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Explore a rainforest paradise
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从自然到人文，一起探索热带雨林吧！
With sunshine and beaches, Hainan Island is a top choice (选择) for travelers. But Hainan is also a paradise (天堂) for animals and plants. Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park is in the south-central part of the island. It has the best-kept tropical (热带的) rainforests in China. President Xi Jinping visited it in April.At 4,269 square kilometers, the park covers one-seventh of the island. More than 95 percent of the park is virgin forest (原始森林). If you go there, what can you enjoy?
Animals
The park is home to 540 kinds of terrestrial vertebrates (陆栖脊椎动物). Among them are Hainan gibbons (长臂猿), the world’s most endangered primate species (濒危灵长类物种). Hainan gibbons look like monkeys, but they have no tails. They live all of their lives in trees. They eat fruits and leaves from more than 130 kinds of plants, mostly in treetops 15 meters above the ground. If the rainforest is destroyed (破坏) just a little bit, they can go hungry.In the 1980s, there were fewer than 10 gibbons in the park. Now there are 36. It’s all thanks to the hard work of some people. They protected the gibbons’ homes and planted around 300,000 trees to give them more food, China Daily reported.
Plants
The park is a “live (活的) museum” of plants. More than 3,600 kinds of wild vascular plants (维管植物) grow there. It is also home to 133 kinds of national key protected plants.Cycas hainanensis (海南苏铁) is an example. It has big, feather-like (像羽毛一样的) leaves. It grows slowly, but can live up to 200 years. This ancient species probably (可能) was around when dinosaurs lived on Earth. If one of these plants grows along the Yangtze River or in North China, it probably won’t grow flowers or fruit. But in Hainan, cycas hainanensis over 10 years old blossom (开花) and bear fruit almost every year, thanks to the warm and wet weather.
Culture
The Li and Miao ethnic (民族的) groups have lived in the park for generations, mainly in the central Wuzhishan area. From their houses to their clothes, you can taste their culture. Miao and Li people live in houses that look like upside-down boats. To keep away animals like snakes and ants, they build them on stilts (支柱). The houses sit above the ground. Since the rainforest is rich in trees, Li people make clothes from bark (树皮). Their history of tree bark clothing dates back to about 10,000 years ago, according to the park’s website. Some people still use bark clothing. Li people are also good at making cotton cloth and brocades (锦缎), as well as dyeing (染色).
【重点词汇】
1. choice [tʃɔɪs]n.选择
2. paradise [ˈpærədaɪs]n.天堂
3. tropical[ˈtrɒpɪkl]adj.热带的
4. virgin [ˈvɜ:dʒɪn]adj.原始的，未开发的
5. terrestrial [təˈrestriəl]adj.陆栖的;陆生的
6. vertebrates [ˈvɜːtɪbrɪts]n.脊椎动物
（vertebrate的复数）
(包括所有哺乳动物、鸟类、鱼类、爬行动物和两栖动物)
7. gibbons [ˈgɪbənz]n.长臂猿(gibbon的复数)
8. primate [ˈpraɪmeɪt]n.灵长类动物
9. destroy [dɪˈstrɔɪ]v.破坏
10. vascular [ˈvæskjələ(r)]adj.血管的;维管的
11. blossom[ˈblɒsəm]n./v.开花
12. ethnic [ˈeθnɪk]adj.民族的
13. generations [ˌdʒɛnəˈreɪʃənz]n.世代,一代代
(generation的复数)
14. stilts [stɪlts]n.支柱(stilt的复数)
15. bark [bɑːk]n.树皮
16. brocades [brəʊˈkeɪdz]n.锦缎
(brocade的复数)
17. dye [ˈdaɪ]v.染色
【短语】
1. top choice 首选
2. tropical rainforest 热带雨林
3. virgin forest 原始森林
4. terrestrial vertebrates
陆栖脊椎动物
5. endangered primate species
濒危灵长类物种
6. vascular plants 维管植物
7. bear fruit 结果实
8. thank to the warm and wet weather
归因于温暖潮湿的天气
9. date back to 追溯到....时间
【句子】
1. It is also home to 133 kinds of national key protected plants.
这里也是133种国家重点保护植物的家园。
【阅读理解练一练】
1. What do we know about Hainan gibbons?
A. They have no tails.
B. They don’t eat leaves.
C. They live on the ground.
D. They came to Hainan in the 1980s.
文中相应句子
Hainan gibbons look like monkeys, but they have no tails.
2. How many kinds of national key protected plants live in the park?
A. About 300,000.
B. More than 3,600.
C. 200.
D. 133.
文中相应句子
It is also home to 133 kinds of national key protected plants.
3. Why do the Miao and Li people build houses on stilts?
A. To protect plants in the park.
B. To make good use of trees.
C. To make them look like boats.
D. To stay safe from animals.
文中相应句子
To keep away animals like snakes and ants, they build them on stilts (支柱).
参考答案见下期
上期答案：CBDAB
探索雨林天堂
海南岛有阳光和海滩，对旅行者来说是（度假）首选。而海南对动物和植物来说也是一个天堂。
海南热带雨林国家公园位于海南岛中南部。这里有中国保存最好的热带雨林。
该公园占地4269平方公里，占该岛面积的七分之一。公园95%以上是原始森林. 如果你去那里，你能享受到什么？
动物
该公园是540种陆生脊椎动物的家园. 其中包括海南长臂猿, 世界上最濒危的灵长类物种.
海南长臂猿看起来像猴子，但它们没有尾巴。他们一生都住在树上。它们吃130多种植物的果实和叶子，大多在离地15米的树梢上。如果雨林只被破坏一点点，他们就会挨饿。
在20世纪80年代，公园里只有不到10只长臂猿。现在有36只。这都要归功于一些人的辛勤工作。据《中国日报》报道，他们保护了长臂猿的家园，并种植了大约30万棵树，为长臂猿提供更多的食物。
植物
公园是一个植物“活的博物馆”。3600多种野生维管植物在那里生长。这里也是133种国家重点保护植物的家园。
海南苏铁就是一个例子。它有很大的羽毛状的叶子。它生长缓慢，但能活200年。这个古老的物种可能大约在恐龙生活在地球上的时候就有了。
如果这些植物中的一种生长在长江沿岸或中国北方，它可能都不会开花或结果实。但在海南，10年以上的苏铁几乎每年都开花结果，归因于温暖湿润的天气。
文化
黎族苗族几代人在公园里生活，主要是在五指山中部地区。从他们的房子到他们的衣服，你可以领略他们的文化。
苗族和黎族住在看起来像倒置的船的房子里。为了避开蛇和蚂蚁等动物，他们把房子建在柱子上. 这些房子在地面之上。
由于雨林中树木丰富，黎族人用树皮做衣服. 根据公园的网站，他们的树皮服装历史可以追溯到大约10000年前。有些人仍然使用树皮衣服。黎族人也擅长制作棉布和锦缎, 还有染色。
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