My Muscles

美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习

I smile.

我笑起来

I frown.

我皱眉了

I look surprised.

我看起来很惊讶。

What do the looks on my face share?

我脸上的表情是什么?

Muscles!

肌肉 肌肉 肌肉 肌肉 肌肉

My face has forty-two muscles.

我的脸有42个肌肉

Three kinds of muscles help my body move in different ways.

三种肌肉能帮助我的身体以不同的方式运动.

The first kind of muscle is skeletal muscle.

第一种肌肉是骨骼肌.

This kind of muscle is mostly connected to my bones.

这种肌肉大多与我的骨骼相接.

My body has more than six hundred skeletal muscles in all.

我的身体有六百多根骨骼肌肉

Skeletal muscle helps me to grip, swing, or jump.

骨骼肌肉可以帮助我握住,挥动,或跳出.

My bones and muscles work together with my brain to help me move.

我的骨头和肌肉 与我的大脑一起工作 帮助我移动。

My brain sends a message to my muscles to write, bike, or type.

我的大脑传递一个信息给我的肌肉 写作,自行车,或类型。

My muscles then pull on my bones to move different parts of my body.

我的肌肉然后拉起我的骨头 移动我身体的不同部分。

My muscles sometimes pull on my skin, like in my face, instead of my bones.

我的肌肉有时会拉起我的皮肤, 就像我的脸,而不是我的骨头。

A second kind of muscle is smooth muscle.

第二种肌肉是平滑的肌肉.

Smooth muscle helps move things, such as food or drinks, through my body.

平滑的肌肉有助于移动的东西,比如食物或饮料,通过我的身体.

This kind of muscle does its job without me thinking about it.

这种肌肉不用我考虑就能发挥作用

A third kind of muscle is cardiac muscle.

第三种肌肉是心肌.

Cardiac muscle helps my heart pump blood.

心肌有助于我心脏出血

My cardiac muscle works all the time and does not rest.

我的心肌一直工作,不休息。

How do I know when my muscles are working?

我怎么会知道我的肌肉在工作?

I can feel my heart beat to know my cardiac muscle is working.

我能感觉到我的心跳 知道我的心肌在工作。

I know my smooth muscles are working when I have to go to the bathroom.

我知道我的平滑肌肉在工作 当我必须去浴室。

I can see my skeletal muscles working anytime I move.

我随时都能看见我的骨骼肌肉在动

So what happens when someone asks me to show my muscles?

那么,当有人问我 显示我的肌肉?

I ask, “Which kind?”

我问,“哪一种? “