Bats in the At tic

美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习

Table of Contents Introduction.

导言表。

4 Research.

4 研究。

6 Blind as a Bat?

6 盲为蝙蝠?

8 Searching for Bats.

8"寻找蝙蝠".

11 Clam Digging.

11 Clam 挖掘。

14 Bon Appétit!

14 Bon Appétit! (法语).

17 Goodbyes.

17 再见。

19 Glossary.

19 词汇表。

20 Introduction When I was nine years old, I spent the summer visiting my great-grandmother, whom I called Gram.

20 导言 当时我九岁,夏天我拜访了曾祖母,我叫她奶奶.

She lived in a large, gray cedar shakes house by the ocean.

她住在海边一个大而灰色的雪松树上 摇晃着房子

Gram let me pick which upstairs bedroom I wanted to stay in, so I chose the yellow one because its window faced the beach.

奶奶让我选楼上的哪个卧室 我想住, 所以我选择了黄色的,因为它的窗户面对海滩。

I had many adventures that summer, including ones with horseshoe crabs, sand castles, and ants.

那个夏天我经历了很多冒险, 包括马蹄蟹、沙地城堡和蚂蚁。

My latest adventure began when I heard some strange sounds outside my bedroom window.

我上次的冒险开始了 当我听到一些奇怪的声音 在我卧室窗外。

I looked out and saw winged creatures flying around the outside light.

我朝外望去,看见有翅膀的生物在外光下飞来飞去.

These brown, flying animals seemed to fly back and forth from the house.

这些棕色,飞来飞去的动物似乎从屋里飞来飞去.

I thought Gram’s house might have bats in the attic.

我想格拉姆家的阁楼可能有蝙蝠。

Research I had never climbed up the steep stairs to the third floor, but Gram had told me it was her attic.

研究我从来没有爬上 陡峭的楼梯到三楼, 但奶奶告诉我这是她的阁楼。

The strange sounds outside made me curious about what was in that part of the house.

外面的奇怪声音让我好奇 房子那部分是什么

I decided to tell Gram about the bats the next morning.

我决定第二天早上把蝙蝠的事告诉奶奶

I planned to ask her if Jim could go with me to see how the bats were getting into the house.

我打算问她,如果吉姆可以和我一起去 看看蝙蝠是如何进入房子。

Jim was Gram’s friend who helped her with chores around the house.

Jim是Gram的朋友,

He often stopped by to visit.

他经常来拜访

The next morning, while having a breakfast of oatmeal with lots of maple syrup, I told Gram what I had seen and heard the night before.

第二天早上,在吃燕麦片早餐时,我和许多枫糖浆一起,我告诉了格兰姆我前一晚所看到和听到的.

Gram said she didn’t think the bats were living in the attic but it would be a good idea to have Jim and me check it out the next time he came to visit.

Gram说她并不认为蝙蝠住在阁楼,

Gram suggested that I ride my bike to the library to read all I could about bats.

奶奶建议我骑我的自行车去图书馆 读我所能读到的蝙蝠。

I was surprised when she told me that she didn’t want the bats to go away, but she didn’t want them to live in her house either.

我惊讶地说, 她不希望蝙蝠消失,

The town’s library was small, and the librarian knew me from previous visits.

图书馆规模很小,

That summer I had read books about sand castles, horseshoe crabs, and ants, as well as books about tides and the ocean.

那年夏天,我读了沙城堡,马蹄蟹,蚂蚁等书籍,以及潮汐和海洋等书籍.

Now I wanted books about bats.

现在我想要关于蝙蝠的书。

The librarian helped me find many books, and I sat down to look through them.

图书馆管理员帮我找了很多书 我坐下来看

Some books were too difficult, and some were too easy.

有些书太难写,有些太容易写.

I found three books that I thought would teach me what I wanted to learn, checked them out, and rode my bicycle home.

我找到三本书,我想教会我我想学的东西, 检查出来,骑我的自行车回家。

Blind as a Bat?

盲为蝙蝠?

Bats are very interesting creatures.

蝙蝠是非常有趣的生物。

I learned that they are divided into two categories: megabats and microbats.

我了解到他们分为两大类:巨型战斗机和微型战斗机。

Megabats can have a wingspan of six feet.

巨星的翅膀能长出6英尺

Thank goodness the bats at Gram’s were microbats, which are about the size of a hamster.

幸好格拉姆的蝙蝠是微型蝙蝠,

Megabats live where it is warm all year, and they eat mostly fruit and nectar.

巨型蝙蝠全年生活在温暖的地方,它们主要吃水果和花蜜.

Microbats live in many parts of the world and eat mostly insects.

微蝙蝠生活在世界多地并多吃昆虫.

I was pretty sure Gram’s bats were called Eptesicus fuscus (ep-TEAS-ick-us FUSS-cus), or big brown bats.

我非常肯定格拉姆的蝙蝠被称为"花花相干"(Eptesicus fuscus (ep-TEAS-ick-us FUSS-cus)),或者"花花相干"(big brown bats).

Once I read further, I learned one bat could eat 600 to 1,000 mosquito-sized insects in an hour.

一旦我读到更多,我学会了一只蝙蝠 一个小时内可以吃600到1000只蚊子大小的昆虫。

Now I knew why Gram wanted to keep them near.

现在我知道为什么奶奶想让他们靠近了

I had heard the expression “blind as a bat” used by many people.

我听到了许多人使用的“盲为蝙蝠”的说法。

In my reading, I found out that bats are not blind.

我读到时发现蝙蝠不是瞎子

They use their eyesight during daylight and early evening hours.

他们白天和傍晚使用视力。

At night, of course, they need more than sight to catch flying insects and to fly around without hurting themselves.

当然,在晚上,它们需要的不仅仅是目光,才能捕捉飞来飞去的昆虫并飞去而不会伤害自己.

They do this by using echolocation.

他们用回声定位来做这个

A bat makes sounds from its mouth or nose that bounce off solid objects and echo back, which tells the bat the location of the object, including insects.

蝙蝠从口或鼻子发出从固体物体上回弹出并回回声的声音,这告诉了蝙蝠物体的位置,包括昆虫.

I first suspected bats were related to mice, but I read that bats are more closely related to humans.

我最初怀疑蝙蝠与小鼠有关,但我读到蝙蝠与人类关系更紧密.

A bat’s wing is like a human hand with four fingers and a thumb.

蝙蝠的翅膀就像一只有四指和拇指的人手。

The bat’s arm has a forearm, an elbow, and an upper arm.

蝙蝠的手臂有前臂、肘和上臂。

Bats’ fingers are long and have a double layer of skin connecting them.

蝙蝠的手指很长,有一层双层皮肤连接着它们。

The skin is so thin you can almost see through it.

皮肤很薄,你几乎可以看穿它。

Bats feed milk to their newborns, called pups, the same way other mammals do.

蝙蝠会像其他哺乳动物一样 给新生儿喂奶,叫小狗

Bats, like all mammals, have hair or fur on their bodies, are warm blooded, and have claws or fingernails.

蝙蝠和所有哺乳动物一样,身上有毛发或毛发,有温暖的出血,并有爪或指甲.

It was strange to think of those flying creatures outside my bedroom window as mammals.

奇怪的是,那些飞行生物 在我的卧室窗外,作为哺乳动物。

Obviously they were not flying rats!

显然他们不是在飞鼠!

The attic was full of old things, such as furniture, boxes, and old pictures.

阁上放满了老东西,如家具,盒子等,还放出老相片.

Jim shone a flashlight onto the ceiling, looking for bats.

吉姆在天花板上用手电筒 找蝙蝠

We also looked all over the floor for bat droppings.

我们还在地上到处找活的

We found nothing.

我们什么也没发现

The bats had to be living in the walls.

蝙蝠必须活在墙上。

In one of the books I had read, I learned how to remove bats from a house.

在读过的一本书中,我学会了如何将蝙蝠从一所房子里取出.

The book said not to disturb bats during the summer months in case there were young pups that would not be able to follow their parents to a new home.

书中说在夏季的几个月里不要打扰蝙蝠,以防有幼崽无法跟随父母去新家.

Gram would have to wait a couple more weeks until September to take steps to protect her house against any more bats living in it.

奶奶得再等几周 直到9月 才能采取措施保护她的房子 以免再有蝙蝠住在里面

I gave her the book that explained how to keep bats out so she would know what to do.

我给了她一本书 解释了如何不让蝙蝠出来 这样她才知道该怎么做

I asked Jim to help me build a bat house.

我叫吉姆帮我建个蝙蝠屋

The bat house would attract bats so they would stay near Gram’s house to eat insects.

蝙蝠屋会吸引蝙蝠,

When we were finished, Jim fastened the bat house near the edge of Gram’s roof where I had seen the bats coming and going at dusk.

我们完成后,Jim在格拉姆屋顶边缘将蝙蝠屋紧紧地拉住,在那里我看到蝙蝠在黄昏来来去.

I hoped the bats would learn to live in the new home we made for them.

我希望蝙蝠会学会 住在我们为他们建造的新家

Searching for Bats The next time Jim came for breakfast, I asked him if he’d go with me to look for bats in the attic.

寻找蝙蝠 我问他是否愿意和我一起去阁楼找蝙蝠。

As we climbed the narrow, steep stairs, Jim told me not to touch any bats we found.

当我们爬上狭窄而陡峭的楼梯时,吉姆告诉我不要碰我们发现的任何蝙蝠.

I told him I had read that only a few bats have rabies, but humans still should not touch or frighten them.

我告诉他,我读过,只有几只蝙蝠有狂犬病, 但人类仍然不应该触摸或吓倒它们。

Jim was glad I had done some research.

吉姆很高兴我做了一些研究。

He said it was good we both knew what to do, and what not to do, to stay safe around wildlife.

他说我们都知道该做什么 不该做什么 才能在野生动物周围安全

Clam Digging My summer was coming to a close; Labor Day was just a week away.

克拉姆挖掘 我的夏天即将到来; 劳动节还差一个星期。

I loved living at the shore and was not ready to leave.

我爱活在岸上,没有准备好离开。

I missed my family and friends in the city, but I wished we lived closer to Gram.

我想念我的家人和朋友在城里, 但我希望我们住得更接近格拉姆。

One evening, Jim and Gram told me they had a surprise for me.

有天晚上,吉姆和格拉姆告诉我 他们给我一个惊喜。

The next day we were going to go clam digging.

第二天我们要去挖蛤.

There was a full moon that night, which meant the tide would ebb, or pull away from the shore, farther than usual.

那天晚上有一个满月, 这意味着潮会涌出, 或者从岸上拉出, 比通常的更远。

In the morning we would be able to dig clams that were normally covered by the ocean.

早上我们可以挖出通常被海洋覆盖的蛤。

We would need to leave Gram’s house by 6:00 am.

我们必须在早上六点前离开Gram家。

Gram, Jim, and I had a quick breakfast of cereal and orange juice.

奶奶,吉姆,还有我吃了一顿麦片和橙汁

We had a short drive to a secluded beach.

我们开着短途车去一个隐蔽的海滩

When we arrived, Jim handed me a wire bucket and a jug of water.

当我们到达时,吉姆给了我一个电线桶和一罐水。

He carried a potato hoe that looked like a rake with six long tines, and a big iron kettle.

他带着一个土豆蹄子,看起来像一个有6个长锡的雷克,和一个大铁壶.

Gram carried a blanket and a picnic basket.

奶奶带了被子和一个野餐篮子

Gram and Jim showed me which dimples, or holes in the sand, should yield clams.

Gram和Jim告诉我 哪个凹陷,或者沙子上的洞,应该产出蛤.

Jim would find a dimple, put the hoe on the ocean side of the clam and push down, gently bringing the sand out.

吉姆会找到一个凹陷,把鞋放在蛤的海洋一侧并推倒,轻轻地带出沙子来.

It was my job to grab the clam and put it into the bucket.

我的工作就是抓起蛤来放入桶里

Clams dug down deeper into the sand to escape, so sometimes Jim had to keep digging.

克拉姆斯从更深处挖入了沙地以逃脱,所以有时吉姆不得不继续挖掘.

Clams also defended themselves by shooting a stream of water out of the hole as we stepped near them.

克莱姆斯还为自己辩护,在我们走近他们时,从洞口射出一道水流.

After a while, Jim handed me the hoe to try clam digging.

过了一段时间,吉姆递给我的蹄来试挖蛤.

I could not dig fast enough at first, but when I uncovered my first clam I was high-fiving Gram and Jim with happiness!

一开始我挖得不够快,但当我发现我的第一只蛤的时候,我是高活的外婆和吉姆幸福!

Gram would swoosh the bucket of clams in the ocean water to remove sand from their shells.

奶奶会把一桶蛤在海水中取出 从壳中取出沙子

Sometimes seagulls would see a clam’s snout near the surface, grab it, and fly off with it for a meal.

有时海鸥会在海平面附近看到一只蛤的鼻子,抓住它并用它飞去吃一顿饭。

I shooed the gulls away when they came too near to our digging.

我赶走了海鸥 当它们太靠近我们的挖掘。

Gram told me that we might dig up a few bloodworms, as their holes in the sand look very similar to clam holes.

奶奶告诉我,我们可能会挖出一些血虫, 因为他们在沙子上的洞看起来非常类似蛤洞。

I was very glad we didn’t find a bloodworm that day; they can give humans nasty bites.

我很高兴那天我们没有找到一头血虫,

Gram called us when the clams opened their shells.

蛤壳打开时,奶奶打电话给我们

She put some salt, pepper, and butter on them.

她把一些盐,胡椒,和黄油。

They were a grayish color when we dug them.

当我们挖出它们时,它们是灰色的颜色。

Now cooked, they were almost white.

现在煮了,它们几乎是白色的。

Gram put one on a plate and showed me how to remove the skin on the snout.

奶奶在盘子上放了个 教我如何去掉鼻孔上的皮肤

Then she gave it to me to eat.

然后她给我吃

“Bon appétit,” said Jim.

吉姆说,“开胃菜,”。

“Enjoy!”

“欢乐!”

The clams were delicious.

蛤

With fresh bread and ice-cold lemonade, this was the best meal I had ever tasted.

用新鲜面包和冷柠檬水 这是我吃过的最好的一顿饭

Bon Appétit!

万岁!

Once we had collected quite a few clams, Gram and I looked for driftwood.

有一次我们收集了几只蛤, 奶奶和我找了活活生生的木头。

We were at a private beach where we were allowed to build a fire.

我们在一个私人海滩上被允许建起起起火.

When we had our arms full of all sizes of wood, we headed back to Jim.

当我们的手臂充满了各种大小的木头, 我们回到了吉姆。

He had the bucketful of clams and was washing the last ones in the ocean.

他拿着一桶蛤,在海里洗最后的

Gram put the clams into her kettle and poured the jug of water over them to remove as much sand as possible.

奶奶把蛤蛤子放入她的水壶里,并倒入了水壶上去取出尽可能多的沙子.

Jim built the fire, poured the water off the clams, and set the kettle atop the fire to cook.

吉姆建起起火来,从蛤子上倒出水来,并放出水壶去取火来做饭.

As the clams steamed, Gram sat on the blanket watching Jim and me make a sand castle.

当蛤蟆被蒸起时 奶奶坐在毯子上 看着吉姆和我造个沙地城堡

Glossary bloodworms (n.)

词汇血虫 (n.

worms found in tidal areas that can be up to 15 inches long (p.

在可长达15英寸(p.

16) Bon appétit French expression meaning “good (BONE ah-puh-TEE) appetite” or “enjoy your meal” (p.

16) Bon appétit法语表达方式,意为"良好(Bone ah-puh-TEE)胃口"或"愉快地吃饭"(p.

18) dimples (n.)

18) 凹口 (n.

indentations on a surface (p.

平面缩放(p.

15) driftwood (n.)

15)活活木 (n.

pieces of wood found washed up from the tide on a beach (p.

在海滩上发现被潮汐冲走的木头(p.

17) ebb (v.)

17）衰退（动词）

to drop in level as with a lowering tide (p.

以降低潮汐(p.

14) echolocation (n.)

14)回声定位 (n.

the process of locating objects by (EK-o-low-KA Y-shen) bouncing sound waves off of them (p.

由(EK-o-low-KA Y-shen)从它们中发出声波(p.

10) Eptesicus the scientific name for big brown bats fuscus (p.

10) Eptesicus 大棕色蝙蝠的取名(p.

8) pups (n.)

8) 小狗 (n.

very young bats (p.

非常年轻的蝙蝠(p.

9) rabies (n.)

9)狂犬病 (n.

a deadly disease caused by a virus that is usually passed on through the bite of an infected animal (p.

由病毒引起的致命疾病,通常通过被感染的动物被咬来传递(p.

11) secluded (adj.)

11)被隔离(adj.

hidden away, with few people around (p.

隐藏在外,周围的人很少(p.

14) snout (n.)

14) 鼻音 (n.

the nose and mouth of a clam (p.

蛤的鼻子和口(p.

16) tides (n.)

16) 潮s (n.

the rise and fall of the ocean occurring about every 12 hours (p.

海洋的起伏大约每12小时发生一次(p.

7) tines (n.)

7)锡(n.

prongs, like the points of a fork (p.

prongs),同分叉(p.

14) waded (v.)

14)被废(v.

walked in the shallow water (p.

在浅水中行走(p.

19) Goodbyes Gram, Jim, and I went for a long walk on the beach and waded along the shore after our lunch of delicious clams.

19)再见了,奶奶,吉姆,我到海滩上走了很长一段路,在吃到美味的蛤蛤后,沿着岸边走去.

I was feeling sad that I would soon be taking the train back north to the city and home.

我感到难过,因为我很快会坐火车回到北边的城市和家。

Gram noticed that I was unhappy.

奶奶注意到我很不开心

She gave me a hug and told me not to worry.

她给了我一个拥抱 并告诉我不用担心。

“You’ll be back soon—now that you have sand in your shoes.”

“你很快就会回来, “

Seagulls kept flying to a pair of huge rocks nearby.

海鸥一直飞到附近一对巨大的岩石上

Jim helped me climb to the top so I could see what the birds liked so much.

吉姆帮助我爬到顶上 让我能看到鸟儿们喜欢什么

On top, I found a small pool of water.

在顶上,我发现了一池小水.

I felt very tall standing on the rock.

我觉得站在岩石上很高

I could see far out into the ocean and up and down the beach.

我可以看到远 在海洋和上下海滩。

This was a perfect place for seagulls to perch.

这是海鸥的好地方

This was a perfect place for me to say my goodbyes.

这地方很适合我说再见