Awesome Ants
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents A Little History.
内容列表 A小历史.
4 Body Parts.
4 身体部件。
6 Let’s Talk.
6 让我们谈谈。
9 One Big, Happy Family.
9"一大","快乐家庭".
11 The Queen.
十一为后.
13 Yep, Ants Are Awesome.
13 是的,蚂蚁是真棒。
14 Glossary.
14 词汇表。
16 A Little History You’ve seen them marching through grass and across sidewalks.
16 小历史 他们穿过草地和人行道。
You may have even seen them crawling over your kitchen counter or inviting themselves to your picnic.
你可能甚至看到他们爬上厨房柜台 或者邀请他们去野餐
They come in colors such as red, yellow, brown, and black.
它们以红,黄,褐等颜色来取来,并有黑色.
We’re talking about ants—tiny, strong, awesome ants.
我们在谈论蚂蚁,
Ants are always on the move.
蚁常出行.
Ants are about 100 million years old.
蚂蚁有大约一亿年的历史.
They were crawling around under the dinosaurs, early mammals, and ancient birds!
他们爬来爬去 在恐龙,早期的哺乳动物和古鸟下!
Between then and now, they’ve changed a lot.
从那时起,
Ants used to look more like wasps with shorter jaws.
蚂蚁以前长得更像下巴较短的黄蜂.
Today, more than 10,000 species of ants live in deserts, rainforests, swamps, and cities on every continent except Antarctica.
今天,有超过一万个蚂蚁物种生活在沙漠,雨林,沼泽地,除南极洲外每个大陆的城市.
They have been able to survive so long because of their bodies and how they live.
他们因为身体和生活方式而活了这么久。
Through the years, they have been able to adapt to changes in their environments.
多年来,它们能够适应环境的变化。
This fossil of a giant male ant is over 49 million years old.
这种巨型雄蚁的化石有4900多万年的历史.
Body Parts Like all insects, ants have six legs and three body parts.
主体部件 与所有昆虫一样,蚂蚁有6条腿和3个身体部分.
The back part of their body is the abdomen.
他们身体后部为腹部.
This part holds the heart and stomachs.
此部分能牵取心腹.
Some ants have stingers and poison sacs that they use to protect themselves from predators.
有的蚂蚁有刺口和毒囊,用来保护自己免受食肉动物的侵害.
Their three pairs of legs attach to the middle part, called the thorax.
他们的三对腿接上中间的部分,叫胸口.
Each leg has three joints and little hooks that allow ants to climb almost anything.
每条腿有3个关节和小钩子,几乎可以让蚂蚁攀爬任何东西.
Ants don’t have ears, but they can hear by feeling vibrations through their legs and feet.
蚂蚁没有耳朵,
An ant’s leg seen through a microscope shows the hooks it uses to climb.
一只蚂蚁的腿通过显微镜可以看到它用来攀爬的钩子。
The head contains the brain, two eyes, antennae, and jaws.
头部包含有大脑,两只眼睛,天线和下巴.
The jaws open and close like scissors.
下巴像剪刀一样张开并收紧
They are used for cutting and carrying things and also for digging and hunting.
它们被用于切割和携带物品,也用于挖掘和狩猎。
They are an ant’s most important tool.
他们是蚂蚁最重要的工具。
Ants can lift more than twenty times their own weight.
蚂蚁能举起20多倍的自重.
Ants also have other mouthparts for chewing food and drinking.
蚂蚁还拥有其他口部来咀嚼食物并饮用.
The two eyes, called compound eyes, are each made up of many smaller eyes.
两只叫复合眼的双眼由许多更小的眼所组成.
Even though ants have so many eyes, their eyesight is not very good.
虽然蚂蚁有这么多眼睛,但是它们的视力并不很好.
Instead, they use their antennae to get around.
相反,他们用天线来绕来绕去.
The antennae are like all-in-one sense machines.
天线就像全能感应机器
Ants use them to taste, smell, hear, and communicate with other ants through touch.
蚂蚁利用它们来取味,嗅觉,听觉,并通过触觉与其他蚂蚁交流.
The long, thin antennae bend in the middle, like a human’s elbow, and are always moving around.
长而薄的天线在中间弯曲,就像人类的肘部一样,并且总是在移动.
Ants don’t have lungs.
蚂蚁没有肺。
Instead they breathe through small holes all over their bodies.
相反,他们通过全身上下的小洞呼吸.
Ants use their antennae to taste a grape.
蚂蚁会用天线来品尝葡萄.
Let’s Talk Ants communicate with each other in three ways: touch, sound, and smell.
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Ants touch each other with their antennae in different ways to send different messages.
蚂蚁以不同的方式用天线来相接来传递不同的信息.
They can also make noises to communicate by rubbing their legs together or on their bodies.
它们也可以通过将双腿一起或用在身上来摩擦来制造出能进行交流的噪声.
Scientists have learned that these special noises are a call for help.
科学家们了解到这些特殊的噪音是求救的呼声.
Four ants use their antennae to communicate.
四只蚂蚁用天线进行交流.
The main way ants communicate is by smell.
蚂蚁沟通的主要方式是通过嗅觉.
They release special chemicals, called pheromones (FAIR-oh-mohnz), which other ants can smell long after the first ant is gone.
它们释放出特殊化学物质,被称作"费洛莫内斯"(FAIR-oh-mohnz),其他蚂蚁在第一个蚂蚁消失后很长一段时间就能闻到.
Different smells send different messages.
不同的气味发出不同的信息.
For example, a crushed ant releases chemicals that attract other ants.
例如被粉碎的蚂蚁释放出能吸引到其他蚂蚁的化学品.
Some chemicals work as an alarm to warn other ants that danger is nearby.
一些化学品起到警示作用,警告其他蚂蚁附近有危险.
The chemicals also make the other ants attack anything near them that is not an ant from the same colony.
化学物质也使得其他蚂蚁攻击它们附近的非同种蚁群.
An ant that has found food will lay down a trail of chemicals for other ants to follow.
一只找到食物的蚂蚁 会留下化学物质 供其他蚂蚁跟踪
The trail allows them to find the food and return to the colony.
踪迹可以让他们找到食物并返回殖民地.
The more ants that follow the trail, the stronger it gets.
沿着小道走的蚂蚁越多,它就越强大.
Leaf-cutter ants carry leaves that weigh far more than the ants back to their colony.
叶克特蚂蚁所携带的叶子比蚂蚁所携带的重量要多得多回他们的聚居地.
One Big, Happy Family Ant colonies, which can have millions of members, are filled with activity.
一个大 快乐的家庭 蚂蚁殖民地可以拥有上百万个成员,充满了活性.
Some ants build their colonies in wood, but usually colonies are built underground.
一些蚂蚁用木头来建造他们的殖民地,但通常殖民地都是在地下建造.
They have many different rooms, which all have different uses.
它们有许多不同的房间,它们都有不同的用途.
Some rooms store food or eggs, while others are used to care for the young.
有些房间储存食物或鸡蛋,而另一些则用来照顾年轻人.
Colonies even have rooms for ants to relax in.
殖民地甚至有蚂蚁放轻松的房间.
This cast shows the upper part of a large ant colony.
这个铸造物显示了一个大蚁群的上部.
Scientists think this colony went over 12 meters (39 ft) into the ground.
科学家们认为这个殖民地已经超过12米(39英尺)入地.
Within the colony, every ant has a job and special skills to do that job.
在殖民地内,每只蚂蚁都有工作和特殊技能来完成这项工作.
Worker ants and soldier ants find food and protect the nest.
工人蚂蚁和士兵蚂蚁寻找食物并保护巢.
They are social insects and work together as a group.
他们是社会昆虫,作为一个群体一起工作。
Worker ants are usually the ones you see above the ground.
工人蚂蚁通常是你看到的地上的人.
They are the older ants.
他们是老蚂蚁。
Other ants build the nest, take care of the young, and do other jobs.
其他蚂蚁会筑巢,照顾幼虫,做其他活.
The ants that work inside the nest tend to be younger ants.
在巢穴内工作的蚂蚁往往是更年轻的蚂蚁.
All these ants are female, but only one is allowed to lay eggs: the queen.
所有这些蚂蚁都是雌性,但只有一只被允许产卵:皇后.
In other words, all the ants in a colony are related.
也就是说,殖民地中的所有蚂蚁都是有关系的.
Soldier ants are usually much larger than worker ants.
士兵蚂蚁通常比工人蚂蚁大得多.
What About the Boys?
孩子们呢?
Male ants have only one purpose in most colonies: to mate with the queen.
雄性蚂蚁在大多数殖民地只有一个目的:与女王交配.
Once they’ve done their duty, most male ants simply die.
一旦他们尽了责任,大多数雄性蚂蚁就会死去。
The Queen The queen is the leader of the colony, but she doesn’t tell the other ants what to do.
女皇 女皇 女王是殖民地的领袖,
The largest of all the ants in the colony, the queen is an egg-laying machine.
在殖民地中最大的蚂蚁,王后是放卵机.
Some queens can lay thousands of eggs every day.
一些后人每天可以产出上千个鸡蛋.
Most colonies have only one queen.
大多数殖民地只有一个皇后.
When other queen ants hatch, they must fly away and start other colonies.
当其他后蚂蚁孵出后,它们必须飞出并开始其他殖民地.
When they start laying eggs, they lose their wings.
开始产卵时会失去翅膀.
Queens can also live very long for insects—more than twenty-five years—but when they die, so does the colony.
昆虫也可以活得非常长——超过25年——但当它们死后,聚居地也会活得非常长.
Many smaller ants spend their lives caring for the queen.
许多更小的蚂蚁花一辈子时间照顾王后.
I Can Fly!
我可以飞!
Like queens, some males can also fly.
和后人一样,有的雄性也能飞行.
When they land near a colony, worker ants rip the wings off.
当他们降落在一个聚居地附近时,工人的蚂蚁把翅膀撕开.
Then they rush the male to the queen so the two can mate before the male dies.
然后他们把雄性赶到后座,这样两人就可以在雄性死前交配.
Yep, Ants Are Awesome Ants may be small, but they can do awesome things.
是的,蚂蚁真棒 蚂蚁可能很小,但他们可以做一些很棒的事。
Thousands or millions of ants working together can build bridges to cross a gap in their path.
数以千计的蚂蚁一起工作,可以搭起桥梁来跨越他们道路上的鸿沟.
They can also shape themselves into boats to float across rivers safely.
它们也可以把自己塑造成可以安全地漂过河流的船只.
As a group, they can overpower animals hundreds of times their own size for food.
作为一个群体,它们能够战胜数百倍于自身大小的动物来取食.
Let’s Go Floating Not even water can stop some ants.
让我们去漂浮 水也阻止不了蚂蚁
They climb on top of each other and link their legs until they form a raft or bridge made of their own bodies.
他们爬上相上而上,并连接腿部,直到形成由自己身体所制成的木筏或桥梁.
So the next time you come across a trail of ants, stop and watch.
所以下次你碰到一串蚂蚁 停下来看
Better yet, follow them— just don’t step on their trail.
最好还是跟着他们,
When you see what these little gals are capable of, you’ll understand just how awesome they are.
当你看到这些小女孩的能力, 你会明白她们有多棒。
A trail usually means the ants are moving to a new home—or they’ve found something very tasty.
蚂蚁通常会搬到新家去,
Glossary antennae (n.)
词汇天线(n.)
the thin feelers found on the heads of some animals that help them touch and smell (p.
在一些动物头上发现的能帮助他们触摸和嗅觉的薄薄的感受器(p.
7) colony (n.)
7) 聚居地 (n.
a group of animals that live together; a place where a group of ants or certain other social insects live (p.
一群动物共同生活; 一群蚂蚁或某些其他社会昆虫所活的地方(p.
10) communicate (v.)
10) 通讯(五.
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