Electric Eels!
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Legendary Shocker.
内容表 传奇震撼器.
4 It’s a Fish!
4个 这是鱼!
6 It’s Electric!
6号是Electric!
9 Stunning Attack.
9出击.
12 Don’t Swim There!
12,别在那里游泳!
13 Future Energy Source.
13 未来能源来源。
15 Glossary.
15 词汇。
16 Legendary Shocker Alexander Humboldt went to South America to catch electric eels in 1800.
16 传奇震撼手亚历山大·洪堡于1800年去南美接电鳗.
He thought they could help him learn about electricity, a kind of energy that scientists knew little about.
他认为他们可以帮助他学习电学,这种能量是科学家们所知不多的.
He knew not to touch the eels because their shocks could cause great pain.
他知道不要碰鳗鱼,因为他们的冲击会造成极大的痛苦.
He asked some fishermen to help.
他请一些渔民帮忙。
Humboldt spent five years in South America.
洪堡在南美度过了五年.
Shocking Fish Story Recently, a scientist saw eels rise up to protect themselves as they did with the horses.
震惊的"鱼事" 最近,一位科学家看到鳗鱼起来保护自己 就像他们用马来保护自己一样。
Before that, some scientists thought Humboldt might not have been telling the truth.
在此之前,一些科学家认为洪堡可能没有说实话.
The fishermen led about thirty horses into a pond.
渔民们带领了大约30匹马走入了一座池塘.
The electric eels began to shock the horses.
电鳗开始震撼马匹.
When the eels were too tired to shock the horses anymore, the fishermen caught five eels.
当鳗鱼疲惫到无法再惊动马匹时,渔民们捕获了五只鳗鱼.
Humboldt learned much about the eels.
洪堡对鳗鱼了解甚多.
A picture made from Humboldt’s writing about fishing for eels with horses shows how powerful electric eels are.
洪堡写道用马钓鳗鱼,
It’s a Fish!
这是鱼!
Electric eels are long gray-brown fish with yellow or orange on their throats.
电鳗为长灰色褐色鱼,喉部为黄色或橙色.
They are more like catfish than other eels and belong to a group of fish that are all electric.
它们比起其他的鳗鱼,更像 cat鱼,属于一群电活鱼.
Electric eels can be about as big around as an adult person’s leg and three times as long.
电鳗的身高可以和成年人的腿一样大,长到三倍。
Male and female electric eels are alike in color and size.
雄性与雌性电鳗在颜色和体型上都是一样的.
Unlike most other fish, electric eels breathe air.
与其他大多数鱼类不同的是,电鳗会呼吸出空气.
They have gills, but their gills mostly help them breathe out.
它们有 gi,但是它们的 gi大多能帮助它们呼吸出.
Electric eels have special organs in their mouths that help them breathe in.
电鳗口有特殊的器官来帮助它们呼吸.
They breathe out waste air from their mouths and gills.
他们从口和 gi中呼吸出废气.
They come up to breathe air every few minutes and can drown if they don’t.
他们每几分钟就来呼吸一口气,
Electric eels breathe air through their mouths.
电鳗从口中呼吸出空气.
Shocking Fact Electric eels can grow new tails if theirs are cut off.
惊人的事实 电器鳗鱼可以长出新的尾巴 如果它们的被切断。
Like most other fish, electric eels have fins and a backbone.
和大多数其他鱼类一样,电鳗有鳍和骨干.
Their backbones and fins are body parts that help them move.
它们的骨干和鳍是能帮助它们移动的身体部位.
They swim slowly most of the time, but they move quickly when they attack.
大部分时间它们会缓慢地游泳,但攻击时会迅速移动.
Shocking Medical History Don’t try this at home!
震惊的医学史 别在家里尝试这个!
Ancient Greeks and Romans tried to cure headaches with electric rays.
古希腊人和罗马人试图用电射线来治疗头痛.
A ray’s shock could have made a person’s head numb, so it might have worked!
光线震动会使一个人的头麻木,
It’s Electric!
这是Electric!
Electric eels are the most electric fish on Earth.
电鳗是地球上最有电能的鱼类.
They can find their way around and send signals to other eels using their electricity.
他们可以找到自己的路 并用他们的电力向其他鳗鱼发送信号。
They can also protect themselves, hunt, and stun or kill the animals they eat.
它们也可以保护自己,打猎,打晕或杀死它们所吃的动物.
Other fish use electricity, too, but none are as powerful as electric eels.
其他鱼类也使用电力,但无一能如电生鳗.
Other Electric Fish electric catfish electric ray clearnose skate Shocking Fact If an electric eel curls its head to its tail, its shocking power becomes greater.
其他电鱼 电鱼 电线 清光滑冰 震撼事实 如果一头有电的鳗鱼把头卷到尾巴上,其震撼力会更大.
Three Electric Organs The electric eel has three electric organs.
三台电动机关 电鳗有3个电动器官.
It has a main organ (1) and two smaller organs (2 and 3).
它有一个主要机关(1)和两个较小的机关(2和3)。
Three organs make an electric eel’s shocks.
三个器官制造了电鳗的冲击.
These organs make up most of an electric eel’s body.
这些器官构成一个电鳗身体的大部分.
They make its body like a big battery that could turn on a light.
它的身体就像一个可以打开灯光的大电池
An electric eel can shock its prey, or the animals it eats, with up to 650 volts of electricity.
电鳗可以震动它的猎物,或者它所吃的动物,电能可达650伏特.
The shock can kill small animals and stun big ones.
震能杀出小畜生并震出大畜生.
Any animal near the eel can feel it.
任何靠近鳗鱼的动物都能感觉到.
The shock has about five times the volts used to power a lamp.
震中电压大约为一盏灯的5倍.
Scientists don’t know why electric eels can’t feel their own shocks.
科学家不知道为什么电生鳗无法感受到自己的冲击。
It might be because of how big the eels are.
可能是因为鳗鱼有多大
It might be because of how their shock moves.
这可能是因为他们的冲击动作。
Or it might be because electric eels have body parts that protect them.
也可能是因为电鳗有保护它们的身体部位.
Electric eels have long rows of special cells called electrocytes.
电鳗有长行的特殊细胞称为电细胞.
Electrocytes each send out a tiny shock at almost the same time.
电细胞几乎同时发出微小的冲击.
The cells work together to create the electric eel’s big attack ZAP!
细胞合作创造出电鳗的大攻击ZAP!
Stunning Attack Before an electric eel uses its attack zap, it has to find prey.
在被电鳗用到攻击前 它必须找到猎物
Electric eels can’t see well and are nocturnal, or most active at night.
或最活跃于夜间。
Electric eels send out small shocks—about fifty every second— to sense nearby plants and animals.
电鳗发出小震荡——大约每秒50起——来感受附近的动植物.
When an electric eel senses prey, it sends out two or three big shocks.
当一头电鳗感应到猎物时,它发出出两到三个大冲击.
The shocks make the prey move, which helps the eel find it quickly.
冲击使猎物移动,这帮助了鳗鱼迅速找到猎物.
Then the electric eel sends out its attack shock, which stuns or kills the prey.
然后电鳗会发出攻击性冲击,使猎物晕倒或死亡.
The electric eel sucks the prey into its belly before the animal swims away.
电生鳗将猎物吸入肚中 在动物游走之前
Electric eels mostly eat small fish or animals like frogs or shrimp.
电鳗多吃小鱼或蛙或虾等动物.
Young eels also eat worms and insects.
幼鳗也吃虫和昆虫.
Don’t Swim There!
别在那里游泳!
Electric eels are top predators that few other animals eat in the South American rivers where they live.
电鳗是其他动物很少在所居住的南美河流中食用的最高食肉动物.
They can also live in other types of nearby fresh water, such as ponds.
它们也可以生活在附近的其它种类的淡水中,例如池塘.
Because they breathe air, electric eels can live in water that might kill other fish.
因为它们能呼吸出空气,电鳗可以活在可能杀死其他鱼类的水中.
They can also live out of water for hours if they stay wet.
如果保持湿润,它们也可以从水中活上几个小时。
Electric Eel Habitat ATLANTIC OCEAN PACIFIC OCEAN SOUTH AMERICA Amazon River Orinoco River Electric Eel Habitat Electric eels mostly lay eggs in small ponds.
电耳栖息地 南极洲 南美洲 亚马逊河 Orinoco河电耳栖所 电鳗多产卵于小池塘.
Male eels build bubble nests with their spit.
雄性鳗鱼会用口水筑出泡巢.
Female eels lay eggs in the bubbles.
雌性鳗鱼会产卵入泡.
Males protect the nest.
雄鸟保护巢穴.
They also protect the babies until they grow to about half as long as a pencil.
他们还保护婴儿,直到他们长到大约一半的铅笔.
The young eels only make small shocks, so they can become prey for other animals.
幼生的鳗鱼只会产生小的冲击,因此可以成为其他动物的猎物.
Black caimans might try to eat baby electric eels.
黑色的caimans可能试图吃婴儿电鳗.
Babies might not cause strong enough shocks to keep them away.
婴儿可能不会引起足够强烈的冲击使其远离。
Future Energy Source Scientists are still learning new things about electric eels.
未来能源源科学家仍在学习有关电鳗的新知识.
Some scientists want to use what they have learned about electric eels to make a new kind of battery.
有些科学家想用他们学到的 关于电鳗鱼的东西 来制造新型电池
The battery could be used inside people, and it wouldn’t harm them or run out of power.
电池可以在人体内使用,
Two hundred years ago, Humboldt wrote that scientists didn’t understand all the secrets of electric fish.
两百年前,洪堡写道,科学家们并不理解电鱼的所有秘密.
That is still true today.
今天情况依然如此。
What will electric eels help scientists learn next?
接下来电鳗能帮助科学家学习什么?
Glossary electric (adj.)
电子词汇(adj.)
charged with, powered by, or producing energy that is created by moving charged particles (p.
由电荷充电、由电源充电或产生由移动电荷粒子产生的能(p.
4) organs (n.)
4) 机关(不详)
parts of a living thing that have do specific functions, such as the kidneys or lungs (p.
具有特定功能活物的部分,如肾或肺(p.
7) shocks (n.)
7) 冲击 (n.)
sharp jolts felt when electric current touches or travels through a body (p.
当电流被触碰或穿过一具尸体时会感到尖锐的叫声(p.
4) stun (v.)
4) 眩晕(五.
to knock out or into a dazed state (p.
或陷入昏暗状态(p.
9) top predators (n.)
9)顶级捕食者(n.