Giant Mammals

美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习

A Whale of an Animal The blue whale is the biggest animal on Earth.

动物之鲸 蓝鲸是地球上最大的动物.

It is longer than three school buses.

它长于三辆校车。

It is as heavy as thirty-three elephants!

重至三十三头大象!

Look Out for the Spout A blue whale has two holes on top of its head.

注意喷出一头蓝鲸的头上有两个洞

The whale uses the holes to breathe.

鲸取出洞来呼吸.

The blue whale swims to the surface of the ocean.

蓝鲸游入出海之地.

Water and air shoot up from the holes!

水和空气从洞里射出!

Listen for the Song Blue whales sing as they swim.

听宋蓝鲸一游而起歌.

Whale songs are low and loud.

鲸歌低而响.

The song can be heard far away.

歌能远闻.

Filling Up on Small Stuff Blue whales eat tiny animals and plants.

在小东西上填充 蓝鲸会吃小动物和植物.

Blue whales dive to find food.

蓝鲸下潜找食物.

A whale opens its mouth.

一鲸开口.

Tiny animals and plants flow in with the water.

细小的动物和植物随水而入.

A blue whale has baleen in its mouth.

蓝鲸嘴里有白鲸

Baleen is like stiff hair.

巴琳就像一头硬发

The water goes out through the baleen.

取出水出取出取经地.

The food stays inside.

饮食入内.

Blue whales eat a lot.

蓝鲸常吃.

The food helps them grow blubber.

食物能帮助他们长出脂肪

Blubber is a kind of fat.

蓝发是一种脂肪。

It keeps the whales warm in cold water.

它使鲸鱼在冷水中保持温暖.

Great Big Babies A baby blue whale is a calf.

大宝宝 幼蓝鲸为犊.

A calf drinks a lot of milk each day.

每天一头小牛会喝很多牛奶

It grows larger every hour.

它每时每刻都变大

A blue whale mother has one calf at a time.

蓝鲸母一次生一头小牛.

The calf stays with her for a year.

幼崽陪她一年

Then it swims off to live on its own.

后为自活而游出.

The Biggest Animals Blue whales are huge mammals.

最大的动物蓝鲸是巨大的哺乳动物.

They are the biggest animals on Earth.

他们是地球上最大的动物。