Unit2 the woods were tossing with jewels 林中有宝石在跳动.pptVIP

美国佛罗里达州南部的亚热带克拉莎草沼泽地区，这是一条最宽处达80公里但一般深不到0.3公尺(1尺)的“草河”，面积超过11,100平方公里。河水经由该地区向南缓慢地流到与西南部墨西哥湾和南部佛罗里达湾相连的红树林沼泽。沼泽地向东延伸到包括迈阿密都会区在内的狭窄沙洲附近，向西与大赛普里斯沼泽汇流。大沼泽地的英文名“Everglades”是佛罗里达州独有的名称。“glade”用于指森林中长满草的开阔地或者潮湿的沼泽地；“ever”可能是用来形容当地的沼泽地区似乎一眼无际。 Ten Thousand Islands The Ten Thousand Islands are a chain of islands and mangrove islets off the coast of southwest Florida, between Cape Romano (at the southern end of Marco Island) and the mouth of Lostmans River. Some of the islands are high spots on a drowned shoreline. Others were produced by mangroves growing on oyster bars. Despite the name, the islets in the chain only number in the hundreds. Marco Island Marco Island is a city in Collier County, Florida, United States, located on an island by the same name in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Southwest Florida. It is a principal city of the Naples–Marco Island Metropolitan Statistical Area. Originally named San Marco Island by Spanish explorers, Marco Island is the largest barrier island within Southwest Floridas Ten Thousand Islands area extending southerly to Cape Sable. The Westward Movement Life on the American Frontier, daily life in the new settlements that formed as the United States expanded west to the Pacific Ocean, south to the Gulf of Mexico and north to Alaska, did much to shape the American life. The westward movement across the continent began during the colonial era in the 1600s and continued into the 1900s. Although each frontier posed its own set of problems, all shared certain characteristics: Text Organization The text, like all other narrative writing, is made up of three parts: the beginning, the middle and the ending. Part I: paragraphs 1—3, introducing the setting of the story, providing necessary background information, Part II: paragraphs 4—36, describing the family’s journey to their new home, their building of the house on the island and their opening up of the land in great detail Part III: paragraph 37, linking the past with the p