INTO THE JUNGLE (1)

Studying jungle plants is no bed of roses!

Flora smiled as she breathed in the humid air. Her dream had come true. She was finally in the jungle!

Flora was a scientist who studied plants in a lab, examining them one by one. Sometimes she felt like she couldn't see the forest for the trees. But here in the jungle, she could see the plants all living together.

Flora's boss, Dr. Greenleaf, had warned her that field work wasn't easy. "The grass is always grener on the other side," he had said.

But Flora loved the beautiful jungle plants. She only wished the team would stop and smell the roses so she could examine them more closely.

Flora said to Jared, the group leader, "It must be nice to do all your research out here."

Jared replied, "Sometimes it is, but every trip involves going out on a limb."

Just than, she heard thunder, and rain poured down on their heads. But the team kept moving toward the nearby mountains.


Info Cloud
Teaching Topic: Different Ways to Describe a Heavy Rain
下大雨是heavy rain, 不要講 big rain,
另外可以用downpour n. 表示 a lot of rain that falls in a short time
bucket 也是可以形容下大雨的字,
大雨下的像是有人從天空把一桶一桶的水往下倒,
if rain comes down in buckets, it is raining very hard:
It's pouring buckets.
如果雨中有帶著風, 這種雨是橫著下的, 就可以說:
It's coming down in sheets. (像是床單在風中拍打一樣)
最後還有大家都學過的下大雨:
It's raining cats and dogs.


Grammar Gym
it must be nice to...
- It must be nice to do all your research out here.
- It must be nice to have your vacation completely paid for by someone else.
- It must be nice to finish all your work and not take anything home to do.


Language Lab
breathe v.
/ˈbriːð/
to take air into your lungs and send it out again:
- The doctor told me to breathe deeply while he was examining my lungs.
breath n.
/ˈbrɛθ/
- Alison took a deep breath before diving into the pool.

lab n.
a laboratory:
- The lab is equipped with top gear.
- The lab coasts are sterilized each day.
- Cindy is a lab technician in Harvard University.

research n.
careful study that is done to find and report new knowledge about something
- The lung cancer research lasted for three years.
research v.
to study (something) carefully
- The reporters are researching the background of this politician.

pour v.
to make a liquid or other substance flow out of or into a container by holding it at an angle:
- Tears poured down Rita's face when she discovered she had been fired.
- The waiter poured some coffee into my mug.
- The chef poured some syrup onto the pancakes.


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