Nature Stinks!
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Stinky Nature.
内容表 臭名昭著的自然.
4 Stinky Furry Animals.
4 臭毛 Animal动物.
5 Stinky Birds.
5只臭鸟。
10 Stinky Bugs.
10个臭虫.
12 Other Stinky Animals.
12 其他恶臭动物.
14 Good and Stinky.
十四好又臭. 师曰.
15 Glossary.
15 词汇。
16 Stinky Nature If you’ve ever smelled a skunk, you know it is not a nice odor.
16 肮脏的自然 如果你闻到臭鼬的味道,
In fact, it’s terrible!
事实上,
Did you know that both plants and animals can smell bad?
你知道植物和动物都有不好的味道吗?
Stinky plants usually smell bad to attract insects that help them reproduce.
臭名昭著的植物通常有恶臭的味道来吸引帮助其繁殖的昆虫.
Animals give off odors to attract mates and keep other animals away.
动物会放出臭味来吸引伴侣,并让其他动物远离.
Whether plant or animal, nature’s smelliest living things use odors to help them survive.
无论是植物还是动物,大自然最臭的活物都会用臭味来帮助它们生存.
Skunks are famous for their disgusting odor, but some animals smell even worse!
臭鼬以恶心的气味出名,但有的动物闻起来更臭!
Stinky Furry Animals Skunks are probably the most famous smelly animals.
臭毛虫动物 臭鼬可能是最出名的有臭味的动物.
They use their odor to keep enemies away.
他们用自己的气味让敌人远离.
When an enemy gets near, a skunk growls and stomps its feet.
当敌人接近时,一只臭鼬会咆哮并踩住它的脚.
If that doesn’t scare the enemy away, look out!
如果这不会吓跑敌人,
The skunk lifts its tail and sprays a terrible- smelling liquid.
臭鼬会抬起尾巴并喷出一股可怕的气味液体.
The liquid shoots out from the area near the base of its tail.
液体从尾巴基部附近区域射出.
Striped polecats may smell even worse than their skunk cousins.
被剥去的杆猫的气味可能比臭鼬的表亲更臭.
A striped polecat’s spray can cause burning pain.
一条条纹的柱猫喷出会引发燃烧的疼痛.
In addition to spraying, a striped polecat may also bark and fluff up its tail to scare enemies.
除了喷洒外,被条纹的杆形猫还可能为吓倒敌人而吠叫并放出尾巴来.
Skunks and striped polecats aren’t the only stinky furry animals.
臭鼬和有条纹的北极猫并不是唯一的臭毛鼠。
The lesser anteater is four times stinkier than a skunk!
小蚂蚁比臭鼬臭四倍!
It, too, shoots a smelly liquid from the area near the base of its tail.
它也从尾部基部附近地区射出一股有味的液体.
Then there’s the opossum.
接着是阴茎。
An opossum will pretend to be dead— called “playing possum”—if an enemy is near.
如果敌人在附近,则会有人假装已经死亡,称为“玩负鼠”。
It stays still and releases stinky green slime.
它保持静止,释放出臭味的绿色粘液.
A lesser anteater has rough fur.
更小的蚂蚁有粗糙的毛皮.
The fur pushes ants away when an anteater attacks an anthill.
当蚂蚁攻击蚁丘时,皮毛会把蚂蚁推走.
Opossums are cousins of kangaroos and other pouched animals.
Opossum是袋鼠和其他邮袋动物的表亲.
A smelly liquid marks the spot where a wolverine has been.
有臭味的液体 标志着一个狼人一直存在的地方
A wolverine, or “nasty cat,” also pees on saved food before hiding it.
狼人,或"王朝猫",在藏好之前,也会在被保存的食物上撒尿.
The smell helps the wolverine find the food later and keeps other animals from eating it.
这种气味能帮助狼人稍后找到食物并让其他动物不吃.
Wolverines, the largest weasels on land, can smell the animals they hunt hidden under twenty feet of snow.
狼人,陆地上最大的黄鼠狼,能闻到它们所捕猎的动物被藏在20英尺的雪地下.
The release of scent can be a warning as well.
释放出气味也可以是一种警告.
Male musk oxen fight each other to mate with females.
雄性麝牛相争相取配雌性.
Males use their stinky urine to tell other males to keep away.
雄性使用臭尿来告诉其他雄性远离.
The urine sticks to their long belly hair and makes them smell terrible.
尿粘到长肚毛上,使尿臭得发臭.
Musk oxen have two layers of hair to keep them safe from the cold.
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They shed the undercoat when winter ends.
冬天过后会脱下内衣
Stinky Plants The corpse flower is the world’s smelliest flower.
臭工厂 尸体花是世界上最臭的花。
This plant smells like rotting flesh.
这种植物闻起来像腐烂的肉.
The plant’s disgusting smell brings flies and beetles that eat rotting animals.
植物的恶心气味带来苍蝇和甲虫来吃腐烂的动物.
These insect visitors don’t find the food they’re looking for, but they pick up pollen.
这些昆虫访客找不到他们要找的食物,
When the insects visit other corpse flowers, they spread the pollen and help corpse flowers reproduce.
当昆虫拜访其他尸体花朵时,会传播花粉并会帮助尸体花朵繁殖.
These flowers also make their own heat and steam to help their odor spread far and wide.
这些花还自作热活和蒸活来帮助其气味被广泛而广泛的传播.
The stinking root parasite doesn’t smell like rotting flesh— it smells like poop!
臭根寄生虫闻起来不像腐烂的肉,
This African plant’s unpleasant smell comes from inside its flowers.
非洲植物的不愉快气味来自花朵内部。
The smell brings dung beetles, which pollinate it.
气味带来粪便甲虫,给它授粉.
Dung is another word for poop.
粪是大便的另一个词。
Dung beetles love dung!)
粪便虫爱粪!)
Stinky Birds The hoatzin (wat-SEEN) is the real name for the “stinkbird.”
臭鸟 Hoatzin(wat-SEEN)是"臭鸟"的真名. “
This bird mainly eats leaves.
这种鸟主要吃叶子.
The food breaks down in the bird’s crop (the area under its throat) before reaching its stomach.
食物在鸟类的收成(喉咙下方的地区)分解后再到达胃部.
This way of eating makes the hoatzin smell awful.
这种吃法使哈津闻起来很臭.
Hoatzins do not fly often, even though they can.
浩特津人虽然能飞,但并不经常.
Vultures are used to bad odors.
五脏相通于恶臭.
After all, their diet consists of the stinky flesh of dead animals.
毕竟,它们的饮食由死动物的臭肉所组成.
When an enemy is near, vultures throw up!
当敌人靠近时,秃鹫会吐出!
The stuff they vomit is extra nasty.
他们呕吐的东西太恶心了
It contains rotten meat and stomach acid strong enough to cause burns.
它含有腐烂的肉和胃酸,强度足以引起烧伤.
A vulture’s strong stomach acid keeps it healthy when it eats rotten meat.
秃鹫吃腐肉时,
Stinky Bugs Some bugs also use odor to stay safe.
臭虫头 有的虫还用气味来保持安全.
The bombardier beetle can’t fly to escape its enemies, so it has a strong weapon.
所以它有很强的武器。
It can release a hot cloud of stinky, deadly spray.
它可以释放出一股有臭味的致命喷雾的热云.
It’s hot enough to kill many enemies and burn humans.
并烧了人类。
Bombardier beetles make two chemicals inside their body.
炸弹甲虫体内有两种化学物质
When the chemicals mix, they explode!
化学物质混合后就会爆炸!
What millipedes lack in speed, they make up for in stink.
弥勒ipedes缺乏的速度, 它们弥补了臭味。
Millipedes can’t move fast, so they need a different way to stay safe.
Millipedes无法快速移动,
If an enemy comes near, they curl up and give off a stinky liquid.
如果敌人靠近,它们会卷起来,放出一股臭味的液体.
Some millipedes even shoot the smelly stuff.
一些小米甚至拍摄出臭味的东西。
Many types of millipedes give off a smelly liquid when touched.
许多种类的小米在被触碰时会发出一股有味的液体.
This liquid can make skin burn or itch.
这种液体能使皮肤被烧伤或痒.
Other Stinky Animals The common musk turtle has another name—stinkpot!
其他臭虫动物 常见的麝龟还有个叫"臭锅"的名字
It smells bad when other animals disturb it.
被其他动物打扰时闻起来很臭.
A stinky yellow liquid comes out of the back of its body.
臭黄色液体从身体后出.
The mink frog uses scent to keep enemies away as well.
貂蛙也用香气来让敌人远离.
Its stink has been compared to rotten onions.
它的臭味被比作烂洋葱.
It gives off this nasty smell to stay safe from other animals.
它散发出这种讨厌的气味 以远离其他动物
The common musk turtle can live for forty to sixty years.
常见的麝龟可以活到四十到六十年.
A female mink frog may lay 500 to 4,000 eggs at one time.
雌性貂蛙一次可以产出500至4000个卵.
Good and Stinky Being stinky helps many plants and animals stay alive.
不错又臭 臭味会帮助许多动植物活下来.
For plants, the odor brings insects that help them reproduce.
对于植物来说,气味会带来帮助它们繁殖的昆虫.
For animals, the odor often helps keep enemies away.
对于动物来说,气味常常有助于让敌人远离.
It can also help an animal eat food or get mates.
也可以帮助动物吃食物或得到伴侣.
Stinky steam, spray, vomit, slime, and urine are some of nature’s smelly ways of helping living things survive.
肮脏的蒸汽、喷雾、呕吐、黏液和尿液是大自然帮助活物生存的一些嗅觉。
Protecting the Nest The green woodhoopoe lives in Africa south of the Sahara Desert.
保护巢穴 绿木胡同生活在撒哈拉沙漠以南的非洲.
The female uses odor to protect her nest.
雌鸟使用气味来保护巢.
She sprays a dark, stinky liquid to keep enemies away.
她喷出一种阴暗而臭的液体来让敌人远离.
Glossary liquid (n.)
词汇液 (n.)
something that is capable of flowing and changing shape while keeping its size (p.
能够流动并改变形状,同时又能保持其大小(p.
5) odor (n.)
5) 气味 (n.
the scent or smell of something (p.
某种事物的气味(p.
4) reproduce (v.)
4)再生(五.