Sunday, November 25, 2012

Discussion master Last chapter.

1. how much is the book? (p, 218)
2. She led the two ox carts away across the plain with her, and she left what? (p.218)

Quote Master Last chapter

1. "After a year of exploring some of the endangered environments of the world, I think I finally understand it."
 ---- it tells us that once you have the experience of anything, you will realized that you understand lots of knowledges.
2. "She said that the books contained all the knowledge and all the wisdom of the world, and that she would let the city have all twelve of them in return for a single sack of gold."
----- it tells us that knowledge in more valuable than gold
3. " Another hard winter took its toll on the city and they had a little trouble with famine and disease."
----- it tells us that once you have any seasonal change, disease will occurs.
4. " The books will burn quite well by themselves."
----- All the knowledge will burn, and nobody will get it
5. " She led the two ox carts away across the plain with her, and left the people of the city to survive as best they could with the one remaining twelfth of all the knowledge and wisdom that had been in the world."
----- Once you buy the book, you will for sure get the knowledge form it

discussion ch. 7

1. At least how many people died once they saw them? (p.210)
2. After the BBC radio series had been broadcast, they received what? (p.210)

Word master ch.7

1. Poacher-- a person who trespasses on private property, especially to catch fish or game illegally.    (p.208)
2. Captivity-- the state or period of being held, imprisoned, enslaved, or confined.    (p.210)
3. Echo---   a repetition of sound produced by the reflection of sound waves from a wall, mountain, or other obstructing surface.    (p.210)
4. Parakeet--- any of numerous small, slender parrots, usually having a long, pointed, graduated tail, often kept as pets and noted for the ability to mimic speech: several species are endangered.    (p.210)
5. Botanist-- a specialist in botany  (p.212)
6. Scrabbling--- to scratch or scrape, as with the claws or hands. (p.212)
7. Endangered-- threatened with a danger  (p.212)
8. Dramatic--of or pertaining to the drama (p.213)
9. Resilience--
the power or ability to return to the original form, position, etc., after being bent, compressed, or stretched (p.213)
10. Stability--
the state or quality of being stable. (p.213)

Sunday, November 18, 2012

discussion master ch. 6

1. What is the island called that is very important as far as wildlife is concerned? (p. 188)
2. what is the another island called that there was a very rare bird? (p. 187)

Quote master ch.6

1. " They work with a desperate energy that is disconcerting for a while until you begin to appreciate the enormity of the problems facing them, and the speed with which those problem are escalating."
---- it tells us that when you want to do something, you will do it!!! (p. 183)
2. " In the Indian Ocean on an island called Mauritius there was a very rare bird, perhaps the rarest of all falcons, called the extinctionm but that it could possibly be saved by captive breeding."
---- it tells us the information about Indian Ocean (p.187)
3. " Looking around at the captive breeding centre in which they had raised more than forty Mauritius Kestrels for gradual reintroduction to the wild, two hundred pink pigeonss, and even a hundred Rodrigues fruit bats." (p. 187)
----- It tells us the creatures in that island
4. " The just a few years ago a team from New Zealand came to exterminate the rabbits, until comeone realised that they were exterminating a rare breed of French  rabbit that didn't exist anymore in Europe and it should therefore be transferred to mainland Mauritius and preserved in some way."
----- it tells us what happened in New Zealand before
5. " There's an island near here-a very, very imprtant island as far as wildlife is concerned- caleed Round Island. There are more unique species of plants and animals on Round Island than there are on any equivalent area on earth."
----- it tells us the information about Round Island

Monday, November 12, 2012

comment on starson ch.5

i think starson pointed out the importance facts in ch. 5.  For example, "  Assumptions are the things you don't know you're making." it tells us that everything is making up, you just don't know the time that's making up