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Everglades National Park: 'The Liquid Heart of Florida'

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Hear descriptions of wetlands and wildlife.

Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.

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Words to know

swamp
Wet land partly covered with water.
wonder
Something that is very surprising and beautiful.
mahogany
A tree with hard, dark red wood.

Answer key

  1. Today on our national parks journey, we explore the Everglades in South Florida.“Today on our journey” introduces this week's place.
  2. But, others enter the park on water and go uncounted.“Others” means other visitors. “Uncounted” means nobody counts them.
  3. The Everglades is considered one of the biological wonders of the world.“Is considered” is passive: people think it is.
  4. They include mangrove and cypress swamps, estuaries and coastal marshes.A list of wetland types follows “They include”.
  5. The country’s largest living mahogany tree also lives in the Everglades.“The country’s largest living” uses a possessive and a superlative.

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