You’re a Jellyfish!
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Floating at Sea.
海上漂浮目录.
4 Jelly Bodies.
4个果冻尸体。
6 Getting Around.
6环绕.
8 Life Cycle.
8 生命周期。
10 Hunter and Hunted.
猎人十人
11 People and Jellyfish.
11人与取鱼.
13 Conclusion.
13 结论。
15 Glossary.
15 词汇。
16 Index.
16 指数。
16 Floating at Sea Imagine that your body is shaped like a bell, and you have long tentacles streaming down under you.
16 在海上飘来飘去 想象一下你的身体形状像铃声 你身上有长长的触角
You are mostly made of water and cannot survive away from it.
你大部分都是由水所制而成 无法从水中生存
You live in the ocean and travel by floating gracefully on currents.
你住在大海里 漂浮在水流上
You’re a jellyfish, or jelly, and not a fish at all.
你是一个水母,或者水母,而不是鱼。
You’re a kind of invertebrate—an animal that has no backbone.
你是一种无脊椎动物,
This is a lion’s mane jellyfish.
这是狮子的母水母。
You and your jellyfish cousins live in every ocean in the world.
你和你的水母堂兄弟们生活在世界上的每一个海洋中.
Some also live in lakes and ponds.
有的还生活在湖泊和池塘.
Some live in warm water, and others prefer cold water.
有的生活在温水中,有的更喜欢冷水.
Some of your cousins are survivors—they’ve been around for 650 million years, since long before the time of dinosaurs.
你的一些堂兄弟是活生生的活生生的活生生的,
Jelly Bodies Like all jellyfish, you have no brain, heart, blood, or bones.
果冻尸体 像所有水母一样,你没有大脑,心脏,血液,或骨骼.
Your body is made of water, muscles, and nerves.
你的身体由水、肌肉和神经组成。
You use your eyespots and nerve network to sense up and down, light and dark, and the world around you.
你利用你的眼球和神经网络来感知上下,光和黑暗,以及你周围的世界.
The main part of your body is your bell.
身体的主要部分是铃声.
Tentacles hang from around your edges like fringe.
帐篷在你的边缘上像边缘一样被挂起
A mouth and digestive sac hang in the center.
口和消化道囊被吊在中间
Some of your cousins have frilly oral arms, or mouth arms, around this sac.
你的一些表兄弟 口交,或口交,围绕这个囊。
These West Coast sea nettles look like a fleet of spaceships.
这些"西海岸"的"被子" 看起来像太空船队
Getting Around As a jellyfish, you spend most of your time drifting on ocean currents.
四处走动 作为水母 你大部分时间都在洋流上漂流
But you can also move when you want to.
但你也可以随意移动.
First you let your bell fill with water.
首先你让你的钟充满了水。
Then you squeeze the muscles in your bell the way a person blows a bubble with bubble gum.
然后按人用泡泡口香糖吹出泡泡的方式,将肌肉挤入钟中.
As you force water out of your bell, you shoot forward.
当你把水从你的铃声中取出,你就向前射击。
You and your cousins come in many shapes, sizes, and colors.
你和你的表兄弟们 有很多形状、大小和颜色
Jellyfish that live near the ocean’s surface are often clear, or see-through.
生活在海洋地表附近的果冻鱼往往很清晰,或透视.
Jellies that live deep in the ocean may be red or purple.
生活在海洋深处的果冻可能为红色或紫色.
Some jellies are white with splashes of color.
有些果冻是白色的 有花相间的花纹
Some deep-sea jellyfish even glow in the dark!
一些深海水母甚至会在黑暗中发光!
Jellyfish take in water.
果鱼取入水中.
Then they pump it out again.
然后他们又抽出它。
Do You Know?
你知道吗?
The smallest jellyfish is as tiny as a pearl.
最小的水母像珍珠一样小.
The largest jellyfish is the lion’s mane jellyfish.
最大的水母是狮子的母水母。
Its bell is wider than the length of a bed.
它的钟比床的长度要宽.
Its tentacles can be as long as a school bus!
它的触角可以像校车一样长!
Some of your jellyfish cousins swim close to the ocean’s surface to bask in sunlight.
你的一些水母堂兄弟们 游到靠近海洋的地表去晒出阳光
Others avoid light and stay deeper in the ocean.
其他人则避光而更深地入海.
Some live in the open ocean, while others stay closer to shore.
有的生活在开阔的海洋中,有的则更靠近岸上.
Like all jellyfish, you are not a social animal.
像所有水母一样 你不是社会动物
But divers and scientists often find your kind in large groups.
但潜水员和科学家常常会发现你的同类在大团体中.
You and the other jellies aren’t enjoying each other’s company.
你们和其他的果冻并不享受彼此的陪伴。
You just happen to be in the same place at the same time.
你只是碰巧在同一个地方 同时。
Life Cycle You began your jellyfish life as an egg released into water by your mom.
生命周期 你开始你的水母生活 作为鸡蛋释放到水中 被你妈妈。
After your dad fertilized the egg, it grew into a tiny wormlike animal called a planula (PLAN-yoo-luh).
在你爸爸受精后,它会长出一种叫"花花"(PLAN-yoo-luh)的小型蠕虫类动物.
The planula floated in water for a few weeks.
浮游于水中数周.
Then it attached to a rock and developed into a polyp (P AHL-ip).
后被附着于一块岩石上并发展为多聚(P AHL-ip).
Over time, the polyp cloned itself through a process called budding.
随着时间的推移,多肽克隆本身通过一个叫做发芽的过程.
It grew disks that popped off, swam away, and developed into adult jellyfish.
它生长出从地上跳出,游出并发展出成年水母的盘子.
One of those adults, or medusas (muh-DOO- suz), is you!
其中一个大人,或者说蜜杜莎,是你吗?
The moon jellyfish is one of the almost 200 kinds of jellyfish.
月水母是近200种水母之一.
Hunter and Hunted Like other jellyfish, you like to eat fish, crabs, shrimp, and tiny marine animals.
猎人和猎人和其他水母一样,你喜欢吃鱼,螃蟹,虾和细小的海洋动物.
The key to successful hunting is the stinging cells in your tentacles.
成功打猎的关键是触手的刺细胞.
You catch prey as it floats through the water.
你捕捉猎物时,它漂出水面
Some of your cousins also have a glow that attracts fish.
有的表亲也有能吸引鱼的发光.
Others have a sticky gel that catches animals passing by.
其他人有粘胶 捕捉动物经过。
Many animals avoid eating you and your cousins.
很多动物不吃你和你表妹
After all, who wants a mouthful of stinging cells?
毕竟,谁想要一嘴 刺细胞?
But some animals don’t seem to mind at all.
但有些动物似乎根本不在乎。
Sea turtles and some fish and birds think of jellyfish as a real treat.
海龟和一些鱼类和鸟类认为水母是一种真正的待遇.
You try hard to protect yourself from being eaten by hiding or by stinging.
你努力保护自己,避免被隐藏或被刺痛所吃.
Still, many of your cousins are eaten while they are still growing or as adults.
尽管如此,许多你的表亲还在长大或成年时被吃.
Do You Know?
你知道吗?
One kind of jellyfish grows its own food.
一种水母生长自己的食物.
The upside-down jellyfish lies on the bottom of shallow warm oceans.
倒下水母位于浅暖洋底.
It eats algae and then grows more just by sitting in the sunlight.
它食用藻类,然后在阳光下生长得更多。
Jellyfish are the main food of leatherback sea turtles.
果鱼是皮背海龟的主要食物.
This shrimp will make a tasty meal.
这只虾会做一顿好吃的
People and Jellyfish People often see your jellyfish cousins on beaches.
人和果鱼 人们经常在海滩上看到你的水母表弟.
Sadly, those jellies are either dead or dying.
可悲的是,这些果冻不是死了就是死了。
People need to remember to never touch a jellyfish!
人们需要记住永远不要碰水母!
Even a dead jelly can sting.
即使是死果冻也会刺痛
Most of your jellyfish cousins have a mild sting that is painful and causes a red rash.
大部分水母的表亲都有一个轻微的刺痛,很痛苦并会引起红疹.
But the sting of some jellies can be deadly.
但是一些果冻的刺痛是致命的。
Do You Know?
你知道吗?
A jellyfish called the Australian sea wasp is one of the most poisonous animals in the world.
被称作"澳大利亚海黄蜂"的水母是世界上最有毒的动物之一.
A sting can kill a person in three minutes.
刺能三分杀活人.
Jellyfish Stings Symptoms: • Intense stinging pain • Red rash • Swollen, raised patches of skin • Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea • Fever, chills, and sweating • Back and abdominal pain Treatment: • Rinse with seawater (not fresh water).
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• Don’t rub the wound or apply ice.
• 支助 不要擦伤或用冰。
• Apply white vinegar to the wound.
• 支助 将白醋放入伤口.
or tweezers.
或作t.
from spreading.
从传播。
intense symptoms.
严重的症状。
Conclusion Scientists learn new facts about jellyfish every year.
科学家每年了解水母的新事实。
They also often discover new kinds of jellies.
它们也经常发现新型的果冻.
In 2003, a large red jellyfish that has no tentacles was discovered off the coast of California.
2003年,加利福尼亚州近海发现了一头没有触角的大型红色水母.
People enjoy looking at jellyfish at zoos or aquariums.
人们喜欢在动物园或水族馆看水母.
Watching you gently float through water is fun and relaxing.
看着你轻轻地从水中漂来 是乐趣和放松。
Even without brains, your cousins must be pretty smart to have survived for millions of years!
即使没有大脑,你的表弟们一定很聪明 生存了上百万年!
Glossary bask (v.)
词汇库(五.)
to rest and soak up sunlight (p.
休息并浸出阳光(p.
9) budding (n.)
9)发芽 (n.
reproducing by growing a bud that breaks off (p.
由生长出一个断裂的芽来再生(p.
10) cloned (v.)
10)被克隆(五.
duplicated (p.
已复制(p.
10) currents (n.)
10) 电流 (n.
steady-moving water that flows in a single direction (p.
向单一方向流动的平稳流动水(p.
4) invertebrate (n.)
4)无脊椎动物 (n.
a kind of animal without a backbone (p.
一种没有骨干(p.
4) marine (adj.)
4) 海洋(adj.)
found in the ocean (p.
在海洋中发现(p.
11) medusas (n.)
11) medusas (n.) (英语).
adult jellyfish (p.
成年水母 (p.
10) planula (n.)
10) 平原(n.
the larva of a jellyfish (p.
水母的幼体(p.
10) polyp (n.)
10) 聚p (n.
a tentacled, tubelike creature attached to a solid surface; a stage in the life cycle of a jellyfish (p.
有触角,管状生物附着于固体表面;是水母生命周期中的一个阶段(p.
10) social (adj.)
10) 社会(adj.
friendly; enjoying the company of others (p.
友好;享受他人陪伴(p.
9) tentacles (n.)
9) 触角 (n.
thin limbs on an animal, especially an invertebrate (p.
动物上薄肢,特别是无脊椎动物(p.
4) Index Australian sea wasp, 13 bell, 4, 6 Big Red, 15 jellyfish stings, 13, 14 lion’s mane jellyfish, 7 moon jellyfish, 9 oral arms, 6, 15 stinging cells, 11, 12 tentacles, 6, 7, 11, 14, 15 upside-down jellyfish, 11 Big Red, discovered in 2003, has oral arms but no tentacles.
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