The Seed Sowers
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Finned Farmers.
内容表
4 Room to Grow.
4个房间到成长。
5 Tasty, Pretty, and Sticky.
5个口味 漂亮 有粘性
7 All Kinds of Seed Sowers.
7,"所有种类"种子苏尔.
9 The Scoop on Poop.
9"小猪"出炉.
13 Thanks to the Seed Sowers.
13个 多亏了播种人
15 Glossary.
15 词汇。
16 Finned Farmers Fall sunlight peeks through the trees and shines on a stream below.
16名芬兰农民 落去的阳光从树上闪过, 在下方的溪流上发光.
A breeze scatters leaves and fruit across the water.
微风将花叶和果实撒入水中
Suddenly, a fish breaks the surface to feed.
忽然有鱼破地出地取食.
The fish snaps up a floating piece of fruit.
鱼取出一分浮生果.
Then it disappears beneath the water and swims downstream.
然后它消失在水下并游入下游.
It’s easy to see how the trees help the fish, but the fish also helps the trees.
但鱼也会帮助树木。
By eating the fruit, the fish is spreading the tree’s seeds.
通过吃果子,鱼正在散播出这棵树的种子.
It’s one of nature’s seed sowers.
这是大自然种子播种地之一。
Pacu, South American fish related to piranhas, carry fruit and seeds to new places.
花花鱼(学名:Pacu),是与 p魚相關的南美鱼类,可携带水果和种子到新地.
Room to Grow Seed sowers are important to plants.
要增长的房间 种子播种对植物很重要.
Seeds are the way most plants reproduce.
种子是大多数植物繁殖的方式.
All seeds need the same things to sprout and grow.
所有种子都需要同样的东西来发芽和生长.
Plants must get enough sunlight, water, and nutrients to thrive.
植物必须有足够的阳光、水和养分来生长。
People who grow crops know this.
种植作物的人知道这一点。
They do their best to make sure their plants get those things.
他们尽力确保植物得到这些东西
Farmers spread seeds so plants don’t have to compete for what they need.
农民散播种子,
They plant the seeds far enough apart for each plant to thrive.
它们播种的种子相去相去甚远, 使每个植物都能繁衍.
Placing seeds properly helps them grow into bigger, healthier plants.
适当放入种子有助于它们生长成更大,更健康的植物.
Trees and other wild plants need room to grow, too.
树木和其他野生植物也需要有生长空间.
They can’t depend on farmers to spread their seeds.
他们不能依靠农民播种。
Instead, wild plants depend on nature to do the job.
相反地,野生植物依赖于自然来完成这项工作.
Some seeds are blown by the wind, while others float away on water.
有的种子被风吹去,有的则漂去取水.
Some seeds are carried off by animals, often on purpose.
有些种子由动物携带而去,经常是故意的.
Animals may hide seeds to eat later, or they may take seeds to feed to their young.
动物可能隐藏种子以待后食用,也可能取出种子来喂养幼年.
Some animals spread seeds without even trying.
有些动物甚至没有尝试就播下种子.
Many seeds sprout far and wide thanks to animal seed sowers.
许多种子会因动物种子播种而发芽出出远大.
The word zoo refers to animals.
动物园一词指动物.
It’s part of the word zoochory.
这是动物园这个词的一部分。
Zoochory is the scientific name for the process of animals spreading seeds.
Zoochory是动物传播种子的过程的科学名称.
W Wiseord Burrs cling to a cow.
Wiseor分贝urrs 紧贴一头牛。
Tasty, Pretty, and Sticky Wild plants have many ways to get animals to carry their seeds.
美味又漂亮又粘 野生植物有许多方法可以让动物携带种子.
Some seeds just taste good.
一些种子只是味道不错。
Animals seek them out to eat.
动物们要他们吃东西
For example, bears and deer love the taste of acorns.
例如:熊和鹿喜欢橡子的口味.
Even if a seed doesn’t taste good to an animal, its fruit might.
即使种子对动物不好吃,
Papaya seeds taste peppery.
木瓜种子有辣椒味.
The fruit around the seeds, however, is sweet.
然而,种子周围的水果是甜的.
Animals that eat the fruit sometimes eat the seeds, too.
吃果子的动物有时也会吃种子.
The sweet fruit of the papaya hides the peppery taste of its seeds.
木瓜的甜果藏有其种子的辣椒味.
Acorns are a big part of a black bear’s diet.
橡子是黑熊饮食的一大部分.
Many plants make fruit or seeds that are easy for animals to spot.
许多植物会制作水果或种子,这些水果或种子容易被动物发现.
Some animals see certain colors better than others.
有些动物比其他动物更能看见某些颜色.
Blackbirds, for example, are attracted to red fruits and berries.
例如黑鸟被红果和浆果所吸引.
Seeds on the ground have a special trick for getting around.
地上种子有特别的花招来绕来绕去.
Many, such as burrs, have small hooks or teeth.
许多人,如灌木,有小钩子或牙齿.
The hooks attach to the hair or fur of passing animals.
钩子附着于经过的动物的毛发或毛发上.
If you take a dog for a walk through a field in autumn, it may come home covered in burrs.
如果你在秋天带一只狗去野外走走, 它可能会回家时被布满了灌木.
Birds are often attracted to red berries because they are easy to spot.
鸟常被红莓所吸引,因为它们很容易被发现.
Foxtail grass grows in the western United States.
狐尾草生长在美国西部.
It has spiked seeds that spread by burrowing into the soil.
它通过埋入土壤传播出种子。
However, the seeds can also spread by hitching a ride on an animal’s fur.
然而,种子也可以通过搭乘动物的皮毛来传播.
The seeds may enter the animal’s ears, mouth, or nose and dig deep inside its body.
种子可能进入动物的耳朵、嘴或鼻子并深入其体内。
This can lead to a bad infection or worse if not treated.
如果得不到治疗,可能导致感染不良或更严重。
All Kinds of Seed Sowers Some animals seem to be made for seed sowing.
各种种子播种 有些动物似乎是为了播种而作.
Gray squirrels, for example, gather acorns and other large seeds to store for winter.
例如灰松鼠会收集橡子等大型种子来储存到冬天.
They run through woods or fields and bury their food stash along the way.
他们穿过树林或田地,沿途埋藏了食物.
Squirrels don’t always remember where they put their stash, however.
松鼠并不总记得藏在哪里。
Come springtime, those forgotten seeds sprout, and new trees begin to grow.
春天来临 那些被遗忘的种子会发芽 新的树木开始生长
Gray squirrels lose over 70 percent of the seeds they bury.
灰松鼠会失去70%的种子
When the lost seeds sprout, new forests grow.
当失去的种子发芽后,新的森林会生长.
Insects are also seed sowers.
昆虫也为种子播种.
Ants drag seeds to their underground nests.
蚂蚁将种子拖入地底巢穴.
They are only interested in eating the tasty, fatty part of seeds.
他们只有兴趣吃种子中美味而肥美的部分.
They leave the rest to sprout and bloom later.
剩下的留去发芽后再开花.
Ants till the ground, too.
蚁至地也.
They dig up soil as they hunt for seeds.
猎取种子时会挖出土壤
This improves growing conditions for the seeds they leave.
这改善了他们留下的种子的生长条件.
Ants can carry seeds and other items up to fifty times their own body weight!
蚂蚁可以携带种子和其他物品,最多可达自己体重的50倍!
Reptiles are seed sowers as well.
爬行动物也是播种者。
Giant Galapagos tortoises are amazing seed- spreading machines.
巨型加拉帕戈斯乌龟是惊人的种子——传播机.
They can eat, move, and poop the seeds of more than forty- five plant species.
它们可以吃,移动,并拉出超过45个植物物种的种子.
They spread seeds over great distances.
它们将种子传播到很远的地方。
Colombia’s green common iguanas do their fair share, too.
哥伦比亚常有的绿蜥也有公平份额。
Iguanas crawl over plants while eating their leaves.
蜥蜴在吃叶子时会爬过植物.
Seeds stick to their snout and to a flap of skin hanging from their neck called a dewlap.
种子会粘住鼻子 从脖子上吊起的一副被称作"脱落"的花皮
Later the seeds drop to the ground far from the parent plant.
后来种子会掉入远离母植物的地上.
An iguana’s dewlap plays an important role in seed sowing.
蜥蜴的脱落在播种中起重要作用.
Nature’s “flying farmers” are important seed spreaders.
大自然的 " 飞行农民 " 是重要的种子传播者。
In tropical areas, fruit bats are attracted to the smells of mangos and bananas.
在热带地区,果棒被芒果和香蕉的气味所吸引.
They feast on these fruits and spread their seeds far and wide.
他们以这些水果为食,并广而广地播下种子.
Toucans spread seeds by throwing up!
图坎斯吐出种子
They have large beaks made for cracking the tasty, fatty shells of wild nutmegs.
它们有大喙用来裂开野生肉豆蔻的可口的脂肪壳.
Toucans eat the shells and spit up any seeds they accidentally swallow.
Toucans吃贝壳 吐出任何种子 他们不小心吞下。
Toucans’ beaks are perfect for sowing seeds that are too big for most birds.
Toucans的喙很适合播种,
Fruit bats are great seed sowers.
水果棒是伟大的种子播种。
Scientists are studying how fruit bats can help spread seeds to places where forests have burned or been cut down.
科学家正在研究果蝙蝠如何能帮助将种子传播到森林被烧毁或被砍伐的地方.
Feeding boxes that attract bats are filled with fresh fruit and placed in those areas.
吸引蝙蝠的饲料盒里装满了新鲜水果,放入了这些地区.
Bats eat the fruit and then poop the seeds, providing a low-cost way to get forests growing again!
蝙蝠吃果子再拉出种子,提供了让森林再生长的低成本方法!
Betting on Bats?
赌蝙蝠?
The Scoop on Poop You may wonder how a seed that is eaten can later grow.
弹出弹出弹出弹出声 你可能想知道被吃掉的种子 以后会怎样生长
The answer is simple— animal poop.
答案很简单——动物大便。
Sometimes passing through an animal’s body helps seeds grow faster.
有时通过动物的身体帮助种子生长得更快.
One example is the (KAIR-uh- roo) bird of New Zealand.
一个例子是新西兰的(KAIR-uh-roo)鸟.
The bird’s poop helps native berry plants grow.
鸟类的大便有助于当地莓树生长。
First, the bird swallows the large berries of the karaka (KAH-rah-kuh) tree.
首先,鸟会吞下卡拉卡克树(KAH-rah-kuh)的大浆果.
Then its stomach juices weaken the hard coating of the seeds inside the berries.
然后它的胃汁会弱化浆果内部种子的硬涂装.
By the time the bird poops the seeds, their hard shells are gone, and they are ready to grow.
至鸟取出出出出种子后,其硬壳已去,已可生出.
Plus, they are sitting in a damp pile of poop, which acts like a rich fertilizer!
而且,他们坐在一堆潮湿的粪便里, 这就像一个丰富的肥料!
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Some large animals are great seed sowers because of how much they eat.
一些大型动物是伟大的种子播种者,因为它们吃多少.
Elephants have big appetites and poop a lot.
大象胃口大而大便多.
They can eat a meal and poop the seeds up to 65 kilometers (40 mi.)
他们可以吃一顿饭,把种子拉到65公里(40米)以内.
away.
离开。
Where there is elephant poop, there are also dung beetles.
有大象大便的地方,也有粪便甲虫.
The beetles shape bits of poop into balls, roll them away, and lay eggs inside.
甲虫会把大便切成蛋蛋 卷走 然后在里面产卵
Within fifteen minutes, a swarm of beetles can cart away half a liter (1 pt.)
15分钟内,一群甲虫可以推走半升(1平).
of poop!
粪!
The seeds from the elephant’s meal are spread out even more, with help from the beetles.
在甲壳虫的帮助下,大象所吃到的种子更加被放出.
Elephant dung can contain up to seventy different types of seeds!
大象粪可以含有多达七十种不同的种子!
Thanks to the Seed Sowers From elephants to beetles and birds to bats, nature gives us a wealth of seed sowers.
多亏了从大象到甲虫的种子 和从鸟到蝙蝠的种子 大自然给了我们大量的种子种子
They spread seeds near and far, each in their own way.
它们以各自的方式在附近和远处播下种子。
Thanks to them, the world keeps producing healthy environments where both plants and animals can thrive.
由于它们,世界不断创造健康的环境,使植物和动物都能得到繁荣。
Over 90 percent of tropical rainforests depend on animal seed sowers for growth.
90%以上的热带雨林依靠动物种子播种来生长.
Glossary bloom (v.)
词汇开花 (v.)
to open into a flower (p.
打开成花(p.
10) burrs (n.)
10）带刺种子（名词）
prickly seeds that stick to clothing or fur (p.
有刺的种子,会粘上衣服或毛皮(p.
8) fertilizer (n.)
8) 化肥(n.
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