[1]Imagineamagicalforestwherethetreestouchthesky.Duetoenoughrainfallthetreesgrowhugeandspreadwide.Theirtallestbranchesaresothick-leafedthattheycreateathickcurtain.Eventhewinddoesnotfindenoughspacetoblowasitpleases.Theclimateisgoodforlifeformsofallkinds-fromtreestoanimalsbirdsandinsects.

[2]Theseforestsarecalledtropicalrainforests.MostofthemarelocatedneartheequatorinAsiaAfricaandSouthAmerica.TherainforestoftheAmazonbasininSouthAmericaisoneofthelushest(茂盛的)rainforestsintheworld.Youwillfindmorevarietiesoftreesoranimallifeherethananywhereelseintheworld.

[3]Thetropicalrainforestsarecalledthegreenlungsoftheplanet.Theyabsorbcarbondioxidefromaroundthemtoprocesstheirfoodandreleaseoxygenintotheair.Theyalsocontainthelargestnumberoftreeswithmedicinalvalue.

[4]Butnowhumanbeingsareoutto .ManycompaniesallovertheworldespeciallyintheWesthavebeenattackingtheserainforestsforavarietyofreasons–somewanttomakeprofitbycuttingdowntreesandsellingtimber(木材);othersaretryingtobetheonlyonestomakeprofitoutofmedicinalplants.

[5]Totheoutsideworldtherainforesthasalwaysseemedaverydangerousplace.Generationsoffilmsandliteraturehaveshownthepeoplewholiveintherainforestsasdangerousandviolentpeoplewhohaveastrangewayoflife.

[6]Butactuallythesepeoplehaveabetterunderstandingoftheirrelationshipwiththeirenvironmentthanmodernmanhas.Greedforprofitbydestroyingtheplanet’sresourcesisauniquequalityofsocietiesthathavebecomemodernandusetechnology.Oneshouldthenaskwhoismoreviolent?

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