Where’s the Joey?
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
What’s a Joey?
乔伊是什么?
A joey is a baby marsupial (mar-SOO-pee-ul).
Joey是一个婴儿 mar-SOO-pee-ul。
A marsupial is an unusual type of animal.
mar(学名:Marsupial)为 unusual科 mar属的动物.
Its babies are carried in a pouch, or pocket, on the mother’s belly.
它的婴儿被用邮袋或口袋放在母亲的肚子上。
As it grows, the little joey stays hidden inside the pouch.
随着它的成长,小乔伊会藏在邮袋里.
Safe inside, the tiny joey drinks milk and grows while it is carried around.
里面安全,小乔伊饮用牛奶 并生长在周围。
Even after it can walk, the joey may still ride in mom’s pouch.
Joey可能仍会骑在妈妈的邮袋里。
There are over three hundred types of marsupials.
有300多种马苏比亚。
Most of them live in Australia (aw-STRAYL-yuh) and eat plants.
大部分生活在澳大利亚(aw-STRAYL-yuh)并吃植物.
Let’s look at a few kinds of marsupials and their joeys.
让我们看看几类的马赛人和他们的马赛人。
A Jumping Joey This joey stays in its mother’s pouch for eight months while it grows very tall.
一个跳跃的乔伊 这名Joey在母亲的邮袋里呆了8个月,
Its feet and tail grow very long, too.
它的脚和尾巴也长得非常长.
Can you guess what it is?
你能猜到是什么吗?
It’s a red kangaroo!
这是一只红袋鼠!
A red kangaroo is the largest marsupial.
红袋鼠是最大的红袋鼠.
It can stand over six feet tall and weigh 200 lbs (91 kg).
它能站高6英尺多,体重为200磅(91公斤).
It can jump 30 feet (9 m) with each leap!
每一次跳能跳出30英尺(9米)高!
A Joey That Lives in a Tree When grown, this little joey will look like a furry teddy bear with big ears.
一个住在树上而长大的乔伊 这只小乔伊会看起来像一只大耳朵的毛绒泰迪熊
It will live most of its life sitting in trees and eating leaves.
它将生活在大半生,坐在树上吃树叶.
Can you guess what it is?
你能猜到是什么吗?
It’s a koala!
这是可乐!
A koala lives, eats, and sleeps in eucalyptus (yoo-kuh-LIP-tus) trees.
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It is happy just to sit and eat lots of leaves every day.
每天坐着吃多片叶子很快乐
A koala usually only walks around at night.
卡拉通常只在晚上走来走去.
Joey the Screamer This marsupial mom might carry three or four noisy joeys in her pouch at one time.
尖叫者乔伊 这个疯婆子可能一次带了 三四个吵闹的Joey 在她的邮袋里。
Her little joeys can scream very loudly.
她的小乔伊可以大声地尖叫
What are they?
他们是什么?
They are Tasmanian devils!
他们是塔斯马尼亚恶魔!
The Tasmanian devil gets its name from its loud screams, sharp teeth, bad smell, and wild look.
塔斯马尼亚恶魔从它的叫声,锋利的牙齿,恶臭的味道和野外的外观得到它的名字.
It is a meat-eater, and lives only on the island of Tasmania (taz-MAY-nee-uh).
它是一个吃肉者,只生活在塔斯马尼亚岛(taz-MAY-nee-uh).
Protecting the Marsupials Most marsupials eat plants, and many, like the koala, live quietly in forests.
保护马苏比亚人 多数马苏比亚人会吃植物,许多像可口可乐一样,安静地生活在森林中.
When those forests are cut down, their homes, food, and safety are lost.
当这些森林被砍伐时,他们的家园、食物和安全就会丧失。
Other marsupials have lost their sources of food to herds of grazing cows or growing cities.
另一些残割者失去了食物来源,被放牧牛群或正在生长的城市所食用.
Marsupials Are Special Animals Most marsupials and their joeys live in only one place on Earth.
Marsupials 是特殊动物 大部分马赛人和他们的乔伊人生活在地球上只有一个地方.
We need to protect their special habitats and food sources—so we will always know where the joeys are.
我们需要保护他们的特殊栖息地和食物来源——因此我们将永远知道乔伊人的下落。