Tarantula!
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Introduction.
导言表。
4 Where Tarantulas Live.
4 塔兰图拉斯活地.
5 Hard, Hairy Bodies.
5 难, 有毛发的身体。
6 Eating and Being Eaten.
6 吃吃吃吃吃吃吃吃吃吃着吃.
10 How Safe Are Tarantulas?
10 塔兰图拉斯有多安全?
14 Glossary.
14 词汇表。
16 Introduction What’s huge and hairy, and has fangs that can kill?
导言 何等巨大而多发,
It’s the biggest spider in the world—the tarantula!
这是世界上最大的蜘蛛,
Do You Know?
你知道吗?
There are at least eight hundred different kinds of tarantulas.
至少有800种不同的蛛类动物.
The biggest kind can grow up to 12 inches (30 cm) long!
最大的种类可以长到12英寸(30厘米)长!
Where Tarantulas Live Tarantulas live in warm places around the world.
塔兰图拉斯活塔兰图拉斯活地分布于全球暖和地.
Many live in forests, and others live in deserts.
许多人生活在森林中,其他人则生活在沙漠中.
More than fifty kinds of tarantulas live in the United States.
分布于美国等地,生活环境为50多种.
Some tarantulas live in holes in the ground.
一些狼蛛生活在地上有洞.
Others live under logs or in trees.
另一些则活在木下或树上.
Hard, Hairy Bodies Like insects and other spiders, tarantulas have a hard covering on their body.
难,有毛的躯体 与昆虫等蜘蛛一样,蛛类动物的身上有坚硬的遮盖.
As they grow, the covering gets too tight and splits down the middle.
随着他们的成长,被子变得太紧了,从中间分裂出.
After a tarantula pushes out of the old skin, its new skin gets hard.
蛛类动物从老外皮被推出后,其新外皮会变得坚硬.
Do You Know?
你知道吗?
Some tarantulas are black or brown, but many others are colorful.
有的狼蛛为黑色或褐色,但有许多其他有色.
They may be red, orange, yellow, pink, blue, purple, or other colors.
它们可能是红色,橙色,黄色,粉红色,蓝色,紫色等颜色.
Some have colorful stripes or other markings on their legs or bodies.
有的腿或身体有多彩的条纹或其他标志.
This Ecuadorian brown velvet tarantula is molting, or pushing out of its old skin.
这种厄瓜多尔棕色花绒蛛正在融化,或者从它的老皮肤上推出.
Do You Know?
你知道吗?
Tarantulas have eight eyes—two big ones and six small ones.
有八只眼睛 有两只大六只小眼睛
Even with eight eyes, they cannot see very well.
即便有八只眼睛,他们也看不清。
They only see light, dark, and movement.
他们只看到光明、黑暗和运动。
A tarantula is covered with hairs.
狼蛛被毛盖住.
The hairs sense heat, cold, and things that move.
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Other hairs near its mouth help a tarantula taste and smell.
其口相近的其他发型会帮助有狼的口味和嗅觉.
Stiff hairs with points grow on its stomach and back.
刺发有分而长于胃而后出也.
A tarantula can sting enemies with these hairs.
狼蛛会用这些发型来刺杀敌人.
The legs of a tarantula have little claws with hairs.
蛛的腿有小爪有发.
The hairs help the tarantula hold on when it climbs.
花发能帮助蛛蛛在攀爬时坚持住.
Two little arms near its mouth have sharp parts.
其口附近的两只小手臂有尖锐的部分.
The tarantula holds and cuts food with them.
蛛蛛与它们一起持有并削减食物.
This desert blond tarantula has a bald patch where it kicked off some stiff hairs to sting an enemy.
这片沙漠金发斑羚有一个秃发斑 在那里它踢出一些硬发来刺杀敌人
The hairs will grow back again after the tarantula molts.
花发会再生出蛛蛛软体后.
Eating and Being Eaten Tarantulas rest during the day and come out at night to hunt.
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They eat insects, frogs, lizards, bats, mice, and small snakes.
它们会吃昆虫,青蛙,蜥蜴,蝙蝠,老鼠等小蛇.
They also eat spiders—even other tarantulas.
他们还会吃蜘蛛,甚至是其他的狼蛛。
A grasshopper is a delicious meal for a Mexican red-leg tarantula.
草hopper是墨西哥红腿蛛的美味一餐.
Do You Know?
你知道吗?
Tarantulas do not weave webs, but they make silk.
塔兰图拉斯不编织网,而会制作丝.
Tarantulas that live in holes underground cover the walls with silk.
生活在地下洞口的塔兰图拉斯以丝绸覆盖墙壁.
Tarantulas that live in trees use silk to make “tents” or tunnels.
生活在树木中的塔兰图拉用丝来做"通"或地道.
To catch prey, a tarantula sits very still and waits.
为了捕取猎物,一只蛛类动物静静地坐着等待.
When an animal comes near, the tarantula jumps and jabs its fangs into it.
当动物靠近时,狼蛛会跳出并刺入它的尖牙.
Venom shoots into the animal and makes it stop moving.
阴道会射入动物,使其停止运动.
The tarantula drags the animal back home.
蛛把动物拖回了家.
It uses its jaws and little arms to cut up the animal.
它使用下巴和小臂来切割动物.
It spits juices onto the pieces, which turn to mush.
它会把果汁吐到碎块上,变成黏土.
Then the tarantula sucks up a tasty meal.
然后,狼蛛吸出一顿美味的饭。
A tarantula stabs a grasshopper with its fangs.
蛛 tar以 fan牙刺之.
Do You Know?
你知道吗?
Tarantula fangs can measure up to one-half inch (more than 1 cm) long.
塔兰图拉牙可以测量到一英寸(超过一厘米)长.
Tarantula venom is not usually deadly to humans, but a tarantula bite can hurt a lot and get infected.
塔兰图拉毒液通常不会对人类致命,但被蛛类动物咬会伤害很多并被感染.
If you are allergic to the venom, it can be deadly.
如果你对毒液过敏,它可能致命。
Do You Know?
你知道吗?
Many people keep tarantulas as pets.
很多人把狼蛛当作宠物饲养.
Certain kinds are safe if you learn how to handle them.
如果你学会怎么对付它们,某些种类是安全的。
You might think tarantulas are too big to be hunted.
你可能认为狼群太大了 无法被猎杀
Not true!
不对!
The tarantula hawk—a big wasp—hunts tarantulas as food for its young.
狼鹰——一只大黄蜂——被猎杀为幼年的食物。
A female wasp stings a tarantula, which then stops moving.
雌性黄蜂会刺出一只狼,然后它会停止运动.
The wasp lays one egg on the tarantula’s body.
黄蜂在狼体内放出一卵.
When the young insect comes out, it feeds on the tarantula.
幼虫出后会以狼为食.
How Safe Are Tarantulas?
塔兰图拉斯有多安全?
Many people are scared of tarantulas because they are so big.
很多人都害怕狼蛛,因为它们如此之大.
Tarantulas are harmless if you leave them alone.
塔兰图拉是无害的 如果你离开他们一个人。
Some tarantulas are slow and calm.
有的狼蛛缓慢而平和.
Others are fast and looking for a fight, so don’t mess with them!
也有人争吵,
A tarantula hawk gets ready to attack a tarantula.
一只狼鹰准备攻击一只狼.
People are a bigger danger to tarantulas than any other threat.
比起其他任何威胁,人们对狼群的危害更大.
These amazing spiders are important to the balance of nature.
这些惊人的蜘蛛对大自然的平衡很重要.
They deserve to be protected.
他们应该得到保护。
Glossary fangs (n.)
词汇法(n.)
long, sharp, and sometimes hollow teeth (p.
长而尖,有时也为空心牙齿(p.
4) harmless (adj.)
4)无害(adj.
not dangerous (p.
非危险(p.
14) prey (n.)
14)被猎物 (n.
an animal that is hunted and eaten by a predator (p.
被捕食者猎取并吃掉的动物(p.
11) sense (v.)
11) 感(五.
to receive information about the world through sight, touch, taste, smell, or hearing (p.
通过视觉、触摸、口味、嗅觉或听觉(p.
7) spider (n.)
7) 蜘蛛 (n.
an animal with eight legs that can spin a web (p.
有八条腿可以旋转网的动物(p.
4) venom (n.)
4)毒(n.
a poisonous fluid that some animals use to kill prey and defend themselves, usually delivered by biting or stinging (p.
一种有毒液体,一些动物用来杀死猎物并自卫,通常通过被咬或被刺来提供(p.
11) Do You Know?
11)你知道吗?
An adult tarantula can live up to thirty years.
成年蛛可以活到三十年.
Females live much longer than males.
女性比男性活得长得多。
This tiger-rump doppleganger tarantula lives in the rainforests of Costa Rica.
这只虎-朗普多普莱格蛛生活在哥斯达黎加的雨林中.