Orphan elephants
An elephant calfWhen an elephant calf is born, it stands quickly on its feet. It drinks milk from its mother for a few years. The mother elephant teaches her calf how to use its trunk(象鼻). She teaches it many things. The mother elephant is very important to an elephant calf.
Becoming an orphanElephants travel a lot. Sometimes they have to cross rivers. A calf can be washed down a river. Or it can fall into a hole. When a calf is separated from its mother, it becomes an orphan. Sometimes a calf becomes an orphan because its mother has been killed.
A park for orphansIn the wild, an elephant calf needs its mother. It can’t live without her. It can get sick. Some people called keepers, take care of the orphan elephants in a park. The keepers take care of the elephants until they can take care of themselves. Then, the keepers take the elephants back to the wild.
Caring for the orphansThe keepers need to teach an elephant calf how to feed. To make it more relaxed, they rest its trunk against a huge blanket (毯子) , which feels a little like its mother. In the wild, an elephant calf will go under its mother to find shelter (庇护处) from the sun. At the park, the keepers put an umbrella over them.
Dika--an orphan elephantOne day, the keepers found Dika. He was all alone. Some people had killed Dika’s family, and he had run away. The keepers took Dika to the park. He was taken care of, but he cried for his mother. It was a long time before Dika was happy again.
Back to the wildDika was ten years old before he could live in the wild again. Many years later, he came back to the park. He had some wire (电线) around his leg. He needed the keepers to help him. Orphan elephants don’t forget where they were cared for.
1.Who is important to an elephant calf?2.What does the underlined word “orphan” probably mean in Chinese?
3.What is the role of the keepers in the park?
4.Why was Dika taken to the park?
5.What did Dika do when he was in trouble?
6.What can you learn from this passage?

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y = sin x, x∈R, y∈[–1,1],周期为2π,函数图像以 x = (π/2) + kπ 为对称轴
y = arcsin x, x∈[–1,1], y∈[–π/2,π/2]
sin x = 0 ←→ arcsin x = 0
sin x = 1/2 ←→ arcsin x = π/6
sin x = √2/2 ←→ arcsin x = π/4
sin x = 1 ←→ arcsin x = π/2


y = sin x, x∈R, y∈[–1,1],周期为2π,函数图像以 x = (π/2) + kπ 为对称轴
y = arcsin x, x∈[–1,1], y∈[–π/2,π/2]
sin x = 0 ←→ arcsin x = 0
sin x = 1/2 ←→ arcsin x = π/6
sin x = √2/2 ←→ arcsin x = π/4
sin x = 1 ←→ arcsin x = π/2

