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Unit 1 (A) Canaima—Eco-tours with Angels and Devils（Eco-friendly tours）ecological Background 1.Canaima National Park is a 30,000 km2（square kilometers） park in south-eastern Venezuela. The park was established on the 12 June 1962. It is the second largest park in the country. It became a UNESCO（United Nations Educational，Scientific，and Cultural Organization联合国教科文组织） World Heritage Site in 1994 because of the tepuis (table-top mountains) that are characteristic of this area. The park is home to indigenous Pemon Indians. (Pemon is a Cariban language spoken mainly in Venezuela)The Pemon have an intimate relationship with the tepuis, and believe they are the home of the mawari spirits. The park is relatively remote, with only a few roads connecting towns. Most transport within the park is done by light plane from the airstrips built by various Capuchin missions, or by foot and canoe. Canaima卡耐玛国家公园,位于委内瑞拉南部，属亚马逊平原的一部分，以多瀑布和平顶山著称. 因为地势险要,地处偏僻,所以到达CANAIMA的唯一方法,就是把性命系在裤带上坐螺旋桨小飞机过去. 因为是亚马逊河的发源地之一,CANAIMA充斥着大大小小几千个瀑布,其中包括世界上落差最大的天使瀑布. 2.Eco-tourism: Responsible travel to areas which conserve the environment and improve the welfare of the local people. Words and Expressions 1.cruising altitude 巡航高度 2.mesa: (spanish) a flat-topped mountain 平顶山 3.trajectory: (抛射体的)轨道, 轨迹, 弹道; 流轨 4.plummet: N.铅锤,测锤 Vi.骤然跌落；垂直落下 5.strip: 【航空】(=air strip, landing strip)跑道, 简易机场 6.vantage point: 有利位置, 优越地位,优势 7.awe-inspiring: 使人惊叹的， 令人敬畏的Mount Qomolangma is an awe-inspiring sight. 8.behold: )[书]观看, 注视; 把...视为 9.charter: N.包租（汽车、飞机等）；租赁; 宪章 charter flights包机 v. 包租（飞机、汽车等）a chartered plane 10.hike: 徒步行走, 行军go on a hike [口]作徒步旅行; 提高, 增加, a hike in living expenses 11.indigenous: 天生的, 固有的feelings indigenous to human beings. 本地产的, 土生土长的Indians were the indigenous inhabitants of America. 12.deck: Vi（与out 连用）装饰；点缀；打扮She was decked out in finest clothes. N.甲板, 舱面; 一副纸牌; 层面 13.garb: 装束；打扮；外表fantastic garb奇装异服 14.inhibition: 【心理】压制, 抑制(作用) 15.excursion: /iks/ 远足, 游览, 参观an excursion bus [train