Looking for Bigfoot
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents I Set a Trap!
内容表 I 设置陷阱 !
4 What Is Bigfoot?
四大脚是什么?
6 Is Bigfoot Real?
6是大脚真人?
7 Evidence for Bigfoot?
7 证据大脚?
9 Bigfoot Around the World.
9大脚环绕世界.
13 Glossary.
13 词汇。
16 I Set a Trap!
16,我设置陷阱!
No one has ever caught Bigfoot before.
从来没人抓到过大脚怪
Some people think the giant hairy creatures don’t even exist, but I think that Bigfoot is real.
有些人认为巨型毛发生物根本不存在,
To prove it, I’m going to catch one tonight!
为了证明这一点,我今晚要抓一个!
Then I’m going to take it to school as my science fair project.
将它作为科学展销会项目。
I can’t wait to see the look on the other kids’ faces when I come to class with Bigfoot.
我迫不及待想看看其他孩子的表情,
I’m guaranteed to get first place in the science fair.
我一定会在科学展上获得第一名。
How will I catch one?
我怎么抓一个?
I’ve been learning everything I can about Bigfoot.
我在学习关于大脚怪的一切。
Also, I set a trap for one behind my house.
还有,我为房子后面的陷阱设了个陷阱
Now I just need to wait here and review my Bigfoot Secret Files.
现在我只需要在这里等待 并审查我的大脚秘密文件。
What Is Bigfoot?
什么是"大脚"?
Bigfoot gets its name from the huge footprints it leaves behind, but not just its feet are gigantic.
大脚怪从它留下的巨大足迹中得来它的名字,但不只是它的脚是巨大的.
Bigfoot is said to be between six and nine feet tall and weigh more than five hundred pounds!
据说"大脚"高6到9英尺,体重超过500磅!
There have been sightings of both males and females.
已经看到过雌雄同体。
They are strong, apelike creatures covered in thick hair.
它们是强壮的猿类生物 被厚厚的头发所覆盖
Bigfoot is known to walk on two legs, have long arms, and smell terrible (even worse than skunks).
大脚人已知会用两条腿行走,手臂很长,并有可怕的味道(甚至比臭鼬更可怕).
Bigfoot?
大脚?
Is Bigfoot Real?
大脚真人吗?
Many people think that Bigfoot is a hoax, a practical joke played by people wearing gorilla suits and pretending to be Bigfoot.
许多人认为"大脚怪"是一种骗局,是穿着大猩猩服并假装"大脚怪"的人所玩的实用笑话.
This doesn’t explain why people have reported seeing Bigfoot for hundreds of years all over the world.
这并不能解释为什么全世界数百年来人们都报告说看到大脚怪。
Could there really be that many people wearing gorilla suits?
会不会有这么多人穿大猩猩西装?
After all, new species are still being discovered.
毕竟,新物种仍在被发现.
In 2012, scientists announced a new species of monkey called the lesula.
2012年,科学家宣布了一种被命名为"活猴"的新物种.
Until then, only people in the Congo, in Africa, knew the lesula existed.
在此之前,只有刚果人,非洲人,才知道雷苏拉的存在.
In fact, many rare animals are hard to find.
事实上,许多稀有动物很难找到.
There were no photographs of a giant squid until 2006.
直到2006年才出现巨型鱿鱼的照片.
Some people thought that the giant squid was a hoax as well.
有些人认为巨型鱿鱼也是个骗局.
If not Bigfoot, then who?
如果不是大脚,那是谁?
The first recorded Bigfoot sighting was in AD 986 by Leif Ericson.
第一次有纪录的"大脚"目击是在AD986由莱夫·埃里克森所拍摄.
The early Viking explorer came to North America and wrote detailed descriptions of “monsters” he saw in the forest.
早期的维京探险家来到了北美,并撰写了他在森林所见到的"怪物"的详细描述.
He said they were horribly ugly and hairy, and had big black eyes.
他说他们丑陋又多发 有大黑的眼睛
Evidence for Bigfoot?
大脚的证据?
One reason people don’t believe that Bigfoot is real is that no bones have ever been found.
人们不相信"大脚怪"是真的原因之一,
No one has captured Bigfoot, dead or alive.
没有人抓住了大脚,死活。
The two best types of evidence we do have are footprints and film.
我们的两种最好的证据是脚印和胶片。
Since Bigfoot is so big and heavy, it leaves footprints wherever it goes.
由于"大脚"如此地大而重,无论到哪里都会留下脚印.
People have photographed its footprints and—where there’s more than one footprint—they’ve measured the distance between the prints.
人们拍摄了它的足迹,
That’s how they measured Bigfoot’s stride, which can be more than twice the length of a human’s!
他们就是这样衡量大脚怪的脚步,
Since no one has captured Bigfoot, we don’t know what species of animal it is.
因为没有人捕捉到大脚怪,
There are two popular theories, though.
虽然有两种流行的理论.
Gigantopithecus Some people think Bigfoot is a giant primate called Gigantopithecus, a twelve-foot-tall ape that lived 300,000 years ago.
吉冈托皮瑟克斯 有些人认为"大脚怪"(Bigfoot)是一个叫"Gigantopithecus"的巨型灵长类动物,是一头活了30万年前的12英尺长的巨猿.
Gigantopithecus was the largest known primate to walk on two legs, but scientists think it went extinct a long time ago.
Gigantopithecus是已知两条腿上行走的最大灵长类动物,但科学家认为它早已灭绝了.
Neanderthals Some people think the descriptions of wild apelike creatures sound similar to Neanderthals.
隐形人 有些人认为野生猿类生物的描述听起来类似于尼安德特人.
Neanderthals, who came before modern humans, were primates who walked on two legs and had human-sized brains.
尼安德特人,在现代人之前就已经是灵长类动物了,他们双腿行走并有人类大小的大脑.
Neanderthals are thought to have disappeared around 100,000 years ago.
尼安德特人被认为是在10万年前失踪的.
Cryptozoology is the study of creatures, like Bigfoot, that have not yet been proven to exist.
密码学(Cryptozology)是研究尚未被证实存在的生物,如大脚怪等.
The term comes from the words crypto, meaning “hidden,” and zoology, which is the study of animals.
该名词出自"密码"(crypto)等词,意为"隐藏"和动物学,是动物学的研究.
Cryptozoologist Jeffery Meldrum—the world expert on Sasquatch— discusses his research in his office.
密码动物学家 Jeffery Meldrum——世界萨斯克专家——在他的办公室讨论他的研究。
A professor of anatomy, Meldrum has devoted most of his career to arguing for Bigfoot’s existence.
Meldrum是解剖学教授, 他的职业生涯大部分时间都在为Bigfoot的存在而奋斗。
Bigfoot Theories I am a cryptozoologist.
大脚论 我是密码学家
Could Gigantopithecus still be alive?
吉根托皮瑟克斯还活着吗?
Could Bigfoot be a hairy Neanderthal that is not extinct?
大脚怪会不会是没有灭绝的有毛的尼安德特人?
The most famous footage of Bigfoot was taken in 1967 in Bluff Creek, California.
"大脚"最出名的镜头取材于1967年取材于加利福尼亚州布莱夫克克.
Roger Patterson and his friend were riding on horseback alongside a stream.
罗杰·帕特森和他的朋友 骑着马跟一条小溪一起
They rounded a corner and saw Bigfoot next to the water.
他们绕出一角,看见了水边的大脚.
Patterson’s horse got spooked and reared up, knocking him to the ground.
帕特森的马被吓倒并抬起头来,把他打倒在地.
Patterson yanked out his camera and filmed the seven-foot-tall creature walking toward the forest.
帕特森把相机拉出 拍摄了七英尺高的生物走向森林
In the fifty-three second film, you can see a female Bigfoot in motion.
在第五十三部第二部电影中,可以看到一位女性大脚怪在运动.
Her muscles ripple with her long strides.
她的肌肉与她漫长的步伐相接而来
No one has been able to prove that the film is a fake.
没人能证明这部电影是假的.
A frame from Roger Patterson’s 1967 film human foot Plaster cast Bigfoot cast strange prints!
罗杰·帕特森1967年电影"人行走"中的一帧画作"普拉斯特"(Plaster)出演了"大脚"(Bigfoot)出演了奇特的指纹!.
Better yet, people have made plaster casts of some footprints.
更好的是,人们做了一些脚印的石膏铸造.
They’ve poured wet plaster into the prints, allowed them to completely harden, and guess what?
他们把湿的石膏倒入指纹,
Some of these casts show skin patterns that, like fingerprints, are only found on humans and other primates.
其中一些铸造物显示了皮肤图案,与指纹一样,只在人类和其他灵长类动物上发现.
The patterns found on the Bigfoot prints are like no other primate’s we know of, though.
在大脚印上发现的图案,
Bigfoot Around the World The mystery of Bigfoot has captured the imaginations of people across the globe.
大脚环绕世界 大脚怪之谜捕捉了全球各地人们的想象.
Large, hairy apelike creatures have been sighted all over the place, and Bigfoot is known by many names in different countries.
大而有毛的猿类生物被到处所看到,而"大脚"在不同国家被许多名字所取名.
The creature is called Bigfoot in much of the United States.
该生物在美国多地被称作"大脚".
In the Pacific Northwest and Canada, Bigfoot is called Sasquatch.
在太平洋西北和加拿大,"大脚"被称作"萨斯克".
In the Himalayas of Nepal and Tibet, it is called a Yeti.
在尼泊尔和西藏的喜马拉雅山区，它被称为雪人。
The names are different, but the wish to know the truth about Bigfoot is the same.
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Bigfoot has been spotted around the world for hundreds of years, so why shouldn’t it show up in my backyard?
Bigfoot在世界各地被发现已有几百年了,
When I catch it, I’ll prove that Bigfoot is real, but I promise that I won’t hurt it.
但我保证不会伤害它。
Once I’m done with the science fair project, I’ll let it go.
一旦我完成了科学博览会计划,
Wait—there’s something in my trap!
等等,我的陷阱里有东西!
This is the moment of truth, when all of my research pays off.
此时此刻,我所有的研究都得到了回报。
I’ve finally caught…my dad!
我终于抓住... 我父亲!
He does not look pleased.
他看起来不高兴。
Dad’s feet are kinda big, and he is kinda hairy.
爸爸的脚有点大,
You don’t suppose…?
你不认为... ?