Wonders of Nature
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Introduction.
导言表。
4 Archerfish.
4 弓鱼.
4 Trap-Door Spider.
4陷阱门蜘蛛。
5 Beaver.
5个海狸。
6 Three-Wattled Bell Bird.
6 三瓦铃鸟.
7 Bower Bird.
7鲍尔鸟.
8 Chameleon.
8 变色龙.
9 Flying Dragon.
9 飞龙.
10 Leaf Insect.
10叶虫.
11 Leaf-Rolling Weevil.
(原始内容存档于2019-10-10). 11 Leaf-Rolling Weevil.
12 Praying Mantis.
12"祈祷螳螂".
13 Mole.
13摩尔.
14 Sea Dragon.
14"海龙".
15 Conclusion.
15 结论。
15 Glossary.
15 词汇。
16 Introduction The world is full of strange and interesting animals.
导言 世界充满了奇怪而有趣的动物.
Some animals look unusual or have special abilities.
有些动物看起来不同寻常,或者有特殊的能力.
Let’s look at some of these strange animals and learn what makes them wonders of nature.
让我们看看这些奇怪的动物,
Archerfish An archerfish squirts drops of water at an insect or spider to knock it off a leaf that hangs over the water.
箭鱼 弓箭鱼会向昆虫或蜘蛛倒取出一滴水来把它从悬在水面上的叶子上打倒.
The archerfish forms a tube with its tongue and the roof of its mouth and then shoots drops of water through the tube.
弓箭鱼用舌头和口腔的屋顶形成一管子,再从管子上射出一滴水.
When a bug falls into the water, the archerfish eats it.
虫倒入水中后,弓箭鱼就吃.
Because the archerfish has a flat body, it can swim right under its prey and get into position without being noticed.
由于弓箭鱼有平平的体型,可以游到猎物正下方并进入位置而不受注意.
Sometimes an archerfish leaps out of the water to catch a bug instead of squirting water at it.
有时弓箭鱼会从水中跳出来捕取一头虫子来取出,而不是向它喷出水来.
Trap-Door Spider A trap-door spider lives in a sticky underground tunnel with a hidden door.
陷阱门蜘蛛 陷阱门蜘蛛活在粘稠的地下地道上并有隐藏的门.
The spider’s body produces silk, which it mixes with dirt to make the door.
蜘蛛的身体产出丝绸,与泥土相混合以制造出门.
The silk in the door helps keep water out of the spider’s tunnel when it rains.
门内的丝绸有助于让蜘蛛在下雨时远离地道出水.
When an insect passes close to the door, the trap-door spider senses its movements and jumps out to grab it.
当一只昆虫从门附近经过时,陷阱门蜘蛛会感知到它的动作并跳出来抓住它.
Female trap-door spiders stay near their tunnels for their entire lives.
雌性陷阱门蜘蛛一辈子都待在地道附近
Their offspring leave to build their own tunnels nearby.
他们的子孙离开去附近建造自己的地道.
Beaver Beavers chew through tree trunks with their sharp teeth.
海狸海狸用锋利的牙齿在树干中咀嚼.
Beavers use tree trunks, branches, mud, clay, and stones to build dams in rivers and streams.
海狸利用树干,树枝,泥土,粘土和石头来在河流和溪流中建造水坝.
The dams create ponds where beavers build their homes, which are called lodges.
水坝会形成海狸建起家园的池塘,这些被称作"小屋".
By building dams, beavers create wetlands, which are habitats for other mammals as well as for birds, fish, turtles, and frogs.
通过建造水坝,海狸创造了湿地,这些湿地是其他哺乳动物以及鸟类、鱼、龟和蛙的栖息地。
Wetlands protect the environment by preventing erosion, soaking up floodwater, and acting as filters to clean water.
湿地通过防止侵蚀、浸出洪水并充当清洁水的过滤器来保护环境。
Three-Wattled Bell Bird The three-wattled bell bird lives in Central America.
三发 钟鸟 三瓦钟鸟生活在中美洲.
Its call sounds like a large, heavy bell ringing.
它的叫声听起来像一个大而沉重的铃声.
Female three-wattled bell birds are green, and males are brown with white heads.
雌性三瓦钟鸟为绿色,雄性为棕色并有白色头.
Three long, pointed flaps of skin called wattles grow from the male’s beak.
3个被称作"瓦特"的皮肤从雄鸟的喙长出来。
The bell bird scares away enemies with its loud call and by shaking its wattles.
铃鸟用它的叫声和摇动它的瓦子来吓跑敌人.
The bell birds’ favorite food is the wild avocado.
铃鸟最喜欢的食物是野生鳄梨.
Bell birds migrate to different elevations because avocados ripen at different times of year at different heights in the mountains.
钟鸟迁徙到不同的高地,因为鳄鱼在山地不同高地的不同时间成熟.
Bower Bird Bower birds live in Australia and New Guinea.
鲍尔鸟博尔鸟栖息于澳大利亚和新几内亚.
To attract female birds, male bower birds spend up to ten months building tall piles of twigs and branches around the bases of trees.
为了吸引雌性鸟类,雄性弓形鸟会花长达十个多月的时间在树基周围堆积起高大的树枝和树枝.
They decorate these piles, called bowers, with shells, feathers, flowers, and fruit.
它们装饰出这些堆积物,被称作"弓",并有贝壳,羽毛,花和水果.
Sometimes they even paint the walls with plant juice.
有时甚至会用植物汁来涂墙.
Bower birds have also been known to use film cases, toothbrushes, and other objects made by people as part of their decorations.
鲍尔鸟还被人们所熟知,将电影箱,牙刷等由人所制作的物品作为装饰的一部分.
When the male birds finish decorating, the female birds choose the bowers they like best.
雄鸟完成装饰后,雌鸟会选择最喜欢的弓箭手.
Chameleon Chameleons are lizards that can change their skin color to blend in with their surroundings.
变色龙 变色龙是蜥蜴,可以改变皮肤颜色来与周围环境相融合.
They can even change color to show how they feel.
他们甚至可以改变颜色来表现他们的感受.
Chameleons catch insects with their long tongues, which can be twice as long as their bodies.
变色龙以长舌捕取昆虫,可长于体长的两倍.
Chameleons can point each of their eyes in a different direction at the same time to help them see all around them.
变色龙可以同时将每一只眼睛指向不同的方向来帮助它们看到周围的一切.
When they spot an insect they want to eat, chameleons focus both of their eyes forward to help them aim their tongues.
当它们发现一只昆虫想要吃时,变色龙会将双眼都聚焦到前方,帮助它们瞄准舌头.
Flying Dragon Flying dragons are small lizards that can glide through the air, usually from tree to tree, by opening folds of skin on the sides of their bodies like wings.
飞龙 飞龙是能从空气中滑翔的小蜥蜴,一般从树上到树上,在身体的侧面如翅膀会打开折叠的皮肤.
The wings are brightly colored and have spots and stripes on them.
翅膀有明亮的颜色并有斑点和条纹.
Flying dragons use their sticky tongues to catch and eat insects, mainly ants and termites.
飞龙会用粘口舌来捕捉并吃昆虫,主要是蚂蚁和白蚁.
They can glide long distances and can even turn around in the air to land on the same tree they took off from.
它们可以长途滑翔,甚至可以在空中转过身来降落在它们起飞的同棵树上.
Leaf Insect Leaf insects live in hot places.
叶昆虫活地热.
Their bodies, wings, and legs look like leaves, which allows them to blend in with real leaves on trees.
它们的身体,翅膀,和腿看起来像叶子,这使得它们能与树上真正的叶子相融合.
Their leaf-shaped bodies sometimes appear to have damage from insects eating them, but the markings are just camouflage.
它们的叶状身体有时似乎会由吃它们的昆虫所损伤,但标记只是伪装.
Leaf insects will even move back and forth to look like leaves swaying in the breeze.
叶生昆虫甚至会来回移动,以看起来像叶子在微风中摇摆.
Leaf-insect eggs look like seeds, which helps to fool predators that eat eggs.
叶虫卵外观与种子相仿,有利于愚弄吃蛋的捕食者.
The eggs can take more than a year to hatch.
卵可以花一年多的时间孵出.
Baby leaf insects are red, but when they start eating leaves, they turn green.
婴儿叶昆虫为红色,但开始吃叶后会变成绿色.
Leaf-Rolling Weevil In the summer, the female leaf-rolling weevil rolls a leaf into a cone shape.
叶子卷起的韦维 夏季,雌性卷叶的韦韦将一叶卷入锥形.
She takes up to two hours getting the leaf just right.
她要花上两个小时才能把叶子弄好
She stops every couple of turns to bite wedges and add folds to help hold the cone together.
她每两转一转就停下来咬楔子并加入折叠来帮助把锥子拉在一起.
When finished, she lays her eggs inside the cone and then closes the open end.
完成后,她会将卵产入圆锥内并关闭开口.
When the leaf falls in autumn, it carries the eggs with it.
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The leaf hides and protects the eggs until they hatch.
叶子会隐藏并保护卵子直到孵出.
When the larvae hatch, they eat the dead leaf.
幼虫孵出后会吃枯叶.
Praying Mantis The praying mantis often holds its front legs in a praying position.
祈祷螳螂 祈祷的螳螂经常会把前腿放在祈祷姿势上.
Mantises hide on plants to catch their food.
螳螂会躲在植物上捕取食物.
Some praying mantises are green to blend in with leaves, while others that live in the desert are the color of sand.
有的祈祷麝香是绿色的能与叶子相融合,而有的生活在沙漠中则是沙子的颜色.
The praying mantis is carnivorous and eats many types of insects as well as small frogs, lizards, and mice.
祈祷的螳螂有肉食性,会吃多种昆虫以及小青蛙,蜥蜴和小鼠.
A praying mantis can even catch and eat small birds such as hummingbirds.
祈祷的蟑螂甚至可以捕捉并吃蜂鸟等小鸟.
A mantis has five eyes and can turn its head to look directly behind its body.
蟑螂有五只眼睛,可以把头转向身体后直接看.
Its two large eyes can see shapes and colors, and its three small ones just sense light and dark.
它的两只大眼睛可以看到形状和颜色,而它的三只小眼睛只是感光而暗.
Mole Moles burrow underground to find and eat earthworms.
摩尔摩斯会潜入地下寻找并吃蚯蚓.
They also eat beetles, slugs, and snails.
也吃甲虫,涕 slug和蜗牛.
Moles have big appetites and can eat their own body weight’s worth of food in a single day!
Moles的胃口很大,
After digging many interconnecting tunnels that form a maze, a mole builds its nest deep inside.
在挖出多条形成迷宫的相通地道后,有地鼠在内部深处筑巢.
Because its fur points up, a mole can move backward and forward in a tunnel without getting dirt trapped in its coat.
因为它的毛被指向上,一个内鬼可以在隧道中向后并向前移动而不会被泥土困入它的外衣.
Moles have tiny eyes, but they are not blind.
摩尔斯的眼睛很小,但他们不是瞎子。
Sea Dragon Sea dragons are small fish that are related to sea horses.
海龙 海龙是与海马相關的小鱼.
Their bodies have many parts that look like the stems and leaves of seaweed.
它们的身体有许多部位,看起来像海藻的茎和叶.
They blend in with ocean plants, which helps them catch food and hide from enemies.
它们和海洋植物融合在一起 帮助它们捕捉食物并躲避敌人
The female lays many bright pink eggs on the male sea dragon’s tail, and the male carries the eggs until they hatch.
雌性在雄性海龙尾上产出多颗明亮的粉色卵,雄性会将卵携带到孵出.
Sea dragons don’t use their “leaves” to swim.
海龙不会用"叶子"来游泳。
Instead, they use small, clear fins on their necks and backs that are very hard to see.
相反,它们使用小而清晰的鳍在脖子上和背上非常难以看到.
Conclusion Interesting animals come in many shapes and sizes.
结论 有趣的动物有多种形状和大小.
Their special looks and abilities help all these wonders of nature to survive.
他们的特殊外表和能力帮助了这些自然奇观的生存.