条环绕地球中心的带子。 那是赤道。热带雨林就在那一带。 下雨时，雨水打在树梢上。 然后它掉到地上。 树根把水吸干了。 水从树内部流到树顶，再流到树叶里。 然后，绿叶释放水分到空气中。 当空气中有足够的水分时，就又下雨了。 这是雨林的水循环。 发出:发出;释放水循环:水从天空流到陆地，再流回天空。这显示了水是如何落入森林，再流回天空的。 雨水落下，树根吸收水分，水上升，树叶释放水分

CHAPTER 2 Food in the Rainforest Oranges, nuts, and many other foods grow in the rainforest. Trees and plants in the rainforest give off 20% of the oxygen in the world. People need oxygen to live. If trees in the rainforest are cut down, there will be less oxygen for everyone to breathe. The people who live near the rainforests make their homes from wood found there. They also burn the wood to stay warm and to cook their food. They eat the animals and the plants that are in the rainforest. Language DETECTIVE Clue: A period (.) is an end punctuation mark. Can you find another period on this page? Bananas grow in the rainforests. A worker picks and carries the fruit. The fruit is shipped to stores.

第二章雨林中的食物热带雨林中生长着橙子、坚果和许多其他食物。 雨林中的树木和植物释放出世界上20%的氧气。 人们需要氧气来生存。 如果雨林中的树木被砍伐，每个人呼吸的氧气就会减少。 住在热带雨林附近的人们用在那里找到的木头做房子。 他们也烧木头取暖和做饭。 它们吃雨林里的动物和植物。 语言侦探提示:句号(.)是结束的标点符号。 你能在这页上找到另一个句号吗? 香蕉生长在热带雨林中。 一名工人采摘并搬运水果。 水果被运到商店。

An important crop is cacao. It grows in and near the rainforests. Hot cocoa is made with cacao. It is in candy bars, too. From Cacao to Chocolate Cacao plants grow in the cool shade of tall trees. Seed pods hang from the branches of trees. Inside these pods are cacao seeds. The seeds are dried in the sun until they are dark brown. Then they are ground, or crushed, into powder. This powder is used to make many foods. 1 Blossoms 2 Pods 3 Seeds 4 Powder

可可是一种重要的作物。 它生长在雨林里或雨林附近。 热可可是用可可豆做的。 它也存在于糖果棒中。可可树生长在高大树木阴凉的树荫下。 种子荚挂在树枝上。 这些豆荚里是可可种子。 种子在太阳下晒干，直到它们变成深褐色。 然后它们被磨碎或碾碎成粉末。 这种粉末被用来制作许多食品。 1花2豆荚3种子4粉末