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1、Expedition ZeroA Reading AZ Level R Leveled BookWord Count:934Visit www.readinga- for thousands of books and materials.www.readinga-Written by Celeste FraserExpedition ZeroLEVELED BOOK RWritten by Celeste Fraserwww.readinga-Expedition ZeroLevel R Leveled Book Learning AZWritten by Celeste FraserAll

2、rights reserved.www.readinga-Expedition ZeroPhoto Credits:Front cover:Tony1/D;back cover:Nicholas Pitt/Getty Images;title page:Tim Davis/Corbis;page 3 iS Jing;page 5:Ed Wray/AP Images;page 7:Michele Falzone/JAI/Corbis;page 8(top):Asia File/Alamy;page 8(bottom):Tjetjep Rustandi/Getty Images;page 9:iS

3、 Graaf;page 10:Colin McPherson/Corbis;page 11:Fotosearch Stock Photos;page 12:LOOK-foto/SuperStock;page 14:REUTERS/Peter Andrews;page 15:Envision/Corbis;page 16:Carl&Ann Purcell/Corbis;page 18:Ijansempoi/DTeachers note:This book is part of the Trip on a Latitude Line series of books on geography and

4、 exploration.CorrelationLEVEL RN3030Fountas&PinnellReading RecoveryDRAExpedition Zero Level R34Table of ContentsGetting Ready for Your Trip.4Starting Out in Singapore.5Island Hopping in Indonesia.7Floating in the Amazon Rainforest.10Seeing Life on the Congo River.13A Climate Riddle.17Reflecting on“E

5、xpedition Zero”.18Glossary.19Index.20Getting Ready for Your TripPack light clothes and a hat to protect yourself from the Sun.Also,take insect repellentthe bugs are big where youre going.Throw in an umbrella because it rains often.Dont forget a camera;you might see monkeys,parrots,or pythons.You wil

6、l be traveling at zero degrees latitude along the equator(ee-KWAY-ter),the imaginary line that separates the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.The equator passes through many different continents,countries,and cultures around the world.Can you find where the labeled locations are mentioned in this b

7、ook?ANTARCTICAJava is the home of the largest Buddhist temple in the world.JavaKinshasa,Democratic Republic of the CongoBaliSingaporeManaus,BrazilEUROPEAFRICASOUTH AMERICANORTH AMERICAASIAAUSTRALIAEquatorMount KenyaExpedition Zero Level R56Starting Out in SingaporeAs your plane nears the airport in

8、Southeast Asia,you look down on Singapore.Its shiny skyscrapers make this small island country look very large.You can see hundreds of ships in the harbor.Singapore has one of the worlds busiest ports.As you begin to explore the city,the tropical heat takes your breath away.You come upon an outdoor

9、market.You can tell that you are in a hot climate by looking at the plants for sale.Sugar cane,limes,papayas,and orchids love Singapores hot,wet weather.The charts below show what the climate is like at one degree north latitude.Singapore has many skyscrapers and a busy harbor.Expedition Zero Level

10、R78Island Hopping in IndonesiaYour next stop is Java,one of Indonesias thousands of islands.Youre traveling on a train without air-conditioning through the lowlands,and its hot!In the distance,the tops of volcanoes poke above the clouds.You pass paddieswatery fields where rice is grown.The volcanic

11、soil is good for growing crops.All day long,the train stops in small villages.At each stop,you notice the tall spires of mosques(MOSKS),places of worship in the Islamic religion.Most Indonesians are Muslims.Five times a day,you hear the beautiful cries of men calling people to pray.Volcanoes formed

12、the island of Java.Many of them are still active.Muslims gather to worship at mosques in Indonesia.Expedition Zero Level R910From Java,you take a quick ocean ferry to Bali.Many people on the island live on the slopes of volcanoes.To create flat fields for growing rice,people have carved terraces int

13、o the mountainsides that look like huge stair steps.Hindu temples are everywhere.As Hindus,Balinese people leave food and flowers at temples as offerings to the gods.Floating in the Amazon RainforestOnce you leave Indonesia,you fly east along the equator.For hours,you see nothing but the vast Pacifi

14、c Ocean.Your plane lands in Manaus(mah-NOWS),Brazil,a city located on the Amazon River.As you walk through the old section,you come upon the fish market.It stretches for two city blocks.Thousands of fishsome of them six feet(1.8 m)longare for sale on rows and rows of tables.Balinese people build ter

15、races to farm land on hills and mountains.Brazilians shop for fresh fish at a market in Manaus.Expedition Zero Level R1112You hop on a boat on a small river that flows into the Amazon.The sounds of the rainforest make a jungle symphony as birds,monkeys,and insects call back and forth.Huge trees,fern

16、s,and vines arch over the water.Because the level of the water can rise or fall as much as thirty feet,people build their homes on stilts.The homes are made of wood with roofs made of leaves.There are very few roads in the rainforest because most people live along waterways.You see almost no farms i

17、n this regionthe forest is too thick,and the soil is too poor.Suddenly,thunder booms,black clouds open up,and a heavy rain falls.After fifteen minutes,the rain stops as suddenly as it began,and the steamy heat returns.A house built on stilts at the edge of the Amazon RiverA houseboat travels on the

18、Amazon River in Brazil.Expedition Zero Level R1314Seeing Life on the Congo RiverBefore you leave Manaus,you check the weather in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.You know you are going to need your rain gear.You fly all night across the Atlantic Ocean.When you wake,you are about to land in the c

19、apital,Kinshasa.It is located on the Congo River,a long river that drains the rainforest of Central Africa.Wandering the city,you hear an interesting kind of music.You follow the sound and come upon a caf.You are told it is ndombolo music,“Afro Pop,”a popular music invented in the Congo but known th

20、roughout the world.A woman carries fresh vegetables in a Kinshasa market.EquatorDemocratic Republic of the CongoATLANTIC OCEANAfricaCongo RiverNigeriaCameroonChadCentral African RepublicAngolaNamibiaBotswanaZimbabweZambiaUnited Republic of TanzaniaSudanUgandaRwandaKinshasaBurundiGabonEquatorial Guin

21、eaCongoATLANTIC OCEANExpedition Zero Level R1516You are hungry.You ask the waitress for a typical dish.She brings you foufou,a dish made with plantain,yam,or cassava paste rolled into a ball and fried.It is served with either salted fish or barbecued goat meat.Goat stew with foufou is a traditional

22、Congolese food.Snowy Mount Kenya rises high above the forest.Expedition Zero Level R1718A Climate RiddleNext stop is Kenya,a country on the east coast of Africa.You leave Nairobi(nye-ROH-bee),the capital,to begin a five-day trip.Starting in the town of Nanyuki,you cross the equator and enter Sirimon

23、 Park.All day,you hike through a forest of bamboo,a treelike grass that grows quickly in hot,wet weather.On day two,you enter a treeless area of low grasses.On day three,the land changes againnow its rocky with little plant life.Its hard to catch your breath and youre freezing,even though youre wear

24、ing heavy clothes.You think to yourself,“How can this be?Im on the Equator,but my feet are in snow!”Its because you are hiking to Mount Kenya,which rises to a height of 17,040 feet(5,194 m)!Reflecting on“Expedition Zero”The equator is a special place that gets lots of sunshine and often lots of rain

25、 as well.It is neither north nor south,and there isnt much difference between winter,summer,spring,and fall.Traveling the equator,you dripped with sweat in the heat.You had to run for cover in heavy rain.You saw huge rivers draining rainforests.You even saw snow on Mount Kenya.During your journey,yo

26、u saw many ways of life.Some people in big cities,such as Singapore,live and work in air-conditioned buildings.Others,such as those in the Amazon rainforest,build their homes high above ground in order to stay dry.Expedition Zero showed you that the world is full of variety,even on the same latitude

27、 line.Rice farmers work on terraced land outside a village in Bali.Do You Know?North or south of the equator,days get longer in summer and shorter in winter.But at the equator,each day(and each night)is very close to twelve hours long,no matter what season of the year it is.Expedition Zero Level R19

28、20Glossarycassava(n.)a plant with edible roots that is grown in the tropics(p.15)equator(n.)an imaginary line that circles Earth halfway between the poles(p.4)insect a substance that drives away or discourages biting or stinging insects(p.4)mosques(n.)places of worship in the religion of Islam(p.8)p

29、lantain(n.)a wild banana that grows in the tropics(p.15)rainforest(n.)a dense forest,usually in a tropical area,that receives a lot of rain and contains diverse animal and plant life(p.11)stilts(n.)posts that support a structure above the ground or water level(p.12)symphony(n.)a classical musical co

30、mposition for a full orchestra(used figuratively)(p.11)terraces(n.)wide stairs cut into a hillside to make flat ground for farming(p.9)tropical(adj.)having a hot,humid climate typical of latitudes near the equator(p.6)IndexAmazon rainforest,3,10,18Bali,4,9Congo River,13equator,4,10,17,18Indonesia,7,8,10Java,4,7Kinshasa,the Democratic Republic of the Congo,4,13,14Manaus,Brazil,4,10,13Mount Kenya,4,17,18Singapore,46,18repellent(n.)