Around Yangmingshan National Park Unit Six 1-3 SITUATION BEFORE READING READING VOCABULARY OR TERM EXTRA READING SENTENCE PATTERN LANGUAGE SKILL DIALOGUE.

Around Yangmingshan National ParkAround Yangmingshan National Park

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SITUATIONHomeHome

Your group is interested in bird-watching in Yangmingshan National Park, so you need to inform them about the birds in the park.

Tip: Try to find out which birds are unique in Taiwan !

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SITUATIONHomeHome

Siaoyoukeng-a volcanic topography

陽明山國家公園小油坑

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BEFORE READINGHomeHome

Please look up the definitions of

the following terms about birds and flowers

on-line. (Key in these words on any search

engine of the Internet in English).

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Birdsa.Taiwan Blue Magpieb.Formosa Whistling Trushc.Japanese White-eyed.Chinese Bulbule.Little Egretf.Muller’s Barbetg.Grey Cheek Fulvettah.Crested Serpent Eaglei.Crested Goshawk

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Flowers

a.Camelliasb.Azaleasc.Apricotd.Rhododendronse.Hyacinthsf.Fehan Cherryg.Plum Blossom

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Birda. 台灣藍鵲 b. 台灣紫嘯鶇 c. 綠繡眼d. 白頭翁 e. 小白鷺 f. 五色鳥g. 繡眼畫眉 h. 大冠鷲 i. 鳳頭蒼鷹

Flowera. 茶花 b. 杜鵑花 c. 杏花d. 杜鵑 e. 風信子 f. 山櫻花g. 梅花

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GUIDE REMINDERHomeHome

The Yangmingshan's location, height, vokanic topigraphy and birds.

A Park for Nature Explorers

Yangmingshan National Park is located at the northern edge of Taipei, covering most of the north

ern mountains of the Taipei Basin. The highest mountain in the park is Mt. Cising, 1,120 meters high. The mountain was named in honor of a philosopher and statesman of the Ming Dynasty in China, Wang, Yangming.

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Volcanic topography and related geological formations are characteristic of Yangmingshan. And Yangmingshan is a semi-independent mountain system, separated by the Taipei Basin from the Central and Snow Mountain Ranges.

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You can see the Taiwan Blue Magpie and the Formosan Whistling-thrush in the mountain. Of all

the birds endemic to Taiwan, the Formosan Blue Magpie is the most familiar to local people.

Adorned with an unusually long tail (black and white segments twice the length of its body), a red beak and blue feathers, this bird is always busy storing food. Similarly, the feathers of the Formosan Whistling Thrush reflect a purplish-blue color in the sun. It is about 11.8-12.8 inches long and with a wing span of 6.3 inches.

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A Blossoming Park

If you want to join the Flower Festival in early spring, you might have to contend with traffic jams and hundreds of thousands of tourists. Rather than drive yourself, it would be advisable to take the bus to get to Yangming Park.

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The park has been landscaped elegantly to look like a traditional Chinese garden. Pavilions, ponds, streams, fountains, flowering shrubs, and trees have been placed everywhere so that tourists can see them easily.

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VOCABULARY OR TERMHomeHome

Read the following words loudly with a teacher or on your own.

A Park for Nature Explorers (reading I)

basin

--A large, bowl-shaped depression in the surface of the land or ocean floor.

[ `besn. ] n.

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statesman

--A man who is a respected leader in a given field.

volcanic --Of, resembling, or caused by a volcano or volcanoes (volcano: An opening in the earth‘s crust through which molten lava, ash, and gases are ejected ） .

[ `stetsm[n. ] n.

[ ] adj.

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interbreed

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To breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties.

endemic

--Native to or confined to a certain region.

[] v.

[ ] adj.

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adorn

--To decorate with or as if with ornaments.

segment

--To divide or become divided into segments.

[ ] v.

[ ] v.

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beak

--The horny, projecting structure forming the upper and lower part of jaw of a bird; a bill.

reflect

--To throw or bend back (light, for example) from a surface.

[ ] n.

[] v.

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purplish

--Somewhat purple.

territorial

--Relating or restricted to a particular region, place.

[ ] adj.

[ ] adj.

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cautious

--Showing or practicing caution; careful.

mate

--To pair (animals) for breeding.

[ ] adj.

[]v.

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migrate

--Moving seasonally from one region to another.

transit

--To pass over, across, or through.

[ ] v.

[ ] v.

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A Blossoming Park (Reading II)

blossom

--To come into flower.

[ ] v.

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festival

--An often regularly recurring program of cultural performances, exhibitions, or competitions.

wander

--To move about without a definite destination or purpose.

[ ] n.

[ ] v.

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landscape

--To adorn or improve (a section of ground) by planting flowers, shrubs, or trees.

elegantly

--Of tasteful beauty of manner, form, or style.

[ ] v.

[ ] adv.

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fountain

--A structure, often decorative, from which a jet or stream of water issues.

shrub

--A woody plant of relatively low height, having several stems arising from the base and lacking a single trunk; a bush..

[ ] n.

[ ] n

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lay out

--To display.

temporarily

--Lasting, used, serving, or enjoyed for a limited time.

[ ] v.

[ ] adv.

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charming

--To attract or delight greatly.

[ ] adj.

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SENTENCE PATTERNHomeHome

a. …...in honor of….. .

…...in memory of……

To commemorate…….

Example:

The school will build a new hall in honor of its founders.

The school will build a new hall in memory of its founders.

To commemorate its founders, the school will build a new hall.

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b. ……lead to……

…….cause…..

…….affect…..

…….result in…..

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Example:

Cutting trees leads to land erosion.

The acidic volcanic soil will cause the vegetation to wither.

The volcanic soil affects the kind of vegetation that can grow.

The volcanic soil results in a vegetation consisting primarily of dwarf bamboo and Japanese silver grass.

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LANGUAGE SKILLHomeHome

To guide tourists to get to Yangmingshan during traffic control for the Flower Festival.

1. The best way to travel/get there is to take a bus.

2. Taking a bus is a better means of transportation during this period of traffic control.

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GRAMMAR TIP

The proper nouns that require a definite article-the:

1.Public buildings: the Tourism Bureau.

2.Ocean, river or bay: the Pacific Ocean, the Taiwan Strait.

3.Desert, Mountain range or islands (not an independent mountain): the Penghu Islands (Orchid Island), the Ali Mountains (Mt. Ali).

4.The official name of a country: the United Kingdom (Britain).

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5.Name of magazine or newspaper: the Wallstreet Journal.

6. Name of ship or vehicle: the Taitanic.

7. People or citizen: the Chinese.

8.The whole family: the Whites.

9. A thing, event, activity, festival…of one place, group or people: The Yanshuei Firecracker Festival, the black-faced spoonbill.

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GRAMMAR TIP

E. G.

ˇThe Kuomintang government changed the name to Yangmingshan.

× Kuomintang government changed the name to the Yangmingshan.

ˇIn fact, over 150 types of birds have been found in Yangmingshan National Park.

× In fact, over 150 types of birds have been found in the Yangmingshan National Park.

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Around Yangmingshan National Park Unit Six 1-3 SITUATION BEFORE READING READING VOCABULARY OR TERM EXTRA READING SENTENCE PATTERN LANGUAGE SKILL DIALOGUE.

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