【導(dǎo)讀】andsawfarmsthatcoveredthousandsofacres.Afrerdinner,theywerebackinanurbanarea,thebusyportcityofThunderBayatthetopoftheGreatLakes.BecauseoftheGreatLakes,theylearned,Canadahasmorefreshwaterthananyothercountryintheworld.Infact,ithasone-thirdoftheworld?stotalfreshwater,andmuchofitisintheGreatLakes.Thatnightastheyslept,thetrainrushedacrossthetopofLakeSuperior,throughthegreatforestsandsouthwardtowadsToro

　　

【正文】 was speedi ng al ong the St Lawrence Ri ver toward the Gul f of St Lawrence and down to the distant east coast, the cousi ns dream ed of French restaurants and red m apl e l eaves. Iqal ui t – the frozen town The reporter, Beth Al l en, arri ved i n a northern m unity cal ed Iqal ui t i n N unavut. N unavut was created i n 1999 as a speci al area for Inui t peopl e. Its nam e m eans “O ur Land” i n their l anguage. It i s i n the farthest northeastern area of Canada, north or the Arcti c Ci rcl e, and is very col d – the average wi ter tem perature i n N unavut i s 35 degrees bel ow zero. Beth sai d, “ I knew i t woul d be coul d i n January, but not thi s col d! Maybe there is a dog sl ed that can take m e i nto town. ” The qui et man who had ben on the plane wi th her sai d, “I?l l take you into town, but I don?t hace a dog sl ed. Most peopl e onl y use the dogs for petiti ons, why are you vi siti ng Iqal uit?” Beth answered, “ I?m wri ting a story for m y newspaper about Iqal ui t – we?d l i ke to adverti se i t as a holi day place, but I thi nk it?s to col d. ” The m an l aughed. “My nam e i s Sim on and I am Inui t,” he sai d. “I think i t?s too far north here for holi days but more and m ore touri sts are i ng. They li ke i ce fi shi ng and photographing pol ar bears. I star as far away from pol ar bears as possi bl e. I l i ke my warm office and m y warm house. ” “I?m busi nes m an. My grandfather woul d li ve i n i ce houses when he hunted i n wi nter, but not so m any peopl e do that now. the ol d m en used to m ake one i n a few hours. They used to l ive i n ski n tents i n summ er – the tents were easy to m ove so the peopl e coul d fol l ow the ani m al s. ” A few mi nutes l ater they arri ved i n Iqal uit, a town wi th a popul ati on of 6000, on Si m on?s snowm obi l e. It was two o?cl ock i n the afternoon, but i t was al ready dark, and al the houses shone wi th bri ght l i ghts. Beth sai d, “ Why i s it so dark? It?s the mi ddl e of the day!” Si mon repli ed, “It ?s dark in the day because we are so far north. You shoul d e i n June. The sun shi nes al ni ght i n the north then. That39。s why it?s cal l ed ?The Land of the Mi dnight Sun?. ” There were peopl e on the streets and snowm obil es everywhere. There were even a few dog team s. 必修四 Unit 1 A STUDEN T O F AFRICAN WILDLIFE It is 5:45 am and the sun is just rising over Gom be National park in east Africa. Fol l owing Jane?s way of studying chim ps, our group are al goi ng to vi sit them i n the forest. Jane has studi ed these fam il i es of chi m ps for m any years and helped peopl e understand how m uch they behave li ke hum ans. Watchi ng a fam il yof chim ps waking up is our fi rst acti vi ty of the day. Thi s m eans goi ng back to the pl ace where we l eft the fam il y sl eepi ng i n a tree the ni ght before. Everybody si ts and waits i n the shade of the trees whi l e the fam il y begi ns to wake up and m ove off. Then we fol l ow as they wonder i nto the of the tim e, chim ps ei ther feed or cl ean each other as a way of showi ng l ove i n thei r fam il y. Jane worns us that our grou i s goi ng tobe very ti red and di rty by the afternoon and she is ri owever, the eveni ng m akes i t al worthwhi le. We watch the mother chim pand her babi es pl ay i n the tree. Then we see them go to sl eep together i n thei r nest for the ni ght. We reali ze that the bond between m em bers of a chim p fami ly i s as strong as i n a hum an fami l y. Nobody before Jane ful y understod chim p behavi our. She spent years observi ng and recording thei r dail y acti viti es. Since her chi l dhood she had wanted to work wi th anim al s i n their own envi ronm owever, thi s was not easy. When she fi rst arri ved i n Gom be i n 1960,i t was unusual for a wom an to li ve i n a nly after her m other cam e to hel pher for the fi rst few m onths was she al l owed to begi n her project. H er work changed the way peopl e thi nk of chim ps. For exam pl e, one im portant thi ng she discovered was that chi m ps hunt and eat m eat. Until then every thought chi m ps onl y eat frui t and nuts. She al so di scovered how chi mps m uni cate wi th each other, and her study of thei r body l anguage hel ped her work out their soci al system . For forty years Jane Goodal l has beenoutspoken about m aking the rest of the worl d understand and respect the li fe of these anim al s. She has argued that anim als shoul d be l eft in the wil d and not used for entertai nm ent or adverti sem ents. She has hel ped to set up speci al pl aces where the can li ve safel y. She is l eading a busy l i fe but she says: “Once I stop,i t al es crowdi ng i n and I remem ber the chi m ps i n l aboratori es. It’s terri bl e. It affacts m e when I watch the wil d chim ps. I say to m ysel f,’Aren’t they lucky?’And then I thi nk about sm al chim ps i n cages though they have done nothi ng you have seen that you can never fet…“ She has achieved everything she wanted to do:working with anim al s in their own environm ent, gaining a doctor?s degree and showi ng that wom en can l ive i n the forest as m en can. She i nspi res those who want to cheer the achi evem ents of women. WH Y NOT CARRY ON H ER WORK? I enjyed Engli sh , bi ol ogy,and chemi stry at schol, but whi ch one shoul d I choose to study at uni versi ty ?i di d not know the answer unti l one eveni ng when I sat down at the puter to do som e research on great wom en of Chi na. By chance I cam e across an article about a doctor cal ed Lin Qiaozhi, a specalist in wom en?s diseases. She lived from 1901 to 1983 .It seem ed that she had been very busy i n her chosen carer , travli ng abored to study as wel l as writi ng books and arti cl es. O ne of them caught m y eye. It was a smal book expl ai ni ng how to keepi ng babi es cl ean, heal thy and free from si ckness. Why di d she wri te that?Who were the wom en that Li n Qi aozhi thought needed thi s advi ce?