多维阅读第14级-树顶上的科学家

14第级树顶上的科学家王蔷Jill Eggleton（新西兰）主编ContentsThe Top of the Trees (2)Reaching the Top (4)A Walkway Through the Trees (6)The Canopy Raft (8)Tower Cranes (10)Adventures in the Treetops (12)Something to Think About (14)Do You Need to Get an Answer? (16)Do You Want to Find Out More? (17)Word Help (18)Location Help (21)Index (22)The Top ofthe TreesIn a rainforest there aretall trees. The top of thesetrees is called the canopy.Scientists want to learnabout the canopy. Theywant to learn abouteverything that lives there.It has not been easy to getto the top of these trees.2canopy3Reachingthe TopMeg knows a lot abouttrees. She is sometimescalled Canopy Meg.Meg has always liked trees.When she was a child,she made tree houses. Sherescued birds that hadfallen from their nests.Now, she has climbed tothe top of trees all over theworld.4Canopy Meg hangs from a tree in the rainforest.5A WalkwayThrough theTreesA walkway is like a bridge.It goes between the trees.A walkway is safe and itdoesn’t harm the trees.Walkways in the rainforestwere Meg’s idea. Now, theyare used by many people.A walkway, however,cannot be made at thevery top of the trees. Thevery top is where manyscientists want to go.6Meg and her son look at bugs inthe canopy.walkway7The CanopyRaftMeg has reached the verytop of the trees.One way she loves to reachthe top is by a raft. The raftis very light. It is filled withair. It has a huge net on it.A hot air balloon drops theraft onto the trees.Scientists can stand on theraft and look into the trees. 8canopy raft9Tower CranesA tower crane is anotherway to get to the top. Thecrane can go up and down.It can go above the tree-tops. It can go all the waydown to the ground, too.Scientists are learningabout life in the canopy.They have learned thatthere are millions of insectsin these treetops.They have learned thatthese insects are eating theleaves.10From a cage attached to thecrane, scientists can reachthe tree canopy.tower crane11Adventures inthe TreetopsMeg and her sons havehad many adventuresin trees. They have sleptin trees. They have eveneaten bugs.Meg’s job is to keep findingout more. She wants tohelp find the secrets of thetreetops. There are stillmillions of animals thatno one has seen. Many ofthem are in the treetops.12Canopy Meg’s sons getready to go up into thecanopy.13Something to Think About or14How to Reach the Top of a Tree15T h e b e s t w a y t o r e a c h t h e t o p i s . . .Why?版权所有 外研社to Get an Answer? You could go to . . .16Expert Library Internetto Find OutMore?You could look in booksor on the Internet. Thesekeywords could help you:canopyCanopy Megcanopy raftrainforestrainforest walkways17Word HelpWord Bankadventures unusual and excitingexperiencesbetween in the middle ofbridge something built to goover water, roads orrailroadscanopy the top of treescrane a tall machine used forlifting very heavy things harm to have a bad effect onsomeone or something idea a thought or a planraft a floating platformrainforest a wet, hot place with alot of trees18rescued saved from being hurtscientists people who study orknow a lot about sciencesecrets things not knowntower a tall buildingwalkway a path made by people19Word HelpThesauruseasy simpleenormous hugeharm hurtrescued savedsecrets mysteriestop head, tip 20Location HelpWhere the Rainforests AreCool rainforestsWarm rainforests21Indexbugs ..........................................................7, 12canopy ..........................2–3, 4–5, 7, 10–11, 13canopy raft ..................................................8–9insects (10)rainforest .................................................2, 5, 6scientists ......................................2, 6, 8, 10–11tower crane .............................................10–11walkway ......................................................6–7 22。