Reading the world we live in is full of natural wonders. The documentary script below describes the amazon rainforest, which is home to a wide range of wild's life. Before you read the script, think about the following questions. What plants or animals do you know about? What is special about them? What do you think this script is about? Judging from the title and pictures. the amazon rainforest are natural treasure. Welcome to the jungle, a huge sea of Green alive with the sounds of animals. This is the amazon rainforest. As the largest rainforest in the world, IT plays a significant role in maintaining the fine baLance of the earth eco system. The amazon rainforest crosses into eight countries, including brazil and peru, and one overseas region of fronts, all on the south american continent with an area of around six million square kilometers. The amazon rainforest is more than half the size of china. The amazon river, from which the rainforest gets its name, is close to six thousand, four hundred kilometers in length, roughly one hundred kilometers longer than the Young sea river. On its journey from the mountains to the ocean, the river supports many different ecosystems. They give this area the richest biodiversity on the earth. One in ten known species in the world can be found here. Of the three hundred and ninety thousand plant species known to us, more than forty thousand can be found in the amazon. This tall and ancient brazil, not tree, produces nuts that we can eat. These water lilies are big enough to lie down on the forest. Different levels support an unbelievable variety of wildlife. At the bottom there is a system of roots beneath the ground. Above that is the massive leaf litter on the dark forest floor. The next level is made up of shorter plants with large leaves. Then there are the towing, ancient, hardworking, and finally the tops of the toilets, trees, many meters, about ve, the ground. Each level of the forest forms its own little world, home to different kinds of living things. More than one thousand, three hundred species of birds and over four hundred species of mam's hide among the jungles. Plumed life. This jaguar is one example. IT has a yellowish Brown coat with black spots. While a significant number of jugular survive here, they are only one element of this forest food chain. They feed on at least eighty seven species, including frogs. These frogs, in turn, feed on insects, sich eat leaves and fruit. When a jakor dies, a tiny army of microorganism helps break down its body and return the nutrient to the earth. The amazon rainforest breathe life into the planet by fixing carbon and producing over twenty percent of all the oxygen. Thus, IT is often known as the lungs of the planet. Moreover, the amazon rainforest is a treasure house of species that can be used for food or medicine. Yet there is one major danger to these irreplacable plants and animals. us. Over the past fifty years, about seventeen percent of the rain forest has disappeared due to human activities such as agriculture and cattle farming, as the impact of human activities continues to grow and the list of species in danger of extinction becomes longer, we are left with a question, can we afford to damage the lungs of the planet?