2013
Lexile: 290L AR: 2.6
故事梗概 Story Summary
Jack and Annie are looking for the second special thing they need to help free Morgan from Merlin’s spell. They go to the rain forest and run into a silly monkey who helps them find what they're looking for.
序號
單詞索引
筆記區(qū)
1
under a spell
中了魔法
2
moonstone
月光石，一種如月亮光澤的半珍貴的石頭。
3
shimmer
If something shimmers, it shines with a faint, unsteady light or has an unclear, unsteady appearance. 發(fā)出微光
4
canopy
a layer of sth that spreads over an area like a roof, especially branches of trees in a forest 頂篷；天篷；（尤指森林里）天篷似的樹蔭
5
under-story
下層林木
6
forest floor
森林地面
7
damp
潮濕的
8
moss
苔蘚
9
camouflage
/?k?m?flɑ??/
the way in which an animal's colour or shape matches its surroundings and makes it difficult to see （動物的）保護色，保護形狀
In fact, a zebra with ts striped covering is a camouflage animal.
事實上，帶有條紋的斑馬也是一種偽裝動物。
flee
~ (from) sb/sth~ (to.../into...) to leave a person or place very quickly, especially because you are afraid of possible danger 迅速離開；（尤指害怕有危險而）逃避，逃跑
11
flesh-eating
食肉的
12
army ants
螞蟻大軍
The name army ant is applied to over 200 ant species in different lineages.
Army Ants Eat Everything.
13
wade
If you wade through something that makes it difficult to walk, usually water or mud, you walk through it. 蹚 (過水、泥等)
14
Peru
秘魯（拉丁美洲國家名）
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Amazon River
亞馬遜河
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piranha
/p??rɑ?n?/
A piranha is a small, fierce fish of South America that sometimes attacks people or animals in the water. 水虎魚
17
scaly
鱗狀的
18
hurl
If you hurl something, you throw it violently and with a lot of force. 用力擲
19
duck
/d?k/
~ (down)~ (behind/under sth)to move your head or body downwards to avoid being hit or seen 低下頭，彎下身（以免被打中或看見）
20
bratty
討厭的
21
beckon
If you beckon to someone, you signal to them to come to you. 向…招手
22
jaguar
/?d??ɡju?(r)/
A jaguar is a large animal of the cat family with dark spots on its back. 美洲豹; 美洲虎
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predator
A predator is an animal that kills and eats other animals. 食肉動物
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Vampire bats
吸血蝙蝠
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cock
to raise a part of your body so that it is vertical or at an angle 立起，豎起，翹起（身體部位）
-The end!-
Chapter 1
Who is Peanut? A mouse p. 6
How many special things do Jack and Annie need to find to help Morgan? Four p. 2
How many more things do they need to find? Three p. 6
Chapter 2
Where did the tree house take the children? To the rain forest p. 7
Why didn’t Annie want to go to the rain forest? Its creepy, lots of bugs and spiders p. 8
Who was excited to see the rain forest? Jack p. 9
Chapter 3
How many layers are there in a rain forest? Three p. 13
What are the three layers called? Canopy, understory, forest floor p. 14
Where did Jack realize the tree house landed? Top layer of the rain forest, forest canopy p. 14
How did Jack feel when he came to the understory below the canopy? It was the spookiest place he’d ever seen p. 17
Chapter 4
What did the forest look like as Jack and Annie stood on the forest floor? Trees were tall and wide, vines and moss were hanging everywhere, ground covered with dead leaves, dark p. 19
What does “camouflage” mean? When living things blend in with their surroundings p. 19
What was the crackling sound Jack and Annie heard?Millions of army ants p. 21
What was the canoe missing when Jack and Annie started going down the river? Paddles p. 26
Chapter 5
How long is the Amazon River? More than 4000 miles long p. 28
Why did Jack want to get to shore? There were piranhas swimming around them p. 29
What did Jack grab when he tried to grab a vine? A long green snake p. 31
Annie tried to grab something that looked like a branch. What was it really? Crocodile p. 32
Chapter 6
Did the monkey seem friendly or mean? Mean p. 36
How do you know? He started throwing fruit at Jack and Annie p. 36
Why was the river a bad place for a storm? Wind can make waves, lightning can strike the water, rain can fill the canoe
Who helped Jack and Annie get to the bank of the river? The monkey p. 39
Chapter 7
What did the monkey want Jack and Annie to do? Follow him p. 40
What was the monkey trying to do? Help Jack and Annie p. 40
While it was raining, what acted like a huge umbrella? The canopy, the treetops p. 41
How did the monkey save Annie from the jaguar? Pulled on its tail so the jaguar chased him p.44
Chapter 8
What creatures did the children read about that made them want to go home? Vampire bats p.47
Who was helping Jack and Annie get back to the tree house? Peanut p. 48
Chapter 9
Was Annie able to find the Pennsylvania book? Not at first p. 53
Why did the monkey throw fruit at the children on the river? The fruit was the special thing they needed to save Morgan. It was trying to help them p. 56
Why could the children find the Pennsylvania book after they found the special thing? The ninja master said they could only go home after they found what they were looking for. p. 57
Chapter 10
What was the red fruit called that the monkey gave them? Mango p. 61
How many things have the children found so far? Two p. 61
What are they? Moonstone and mango p. 61
主題活動 Activity
樹屋百科的知識拓展
ABOUT Rain Forests: A Nonfiction Companion to Afternoon on the Amazon
What is the strangest plant in the rain forest?
Which rain forest animal is the creepiest?
What medicines have been discovered there?
How can we save our rain forests?
Find out the answers to these questions and more in Jack and Annie’s very own guide to the mysteries of the rain forest. Includes information on rain forests around the world; fun facts about rain-forest bugs, birds, plants, and animals; maps and photographs; and much more!
主要了解世界各地的熱帶雨林信息；關于雨林的蟲子、鳥、植物和動物的有趣事實；相關的地圖和照片，以及更多!
ACTIVITIES FOR Rain Forests:
Where in the World Are the Rain Forests?
Post a world map in the room so children can see where the rain forests are located, as well as their vastness. (Use the map in the book as your source of information.) With your class, locate and discuss the Equator, the Tropic of Cancer, and the Tropic of Capricorn. Although there are rain forests in other parts of the world, this book focuses mainly on the tropical rain forests.
世界上哪里有熱帶雨林?
房間里貼一張世界地圖，查找雨林的位置以及它們的范圍。討論赤道，北回歸線和南回歸線。雖然世界其它地方也有熱帶雨林，但這本書主要關注的是熱帶雨林。
Just How Big Is the Rain Forest?
The biggest tropical rain forest is the Amazon Rain Forest in South America. It is larger than the states of Texas, California, Colorado, Florida, Nevada, Arizona, Oregon, Minnesota, and Alaska combined. Using a map, have students locate and cut out the outline of each of these states and place them together to visualize the enormous area they are studying! CURRICULUM: Social Studies
最大的熱帶雨林是南美洲的亞馬遜雨林。它比德克薩斯、加利福尼亞、科羅拉多、佛羅里達、內華達、亞利桑那、俄勒岡、明尼蘇達和阿拉斯加加起來還要大。使用地圖，讓學生找到并裁剪出每個州的輪廓，并把它們放在一起，對區(qū)域的巨大化的認知更形象!
（以上部分內容源自神樹官網(wǎng)及其它網(wǎng)絡平臺，僅供學習參考，侵刪?。?/i>
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