Jane Goodall is a famous scientist. For more than 40 years, Goodall lived mostly in Tanzania in East Africa. She studied chimpanzees.
As a young child, Jane Goodall was interested in animals. She grew up in the English countryside and was always climbing trees or riding horses.
When Jane was 23, she got a chance to go to Africa. Even though she had never been to college, she got a job with a famous scientist named Louis Leakey.
On July 16, 1960, she began her exploration. At first, the chimpanzees ran away from Jane. But as time went by, they liked staying with her.
Every day, Jane would follow the chimpanzees, taking notes on their behavior. She learned many new things about chimpanzees. She watched how a chimpanzees made a tool. She learned how some chimpanzees became good leaders. She watched animals get angry and get upset. She wrote everything down so others would understand animals as she did. She learned that if you pay really close attention to animals, you will understand what they are “saying”.
【小题1】What is Jane Goodall? （不超过4 个词)【小题2】How long did it take Jane Goodall to study chimpanzees?（不超过9 个词）
【小题3】Where did Jane Goodall grow up? （不超过7 个词）
【小题4】When did Jane Goodall begin her exploration? （不超过8 个词）
【小题5】How do we understand chimpanzees? （不超过7 个词）
May19th has been celebrated as China’s National Tourism Day since2011. It was the day when Xu Xiake, a great geographer and writer in the Ming Dynasty started recording what he saw in Travel Notes of Xu Xiake
With his mother’s encouragement, Xu began his journey at age 22. He travelled through China for more than 30 years, and several of his route(路线) are still used today. Now let’s follow his footprints (足迹) and visit some tourist attractions in China.
As recorded in his book, the first place Xu travelled to was Tiantai Mountain, the birthplace of China’s Buddhism(佛教) and Taoism(道教) where he wrote about the sights of the mountain in 1613. One year later, Xu visited Jinling, the ancient name for Nanjing. The city was not only the capital of China for six dynasties, but also a centre for education, research, and transportation in history. In 1616, Xu went on a journey to the West Lake. With an area of around 6.4 square kilometres, the lake is known for its attractive landscape and ancient buildings in the surrounding(周围的) areas. From 1618 to 1623, Xu visited some famous mountains in South China, such as Mount Huang, Lushan Mountain and Mount Wudang. Later, Xu went north to Shanxi Province in 1633 and visited Mount Wutai and Mount Heng.
Xu was on the road all his life. Although he met with many difficulties, he never stopped travelling and writing. His experiences helped him discover several mistakes in earlier books. For example, he found the Minjiang River was not the real birthplace of the Yangtze River. With his 600,000-word travel notes, Xu made a big difference to the history of Chinese geography.
Travelling with Xu Xiake | |
| China’s National Tourism Day | It falls on May 19th to remind people of the day when Xu Xiake began |
| Xu Xiake | |
| Some places of | 1613: Tiantai Mountain—the 1614: Jinling—the 1616: the West Lake—a famous lake with 1618—1623: Mount Huang, Lushan Mountain and Mount Wudang in South China 1633: Mount Wutai and Mount Heng in the |
| Xu’s contributions | He found some His books had a powerful |
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