Giant Mammals

美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习

Elephants are Number One!

大象是头号!

Elephants are huge!

大象是巨大的!

They are much, much bigger than the biggest human.

他们比最大的人类大得多

They are the biggest land animals on Earth.

他们是地球上最大的陆地动物。

Take a Look Elephants are covered with thick gray or brown skin.

看看这个 大象被厚灰色或棕色的皮肤所覆盖.

They have long noses called trunks.

他们的鼻子很长,叫做树干

Elephants use their trunks to breathe and make noise.

大象用树干来呼吸并发出噪音.

They also use their trunks to grab food and suck up water.

也用干干来抓取食物并吸取出水.

Two Kinds of Elephants There are African and Asian elephants.

两样大象 有非洲和亚洲象.

African elephants are bigger than Asian elephants.

非洲象比亚洲象还大.

The two kinds are different in other ways, too.

此二种以别相相也.

Growing Up.

长大相.

and Up Baby elephants weigh more than most adult people.

婴儿大象比大多数成年人重得多

The mother teaches her calf how to live in the wild.

母教犊子入野活.

Elephants live in groups like a family.

大象活在像家庭这样的群体中.

Adult elephants in the group help keep the young ones safe.

团体中的成年大象帮助保护了年轻人的安全.

Don’t Eat Me!

别吃我!

Huge elephants don’t have to worry about other animals.

大象不必担心其他动物。

Lions and tigers know adult elephants are too big to fight!

狮子和老虎知道成年大象太大,不能出战!

Splitting Up After ten to fifteen years, young males leave to live alone or with other males.

10至15年后,年轻男性离开独自生活或与其他男性一起生活。

Female elephants stay together in their own group.

雌象自相会相会.

Plenty of Plants Elephants eat a lot of grass and leaves in one day.

许多植物 大象一日多吃草而出叶.

It takes an adult man one hundred days to eat as much.

一个成年男人要吃一百多天

Asian and African Giants Elephants are smart animals that take good care of each other.

亚洲和非洲巨人象是聪明的动物,互相照顾得很好.

They are very special animals.

他们是非常特殊的动物。