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

You might also look under a microscope to see how one species is different from another.

你也可以在显微镜下看一个物种 与另一个物种有什么不同

Scientists discover 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 the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

猴子疯人院 2007年,在刚果民主共和国的森林中发现了一种新品种的猴子.

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.

The Caquetá titi monkey lives in the Amazon jungle with about twenty other species of titi monkey.

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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 Borneo, an island in Southeast Asia, in 2010.

它于2010年被东南亚的一个岛屿婆罗洲所发现.

It turns out that scientists had seen these frogs before but thought they were the young of a different species.

原来科学家以前见过这些青蛙,但认为它们是不同物种的幼年.

Then they heard the frogs calling.

然后他们听见了青蛙的叫声

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 herpetologist discovered the long- nosed tree frog in 2010 while exploring the Foja Mountains of New Guinea.

2010年一位牧民在探索新几内亚的福贾山脉时发现了长鼻树蛙.

The area is so remote that it has been called the “Lost World.”

该地区非常遥远,因此被称为“迷失的世界”。 “

This tree frog is known for its long, unique nose.

这种树蛙以长而独特的鼻子而出名.

When the male frog calls, its nose points up like a spike.

雄蛙呼唤时,它的鼻子会像钉子一样尖起.

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

The frog has another name: the Pinocchio frog.

青蛙有另一个名字:皮诺曹青蛙.

The herpetologist spotted it sitting on a bag of rice in his campsite.

草原学家发现它坐在他营地一袋大米上。

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.

Although bats are mammals, this one has been called the “hummingbird of the bat world.”

虽然蝙蝠是哺乳动物,但这个被称为“蝙蝠世界的蜂鸟”。 “

It uses its long tongue to drink nectar from the flowers of rainforest trees.

它用长舌来喝取雨林树花的花蜜.

During a 2005 expedition to another island—Madagascar—researchers found Goodman’s mouse lemurs.

在2005年对另一个岛屿的考察中 马达加斯加研究者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

In 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 estimate that vertebrates— animals with backbones—make up only 3 percent of all species.

有趣的无脊椎动物 科学家估计,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 an extremely limited habitat, only living high in the mountains of Brazil.

这个奇妙的阿拉克尼德的栖息地极其有限,只活在巴西山区高地上.

The “troll-haired” planthopper was discovered in 2013 in the rainforests of South America.

2013年在南美洲雨林中发现了"巨发"植物hopper.

It may not be good- looking, but at least it has good hair.

它可能不好看,但至少它的发型不错。

The wild hair isn’t hair at all, but instead waxy secretions from the insect’s belly.

野生发型根本不是发型,

When a predator attacks, the “hair” breaks off, and the planthopper can jump to safety.

当掠食者发动攻击时,“发条”会断裂,而被植入的hopper能跳入安全地带。

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 discovered the Gorgon’s head starfish in 2010 in the Atlantic Ocean, about half a mile (800 m) beneath the surface.

水下奇才号科学家于2010年在大西洋发现了高刚号头海星,位于地表下方约半英里(800米).

The Gorgon’s head, a species of basket star, has five curly, branching arms that split off from its body.

Gorgon的头是篮子星的一种,有5个卷曲的分枝臂从身体上分出.

The five arms include as many as five thousand tips.

这五只手臂包括多达五千个小费.

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 floor and to protect itself.

它还用手臂沿着洋底行走并保护自己。

Since Earth’s oceans are so huge, large parts have yet to be explored.

由于地球的海洋如此之大,大片地段尚未被探索.

However, that’s not the reason it took until 2013 to discover the walking bamboo shark.

但2013年前发现行走的竹鲨,

Like most sharks, the walking bamboo shark is no threat to humans.

像大多数鲨鱼一样,行走的竹鲨对人类没有威胁.

It lives off the coast of Indonesia.

它生活在印度尼西亚沿海.

Scientists discovered it because its coloration differs from that of other bamboo sharks.

科学家发现它是因为其颜色与其他竹鲨不同.

This new species is thought to reach about 30 inches (80 cm) in length.

这个新物种被认为长度可达约30英寸(80厘米).

It uses its fins to push itself along the ocean floor in search of food.

它利用它的鳍沿着洋底自取其用来寻找食物.

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.

Scientists were able to identify the walking bamboo shark as a new species because its coloring differs from that of other bamboo sharks.

科学家能够将行走的竹鲨识别为新物种,因为其颜色与其他竹鲨不同.

Hiding in Plain View In 2013, researchers discovered that for more than a hundred years, olinguitos (oh-lin-GEE-tohs) had been identified as the wrong species.

隐藏在平面视图 2013年,研究者发现,一百多年以来,奥林基多斯(英语:Oh-lin-GEE-tohs)被确定为错误物种.

These mammals, which look like teddy bears, leap through trees at night.

这些哺乳动物,看起来像泰迪熊, 晚上跳过树木。

The smallest member of the raccoon family, the olinguito can be found in Ecuador and Colombia.

浣熊家族中最小的成员"奥林基多"可以出现在厄瓜多尔和哥伦比亚.

It is the first species of this type to be discovered in the Americas in thirty-five years.

它是三十五年来在美洲发现的第一个这种类型的物种.

Finding new species of birds is almost as rare as finding new mammals.

寻找新种类的鸟类几乎与寻找新哺乳动物一样罕见.

In 2009, researchers discovered the Cambodian tailorbird near the city of Phnom Penh.

2009年,研究人员在金边市附近发现了柬埔寨裁缝鸟.

Tests showed that this tailorbird was a separate, new species.

测试显示这只裁缝鸟是一个独立的新物种.

Besides studying its DNA and feathers, scientists studied its pretty song.

科学家除了研究其DNA和羽毛外,还研究了其美丽的歌曲.

While all tailorbirds warble, no two species sound quite the same.

虽然所有的裁缝鸟都颤抖, 但没有任何两个物种听起来相当相同。

Sure enough, the song of the Cambodian tailorbird sets it apart from all the rest.

当然,柬埔寨裁缝鸟的歌 把它与所有其它。

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 most have yet to be discovered.

专家们一致认为,大多数尚未发现。

However, those animals we have discovered bring some problems to light.

然而,我们发现的这些动物暴露出一些问题。

For example, many species have tiny populations.

例如,许多物种的种群很小.

Human activity causes many species to face small and shrinking habitats.

人类活动导致许多物种面临小而缩小的栖息地.

Yet each new discovery is also cause for hope.

然而,每一个新的发现也带来希望。

It can bring a renewed effort to save and even restore a habitat.

它可以带来新的努力来拯救甚至恢复栖息地.

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。