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)

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

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

Discussion master ch. 5

1. In where is the telephone dials are numbered anti-clockwise (p.143)
2. Where that everyone rides bicycles (p. 158)

word master ch. 5

1. Disorienting-- to cause to lose one's way ( p. 143)
2. Delineating- to trace the outline of; sketch or trace in outline (146)
3. Interweaving-to intermingle or combine as if by weaving (146)
4. Pagoda-A temple or sacred building,usually a pyramidlike tower and typically having upward-curving roofs over the individual stories. (147)
5. Aphrodisiacs- an aphrodisiac food, drug, potion, or other agent that arouses sexual desire.(147)
6. Clamouring-a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people(147)
7. Flamboyant- strikingly bold or brilliant (147)
8. Thermos- A vacuum bottle or similar container lined with an insulating material, such as polystyrene, to keep liquids hot or cold. (147)
9. Megaphones- a cone-shaped device for magnifying or directing the voice,chiefly used in addressing a large audience out of doors or in calling to someone at a distance(151)
10. Glamorous-full of glamour; charmingly or fascinatingly attractive,especially in a mysterious or magical way. (153)

comment on starson ch. 4

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this picture shows the significant of the moose in this chapter. As what starson stated, "They had a lot of moose and reindeer like ten thousand miles around it. It was also filled with many kinds of different birds. They all lived on a vast tract of mountainous terrain that occupies the southwest corner of South Island, New Zealand. The land was folded and twisted and all broken up. "

Discussion master ch. 4

1. where has a vast tract of mountainous terrain that occupies the southwest corner of South island?
   (p. 105)
2. how do people attract millenia? 
    ( p. 117) 

Quote master for ch. 4

1. " Fiordland, a vast tract of mountainous terrain that occupies the southwest corner of South Island, New Zealand, is one of the most astounding pieces of land anywhere on God's earth, and one's first impulse, standing on a clifftop surveying it all, is simply to burst into spontaneous applause."
     --  describe the Fiordland in detail. makes reader more understanding its importance ( p. 105 )
2. " The only roads that approach the Fiordland National Park peter out quickly in the foothills, and most visiting tourists only ever explore the fringe scenery." ( p. 106)
     --  tells reader that it will be hard to go to Fiordland National Park
3. " The spacious murmur of the valley gradually rises to fill the silence: the low thunder of cataracts, the distant hiss of the sea, the rustling of the breeze in the scrubby grass, the keas explaining who they are to one another." ( p. 110)
     --  Explain what is Fiordland looks like
4. " The millennia crawl by pretty bloody slowly while natural selection sifts its way obliviously through generation after generation, favouring the odd aberrant kakapo, which is a little twitchier than its contemporaries, till the species as a whole finally gets the idea."
     --  Explain that is living in Fiordland. Millennia. (p. 116)
5. "He puffs out two enormous air sacs on either side of his chest, sinks his head down into them, and starts to make what he feels are sexy grunting noises."
     -- Explain how to attract millennia. ( p. 117)