初中英语河北加拿大版读物03

[06:48.82]But sometimes they like to hide.
[06:53.54]Sometimes animals want to go away from people.
[06:58.98]Was there more than one of each kind of animal?
[07:04.02]Most animals like to be with other animals of the same kind.
[07:10.08]They like to have friends.They want to have families.
[07:15.54]If there is only one of each kind of animal,they can't have babies.
[07:22.38]Is the zoo helping to protect animals in the wild?
[07:28.76]The best zoos are working to keep all animals safe and healthy.
[07:35.31]FASCINATING FACT
[07:38.76]What is the biggest snake?The python is the longest snake.
[07:45.53]It grows more than six metres long.Pythons live in Asia.
[07:52.16]They anaconda is the heaviest snake.
[07:56.71]One anaconda weighs as much as two pythons.Anacondas live in South America.
[08:05.67]FASCINATING FACT
[08:08.91]How loud can a lion roar?Very loud!
[08:14.58]You can hear a lion roar from nine kilometres away.
[08:20.64]The Grizzly BearStanding on hind legs Stretching to the sky
[08:28.58]Claws spread wide Mouth open and teeth bared
[08:35.42]A roar erupting from its mouth
[08:40.28]The black wild eyes glaring fiercely at your face
[08:47.26]The brown glistening fur Shining in the sun
[08:52.61]Ready to kill--adapted from a poem by Anthony Millan,
[09:00.06]Grade EightBrain:Grizzly bears can grow to 2.5 metres.
[09:06.90]They can weigh 400 kilograms!
[09:11.37]That's big!Danny:Yes,and grizzly bears are fierce,too!Yikes!
[09:19.62]Jenny:Grizzly bears are fierce when they are mad, Danny.
[09:25.08]But did you know that grizzly bears mostly eat vegetables?
[09:31.35]April Fools' DayDanny:Do you know why I always wear a hat?
[09:39.21]It's because it's stuck!I can't take it off!Just joking!
[09:47.47]Look at the date! April Fools'!April Fools' Day is a time for jokes.
[09:56.30]Be careful or you might be an April fool--someone who is tricked on this day.
[10:04.55]Danny:A fool makes lots of mistakes.
[10:09.80]A fool is foolish!When is April Fools' Day?
[10:17.35]April Fools' Day is the first day of the month of April.
[10:23.60]What happens on this day?
[10:27.54]On April Fools' Day, people like to play jokes on each other.
[10:33.89]April Fools' jokes are fun.When you play a joke on someone,
[10:40.84]you laugh and they laugh,too.Don't play jokes that make other people sad or mad!
[10:49.59]And at noon,stop playing jokes.Everyone stops playing jokes at noon!
[10:57.32]When you "tell" a joke,you have fun with words.The words are funny.
[11:04.69]When you "play" a joke,you have fun by tricking someone.
[11:11.95]You make the person do or think something funny.
[11:17.69]How did April Fools's Day begin?Nobody knows for sure how the day began.
[11:26.94]We know that April first was New Year's Day for ancient Romans and Hindus.
[11:35.28]We also know that people around the world
[11:39.74]have played jokes on April Fools' Day for hundreds of years.
[11:46.40]Some people say April Fools' Day began in France in 1564.
[11:54.06]That year,the king of France made January first New Year's Day.
[12:01.50]But many people wanted to keep the old date for New Year's:April first.
[12:09.26]These people kept celebrating New Year's on the old date.
[12:15.43]They were the first"April fools."Romans come from the city of Rome in Italy.
[12:23.97]Italy is a country in Europe.Hindus come from India,a country in Asia.