Animal Discoveries
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Introduction.
导言表。
4 Monkey Mania.
(原始内容存档于2019-10-29). 4 Monkey Mania.
5 Freaky, Fabulous Frogs.
5个怪胎 出名的青蛙
6 Furry Finds.
6"毛地寻".
8 Interesting Invertebrates.
8 有趣的无脊椎动物.
9 Underwater Wonders.
9"水下奇观".
11 Hiding in Plain View.
11 在平原景区隐藏.
13 What’s Next.
13 接下来是什么。
15 Glossary.
15 词汇。
16 Introduction If you wanted to find a new animal species, where would you look?
导言 如果你想找到新的动物,你会在哪里看?
You might look in remote corners of the globe.
你也许可以看看地球的偏远角落
Scientists find more than 15,000 animal species each year.
科学家每年发现的动物物种有15,000多只.
That’s 1 percent of the more than 1.
超过1的1%。
5 million species we know about already.
已经有500万种了
At the same time, species are dying out at record rates around the globe.
与此同时,全球物种正在以创纪录的速度消亡。
For this reason, when we do stumble on a new species, it is an important discovery.
因此,当我们发现一个新物种时, 这是一个重要的发现。
Congo: lesula monkey 2 Colombia: Caquetá titi monkey 3 Borneo: Matang narrow-mouthed frog 4 New Guinea: long- nosed tree frog, blossom bat 5 Madagascar: Goodman’s mouse lemur 6 Brazil: Sazima’s tarantula 7 Brazil, Amazon Rainforest: troll-haired planthopper 8 Atlantic Ocean: Gorgon’s head starfish 9 Indonesia: walking bamboo shark 0 Ecuador and Colombia: olinguito a Cambodia: Cambodian tailorbird Where Were They Found?
刚果:鼠猴 2 哥伦比亚: (原始内容存档于2017-10-21). Caquetá titi monkey 3 Borneo: 新几内亚:长鼻树蛙,花蝙蝠5 马达加斯加: 古德曼的老鼠狐猴 6. 巴西:萨齐马的狼蛛 7. 巴西,亚马逊雨林:巨头花生植物 8 大西洋:高冈头海星. 印尼:走竹鲨. 厄瓜多尔和哥伦比亚:奥林吉多一柬埔寨:柬埔寨裁缝鸟. 他们在哪里找到的?
AUSTRALIA ASIA AFRICA EUROPE SOUTH AMERICA NORTH AMERICA PACIFIC OCEAN INDIAN OCEAN ATLANTIC OCEAN The Bonaire banded box jellyfish’s scientific name is Tamoya ohboya.
南美洲-北太平洋-印度洋-大洋洲 博奈尔乐队的盒子水母的科学名称是Tamoya ohboya。
The name was chosen in a contest.
名字是在比赛中选择的.
The winner said most people would say “Oh boy!”
获胜者说大多数人会说“哦,孩子!”
when seeing the jellyfish.
看到水母的时候
Monkey Mania In 2007, a new species of monkey was found in the forests of Central Africa.
猴子疯人院 2007年,在中非森林中出土了猴新种.
The lesula has large eyes and is shy and quiet.
利苏拉有大眼睛,又害羞又安静.
The first one found by scientists was being kept as a pet.
科学家发现的第一只被作为宠物保存.
In 2010, scientists found the Caquetá titi monkey by listening to its calls.
2010年,科学家们通过聆听卡克塔克(Caquetá titi)猴的呼声而发现了它.
This monkey lives in the Amazon jungle.
这只猴子住在亚马逊丛林里.
The Caquetá is known for its bushy red beard.
卡克塔人以多灌木的红胡子而出名.
It doesn’t have a white bar on its forehead as other titi monkeys do.
它的额头上没有白条,
Its babies purr like cats.
它的婴儿像猫一样
Only around 250 Caquetá titi monkeys are alive today, meaning the species is endangered.
今天只有约250只Caquetá titi猴活了下来,这意味着该物种濒临灭绝.
Freaky, Fabulous Frogs The Matang narrow-mouthed frog is the size of a pea.
怪怪的,出众的青蛙 马唐窄口青蛙为一豌豆的大小.
It was discovered on the island of Borneo in 2010.
它于2010年被发现于婆罗洲岛上.
It turns out that scientists had seen these frogs before.
原来科学家以前见过这些青蛙.
They thought the frogs were the young of a different species.
他们认为青蛙是不同物种的幼子.
Then, they heard the frogs calling.
然后,他们听到了青蛙的叫声。
Since only adult frogs make calls, they realized that these tiny frogs must be full-grown.
由于只有成年青蛙发出呼叫,所以他们意识到这些小青蛙必须已经完全成熟.
Caquetá titi monkey The Matang narrow-mouthed frog lays its eggs in pitcher plants.
卡克塔克特猴 马唐窄口青蛙将蛋产入投子植物.
The tadpoles grow in the liquid inside.
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A scientist discovered the long-nosed tree frog in 2010.
一名科学家于2010年发现了长鼻树蛙.
This frog lives in the Foja Mountains of New Guinea.
这只青蛙生活在新几内亚的福亚山脉.
The area has been called the “Lost World.”
这个地区被称为“迷失的世界”。 “
This tree frog is known for its long nose.
这种树蛙以长鼻而出名.
It is sometimes called the Pinocchio frog.
它有时被称作"皮诺曹青蛙".
When the male frog calls, its nose points up.
雄蛙叫来时,它的鼻子会指向上.
When the frog is done calling, its nose falls.
当青蛙打完电话时,它的鼻子会倒下.
No one knows why.
没人知道原因
Furry Finds Another find during the 2010 Foja Mountains trip was the blossom bat.
毛细查找 2010年福贾山之行中的另一个发现是花花蝙蝠.
It uses its long tongue to drink nectar from flowers.
它用它的长舌从花中取出花蜜来喝.
During a 2005 trip to Madagascar, researchers found Goodman’s mouse lemurs.
在2005年马达加斯加之行中,研究人员发现了古德曼的老鼠狐猴.
Not much bigger than mice, these tiny lemurs jump around in the trees at night.
这些小狐猴晚上会跳到树上
During the daytime, they sometimes sleep in empty birds’ nests.
在白天,它们有时会睡在空的鸟巢中.
The long-nosed tree frog is also known as the spike-nosed tree frog.
长鼻树蛙又名刺鼻树蛙.
Do You Know?
你知道吗?
Lemurs are only found in Madagascar.
莱穆斯只存在于马达加斯加.
Goodman’s mouse lemurs When the blossom bat feeds on nectar, it also helps pollinate the flower, which can then make seeds to grow new plants.
古德曼的老鼠狐猴 当花花蝙蝠以花蜜为食后,还有助于为花花授粉,花能再生出种子来培育出新的植物.
Interesting Invertebrates Scientists think that vertebrates— animals with backbones—make up only 3 percent of all species.
有趣的无脊椎动物 科学家认为脊椎动物——有脊椎的动物——只占所有物种的3%.
The remaining 97 percent of animal species known to scientists are invertebrates—animals without backbones.
科学家所知的其余97%的动物是无脊椎动物——无脊椎动物。
Sazima’s tarantula has a special beauty.
萨齐玛的狼蛛有特别的美.
Its dark blue body almost glows.
它的深蓝色身体几乎发光.
This fantastic arachnid has a limited habitat.
这个神奇的阿拉克尼的栖息地有限.
It only lives high in the mountains of Brazil.
它只活在巴西山区高地上.
Discovered in 2013 in South America, this new type of planthopper looks strange.
2013年在南美洲被发现,这种新型的植物hopper看起来很奇怪.
The wild hair isn’t hair at all.
野生发型根本不是发型。
When an enemy attacks, the “hair” breaks off, and the planthopper can jump to safety.
当敌人发动攻击时,“发条”会断开,而起死回生机可以跳到安全的地方。
That’s what scientists think, anyway, but they aren’t sure.
科学家也这么想,
Sazima’s tarantulas are only found in the tabletop mountains of Brazil.
萨齐马的蛛类动物只在巴西平顶山出土.
These mountains have a different climate than the surrounding area.
这些山脉的气候与周边地区不同.
Like most insects, planthoppers go through stages of development.
与大多数昆虫一样,植物hopper也经历了发育阶段.
This young planthopper is just beginning to develop wings.
这只幼小的 plant才刚开始发育出翅膀.
Underwater Wonders Scientists found the Gorgon’s head starfish in 2010 in the Atlantic Ocean.
水下奇才科学家于2010年在大西洋发现了高冈人头海星.
The Gorgon’s head, a type of basket star, has five arms that split off from its body.
Gorgon的头像篮子明星,
The five arms have as many as five thousand tips.
这五只手臂有五千个小费
The tips help it find food floating by in the water.
提示帮助它在水中找到漂浮的食物.
It also uses its arms to walk along the ocean bottom and to protect itself.
它还用手臂沿着海底行走并保护自己。
It took until 2013 to find the walking bamboo shark.
直到2013年才找到行走的竹鲨.
Like most sharks, it is no threat to humans.
像大多数鲨鱼一样,它不是对人类的威胁。
It lives off the coast of Indonesia.
它生活在印度尼西亚沿海.
Scientists found it because the colors on its back are different from those of other sharks.
科学家发现它是因为它的背上颜色与其他鲨鱼不同.
This new species uses its fins to push itself along the ocean floor in search of food.
这个新物种利用它的鳍来推动自己沿着洋底去寻找食物.
The wiggling movement makes it look as though the shark is walking.
摇晃的动作让人觉得鲨鱼在行走
The Gorgon’s head starfish is named for the Gorgons from Greek mythology.
高贡头海星取自希腊神话中的高贡名.
These creatures had hundreds of snakes on their heads instead of hair.
这些生物头上有上百条蛇而不是发型.
The walking bamboo shark has different patterns of stripes and spots from other bamboo sharks.
行走的竹鲨有与其他竹鲨不同的花纹和斑点.
Hiding in Plain View For more than a hundred years, scientists thought the olinguito (oh-lin-GEE-toh) was another species.
隐藏在平面视图 一百多年来,科学家们认为"奥林基多"(Oh-lin-GEE-toh)是另一个物种.
In 2013, they discovered that they had been wrong.
2013年,他们发现自己错了.
The olinguito leaps through trees at night.
奥林吉多在夜间会从树上跳出.
The smallest member of the raccoon family, it can be found in South America.
浣熊家族中最小的一分子,可以发现于南美洲.
In 2009, researchers found the Cambodian tailorbird.
2009年,研究人员发现了"柬埔寨裁缝鸟".
Tests showed that this tailorbird was a new species.
测试显示这只裁缝鸟是一个新物种.
Scientists also studied the bird’s song.
科学家也研究了鸟之歌.
While all tailorbirds sing, no two species sound the same.
虽然所有的裁缝鸟都唱歌,但没有两个物种发出相同的声音.
Sure enough, the song of the Cambodian tailorbird is different from all the rest.
当然,柬埔寨裁缝鸟的歌声与其它歌声不同.
Mistaken Identity Humans may encounter an unidentified species for years while mistaking it for a familiar species.
身份错误 人类可能遇到一个不明物种多年而将其误认为是熟悉的物种.
This often happens because the two species look the same, at least on the outside.
这经常发生,因为这两个物种看起来是相同的,至少在外表上是这样.
These are called cryptic species.
这些被称为"密码物种".
They are only found to be distinct when scientists study their genetic code.
只有在科学家研究其基因密码时,它们才被发现是不同的.
As DNA technology is used more and more, reports of distinct new species are on the rise.
随着DNA技术越来越多地被使用,关于独特新物种的报告正在增加。
Olinguitos have smaller, rounder faces and shorter tails than olingos, which they were mistaken for.
奥林吉多斯的面相较小,更圆,尾巴也比奥林吉斯更短,被误认为是奥林吉多斯.
The Cambodian tailorbird is hard to find because it lives in dense brush.
柬埔寨的裁缝鸟很难找到,因为它生活在密集的刷子中.
What’s Next?
接下来是什么?
Scientists continue to amaze us by finding new species.
科学家们继续通过寻找新物种来激励我们。
Experts agree that many more have yet to be found.
专家们一致认为,还有许多事情有待找到。
Many of these newly found species are in danger of dying out.
这些新发现的物种中有许多濒临死亡.
Finding them means we can help save their homes.
找到他们意味着我们可以帮助他们拯救家园。
Doing this can save the animals that live there, both those we know about and those we don’t know about.
这样做可以拯救生活在那里的动物,
yet.
还没有。