LEVELED BOOK • L
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Flying in the Moonlight.
内容列表 在月光中飞行.
4 Eyes for the Night.
四眼为夜.
6 Even Better Ears.
6个更好的耳朵。
8 Silent Hunters.
8"无声猎人".
10 Where Owls Live.
10猫头鹰生活的地方。
12 Owls Are Out There.
12个猫头鹰在那里。
14 Glossary.
14 词汇表。
16 Flying in the Moonlight It’s a quiet, moonlit night.
16 在月光下飞行 这是一个安静的月亮之夜。
You walk along the edge of town.
你沿着镇边走
A shadow crosses your path, but you hear no sound.
阴影会穿过你的道路, 但你没有听到声音。
You look up as a dark shape floats over you and into the nearby trees.
你仰望着一个黑暗的形状 在你身上和附近的树上飘起。
It’s an owl.
这是一只猫头鹰。
More than two hundred different species of owls live around the world.
猫头鹰有200多个不同物种生活在世界各地.
They come in many sizes and live on every continent except Antarctica.
除了南极洲以外,它们有多种规模,生活在每一个大陆上。
Owls may seem mysterious, but the way they look and act helps them survive.
猫头鹰可能看起来很神秘,但他们的外观和行动方式有助于他们生存.
Eyes for the Night Like most birds, owls can’t move their eyes.
猫头鹰无法移动眼睛。
Instead, they must turn their heads to follow a moving object.
相反,它们必须转出头跟随移动物体。
Owls are able to turn their heads almost all the way around.
猫头鹰几乎可以转出头来
They can even turn their heads upside down.
他们甚至可以把头颠倒.
Owls’ big eyes help them survive, too.
猫头鹰的大眼睛也帮助他们生存。
Owls can’t see in total darkness, but they can see better in low light than most animals.
猫头鹰无法在完全黑暗中看到,
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 rely on their hearing to hunt.
更棒的耳朵 大多数猫头鹰依靠听觉猎取.
Most owls have huge ears, with one higher than the other.
大多数猫头鹰的耳朵很大,一个比另一个高.
The higher ear hears sounds from above.
更上耳从上而出声.
The lower ear hears sounds from below.
下耳从下而起出声.
Owls can move the feathers around their faces to send more sound to one ear or the other.
猫头鹰可以把羽毛移动到他们的脸周围,向一耳或一耳发出更多的声音.
This helps them find prey.
这能帮助他们找到猎物
An owl’s pupils are small in bright light (top) and large in low light (bottom).
猫头鹰的瞳孔发光(上)小而发光(下)大.
Owls have very large ears, which are hidden under feathers.
猫头鹰的耳朵非常大,被隐藏在羽毛下.
Some owls have thin skin that covers the ears’ openings.
有些猫头鹰皮肤薄,覆盖了耳朵的开口.
Great gray owls can hear a mouse hidden under the snow.
大灰猫头鹰可以听到隐藏在雪下的小鼠.
Barn owls can hear a mouse moving far away and catch one in complete darkness.
巴恩猫头鹰可以听到一只老鼠向远处移动,在完全黑暗中捕捉到一只.
These owls have the best hearing of any animal ever tested.
这些猫头鹰的听觉是最强的 任何动物的测试。
Silent Hunters Many animals that owls hunt also have very good hearing.
沉默猎人 许多猫头鹰猎取的动物也有非常好的听力.
So if an owl wants to eat, it must attack by surprise.
所以如果猫头鹰想吃东西,它必须突然袭击.
The soft feathers that cover owls’ bodies help them fly without a sound.
覆盖猫头鹰身体的柔软羽毛可以帮助它们无声地飞行.
Pellets!
佩莱!
Owls can’t chew their food.
猫头鹰无法咀嚼食物。
Instead, they often swallow small prey whole.
相反,它们经常吞下整个小猎物.
They can’t digest the unwanted parts of the animals.
他们无法消化动物的不受欢迎的部分。
A part of their stomach with strong muscles rolls those parts into small balls, called pellets.
它们的胃部有很强的肌肉会把这些部分卷入小球中,称为"粒".
A few hours after they eat, owls cough up a pellet.
吃了几小时后,猫头鹰会咳出一丸.
Owl pellet Owls, such as this barn owl, often crush their prey with their strong feet and sharp claws.
猫头鹰(Owl pellet Owls),例如这个谷地猫头鹰,经常用强壮的脚和尖锐的爪子来压碎它们的猎物.
The grip of some owls can be ten times stronger than a human’s grip.
一些猫头鹰的抓取力可以比人类的抓取力强出十倍.
A saw-whet owl flies silently through the trees.
一只锯齿猫头鹰悄悄地从树上飞来
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。
A hungry great gray owl may eat 1,400 mice in a year.
饥饿的大灰猫头鹰一年可以吃1400只老鼠.
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 habitats.
猫头鹰生活的地方 一些猫头鹰可以生活在许多不同的栖息地.
Other owls need a special habitat, though.
其他猫头鹰需要特殊的栖息地,虽然.
Burrowing owls live mostly on the prairie, making their nests underground.
埋伏的猫头鹰多活在草原上,使它们的巢穴在地上.
They use old burrows dug by other animals.
他们使用由其他动物所挖起的老洞穴.
Sometimes they move into fields and golf courses, and even near airport runways.
有时会搬入田地和高尔夫球场,甚至靠近机场跑道.
An Owl’s Housekeeper Screech owls hunt snakes.
猫头鹰的守门员史克威尔猎蛇.
However, they bring the blindsnake back to their nest alive.
然而,他们却活活地把百叶窗带回了自己的巢穴.
They let it go inside the nest, where it eats the insects that feed on the dead animals stored there.
它们让它进入巢穴, 在那里它食用以储存在那里的死动物为食的昆虫.
The snake becomes a housekeeper!
蛇变成管家了!
Great horned owls are great hunters.
大角猫头鹰是伟大的猎人。
They can even catch another bird in flight.
他们甚至可以在飞行中捕到另一只鸟.
A barn owl lives up to its name by raising its young in a barn.
一个谷仓猫头鹰靠在谷仓里养活自己的年轻而活在自己的名下.
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.
By 1994, most of their habitat had been destroyed by logging.
到1994年,它们的大部分栖息地被伐木破坏.
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 often see owls, but they’re out there.
猫头鹰不常见到猫头鹰,
If you’re in the country and want to find one, try going out at sunset.
如果你在乡下,
Listen for their calls.
听他们的电话。
Owl Sounds Owls aren’t always silent, and they don’t all hoot.
猫头鹰的声音 猫头鹰并不总是沉默,
They all make different sounds.
他们都发出不同的声音。
A great horned owl can bark like a dog and meow like a cat.
一个大角猫头鹰可以叫出像狗一样的叫声,而叫出像猫一样的叫声.
Barn owls don’t hoot—they scream.
巴恩猫头鹰不喊叫,
Their strange cry and appearance once made some people think of barn owls as a sign of bad luck.
他们奇怪的哭声和外表曾经让一些人把谷仓猫头鹰视为厄运的标志.
People take pictures of a great gray owl, the largest owl in the world.
人们取相的是一只伟大的灰猫头鹰,是世界上最大的猫头鹰.
Like many other owls, spotted owls do not fly south for the winter.
像许多其他猫头鹰一样 有斑点的猫头鹰不会在冬天南行
If you stay out late enough, people might think you’re an owl—a night owl, that is.
如果你迟到, 人们可能会认为你是猫头鹰,