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Around Yangmingshan National Park

Unit S i x. Around Yangmingshan National Park. Unit S i x. SITUATION BEFORE READING READING VOCABULARY OR TERM EXTRA READING SENTENCE PATTERN LANGUAGE SKILL DIALOGUE WRITING GRAMMAR TIP GUIDE REMINDER. SITUATION. Home.

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Around Yangmingshan National Park

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  1. UnitSix Around Yangmingshan National Park

  2. UnitSix SITUATION BEFORE READING READING VOCABULARY OR TERM EXTRA READING SENTENCE PATTERN LANGUAGE SKILL DIALOGUE WRITING GRAMMAR TIP GUIDE REMINDER

  3. SITUATION Home 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 !

  4. SITUATION Home Siaoyoukeng-a volcanic topography 陽明山國家公園小油坑

  5. BEFORE READING Home 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).

  6. BEFORE READING Home Birds a.Taiwan Blue Magpie b.Formosa Whistling Trush c.Japanese White-eye d.Chinese Bulbul e.Little Egret f.Muller’s Barbet g.Grey Cheek Fulvetta h.Crested Serpent Eagle i.Crested Goshawk

  7. BEFORE READING Home Flowers a.Camellias b.Azaleas c.Apricot d.Rhododendrons e.Hyacinths f.Fehan Cherry g.Plum Blossom

  8. BEFORE READING Home Bird a. 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 Flower a. 茶花 b.杜鵑花 c. 杏花 d. 杜鵑 e. 風信子 f. 山櫻花 g. 梅花

  9. GUIDE REMINDER Home 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 northern 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. Reading Ⅰ 1

  10. GUIDE REMINDER Home 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. 2

  11. GUIDE REMINDER Home 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. 3

  12. GUIDE REMINDER Home 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. Reading Ⅱ 1

  13. GUIDE REMINDER Home 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. 2

  14. VOCABULARY OR TERM Home 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.

  15. VOCABULARY OR TERM Home 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. [ vBl `kAnIk ] adj.

  16. VOCABULARY OR TERM Home interbreed -- To breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties. endemic --Native to or confined to a certain region. [ 9IntL`brid ] v. [ Zn`dZmIk ] adj.

  17. VOCABULARY OR TERM Home adorn --To decorate with or as if with ornaments. segment --To divide or become divided into segments. [ [`dCrn ] v. [ `sZgm[nt ] v.

  18. VOCABULARY OR TERM Home 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. [ bik ] n. [ rI`flZkt ] v.

  19. VOCABULARY OR TERM Home purplish --Somewhat purple. territorial --Relating or restricted to a particular region, place. [ `p\_ plIF ] adj. [ 9tZr[`torIEl ] adj.

  20. VOCABULARY OR TERM Home cautious --Showing or practicing caution; careful. mate --To pair (animals) for breeding. [ `kCF[s ] adj. [ met ]v.

  21. VOCABULARY OR TERM Home migrate --Moving seasonally from one region to another. transit --To pass over, across, or through. [ `mBI9^ret ] v. [ `trAnsIt ] v.

  22. VOCABULARY OR TERM Home A Blossoming Park (Reading II) blossom --To come into flower. [`blBs[m ] v.

  23. VOCABULARY OR TERM Home [ `fZst[vl. ] n. festival --An often regularly recurring program of cultural performances, exhibitions, or competitions. wander --To move about without a definite destination or purpose. [ `wBndL ] v.

  24. VOCABULARY OR TERM Home [ `lAnd9skep ] v. landscape --To adorn or improve (a section of ground) by planting flowers, shrubs, or trees. elegantly --Of tasteful beauty of manner, form, or style. [ `Zl[g[ntlI ] adv.

  25. VOCABULARY OR TERM Home [ `fBuntIn ] n. 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.. [ FrQb ] n

  26. VOCABULARY OR TERM Home [ le But ] v. lay out --To display. temporarily --Lasting, used, serving, or enjoyed for a limited time. [ `tZmp[9rZr[lI ] adv.

  27. VOCABULARY OR TERM Home [ `tFBrmIN ] adj. charming --To attract or delight greatly.

  28. SENTENCE PATTERN Home 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.

  29. SENTENCE PATTERN Home b. ……lead to…… …….cause….. …….affect….. …….result in…..

  30. SENTENCE PATTERN Home 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.

  31. LANGUAGE SKILL Home 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.

  32. GRAMMAR TIP Home 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).

  33. GRAMMAR TIP Home 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.

  34. GRAMMAR TIP Home 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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