The American Bald Eagle

America's national symbol draws crowds
美國白頭鷹 - 美國的國鳥吸引眾人觀看.

On a cold winter morning, I boarded a bus in Tennessee's Reelfoot Lake State Park. Thousands of tourists visit the park each year because of its unique beauty and interesting history. The lake was formed in 1812 when a very strong earthquake struck. Because official records weren't kept then, no one knows exactly how strong it was. But two things are certain. The landscape was changed completely, and Reelfoot's 18,000-acre lake was formed.

Winter's guests of honor
On this day, though, everyone arrived to see something other than the lake - the bald eagles. During the winter, hundreds of eagles fly south to Reelfoot Lake from the northern U.S. and Canada. They're searching for water where they can get their daily supply of fish Eagles eat one half to one pound of food a day, and fish is their favorite. Most of the visiting eagles will fly north again when spring arrives. But for a few shot months, tourists flock here to see America's national bird.

Did you know?
The bald eagle is one of America's largest birds of prey and has keen vision, spotting objects a mile away.
The birds mate for life and usually return to the same nest every year. Their nests, some of the world's largest, are often cone-shaped. In the spring, the female will lay one to three eggs. Then she and her male take turns warming the eggs and guarding the next.

It is believed that at one time there were half a million eagles in North America. By 1963, though, their numbers had dropped to 417 nesting pairs in the lower 48 states. There were many causes, but the major reason was the use of the pesticide DDT. In 1972 the U.S. forbade the pesticide, and bald eagles now number around 9,800 nesting pairs.

While bald eagles are no longer endangered, there are still laws that provide protection for them. People everywhere hope this proud bird will fly free in the skies for many years to come.

Grammar Gym:
It is believed that at one time there were half a million eagles in North America.
"It is believed that" - Here does not have exactly number, no one really physically count it, whatever the number is talk about just a guessing. If you going to say something you are not knowing the exactly, just guessing or heard from other people saying, you may use this language pattern.
It is believed that this bakery was the first one to sell this special kind of cake.
It is believed that the hero in the story came from this town.

Vocabulary Tips:
tourist - people who are travel and visit different places. 观光客。
*The town attracts thousands of tourists every weekend.
tourism -观光业，旅游观光。
landscape - the place where you are has mountain, river, tree, grass and flowers..景色，风景。
*The photographer loves to shoot landscapes of different deserts.
*The rugged landscape of the mountain was breathtaking.陡峭景色。
guest of honor - people whom you invited to join the event, you want to honor them.贵宾，主客。
*The doctor was invited to be the guest of honor of this award ceremony.
*The ambassador is the guest of honor at tonight's banquet.
flock (n) - a large group of people or something.群，人群 。
*Flocks of tourists waited for their buses outside the park.
flock (v) - to come in a large group.聚集，群聚。
*Sport fans flocked outside the auditorium asking for player's autographs.
draw a crowd - you do something to attract people come. 吸引大众。
draw - draw pictures with a pen.
strike/ stuck - hit. 受创。受到袭击。
vision - sight, seeing ability. 有“看见”之意。视力。
*Jane's vision improved a lot after she began wearing eyeglasses.
*My dad has 20/20 vision.
vision - 远景，洞察力。
*Hank is a man of vision.远景，洞察力
keen - precisely, sharp, exact.
keen vision - very sharp vision can see far.
cone - round shape, large at the bottom, the top is narrow to the point.圆锥形，圆锥体。
*a cone-shaped roof 圆锥形屋顶。
*The driver of the car that had broken down put cones on the road as a warning sign.圆锥筒。
forbid -禁止( forbade 过去式, forbidden过去分词 ) -stop something happen or stop someone from doing something.。
*Tanya's parents forbade her to go out on weekdays because of her falling scores.
*The company forbids employees from making personal phone calls.
protect (v) -保护，警戒。protect for someone or protect from someone or something.
protection (n)- to keep someone or something safe.
*The software provides good protection against most computer viruses.
bird of prey - a specific type of bird with keen vision.
mate for life -being faithful to their mate. Eagles are pairs up for their rest of life. Human is faithful to their spouse. We will not use "mate for life on human.
pesticide - a chemical that kill pests.
guard - watch and protect.
endangered species - species is facing extinction. 将要绝种的种类。 endanger-危险，危害。
extinct (extinction) - no more, disappear.

Language Tips:
national symbol :代表国家的象征物。如国花，国旗（早年国旗只是都用在战场上，直到后期才作为和平的表征。
American bald eagle -美国白头秃鹰-是美国国家的象征物。
national symbol: 也可以广义的把代表性建筑物用来作为国家的象征物，如：U.S.A's statue of liberty, China 's Great Wall are also national symbol.
national anthem :国歌 is a national symbol.
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the American bald eagle -白头鹰其实全身连腿脚都是毛，头上并不秃。他们成对的建筑他们的窝，有时因为树枝不够粗壮，难以承受窝的重量而折断，鹰巢坠楼而毁，他们就一次次的重新再来。因为i白头鹰的天生具有不屈不挠的精神，以及他们天性的精，准，快的捕食手法，加上他们的精壮体格，能掠食，捕捉与他们身体相同重量的掠物。美国以此来作为美国国家的象征，代表。
bald -秃头。
bald eagle - 秃鹰但是the American bald eagle 并不秃。

Future of Tigers

This amazing animal could disappear from the wild in our lifetime.老虎的未来。这种令人惊奇的动物有可能在我们有生之年就从野外消失踪影。

One hundred years ago, over 100,000 tigers wandered the earth, but today there are less than 4,000 in the wild. Even more alarming is the fact that unless immediate answers are found, the tiger could become extinct within a decade.

Tiger basics
Traditionally tigers have been admired for their strength, size, beauty and bold colors. Tigers may look alike, but no two tigers have the same pattern of stripes. They are the largest of the big cats, with bodies as long as two meters and one-meter-long tails.

Tigers are powerful, muscular - weighing up to 363 kilograms - and incredibly fast. They can run at speeds up to 56 kilometers per hour. This speed and strength gives them an advantage over their prey, allowing them to kill much larger animals for food. Tigers have excellent eyesight and hunt in the dark. They hunt alone and travel over a wide area in search of food. Yet in spite of these qualities, nothing has been able to prevent the rapid decline of this beautiful beast.

The threats
In the 20th century alone, three subspecies became extinct: the Bali tiger, the Caspian tiger and the Javan tiger. From the 1930s through the 1980s, one of these subspecies of tigers disappeared nearly every 20 years.  Up until the 1930s, tiger hunting was the greatest menace, but since then, loss of habitat has become a major threat. In the past, tigers roamed from Siberia to Bali and from Turkey to the Russian and Chinese coastlines. Today only about seven percent of their original habitat remains, resulting in fewer tigers in the wild.

As more forests are converted into zones for agricultural or building sites, the tigers' hunting and mating grounds are increasingly lost. The clearing and selling of timber is another factor that is leading to disappearing territory for the tigers.

However, loss of habitat is only one of the reasons why these big cats are endangered. Poachers hunt and kill the animals for various body parts that are sold and used in traditional Asian medicines. Tigers are also widely hunted for their fur. Agencies around the world are searching for ways to save this magnificent animal, but will the solutions come in time?

How can we make a difference?
How can we help governments and agencies like the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) who are working hard to save the tigers?

* Encourage friends and family members to never use anything made from illegal tiger parts. Spread the word that governments have found and approved other sources of traditional medicine made without tiger parts.

* Contact officials and ask for stricter laws against poachers and private owners.

* Pledge to buy wood and paper products made only from legally cleared forests. Look for products that carry the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) label, guaranteeing that the item comes from legal sources.

* Take a tiger vacation. Traveling to tiger reserves in India and elsewhere helps provide desperately needed income and builds support for tiger protection.

WWF hopes to help double the number of tigers in the wild by 2022, the next Year of the Tiger. Let's do our part before it's too late to save these amazing animals.

Grammar Tips:
Tigers may look alike, but no two tigers have the same pattern of orange and black stripes.
"but no two tigers have the same pattern..."\
"no two...." (directly and straightly specking) - there is not even two has alike.
No two snowflakes are alike.
No two people have the same handwriting.
" no two " - talk about what people can not do.
No two students may share a bus pass, each student must have his or her own bus pass.

Vocabulary Tips:
extinct - no longer exist. 灭种的，灭绝的。 "ex" -有“向外”之意。
*Due to rapid climate changes, this kind of butterfly is almost extinct now.
extinction (n)-灭种。绝迹。
*Congo  mountain gorillas are facing extinction. 人猿
muscular - well developed muscles. 肌肉发达的，健壮的。肌肉的。
*The model is tall and muscular.
*Derek has been working out a lot, hoping to be more muscular for the game.
muscular pain -肌肉疼（医）
muscle -肌肉
*These exercises are aimed to train stomach muscles.腹肌。
decline - reduce, gradually decrease. 减少，下降，衰退。
*Hanna's health condition started to decline after she was hospitalized.
*Unemployment rates have been declining for the past three months.
*The exchange rate of the US dollars declined rapidly last year.
prey (n) - they are his hunting target of food. victim. 掠物，掠食的对象。
eyesight - seeing ability.
beast - big, large, strong animals.野兽
bold color - bright and contrast in color.
disappear - no long can be seen.
alarm - be aware of..
stripe -strip line of black and orange. 条纹。
menace - cause harm.威胁,危害。
*You can't ignore the growing menace of global warming.
*Stray dogs are considered a menace to the public.
*You could feel a hint of menace as he talked. 他说话。。有威胁的成分。
roam - Tiger moves or travels around in certain field to find food.漫游，慢步，在某个地方流浪。
*Buffalos used to roam this field, but now there are only a few left.漫游
*Tourists roam the streets of the village on weekends.
converted - exchange, exchange to... , exchange into...转变，变换，。成(to ,into)什么。。
*The garage was converted into a study.
*Shirley knew the formula for converting pounds to kilos when she was six.
thread -that cause danger or harm.
subspecies - a group of plant or animal are related but in a certain way.
poacher -people who illegally catch animals or enter into other properties. poach (vi) -采取不当手段，成泥泞，加水调匀，侵入。。（(vt) 滚煮，践踏，欺骗，(vi/vt) 偷猎）
endanger - a few left, very soon they become extinction　.频临灭种的
timber - lumber, wood. lumberjack logging  trees.
mating ground - an friendly environment for tiger to produce babies. 生育繁殖的环境。
habitat -栖息地,自然繁殖地，住所。 habitation (n) －住所，住宅，居住
inhabitant -居民，居住者，栖居的动物。inhabitancy (n)-居住，住所。
wildlife - animal live in nature without the help form human.野生生物。
*Richard is devoted to the conservation of wildlife in Africa.　。。野生生物的保育。
*Wildlife in this area was harmed by polluted soil and water.
pledge (v) - strong, serious promise.发誓，保证，承诺。(n)-承诺，保证。
*I pledged to exercise three times a week.
*He pledged never to come home until he became successful.
*The voters will examine the candidate's election pledges.候选人的选举承诺。。被选民检视。
desperately (adv) - 孤注一掷地，拼命地，不顾一切地。desperate (adj)-情急的，迫切的。
*The contestant desperately tried to impress the judges.
*The man fell in the water desperately trying to stay above the water.
illegal - is not legal; is against the law. You are not allowed.
strict - seriously follow the law. stricter -more strict.
private owner - is not "zoo". is refer to people privately own, feed, take care of ..
stewardship - you are responsible it and figure out how to use it.
council - a group of people or an organization in charge of the place.

Char Room:
look alike - (two words) -一抹一样的人或物。
Tigers may look alike.
look-alike (n) (one word) -看起来很像。。。
a celebrity look-alike: 有明星脸的人。
look-alike = forgery.
forgery -假货，假的，膺品。
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territory -领土，区域，地盘。
disappearing territory -　（老虎）逐渐消失的活动范围。
territory -学问的领域。
unfamiliar territory -不熟悉的领域。
Computer problems are unfamiliar territory for me.
come with the territory = It's part of the job.　工作的一部分。如警察深夜出巡任务，军人调动地区，父母亲深夜起来喂婴儿吃奶等，都是职责的一部分。
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tiger -老虎。
paper tiger -seeing dangerous but is really not harm.　指中国俗话所谓的“纸老虎”。
two tigers, one is without ear, and one is without tail,。。。 means  "the thing is very strange".　中国童谣“两支老虎。。。真奇怪。
have tiger by the tail - means you have something more than you can handle.
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lose / loose / loss / lost :
loss- (n) －损失，失去，丢失，损耗，丧失，损毁，伤亡（人数），错过，浪费，降低。。。
loose - (lus)　（adj)  not tight, unclear...松，宽的，不严格的，不明确的，暧昧的，散放的，没加约束的，不结实的，散慢，放荡的。。。
lose (luz) (vi)-受损失，赔钱，破坏，损失。失去，抓不住。。失败。。something is missing.
lost -lose　过去式。
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on time / in time:
on time -准时
in time -　及时
just in time -　正好及时。
He arrived just in time for the opening ceremony.
Agencies around the world are searching for ways to save this magnificent animal but will the solutions come in time?　解决办法会能及时吗？能来得及吗？
out of time -not enough time, time is running out.

Finger Monkeys 

These cute creatures thrive in South American forests手指猴 這些可愛的生物在南 美森林裡生長旺盛
Pygmy marmosets spend their days climbing along tree branches, but they are small enough to wrap their arms around your finger as well. Also called finger monkeys or pocket monkeys, they are among the world's smallest  primates. Adults weigh only 120-190 grams, with bodies between 11 and 15 centimeters long Finger monkeys' dark ringed tails are longer than their bodies - 17 to 22 centimeters, to be precise. Their tawny color and the fur around their faces have also earned them the nickname "tiny lions." Pygmy marmosets inhabit forests and the edges of farmers' fields in South America.


They dig holes in trees with their sharp claws to eat a gum formed from the trees' sap. They also eat leaves, fruit and some small reptiles. Finger monkeys live in groups of six to 10, consisting of one male, one female and their offspring. The father and older offspring care for the babies during their first few weeks of life. It takes about two years for them to become adults, and they usually live between 11 and 15 years. Some countries permit people to keep finger monkeys as pets. These little creatures can be aggressive and require lots of attention, however. But for some, the delight having these adorable animals clinging to their fingers makes the effort of caring for them worthwhile.


Vocabulary Tips:
inhabit -live there.居住于，栖息于。。 "hab" －有“拥有，保持”之意。
inhabitant - the people who live there.　居民。
*There are over 100,000 inhabitants in the suburban areas of the city.
offspring - descendant, children from people or animal.　人或动物的子孙，后代。
adorable -very lovely.可爱的。 "adore" - lovely.喜爱，热爱。
gum - a type of material, sticky and chew-able.
sap - a liquid in the tree. Maple syrup.
Special birds, insects and animals inhabit there.

Chat Room:
weight/weigh (v)-　重量／重。
how much do you weigh? (not " how much weight do you have?)
weigh  (v)-　重（多少）。
I weigh myself once a week.
I weigh only ....pounds.
The finger monkey weigh only 120-190 grams.
weight (n)-重量
What is your weight?
weight (adj)-重要性，影响力，分量。little weight, heavy weight on something.
His opinion carry a lot of wight with us。

The Elephants of Thailand

泰國養象記Own an elephant for a day at this unique farm 在獨一無二的牧場裡，當一天的大象飼主by Yvette Cardozo

Kwan squeaked at me. She flapped her ears. She looked me in the eye, and most important, she wanted that banana in my hand.

I was supposed to put the banana on her tongue. But Kwan deftly snatched it from my hand. Elephants eat 10 percent of their body weight a day. That's easily 300 kilograms of leaves, fruit or whatever.

At Patara Elephant Farm in Chiang Mai, Thailand, you become an "elephant owner for a day." You inspect your elephant, feed it, brush it, wash it and then ride it to a waterfall. There is a serious side to this. Forty years ago, there were 6,000 domestic and 10,000 wild elephants in Thailand. Today, it's down to 3,200 domestic and only 1,600 wild.
"If we let it go on," said Theerapat Trungprakan (Pat to us), "in another generation there would be no elephants left. " This in a country with 30 words for elephant. And so, I met Kwan. I learned to check her skin for streaks of dirt - a sign she is sleeping lying down as a healthy elephant should. I fed her a basket of fruit and sugar cane (甘蔗).

"Bon, bon."
A signal for Kwan to open her mouth, then, "Dee, dee. Dee, dee." Good girl.
After lunch (hers, not mine), I brushed the dirt off her back with a bundle of leaves so I wouldn't be scraped raw while riding.
The elephants spray themselves with dirt to keep bugs off, but sitting on all that dried dirt is like sitting on sandpaper.
And then we went to the river. I scrubbed with a brush. She sprayed water from her trunk. I hugged. She squeaked. We played.

Getting up on her, though, was another matter. The more limber fold stepped on their elephants' knees and were raised, like an elevator, to chest height, where they scrambled aboard. I took the easy way out. Kwan kneeled and two mahouts grabbed my arms and dragged me aboard. You sit right behind the head. Yeah, you're way up there. But it's far more stable than sitting in one of those giant wooden seats you usually find at elephant rides.

To go, it's "pai." Stop is "how." I said "how" a lot.

Pat started his elephant farm as a rescue program 10 years ago. Kwan, for instance, had been begging for food on the streets of Bangkok. Of the 22 elephant farms in Chiang Mai, this is the only breeding farm. When we visited, six of his 18 females were pregnant. Pat made a point of telling us that his elephants are not trained and that the babies are not separated from their mothers. In some places training can be brutal, involving separating babies from their mothers, imprisoning them in cages and jabbing them with sharp sticks until their wills are broken.

"We specialize in care and breeding," Pat said proudly. "Our elephants are special." We went to a waterfall where the elephants drank, stole more bananas and played. They squirted each other, swam and ducked under water. One fellow turned like a top, throwing his head back and slapping the water with his trunk. I thought about my previous visit to Thailand 12 years ago when I had fed one of those begging Bangkok elephants. Who knows! Maybe it was Kwan.

More Information:
Chiang Mai is in northern Thailand, about an hour's flight from Bangkok.
The coolest and driest time of the year for Chiang Mai is November through February. April is the hottest, with temperatures that easily top 37 degrees Celsius.
When the temperatures drop in the evening, the Chiang Mai night bazaar, or night market, comes to life. Tourists sample Thai cuisine and shop for Chiang Mai's renowned handicrafts.


Grammar Tips:
Pat made a point of telling us that his elephants are not trained and the babies are not separated from their mothers.
" to made a point of ..." = "to put attention on doing something."
Robert really cares about environmental issues and always makes a point of telling people how they can better protect the environment.
The manager always makes a point of showing her appreciation to her entire staff at the company's Christmas party.

Vocabulary Tips
squeak-短促的尖叫或嘎吱作響.
*During the night, you can hear mice squeaking on the roof. 老鼠在房頂上吱吱的叫
*The door squeaks when you open or close it.
deftly-靈巧地,熟練地 deft-靈巧
*In just minutes, the mechanic deftly changed the engine oil. 手腳靈活的,熟練的換好了機油
*The doorkeeper deftly caught the ball. 手腳靈活的,熟練的接到了球
streak-條紋,條痕,
*The dirty streaks on the wall aren't easily washed off. 髒汚的痕跡
*the truck's windshield is covered with streaks of mud. 一條條淤泥的污垢.
scrape-刮傷，或刮到，
*Someone scraped Tom's brand new convertible. 刮傷。。。跑車
*Jacqueline fell down the stairs and scraped her knees. 跌下樓梯刮傷了她的膝蓋
*When it is windy, the tree branches always scrape against my window. 刮到
trunk-樹幹,放行李的後車廂.
*He used the trunk of the tree as his chair.
trunk-放行李的後車廂,大象的鼻子
*Sandy's trunk can only fit one big suitcase.
大象的鼻子
*The elephant picked up an apple with its trunk.
scrambled- 攀爬, scrambled over (攀爬)翻過, scrambled up (攀爬)爬上 hands and legs worked (mix) together to get up.
* The fugitive scrambled over the walls and escaped.
*Dad scrambled up on the roof of the house to fix our chimney.
Mahout (not actually a word)- the name of elephant driver.
raw- uncooked, uncooked meat, here means sore, painful
A part of your body is raw means there is sore on your skin, it's painful when touches
limber- body very flexible, bending , jump many different way.
aboard -get on the ship, train or airplane.
drag- move something over the ground slowly to get up or get further.
pregnant-懷孕
*Janet got pregnant after she was married for three years.
pregnant with (whom)-懷了誰
*Susan was pregnant with her son Jack when we took this picture.
brutal-殘酷的，殘暴的
*The brutal dictator was sentenced to life in prison.
*The brutal scenes in the movie were cut for it to be rated PG-13.
jab- 插入，刺，戳 ，快速碰撞，用手或身子撞頂 jabbed/jabbing
*My friend Nina kept jabbing me with her elbow during the movie. 不住用胳膊碰撞我
*The nurse jabbed a needle into the patient's arm. 把針插入病人的手臂
imprison - in prison, in cage.
"white elephant" (idiom) - useless, something useless, something no body wants.
"pink elephant" (idiom)- someone sees pink elephant that mean someone drink too much.
"there is elephant in the room" (idiom)- something is rally true, but no one talk about it.
breed - help to produce babies.

Chat Room:
whatever- 任何事或物.
That's easily 300 kilograms of leaves, fruit, or whatever. 還是什麽其他的東西.
whatever- no matter what. 不管什麽,不論在任何情況下.
whatever the weather-不管天起如何
whatever happens, I will always love you.不論什麽事發生...
whatever- 也是一种"很不禮貌的用法,當別人指正你或說你什麽時,你心不甘,情不願的囘一句"whatever". 非常不禮貌 (藐視, 不領情對方)的囘答
"whatever!"- 有怎樣, 又怎樣, "隨便你" 的意思. it's very rude answer.
When someone correct you, you should say "thank you, or sorry" don't say "whatever" put yourself in lower class.
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right- exactly 就是,正是, right (adj)-correct 正確的,對的, opposite of left. 右邊
You sit right behind the head. -exactly. 就是在...
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use animal as verb: 用動物名當“動詞”用
duck- 鴨子，當動詞用是沉入，潛進水中，也指有東西下落或球向你這兒飛來，有人會警示你"duck" -是叫你“快閃，閃避，躲避”之意。－move your body or head quickly to avoid or to escape being hit.

squirted each other, swam and ducked underwater.　淺入水中。

dog-狗，“v”意即“跟屁蟲，跟著你死命不放”－follow someone anywhere he go.
pig -豬
pig out-　大吃大喝，吃像難看，吃沒吃像，很不禮貌的表現。we should not pig out 吃的過多。should eat slowly.
fish-魚，“v”-digging out , grab. 從口袋或。掏出。
chicken-雞，膽小鬼。coward, afraid of.
chicken out 害怕而退出，

Sniffing Out Peanuts

能嗅出花生粉塵的狗狗Dogs help people with severe food allergies live better lives 來看看狗狗如何讓食物過敏者的生活改觀by Lisa Holl Chang

Riley Mers has a deadly allergy to peanuts. Touching a peanut can cause severe hives. Breathing in peanut dust can cause Riley’s throat to close up, resulting in breathing difficulties. Fear of such allergic reactions made Riley avoid school, friends’ homes and church. But that changed when Riley, now 9, met Rock’O – a dog trained to sniff out peanuts.

Dogs can be trained to detect drugs, bombs and many otherthings. That gave Riley's mom an idea: Why not train a dog to detect peanuts? It turns out that some dog trainers were doing just that. One of them is Sharon perry in Texas. She trains dogs to sniff out peanuts- even peanut oil and dust- in six months.

The cost of a trained "peanut dog" can be over US $10,000. To assist families, the Mers together with two dog trainers started Angel Service Dogs. The organization raises money for families who need a trained dog. So far, seven dogs have been placed. Riley now attends school with Rock'O. With his nose for peanuts, Rock'O helps Riley live a freer life.

Grammar
Fear of such allergic reactions made Riley avoid school, friends' home and church.
such=this/ that kind of =like that
Fear of allergic reactions like these made Riley avoid school, friends' homes and church.
I'm not sure about a plan like that.
I'm uncomfortable with such a plan.
We need to be prepared for these kinds of emergencies.
We need to be prepared for such emergencies.

Vocabulary
dust (n)-Use this cloth to wipe the dust off the picture frame.
reaction (n)- 反应cause someone has some action.
Closing your eyes is a natural reaction that occurs when you sneeze.
turns out (phr. v)-结果是,证明是. end up, result.
At the end of the book. It turns out that the bad guy is actually a hero.
*I thought my boss was a cold-hearted person, but he turned out to be a great guy.
*The result of the game turned out to be a great surprise.比赛,结果出现令人大吃一惊的结果.
raise (v)- This bake sale is to raise money for the school library.
sniff (v)- 闻，嗅The police dog sniffed the crime scene for clues.
sniff out (idiom)- 闻出（某种东西的）气味，也可用在抽象的事情
*David can easily sniff out garlic because he doesn't like it.
*After being an agent for years, Susan is good at sniffing out promising stars.看出来谁会红。
hive - （单数名词） 蜂窝，蜂巢，（複数名词)荨麻疹.
*Nathan gets hives every time he eats shellfish. 麻疹
*Kathy broke out in hives after eating blueberries.
break out in hives - 起疹子.Kathy broke out in hives after eating blueberries.

Chat Room
live better lives-过更好的生活live (v) lives (p.n) "ai" 长母音。
live happy lives-过快乐的生活
live normal lives-过正常的生活
live quiet lives-过安静的生活
live (adj)- live fish-活鱼
live volcano-活火山
live recording-现场录音
live broadcast-现场直接转播

Sherry Mers-Founder of Angel Service Dogs
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