Ants in My Bed

美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习

Table of Contents Introduction.

导言表。

4 Sand Castles.

4个沙地城堡.

5 Sea Glass.

5海镜.

7 Visitors.

7名访客。

10 Ants.

10个蚂蚁。

12 The Search.

12"搜索报".

16 Glossary.

16 词汇表。

19 Appendix: Gram’s Peanut Butter Cookies.

19 附录:奶奶花生酱饼干。

20 Introduction When I was nine years old, I spent the summer with my great-grandmother.

20 导言 年九岁,与曾外祖母同住一夏.

Gram lived in a large, gray cedar shakes house at the seashore.

格拉姆住在海边的一幢大而灰色的雪松花屋里

I stayed in the yellow bedroom, where my father slept as a boy.

我住在黄色的卧室里 父亲小时候睡在那里

The room’s window faced the ocean, and the sound of the waves breaking against the shore always helped me sleep.

房间的窗户正对着大海,

At least it did until the ants showed up a few weeks into my visit.

至少,直到蚂蚁出现 几个星期在我的访问。

I spent the first few weeks exploring the sea and saving the lives of some horseshoe crabs.

我花了几个星期探索海洋 拯救一些马蹄蟹的生命

I also had been busy riding the old bike Gram’s friend, Jim, gave me.

我还忙着骑着格拉姆的朋友Jim给我的旧自行车。

I was not allowed to ride very far on the weekends because the town and beach became crowded with tourists.

由于镇上和海滩都挤满了游客,周末我无法远走高飞.

During the week, I explored as I pleased.

在这个星期里,我随心所欲地进行了探索。

Jim usually dropped by in the mornings to eat breakfast with Gram and me.

吉姆通常早上过来 和我和奶奶一起吃早餐

Sometimes he’d stick around to help Gram with big chores around the house.

有时他会留下来帮奶奶做家务活。

Other times he would take me down to the shore and teach me how to make sand castles.

有时候他会带我去岸上 教我怎么造沙城堡

Sand Castles I always looked for different ways to make my castles special.

沙地城堡 我总是寻找不同的方式 使我的城堡变得特殊。

I used varying sizes of cups, buckets, spoons, shovels, garden tools, and toys to create wondrous castles big enough for seagulls or small enough for ants to march through.

我用不同大小的杯子,桶子,勺子,铲子,花园工具,以及玩具来创造出足以让海鸥或小蚂蚁行走的奇妙城堡.

Sometimes I made castles, hoping the ants in my bed would make it their new home.

有时 我造了城堡,希望床上的蚂蚁能成为他们的新家.

I settled for placing toy people in and around the castle once it was finished.

我安排在城堡里和周围安置玩具

To make a sand castle, first I would smooth out a flat surface to support it.

要造个沙地城堡 首先我要平滑出平地表来支撑它

Next, I would dig up very wet sand, but not dripping wet, and pack it tight into a bucket mold.

接下来,我会挖出非常湿的沙子, 但不会滴出湿水, 把它装入一个桶模。

Then I would gently tap the sand out to form the base of my castles.

然后我会轻轻地把沙子挖出 形成我的城堡基地

I added details by pressing wet sand together in my hands and smoothing it up into lookout towers, balconies, and protective walls.

我用手把湿沙一起压入手 把它滑入望塔、瓦子和防护墙中

Sometimes I dug a deep moat, or ditch, around the castle and filled it with water.

有时 我在城堡周围挖了个深的护城河或沟渠,并给城堡取了水。

I often dripped watery sand on the edges to make fancy designs along the roof and down the walls.

我经常在边缘上滴出多水的沙子来做屋顶和下墙的花哨设计.

As a final touch, I would add shells, driftwood, seaweed, and sea glass that I had collected with Jim earlier in the morning.

作为最后的接触,我会加入贝壳,活活木,海藻,以及我早上和吉姆一起收集的海玻璃.

Sea Glass Sometimes Jim took me with him to walk down the beach and look for gifts from the sea.

海镜有时 吉姆带着我走下海滩 从海边找礼物

Jim called the treasures we found “gifts” because once in a great while he would find something very interesting.

吉姆称我们发现的宝藏为"礼物",因为有一天他会发现一件非常有趣的事。

He had found pieces of metal or wood from ships, teeth from a big fish, and even coins.

他从船上发现了金属或木材的碎片,从大鱼中发现了牙齿,甚至还发现了硬币.

Jim especially liked to find sea glass, which he collected.

吉姆特别喜欢找到他收集的海玻璃.

Jim told me sea glass is broken glass that has been worn smooth over time by the wind, waves, and sand.

吉姆告诉我海玻璃是碎玻璃 随着时间的推移 被风浪和沙子所磨损

This makes the sharp edges rounded so they feel nice to hold.

这使得锋利的边缘被四舍五入,这样它们就觉得可以坚挺了.

The little pieces of glass glowed brilliantly when the sun shined into them.

当阳光照入玻璃中时,玻璃的小块光辉地发光.

Jim found most of his sea glass during low tide after a storm churned up the ocean.

吉姆在低潮期发现了大部分海玻璃 在风暴冲出海洋后

He said most of what washed in with the tide was from the early 1900s when people threw glass overboard from steamboats.

他说与潮水一起被冲入的大多是自1900年代初人们从蒸汽船上将玻璃倒入船外.

When I went with Jim to look for gifts we would sort through what we had collected before I built my sand castle that day.

当我和吉姆去寻找礼物时... ...我们会整理一下那天我建起我的沙地城堡之前收集到的东西

Early in my visit, I had learned to ask Gram for the local tide reports in the mornings.

在我访问初期,我学会了问格兰姆 当地潮汐报道在早晨。

She explained how I could listen for them on the radio, or read them in the local newspaper, too.

她解释我如何在电台上收听,或在当地报纸上阅读。

I wanted to find out the best times for finding sea glass and for building my castles.

我想找出最好的时机 找到海玻璃和建造我的城堡

Much to my dismay, during high tide the incoming waves destroyed my castles— washed them right into the sea.

令我非常失望的是,在高潮期间,浪浪浪摧毁了我的城堡——把它们冲入了海里。

Gram said that the tides, or the ebb and flow of seawater, is caused by the attraction, or pull, of the sun and moon.

格拉姆说,潮汐,或海水的发泡和流出,是由日月的取景,或拉动而来.

About every 12 hours I would say goodbye to that day’s castle.

大约每12小时,我会向当天的城堡告别。

Then I could start all over again, building different castles and trying out new ways to shape and decorate them.

然后我可以重新开始,建造不同的城堡,并尝试新的方法来塑造和装饰它们.

Visitors I was having a terrific summer.

游客我有一个伟大的夏天。

Gram gave me easy chores like making my bed, washing the dishes, and sweeping her porches.

奶奶给了我轻松的家务,比如做我的床,洗盘子,打扫她的门廊.

I was usually free to roam my part of the beach between two jetties, ride my bicycle, read books, make friends with visiting children, or explore the shops in town.

我通常可以自由地在两条防波堤之间漫游我的那段海滩,骑我的自行车,阅读书籍,与来访的儿童交朋友,或者探索镇上的商店.

I had just one problem, and I didn’t know how to solve it.

我只有一个问题,

I had ants in my bed.

我床上有蚂蚁

The ants didn’t actually live in my bed.

蚂蚁们并不住在我的床上。

They just crawled across it.

他们只是爬过它。

I seemed to be an obstacle in their path.

我似乎是他们道路上的障碍

Instead of going around me, they climbed over me!

他们不是绕着我走,而是爬上我!

I wasn’t sleeping well thinking of creepy, crawly ants skittering across me in the night.

我睡得不好,

I didn’t want to smash or stomp or spray the ants.

我不想砸碎、踩踏或喷洒蚂蚁。

I just wanted them to crawl somewhere else.

我只是想让他们爬到别的地方

I went to the town’s library and asked the librarian where I could check out books about ants to find a solution to my dilemma.

我去镇上图书馆问图书管理员,

I looked through many, checked out four, and headed back to Gram’s house.

我翻遍了很多人,查了四个,然后回到了Gram家。

Ants As I read, I learned that ants live in colonies, which may exist for many years.

蚂蚁在我读到的时候得知蚂蚁生活在殖民地中,这些蚁可能存在了多年.

Each colony has at least one queen that lays eggs.

每个殖民地至少有一个后产卵.

In about 25 days, the eggs turn into larvae.

大约25天后,卵会变成幼虫.

In another 10 days, the larvae make white cocoons to cover themselves.

再过10天,幼虫会做出白茧来遮住自己.

Inside the cocoons, the larvae turn into ant-shaped pupae.

在茧体内,幼虫会变成蚂蚁形的 p.

Altogether, it takes almost 60 days for a new worker ant to be born.

一个新工人蚂蚁出生总共需要60天。

In just one colony, thousands of worker ants find food, build nests, and take care of the queen and her young.

仅仅在一个聚居地里,有上千个工人蚂蚁找到食物,建立巢穴,并照顾皇后和她的年轻.

The book said ants eat a variety of food such as insects, seeds, and nectar, which is the sweet juice plants produce.

书中说蚂蚁会吃昆虫,种子,花蜜等多种食物,而花蜜是甜汁植物所出产的.

As I kept reading, I learned the thorax contains three pairs of legs.

我不停地读,我学会了胸口 有三双腿。

At the end of each leg is a sharp claw that helps the ant to climb up walls.

每条腿尾部都有一个尖利的爪子来帮助蚂蚁爬上墙.

An ant has such strong legs that if a man could run as fast as an ant, he’d be able to keep up with a racehorse.

蚂蚁有很强的腿,

The abdomen contains the stomach.

腹中入于胃.

Between the thorax and the abdomen are one or two bumps called nodes.

胸口和腹口之间为一两个凸起,称为节点.

Ants do not breathe as we do because they do not have lungs.

蚂蚁不会像我们一样呼吸 因为他们没有肺

They have holes all over their body, which take in oxygen and send out carbon dioxide.

它们全身上下都有洞, 吸取氧气并释放出二氧化碳。

Finally, I came to a part in one book that talked about how ants lay scented trails to find the way from their nest to food and back.

最后,我来到了一本书中, 谈到蚂蚁如何铺起有香味的痕迹 找到从巢到食物和回来的路。

I decided that the ants in my room must have laid a scented trail that went across my bed.

我决定我房间里的蚂蚁 一定埋了一条香味的线索 穿过我的床

I found out that ants have three parts—the head, the thorax, and the abdomen.

我发现蚂蚁有三个部分——头,胸,腹.

The head contains the brain, two eyes, the jaws, and the antennae.

头部包含有大脑,两只眼睛,下巴和天线.

The eyes of an ant are called compound eyes because each eye is actually made up of many eyes.

蚂蚁的眼睛被称作复合眼睛,因为每个眼睛实际上由许多眼睛所组成.

The jaws of an ant open and close like scissors.

蚂蚁的下巴像剪刀一样开开并相近.

Ants use their antennae to hear, taste, smell, and communicate by touching each other.

蚂蚁们利用天线互相触摸来听到,品味,嗅觉和交流.

This was all pretty interesting, but I still didn’t know how to get the ants off my bed.

这都很有趣, 但我还是不知道如何把蚂蚁从我的床上弄走。

The Search I tried to follow the ants that were crawling into my room, to find where they were coming from and where they were going.

我试图跟随那些爬入我房间的蚂蚁, 寻找它们从哪里来,它们要去哪里。

I discovered they were finding crumbs on my floor and in my bed.

我发现他们在我的地上 和我的床上发现了屑

Then, they were carrying the crumbs near the window, where they escaped between the woodwork and the wall.

然后,他们把碎屑放在窗户附近,从木作和墙上逃出。

I went outside and tried to find them coming out of the house.

我出去找他们出来

I saw many ants, but none were carrying crumbs of cookies.

我看见很多蚂蚁,但没有人带饼干屑。

Maybe they lived under the house!

也许他们住在房子下面!

Maybe they lived in the walls!

也许他们住在墙上!

I decided I needed to confess to Gram.

我决定我要向外婆坦白

I knew I had to find their nest.

我知道我必须找到他们的巢

I’d read it could be under a stone, under a log, or in a garden.

我读到可能是在石头下、木头下或花园里。

Worker ants often come into houses looking for crumbs of food, especially sweet things.

工人的蚂蚁们经常来家里找食物屑,特别是甜食.

I thought I had been careful eating in my room, but Gram’s yummy cookies, especially her peanut butter ones, did crumble.

但奶奶的美味饼干, 特别是花生酱,

Ants carry food, such as cookies, to the nest after softening it with saliva and biting off a piece.

蚂蚁将饼干等食物运入巢中后用唾液软化并咬去一块.

I read that an ant can carry 20 to 50 times its body weight.

我读到一只蚂蚁可以携带20到50倍的体重。

I weighed 75 pounds.

我体重为75磅。

That meant if I were as strong as an ant, I could carry from 1,500 to 3,750 pounds!

也就是说,如果我像蚂蚁一样强壮, 我可以携带1500到3750磅!

I told Gram about the ants and even about the cookie crumbs.

我告诉了奶奶蚂蚁的事 甚至饼干屑的事

I also said that I did not want to hurt them, I just wanted to get them off my bed.

我还说我不想伤害他们 我只是想把他们从床上弄下来

I asked Gram if I could use her vacuum to sweep up the crumbs in my room.

我问奶奶能不能用她的吸尘器 清理我房间的碎屑

I also asked if I could move the bed.

我还问能否把床挪走

I cleaned my room, changed the sheets, and scooted my bed closer to the window.

我打扫了房间,换了床单,把床贴在窗外

I vowed not to eat cookies in my room anymore.

我发誓不再在我的房间里吃饼干了

I wondered if this would end my ant problems.

我想知道这是否会结束我的蚂蚁问题。

As I lay in my bed that night, I thought about all of the ants that had been crawling in my room.

当晚我躺在我的床上时,我想起了一直在我房间里爬行的所有蚂蚁.

I decided to ask Gram if I could put some honey on the ground under my bedroom window to feed the ants since I’d taken away their food source.

我决定问奶奶我是否可以在我的卧室窗户下放点蜂蜜来喂蚂蚁,

I closed my eyes with a smile on my face.

我闭上了眼睛,脸上有笑容。

Then I heard some strange noises outside my window.

然后我在窗外听到一些奇怪的声音.

I looked out and saw winged things flying around in the moonlight.

我看着月光下飞来飞去的翅膀

These black, flying things seemed to swoop back and forth from the house.

这些黑色的,飞来飞去的东西 似乎从房子回滚而出。

Oh, no!

哦，不！

We have Bats in the Attic!

阁楼里有蝙蝠!

Glossary abdomen (n.)

词汇腹部 (n.

the rear part of an ant’s body (p.

蚂蚁身体后部(p.

13) cedar shakes (n.)

13)雪松摇 (n.

wood shingles cut from red cedar trees (p.

从红雪松树上切出出木头的shing(p.

4) cocoons (n.)

4) 茧 (n.

the silky coverings around larvae during (kah-KOONS) their change into adults (p.

在幼虫(kah-KOONS)被改变为成人(p.

12) colony (n.)

12) 聚居地 (n.

a large group of creatures that live together (p.

一大批生物共同生活(p.

12) dismay (n.)

12) 惊愕 (n.

disappointment or sadness (p.

失望或悲伤(p.

9) larvae (n.)

9) 幼虫 (n.

the first growth stage of ants and (LAHR-vee) other arthropods (p.

蚂蚁和(LAHR-vee)其他节肢动物的第一个生长阶段(p.

12) moat (n.)

12) 护城河 (n.

a water-filled ditch protecting a castle (p.

被灌入水中的沟来保护城堡(p.

6) nodes (n.)

6)节点 (n.

bumps or lumps (p.

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14) obstacle (n.)

14) 障碍 (n.)

something that gets in the way, (OB-steh-kehl) preventing progress or movement (p.

阻碍进步或运动的东西(p.

11) pupae (n.)

11）蛹（名词）

insects in the life stage between larva (PYOO-pee) and adult, during which they are in cocoons (p.

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12) saliva (n.)

12) 唾液 (n.

clear mouth fluid; spit (p.

口液清澈;吐出(p.

15) steamboats (n.)

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boats with steam engines (p.

有蒸汽机的船只(p.

8) thorax (n.)

8) 胸花 (n.

the middle section of an ant’s body (THOR-aks) between the head and the abdomen (p.

头和腹之间(p.

13) tide (n.)

13) 潮(n.

the rise and fall of the ocean produced by the gravity of the moon and sun (p.

由月球和太阳引力产生的海洋起伏(p.

8) Gram’s Peanut Butter Cookies Ingredients: 1 cup brown sugar 1 cup shortening or butter ¾ cup white sugar 1 cup peanut butter 2 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla ¼ teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons baking soda 2 cups flour ¼ cup sugar (to dip fork) Instructions: 1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

8) 奶奶花生酱 成品:1杯棕糖 1杯缩短或黄油 3⁄4杯白糖 1杯花生酱 2个鸡蛋 1个茶匙香草 1⁄4 茶匙盐 2个茶匙 烘制苏打水 2个茶匙 面粉 1⁄4 杯糖 (去倒分叉) 指令:1预热烤箱到350°F.

or shortening, and peanut butter until creamy.

或缩短,和花生酱 直到奶油。

3 Stir in the 2 eggs and mix well.

2个蛋里有3个螺旋并混合得很好

4 Stir in the vanilla.

香草里4个

5 Mix the salt and baking soda into the flour.

5 将盐和烘焙苏打水混合入面粉.

Slowly add the flour mixture to the peanut butter mixture, stirring as you add it.

慢慢地把面粉混合物加入花生酱混合物中, 随你加起来就搅动.

6 Roll into golf ball–sized balls.

页:1 滚入高尔夫球-大小球.

down on the cookie.)

下到饼干上。 )

8 Bake at 350 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes.

第8条 巴克在350度8到10分钟

cookies.

饼干

NOTE: Please have an adult help you any time you use an electric mixer or the oven.

注:请在使用电动搅拌机或烤箱时有成人帮助。