Awesome Ants
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents A Little History.
内容列表 A小历史.
4 Body Parts.
4 身体部件。
6 Let’s Talk.
6 让我们谈谈。
9 One Big, Happy Family.
9"一大","快乐家庭".
11 The Queen.
十一为后.
13 Yep, Ants Are Awesome.
13 是的,蚂蚁是真棒。
14 Glossary.
14 词汇表。
16 A Little History You’ve seen them marching through grass and across sidewalks.
16 小历史 他们穿过草地和人行道。
You may have even seen them crawling over your kitchen counter.
你可能甚至看到他们爬到你的厨房柜台上
We’re talking about ants—tiny, strong, awesome ants.
我们在谈论蚂蚁,
Ants are always on the move.
蚁常出行.
Ants are about 100 million years old.
蚂蚁有大约一亿年的历史.
They were crawling around under the dinosaurs!
他们在恐龙下爬行
Between then and now, they’ve changed a lot.
从那时起,
Today, over 10,000 species of ants live on every continent except Antarctica.
今天,除南极洲外,每个大陆都有超过一万种蚂蚁.
They have been able to survive so long because of their bodies and how they live.
他们因为身体和生活方式而活了这么久。
Body Parts Like all insects, ants have six legs and three body parts.
主体部件 与所有昆虫一样,蚂蚁有6条腿和3个身体部分.
The back part of their body is the abdomen.
他们身体后部为腹部.
This part holds the heart and stomachs.
此部分能牵取心腹.
Some ants have stingers that they use to protect themselves.
有些蚂蚁会用来保护自己
Their three pairs of legs attach to the middle part, called the thorax.
他们的三对腿接上中间的部分,叫胸口.
Each leg has little hooks that allow ants to climb almost anything.
每条腿都有小钩子,几乎可以让蚂蚁攀爬任何东西.
Ants can even hear with their legs by feeling vibrations through the ground.
蚂蚁甚至可以通过从地上感受出震动来用腿来听到.
This fossil of a giant male ant is over 49 million years old.
这种巨型雄蚁的化石有4900多万年的历史.
An ant’s leg seen through a microscope shows the hooks it uses to climb.
一只蚂蚁的腿通过显微镜可以看到它用来攀爬的钩子。
The head contains the brain, two eyes, antennae, and jaws.
头部包含有大脑,两只眼睛,天线和下巴.
The jaws open and close like scissors.
下巴像剪刀一样张开并收紧
They are used for cutting and carrying things.
它们被用来切割和携带物品。
Ants can lift more than twenty times their own weight.
蚂蚁能举起20多倍的自重.
Ants also have other mouthparts for chewing food and drinking.
蚂蚁还拥有其他口部来咀嚼食物并饮用.
The two eyes are each made up of many smaller eyes.
两只眼睛各由许多较小的眼睛所组成.
Even though ants have so many eyes, they can’t see very well.
虽然蚂蚁有这么多眼睛,
Instead, they use their antennae to get around.
相反,他们用天线来绕来绕去.
The antennae are like all-in-one sense machines.
天线就像全能感应机器
Ants use them to taste, smell, hear, and communicate with other ants through touching.
蚂蚁用它们来取味,嗅觉,听觉,并通过触摸来与其他蚂蚁交流.
The long, thin antennae are always moving around.
长而薄的天线总是在移动.
Ants use their antennae to taste a grape.
蚂蚁会用天线来品尝葡萄.
Let’s Talk Ants communicate with each other in three ways: touch, sound, and smell.
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Ants touch each other with their antennae in different ways to send different messages.
蚂蚁以不同的方式用天线来相接来传递不同的信息.
They can also make noises to communicate by rubbing their legs together or on their bodies.
它们也可以通过将双腿一起或用在身上来摩擦来制造出能进行交流的噪声.
The main way ants communicate is by smell.
蚂蚁沟通的主要方式是通过嗅觉.
They release chemicals that other ants can smell long after the first ant is gone.
它们释放出化学物质,其他蚂蚁在第一个蚂蚁消失很久后就能闻到.
Different smells send different messages.
不同的气味发出不同的信息.
For example, a crushed ant releases chemicals that attract other ants.
例如被粉碎的蚂蚁释放出能吸引到其他蚂蚁的化学品.
The chemicals also make the other ants attack anything nearby that might be a danger.
化学物质也使得其他蚂蚁攻击附近的任何可能具有危险性的东西.
An ant that has found food will lay down a trail of chemicals for other ants to follow.
一只找到食物的蚂蚁 会留下化学物质 供其他蚂蚁跟踪
The trail allows them to find the food and return to the colony.
踪迹可以让他们找到食物并返回殖民地.
Leaf-cutter ants carry leaves that weigh far more than the ants back to their colony.
叶克特蚂蚁所携带的叶子比蚂蚁所携带的重量要多得多回他们的聚居地.
Four ants use their antennae to communicate.
四只蚂蚁用天线进行交流.
One Big, Happy Family Ant colonies are filled with activity.
一个大 快乐的家庭 蚂蚁殖民地充满了活性.
Usually built underground, they have many different rooms, which all have different uses.
通常建造在地下,它们有许多不同的房间,它们都有不同的用途.
Some rooms store food, while others are used to care for the young.
有些房间储存食物,而另一些则用来照顾年轻人。
Colonies even have rooms for ants to relax in.
殖民地甚至有蚂蚁放轻松的房间.
Within the colony, every ant has a job.
在殖民地内,每只蚂蚁都有工作.
Worker ants and soldier ants find food and protect the nest.
工人蚂蚁和士兵蚂蚁寻找食物并保护巢.
These are usually the ants you see above the ground.
这些通常是地上看到的蚂蚁.
Other ants build the nest, take care of the young, and do other jobs.
其他蚂蚁会筑巢,照顾幼虫,做其他活.
All these ants are female, but only one is allowed to lay eggs: the queen.
所有这些蚂蚁都是雌性,但只有一只被允许产卵:皇后.
In other words, all the ants in a colony are related.
也就是说,殖民地中的所有蚂蚁都是有关系的.
What About the Boys?
孩子们呢?
Male ants have only one purpose in most colonies: to mate with the queen.
雄性蚂蚁在大多数殖民地只有一个目的:与女王交配.
Once they’ve done their duty, most male ants simply die.
一旦他们尽了责任,大多数雄性蚂蚁就会死去。
This cast shows the upper part of a large ant colony.
这个铸造物显示了一个大蚁群的上部.
Scientists think this colony went over 12 meters (39 ft) into the ground.
科学家们认为这个殖民地已经超过12米(39英尺)入地.
Soldier ants are usually much larger than worker ants.
士兵蚂蚁通常比工人蚂蚁大得多.
The Queen The queen is the leader of the colony.
女皇 女皇 王后是殖民地的领袖.
The largest of all the ants, queens are egg-laying machines.
在所有蚂蚁中最大的是放卵机.
Some queens can lay thousands of eggs every day.
一些后人每天可以产出上千个鸡蛋.
They can also live longer than most other insects— over twenty-five years.
它们也可以活得比大多数其他昆虫更长——超过25年.
Yep, Ants Are Awesome Ants may be small, but they can do awesome things.
是的,蚂蚁真棒 蚂蚁可能很小,但他们可以做一些很棒的事。
Thousands or millions of ants working together can build bridges or float across rivers.
成千上百万的蚂蚁一起工作,可以搭起桥梁或漂出河流.
They can overpower animals hundreds of times their own size for food.
它们可以战胜数百倍于自身大小的动物作为食物.
I Can Fly!
我可以飞!
Some young queens have wings that they use to fly off and start new colonies.
一些年轻的后人有翅膀,用来飞出并开始新的殖民地.
The wings fall off when the queens start laying eggs.
后人开始下蛋时翅膀会脱落.
Some males can also fly.
有些雄性也能飞行.
When they land near a colony, worker ants rip the wings off.
当他们降落在一个聚居地附近时,工人的蚂蚁把翅膀撕开.
Then they rush the male to the queen so the two can mate before the male dies.
然后他们把雄性赶到后座,这样两人就可以在雄性死前交配.
Let’s Go Floating Not even water can stop some ants.
让我们去漂浮 水也阻止不了蚂蚁
They climb on top of each other and link their legs until they form a raft or bridge made of their own bodies.
他们爬上相上而上,并连接腿部,直到形成由自己身体所制成的木筏或桥梁.
Many smaller ants spend their lives caring for the queen.
许多更小的蚂蚁花一辈子时间照顾王后.
So the next time you come across a trail of ants, stop and watch or, better yet, follow them.
所以下次你碰到一串蚂蚁, 停下来看,或者,更好的是,跟着他们。
When you see what these little gals are capable of, you’ll understand just how awesome they are.
当你看到这些小女孩的能力, 你会明白她们有多棒。
Glossary antennae (n.)
词汇天线(n.)
the thin feelers found on the heads of some animals that help them touch and smell (p.
在一些动物头上发现的能帮助他们触摸和嗅觉的薄薄的感受器(p.
7) colony (n.)
7) 聚居地 (n.
a group of animals that live together; a place where a group of ants or certain other social insects live (p.
一群动物共同生活; 一群蚂蚁或某些其他社会昆虫所活的地方(p.
10) communicate (v.)
10) 通讯(五.
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A trail usually means the ants are moving to a new home—or they’ve found something very tasty.
蚂蚁通常会搬到新家去,