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¡¡¡¡More than 50,000,000 people live in the rainforests of the world and most of them do not hurt the forest they live in£®They eat the fruits that grow on the forest trees, but they do not cut them down£®They kill some animals to eat, but they do not destroy them£®
¡¡¡¡When we cut down the rainforests, we destroy these forest people, too£®In 1990, there were 1,000,000 forest people in the Amazon forest, In 1980, there were only 200,000£®
¡¡¡¡The Yanomami live along the rivers of the rainforest in the north of Brazil£®They have lived in the rainforest for about 10,000 years and they use more than 2,000 different plants for food and for medicine£®But in 1988, someone found gold in their forest, and suddenly 45,000 people came to the forest and began looking for gold£®They cut down the forest to make reads£®They made more than a hundred airports£®The Yanomami people lost land and food£®Many died because new diseases come to the forest with the strangers£®
¡¡¡¡The Yanomomi people tried to save their forest, because it was their home£®But the people who wanted gold were stronger£®
¡¡¡¡Many forest people try to save their forests£®Chico Mendes was famous in Brazil because he wanted to keep the forest for his people£®¡°I want the Amazon forest to help all of us¡ª¡ªforest people, Brazil, and all the Earth,¡±he said£®A few months later, in December 1988, people who wanted to cut down the forest killed Chico Mendes£®
¡¡¡¡In Borneo, people were cutting down the forest of the Penan people to sell the wood£®The Penan People tried to save their rainforest£®They made blockades(ÕÏ°)across the roads into the forest£®In 1987, they closed fifteen roads for eight months£®No one cut down any trees during that time£®
¡¡¡¡In Panama, the Kuna people saved their forest£®They made a forest park which tourists pay to visit£®
¡¡¡¡The Gavioes people of Brazil use the forest, but they protect it as well£®They find and sell the Brazil nuts which grow on the forest trees£®
1£®Which people have destroyed the rainforest of the Yanomami?
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2£®Why did those people build roads and airports?
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3£®Why was Chico Mendes famous?
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4£®What do visitors have to do in Panama?
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5£®What do you think of the rainforests after reading the passage?
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¡¡¡¡1£®The people who came to look for gold£® ¡¡¡¡2£®They wanted to carry away the gold£® ¡¡¡¡3£®Because he tried to save their forests and keep it for his people£® ¡¡¡¡4£®Visitors have to pay for the tickets in order to enter the forest park£® ¡¡¡¡5£®People should protect the rainforests£® |
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