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1、Unit5ReadingADINOSAURSDinosaurslivedonEarthmorethansixtymillionyearsbeforehumanbeings・Theylivedeverywhere・Somedinosaurswereassmallaschickens・Otherswereasbigastenelephants・Somedinosaurscouldevenfly-Manydinosaursweregentleandateplants.Othersweredangerousandatemeat・Dinosau

2、rsalldiedoutsuddenly.Nobodyknowsthereason.However,peoplecanlearnaboutthelivesofdinosaursfromfossilsoftheirskeletons,eggsandfootprints・(SeeEarthHistory)DISNEY,WALTDisneylandisafamousparkintheUSA・ItsfounderwasWaltDisney(1901-1966)・HeisfamousforhiscartooncharacterssuchasMi

3、ckeyMouse,DonaldDuck,GoofyandSnowWhite.DisneywasbornintheUSA・Afterleavingschool,hesoldnewspapersanddeliveredletters.Atthesametime,hestudiedartatnight・Finally,hegotajobdrawingcartoonsforfilms.SometimesamousesatonWalt'sdeskwhenhewasatwork.Hedrewthemouseandputitinacartoon.

4、ThisbecameDisney*smostfamouscartooncharacter一MickeyMouse・MickeysoonbecameastarandDisneybecamerichandfamous・(SeeCartoons)ReadingBJeanChampoilion(1790・1832)wasverygoodatlanguages・Helearnttwelvelanguagesinhislife.Whenhewaseighteen,hebeganteachinghistoryatuniversity.Hewasyo

5、ungerthanmanyofhisstudents!JeanwasveryinterestedinancientEgyptandin1821hebegantostudytheRosettaStone・AgroupofsoldiersfoundthisstoneatRosettawhenJeanwasstillayoungboy.Itwasunderthesandforhundredsofyearsbeforetheydugitup.Therewasalotofstrangewritingonthestone・Thewritingwa

6、sinthreelanguages・OneofthelanguageswasancientEgyptian.Noonecouldreaditatthattime・ButJeanworkedoutitssecret.AncientEgyptianwasnotalanguagewithlettersandwordslikeEnglish・Itwasfullofsigns・Accordingtomanyexperts,thesesignsshowedthingsandideas・Jeandidnotcompletelyagree・Hetho

7、ughtthatsomeofthemshowedsounds.HefoundfifteensignsofthiskindinhisstudyoftheRosettaStone・Today,itispossibletounderstandancientEgyptianfrom4,000yearsagobecauseofJean'sdiscovery・MPBPandaisthenameofanAsiananimal・Apandaisalarge,blackandwhitebear-likeanimal・Itlivesinbamboofor

8、estsinsouth・westernChina・Thegiantpandahasachubbywhitebodywithblacklegsandshoulders・Ithasalargeroundhead,smallb