Hermit Crabs
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Shell-Changing Night.
内容表 贝壳-相克之夜.
4 What Do Hermit Crabs Look Like?
4 隐士蟹是什么样子?
5 How Do Hermit Crabs Live?
5 隐士蟹如何活?
7 Baby Hermit Crabs.
七宝贝隐士蟹.
8 Danger!
8 危险!
9 Not Really Hermits.
9 不完全是隐士。
10 Watch Them Run!
10 看他们跑!
11 Glossary.
11 词汇表。
12 Shell-Changing Night A hermit crab hurries across the beach.
12 贝壳换相之夜 一只隐士蟹跑过海滩
An empty shell just washed in.
空壳刚冲入.
The shell is a little bigger than the one he’s been using.
外壳比他一直使用的要大一点。
He grabs the new shell with his claws.
他用爪子抓住了新壳.
Then he pokes his head inside.
然后他把头插进去
It’s empty.
这是空的。
He stands on two legs.
他站在两条腿上。
Then he slips his body out of his old shell and into the new one.
然后他从他老外壳中滑出他的身体并进入了新的外壳.
He’s in!
他进去了!
A hermit crab gets ready to move into a bigger shell.
隐士蟹会准备移入更大的外壳.
What Do Hermit Crabs Look Like?
隐士蟹长什么样?
Hermit crabs are related to other crabs and also to lobsters and shrimp.
隐士蟹也与其他蟹有亲缘关系,也与龙虾和虾有亲缘关系.
A hermit crab has its own hard outer shell, called an exoskeleton.
隐士蟹有自有的硬外壳,被称作外壳.
But the exoskeleton only covers part of its body.
但外骨骼只覆盖了部分身体.
A hermit crab wears an old seashell to protect its soft parts.
隐士蟹会穿一出老海贝来保护它的软部位.
A hermit crab has five pairs of legs.
隐士蟹有五双腿.
The first pair of legs ends in claws.
第一对腿以爪为末.
The second and third pairs are for walking.
第二与第三对为行.
The fourth and fifth pairs are short.
第四与第五对相相相短.
The crab uses the little back legs to hold onto its shell home.
蟹用小后腿来支撑它的外壳回家.
A hermit crab also has two pairs of antennae.
隐士蟹也拥有两对天线.
They help the crab taste water and find food.
他们帮助螃蟹品尝出水并找到食物.
There are more than eight hundred different kinds of hermit crabs.
有八百多种隐士蟹.
Some are as tiny as a penny.
有些像一分钱一样小
Others are as big as a softball.
另一些则与垒球一样大.
How Do Hermit Crabs Live?
隐士蟹怎么活?
Hermit crabs live in warm oceans all around the world.
隐士蟹生活在世界各地暖洋.
Some hermit crabs live on beaches or in tidal pools.
一些隐士蟹生活在海滩上或潮汐池中.
Others live in the water.
有的则活于水中.
All hermit crabs are scavengers.
所有隐士蟹为ca.
They will eat just about any food they can find.
他们会吃他们能找到的食物
Seaweed?
海藻吗?
Love it.
喜欢它。
Dead fish?
死鱼?
They’re great.
他们很棒。
Rotting wood?
烂木头?
Dinner is served.
晚餐准备好了
Hermit crabs are mostly nocturnal, which means they move around at night.
隐士蟹多为夜行蟹,这意味着它们会夜行.
They hide in their shells during the day.
他们白天躲在炮弹里
Baby Hermit Crabs Hermit crabs start as eggs.
小隐士蟹(学名:Baby hermits)为隐士蟹科隐士蟹属的动物,起于卵.
The eggs hatch in the water, and larvae (LAR-vee) float out.
卵在水中孵出,幼虫(LAR-vee)会漂出.
The larvae look like tiny shrimp.
幼虫外观为小虾.
For a few months, they grow and change shape.
几个月来,它们生长并改变形状.
When they are big enough, they find an empty seashell and join the colony.
当它们足够大的时候,它们会发现一个空海贝壳并加入殖民地.
Hermit crab larvae look different from adults.
隐士蟹幼虫的外观与成年人不同.
As young hermit crabs grow, their exoskeletons don’t get any bigger.
年轻的隐士螃蟹长大后,
So every year or so, they molt.
因此,每年左右,它们都会变质。
They get rid of their old exoskeleton and grow a new one that’s the right size.
他们摆脱了旧的外骨骼,
Hermit crabs can live to be thirty years old, but most live six to ten years.
隐士蟹可以活到三十岁,但大多数活到六到十年.
Danger!
危险!
Birds, octopuses, fish, and other animals will eat hermit crabs if they can.
鸟类,章鱼,鱼等动物如果可以吃会吃隐士蟹.
If a crab senses danger, it pulls into its shell and sits still.
若一蟹能觉出危险,会拉入外壳而静坐.
Not Really Hermits Hermit crabs got their name by mistake.
不是真正的隐士隐士蟹 误取了名字
Hermit crabs hide inside their shell “homes” when they are scared.
隐士蟹害怕时会躲入外壳"家".
People thought this meant they wanted to live alone, like hermits.
人们觉得这意味着他们想像隐士一样独活.
But these crabs don’t like to live alone at all.
这些螃蟹根本不喜欢独自生活。
They like to live in groups.
他们喜欢成群居住.
Hermit Crabs: Not Easy Pets Many pet stores sell hermit crabs.
隐士蟹:不易宠物 许多宠物店都卖隐士蟹.
But hermit crabs can be tricky to care for.
但是隐士蟹是很难照顾的
The crabs need a moist area.
蟹需要湿地面积.
They need to be calm.
他们需要冷静。
They need places to dig.
他们需要挖掘的地方。
And they need other crabs.
他们需要其他的螃蟹。
Hermit crabs that don’t get the right care suffer and sometimes die.
缺乏适当照顾的隐士蟹会受苦,
If you want to keep hermit crabs as pets, please learn to give them what they need to be healthy and happy.
如果你想把隐士蟹当作宠物,请学着给它们需要的来健康和快乐.
Rats and seagulls are two animals that eat hermit crabs.
鼠海鸥(学名:Conus service)为食用隐士蟹科鼠海鸥属的两种动物.
Watch Them Run!
看他们跑!
Hermit crabs look funny when they run across the sand.
隐士蟹跑过沙地时看起来很滑稽.
But they do more than make us smile.
但他们做的不仅仅是让我们微笑
Hermit crabs have important jobs to do.
隐士蟹有重要的工作要做.
They keep beaches clean by eating dead fish and plants.
他们通过吃死鱼和植物来保持海滩清洁.
Seeing hermit crabs is usually a sign that a beach is healthy.
见到隐士蟹通常表示海滩健康.