LEVELED BOOK •
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Flying in the Moonlight It’s a moonlit night.
在月光下飞行 这是月光之夜。
A dark shape floats over you and into the trees.
黑暗的外形会漂浮在你上 飘入树上
It’s an owl!
这是一只猫头鹰!
More than two hundred different kinds of owls live around the world.
有二百多种猫头鹰活在世界各地.
The way they look and act helps them survive.
他们的外观和行动方式帮助他们生存.
Eyes for the Night Owls can’t move their eyes, so they turn their heads.
夜猫子的眼睛无法移动,
Owls can turn their heads almost all the way around.
猫头鹰几乎可以把头转过来
They can even turn their heads upside down!
他们甚至可以把头颠倒!
Owls have big eyes, but they can’t see in total darkness.
猫头鹰的眼睛很大,
They see better in low light than most animals, though.
不过,在低光线下,它们比大多数动物看得更好。
That’s because of their pupils—the black circles in the center of their eyes.
因为他们的瞳孔,
Their pupils can grow large to let in more light.
他们的瞳孔可以变大 以让更多的光。
Even Better Ears Most owls use their hearing to hunt.
更棒的耳朵 猫头鹰大多用听觉来打猎.
Owls have huge ears.
猫头鹰的耳朵很大
On most owls, one ear is higher than the other.
在大多数猫头鹰身上,一个耳朵比另一个要高.
Owls can hear prey that’s hiding in grass or snow.
猫头鹰可以听到隐藏在草地或雪地中的猎物.
Barn owls can hear a mouse and catch it in complete darkness.
巴恩猫头鹰可以听到一只老鼠,并在完全黑暗中抓住它.
Barn owls have the best hearing of any animal.
巴恩猫头鹰的听力最强 任何动物。
Silent Hunters Owls must attack by surprise if they want to eat.
沉默猎人 猫头鹰如果想吃东西 就必须突然袭击
The soft feathers that cover their bodies help them fly without a sound.
遮住身体的柔软羽毛能帮助它们无声地飞行.
The main food for most owls is small animals—lots of them.
大多数猫头鹰的主要食物是小动物——其中许多是小动物。
In its lifetime, a barn owl may eat 11,000 mice!
在它的一生中,一个谷仓猫头鹰可能会吃一万一千只老鼠!
Where Owls Live Some owls can live in many different places.
猫头鹰生活的地方 一些猫头鹰可以生活在很多不同的地方.
Other owls cannot.
其他猫头鹰不能。
Spotted owls can only survive in old forests with huge trees.
被斑点的猫头鹰只能在有巨大树木的老森林中生存.
Many of these forests have been cut down.
许多森林被砍伐。
Today, few spotted owls are left.
今天 发现的猫头鹰已经不多了
Owls Are Out There People don’t see owls very often, but they are out there.
猫头鹰并不经常见到猫头鹰,
Go out at sunset and listen for their calls.
日出后听其来电.
If you stay out too late, people might think you’re an owl.
如果你待得太晚, 人们可能会认为你是猫头鹰。
A night owl, that is.
夜猫子,这就是。