Ocean Animals

美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习

The many kinds of animals living in the ocean form an ocean community.

生活在海洋中的多种动物组成了海洋共同体.

While some ocean animals spend all their time in the water, others spend some of their time on land.

虽然一些海洋动物在水中度过了所有的时间,而另一些则将部分时间花在了陆地上.

Let’s meet some of these ocean animals.

让我们来看看这些海洋动物。

Most of the animals in this book are mammals, fish, or reptiles.

本作中的动物多为哺乳动物,鱼类,或爬行动物.

As a dolphin, my sleek body and strong tail help me swim fast.

作为一头海豚,我柔软的身躯和强壮的尾巴能帮助我快速地游泳.

I live with other dolphins in a group called a pod.

我和其他海豚一起住在一个叫"活人"的团体里

We whistle, click, and squeak to talk to each other.

我们吹口哨,点击,并尖叫 互相交谈。

I have to swim to the surface a few times a minute to breathe.

我要游到地表 一分钟几次才能呼吸

Because I have a large brain for my body size, people consider me among the smartest animals in the ocean.

因为我的大脑很大 体型, 人们认为我是海洋中最聪明的动物之一。

I like to eat fish.

我喜欢吃鱼

Like all walruses, I live on ice and in cold water.

和所有的海象一样,我生活在冰上和冷水中.

A thick layer of fat keeps me warm.

一层厚厚的脂肪让我温暖

My ivory tusks are actually very long teeth that I use to dig for clams, move around, and protect myself.

我的象牙其实是很长的牙齿 我用来挖蛤,移动,保护自己。

Whiskers around my mouth help me sense food on the dark ocean floor.

我嘴边的口哨 帮助我感受黑暗洋底的食物

Flat flippers allow me to swim as well as to flop around on land.

平地飞人允许我在陆地上游泳和漂浮

I make loud snorts and barks to communicate with other walruses.

我做响亮的鼻涕和叫声 与其他海象沟通。

The shape of my head gives me my name: hammerhead shark.

头的外形让我起名"锤头鲨".

The placement of my eyes at the ends of two lobes allows me to easily scan the ocean for prey.

把眼睛放入两个叶子的一端 让我可以很容易地扫描出海洋的猎物

I like to use my large head to pin stingrays, my favorite food, to the ocean floor.

我喜欢用我的大头来刺刺, 我最喜欢的食物, 到洋底。

While I travel with other hammerhead sharks in large schools during the day, I prefer to hunt alone at night.

白天我和其他锤头鲨一起 在大学校旅行时 我更喜欢在晚上单独打猎

Known for barking like a dog, I am a California sea lion.

以狗叫而闻名 我是加州海狮

Although people consider me noisy and playful, I am also smart.

虽然大家认为我吵闹又玩弄,但我也很聪明。

My short fur and leathery flippers help me swim very fast.

我的短皮毛和皮革花花 帮助我游泳非常快。

I live with other sea lions in colonies on rocky coastlines.

我和其他海狮一起生活在殖民地的岩石海岸上

We spend our time lounging on rocks in the sun or diving into the water to catch fish, octopus, and squid.

我们把时间花在太阳中的岩石上 或潜入水中捕取鱼、章鱼和鱿鱼

I can swim underwater for as long as ten minutes.

我可以在水下游泳10分钟

With a soft body and eight arms covered with suckers, I am an octopus.

身体柔软 有八只手臂被吸虫覆盖 我是章鱼

Because I don’t have a skeleton, I can fit into very small spaces.

因为我没有骨架,

If I lose an arm, it regrows later.

如果我失去了一只手臂,它会在以后重新生长。

Shooting black ink and changing the color of my skin help me hide from both predators and prey.

射出黑色的墨水并改变我的皮肤颜色,帮助我躲避捕食者和猎物.

I am a great white shark, a large and fierce predator.

我是一个伟大的白鲨, 一个巨大的和凶猛的掠食者。

No other ocean animal hunts me.

没有其他海洋动物会猎取我

If I lose or break any of my almost three thousand sharp teeth, they will grow back.

如果我输掉或弄断我近三千个尖牙 它们就会长回来

As a skilled hunter, I can sense a tiny amount of blood in the water, even from a long distance.

作为一个熟练的猎人,我可以感觉到水中微小的出血,即使是从很长的距离.

I eat seals, dolphins, and fish.

我吃海豹、海豚和鱼

I am named for my white underbelly.

我因为我的白腹而取名

But my back is gray, so I blend into the dark ocean and can easily surprise prey.

但我的后背是灰色的, 所以我混入了黑暗的海洋 很容易给猎物惊喜。

Because my brain is bigger than any other fish’s brain, I am smart—like all manta rays.

因为我的大脑比其他鱼类的大脑大,

As the largest ray in the world, my body is huge, flat, and wide, with fins that look like wings.

作为世界上最大的射线,我的身体巨大,平坦而宽阔,有长相像翅膀的鳍.

Although I am related to stingrays, I do not sting.

虽然我和刺刀有关,但我不刺。

People like to watch me jump out of the water and make a big splash.

人们喜欢看我从水中跳出 并做一个大的喷出。

As a sea horse, my name confuses people because I’m not a horse—I’m a fish!

作为一匹海马,我的名字让人困惑 因为我不是一匹马... 我是一条鱼!

I have no teeth or stomach, but I still like to eat all the time, especially shrimp.

我没有牙和胃, 但我仍然喜欢 吃所有的时间,尤其是虾。

Instead of chewing, I swallow my food through my snout.

与其咀嚼,不如用口鼻来吞下我的食物.

With only a small back fin, I am the slowest fish.

背鳍很小,我是最慢的鱼

I can stay in one place by latching my tail onto a piece of coral or seagrass.

我可以待在一个地方 把我的尾巴绑到一片珊瑚或海草上

If trouble comes my way, I change my color and shape.

如果麻烦来了,我就会改变我的颜色和形状。

Male sea horses, not females, carry eggs inside a pouch until they hatch.

雄性海马,不是雌性,在孵出之前会把卵放入邮袋内.

I am the biggest turtle in the world—a leatherback turtle.

我是世界上最大的乌龟 一只皮背乌龟

Unlike most turtles, which have shells, my body is covered with leathery skin.

与大多数有贝壳的龟不同的是,我的身体被皮革所覆盖.

I lay between eighty and one hundred eggs on land by digging a nest in the beach sand.

我在海边沙地上挖出一窝 产卵八到一百个

Diving deep in the ocean and staying underwater for longer than an hour at a time, I travel long distances.

潜入海洋深处,一次在水下停留超过一小时,我长途跋涉。

Jellyfish are my favorite food.

泡菜是我最喜欢的食物

I am a blue whale, the largest mammal ever to live.

我是一只蓝鲸 有史以来最大的哺乳动物

My huge tongue weighs as much as an elephant!

我的舌头跟大象一样重!

I talk to other blue whales by making deep sounds that move through water for long distances.

我与其他蓝鲸说话, 发出深层的声音,通过水中移动长距离。

Instead of teeth, I have baleen.

而不是牙齿,我有贝琳。

After gulping large amounts of water, my tongue pushes the water out.

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Baleen traps my favorite food—tiny animals called krill— inside my mouth.

巴林将我最喜欢的食物 叫做磷虾的动物 困在我的口中

Pollution and hunting are harmful to all these ocean animals, causing many to become endangered.

污染和狩猎对所有这些海洋动物都有害,导致许多人濒临灭绝.

By keeping our oceans clean, we can all work together to keep these animals alive.

通过保持海洋的清洁,我们都可以共同努力来保持这些动物的生命.