29 John Muir：Friend of Nature

John Muir Friend of Nature by RICHARD BRIGHTFIELD Table of Contents INTRODUCTION page 2 Chapter 1 Young John Muir page 4 Chapter 2 Visiting Yosemite page 8 Chapter 3 Protecting Nature page 10 CONCLUSION page 14 GLOSSARY/ INDEX page 15 Comprehension Check page 16

约翰·缪尔《自然之友》作者理查德·布莱特菲尔德目录引言第二页第一章年轻的约翰·缪尔第四页第二章参观约塞米蒂第八页第三章保护自然第十页结论第十四页词汇/索引第十五页理解检查第十六页

Introduction Yosemite National Park in California is one of the most beautiful places in the United States. It has big mountains and high waterfalls. The park has trails for hiking and places for camping. It has fast rivers for rafting. The coyotes howl and the birds sing. Bears and deer live in the forests. One man worked very hard to protect Yosemite and other natural wonders. His name was John Muir. Coyotes live in Yosemite. People enjoy Yosemite National Park. This is Vernal Falls in Yosemite National Park.

加利福尼亚州的约塞米蒂国家公园是美国最美丽的地方之一。 它有大山和高瀑布。 公园里有徒步旅行的小径和露营的地方。 它有湍急的河流，适合漂流。 丛林狼嚎叫，鸟儿歌唱。 熊和鹿生活在森林里。 有一个人非常努力地保护优胜美地和其他自然奇观。 他的名字叫约翰·缪尔。郊狼生活在约塞米蒂。 人们喜欢约塞米蒂国家公园。 这是约塞米蒂国家公园的Vernal瀑布。

Chapter 1 Young John Muir John Muir was born in Scotland in 1838. His family moved to the United States when he was eleven years old. They moved to the land that is now Wisconsin and built a farm. Muir went to school in a small schoolhouse. He also worked on the farm. But Muir did not want to tend the farm forever. He had other interests. Muir liked to read, and he liked to invent things. He made something he called the "early-rising machine." Language DETECTIVE Clue: Was is an irregular verb. Can you find other irregular verbs on this page? Muir once said: "It's always sunrise somewhere." Muir showed his early-rising machine at a state fair. The early-rising machine was like an alarm clock. At the time a person set, the bed would tip on its side. The sleeping person would fall out of bed. Muir took his machine to the state fair to show it to other people. Many boys wanted to try the machine. Each boy would lie down and pretend to be asleep. Then the bed would tip, and throw the boy out of bed. Muir's early-rising machine was a big hit! Muir won a prize. People offered him jobs. But Muir yearned for something else. a big hit: something that people really like or enjoy

约翰·缪尔1838年出生于苏格兰。 在他11岁的时候，他的家人搬到了美国。 他们搬到现在的威斯康辛州，建了一个农场。 缪尔在一所小校舍上学。 他也在农场工作。 但缪尔不想永远照看农场。 他还有其他兴趣。缪尔喜欢读书，他喜欢发明东西。 他制造了一种他称之为“早起机器”的东西。 线索:Was是一个不规则动词。 你能在这页上找到其他不规则动词吗? 缪尔曾经说过:“总有地方会有日出。” 缪尔在一次州博览会上展示了他的早起机器。 早起机器就像闹钟一样。 当一个人躺下的时候，床就会向一侧倾斜。 睡觉的人会从床上掉下来。 缪尔把他的机器带到州博览会上向其他人展示。 许多男孩都想试试这台机器。 每个男孩都躺下假装睡着了。 然后床就会翻倒，把男孩从床上摔下来。 缪尔的早起机器大获成功!缪尔得了奖。 人们给他提供工作。但缪尔渴望别的东西。 大受欢迎:人们真正喜欢或享受的东西

Muir went to college. In college he studied geology and botany. Muir's geology teacher thought that mountain valleys were formed by glaciers a long time ago. Not many people believed this. Muir studied glaciers and helped to prove that his teacher was right. Muir wanted to study nature. First he went to Canada and hiked through the wilderness. He studied plants. wilderness: a place where people don't live. and there are no roads or buildings What Does a Geologist Study? Geologists study rocks and earth. They want to learn about natural events like earthquakes and erosion. What Does a Botanist Study? Botanists study plants. They learn where plants live and how they grow. Later Muir went back to the United States. He walked a thousand miles from Kentucky to the Gulf of Mexico. The trip was not easy. Muir became very sick. Muir was lucky to have a kindhearted family. They sent him a gift of money. He used the money to go to California. When he got there, his health got better. This is the Muir glacier. It is in Alaska. John Muir's 1000 mile walk to the Gulf of Mexico John Muir's route

缪尔上了大学。在大学里，他学习地质学和植物学。 缪尔的地质学老师认为山谷是很久以前由冰川形成的。 没有多少人相信这一点。 缪尔研究冰川，帮助证明他的老师是对的。 缪尔想研究自然。 他先去了加拿大，徒步穿越了荒野。 他研究植物。荒野:没有人居住的地方。 没有道路和建筑物，地质学家研究什么? 地质学家研究岩石和地球。 他们想了解地震和侵蚀等自然事件。 植物学家研究什么? 植物学家研究植物。他们学习植物生长的地方和它们如何生长。 后来缪尔回到了美国。 他从肯塔基州走了一千英里到墨西哥湾。 这次旅行并不容易。缪尔病得很重。 缪尔很幸运有一个善良的家庭。 他们送给他一笔钱作为礼物。 他用这笔钱去了加利福尼亚。 当他到达那里时，他的健康状况好转了。 这是缪尔冰川。它在阿拉斯加。 约翰·缪尔的1000英里步行到墨西哥湾约翰·缪尔的路线

Chapter 2 Visiting Yosemite Muir went into the mountains of Yosemite in California. He fell in love with this beautiful place. He thought its natural wonders were awesome. Muir wanted to preserve, or keep, the natural beauty of places like Yosemite. He did not want them to change. He did not want people to build things there. fell in love: began to love Yosemite National Park Yosemite National Park covers about 760,000 acres of land. It is in eastern California. It is named after the Yosemite nation of Native Americans who lived there. Over 60 kinds of animals, 200 kinds of birds, and 1,300 kinds of plants live in Yosemite. It has some of the highest waterfalls in the world. This is a what Yosemite National Park looks like from Glacier Point. Muir wrote in magazines about the dangers that could hurt Yosemite. He also wrote about many other beautiful places in the United States. People were chopping down the sturdy trees to produce lumber. Sheep and cows were eating the plants. Muir wanted to protect the natural places. This place is called Cathedral Rocks. This is El Capitan.

缪尔走进了加利福尼亚州约塞米蒂的群山。 他爱上了这个美丽的地方。 他认为那里的自然奇观令人敬畏。 缪尔想要保留约塞米蒂这样的自然美景。 他不希望他们改变。 他不希望人们在那里建造东西。 爱上约塞米蒂国家公园约塞米蒂国家公园占地约76万英亩。 它位于加州东部。 它是以居住在那里的美国原住民约塞米蒂国家命名的。 约塞米蒂国家公园生活着60多种动物、200多种鸟类和1300多种植物。 它有一些世界上最高的瀑布。 这是从冰川点看约塞米蒂国家公园的样子。 缪尔在杂志上写过可能伤害约塞米蒂的危险。 他还写了美国许多其他美丽的地方。 人们砍伐粗壮的树木来生产木材。 羊和牛在吃这些植物。 缪尔想要保护自然环境。 这个地方叫做大教堂岩。 这里是酋长岩。