Slow and Slower
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Snail The animal world has some very slow animals in it.
蜗牛 动物界有一些非常缓慢的动物
One of the very slowest is the snail.
最慢的一种是蜗牛.
Even the fastest snails are pretty slow.
甚至最快的蜗牛也相当缓慢.
In 1995, Archie the snail took two minutes and twenty seconds to crawl 13 inches (33 cm).
1995年,蜗牛阿奇用两分二十秒爬出13英寸(33厘米).
Starfish Snails aren’t the only slow animals.
海星蜗牛并不是唯一的慢动物。
Starfish don’t seem to move at all.
星海似乎一动不动。
At top speed, they just creep along.
在最高速度,他们只是爬行。
A starfish needs four minutes to move the length of a man’s arm.
海星需要四分钟才能移动一个人的手臂长度.
Three-toed Sloth The three-toed sloth hangs around in trees most of the time.
三指头斯洛斯 三趾花槽多常被花在树上.
Because it seldom moves, little plants often grow on its fur.
因为很少会移动,所以小植物往往会以毛皮为生.
A sloth needs about three minutes to crawl the length of two cars.
一个槽需要约3分钟来爬行两辆车的长度.
Galapagos Tortoise Humans can walk about eighteen times faster than this giant tortoise.
加拉帕戈斯乌龟人类的行走速度比这只巨龟快了18倍.
The Galapagos tortoise isn’t fast but it does live a long time.
加拉帕戈斯龟虽然不快,
A tortoise can live 150 years or more.
乌龟可以活150年以上.
Gila Monster The desert gila (HEE-luh) monster is about as slow as the Galapagos tortoise.
吉拉怪兽 沙漠地基拉(HEE-luh)怪物与加拉帕戈斯龟一样缓慢.
It tries to avoid humans and other animals.
它试图避开人类和其他动物.
If scared, it will hiss loudly then bite quickly.
如果害怕,它会大叫 然后咬快。
Seahorse The boney little seahorse has four small fins but it can’t swim fast.
海马 骨头小海马有四个小鳍,
It can’t escape an enemy—so it hides.
它无法逃脱敌人,
It wraps its tail around a branch to look like it’s a part of the plant.
将尾巴包裹在树枝上,
Swallowtail Butterfly The large swallowtail butterfly flaps its big wings very slowly.
燕尾蝴蝶 大燕尾蝴蝶会慢慢地拍出 它的大翅膀
It flaps, glides, then flaps again.
它会飞起,滑翔,然后再次飞起.
It only flaps its wings about 300 times a minute.
它每分钟只拍出约300次翅膀.
A swallowtail flies about twice as fast as a six-year-old child can walk.
燕尾会飞快两倍于6岁小孩能行走的速度.
Greenland Shark We think of sharks as fast hunters.
格陵兰鲨鱼 我们把鲨鱼当成快猎人
However, the Greenland shark is the slowest fish in the ocean.
然而,格陵兰鲨鱼是海洋中最慢的鱼类.
It lives in very cold water so it must use its energy to stay warm.
它生活在很冷的水中 所以它必须用能量保持温暖
Slow Loris The loris is a careful little animal with big eyes.
慢的萝莉丝 lo(学名:Loris)为细 careful科 careful属下的一个种,眼大.
It sneaks up on its food at night.
它在夜里偷吃东西
The sneaky loris moves so slowly through tree branches that it doesn’t make a sound.
偷偷摸摸地走过树枝,
Manatee Manatees are large, gentle ocean mammals that just float around.
马纳特·马纳特斯(Manatee Manatees)是大型温和的海洋哺乳动物,只是漂浮在周围.
Sometimes they are called “sea cows.”
有时它们被称为“海牛”。 “
They like to take their time and munch on sea grass.
他们喜欢在海草上消磨时间和气息
In an hour of munching and floating, a manatee can go about three miles.
在一小时内,一个马纳特人可以走大约 三英里。
Conclusion Some of these animals can speed up when they need to.
结论 其中一些动物可以在需要时加速.
Some of them are just trying to save their energy.
其中一些人只是想节省精力。
Sometimes they need that energy to heat their bodies.
有时他们需要这种能量来取暖身体.
Sometimes what they eat doesn’t give them much energy to begin with.
有时他们吃的东西并没有给他们多少能量。
It’s true that slow animals don’t win many races.
慢跑的动物不会赢得许多比赛。
Still, they have found a way to live that works for them.
然而,他们找到了一种为他们工作的方式。