呆萌“泳將”：海貍和水獺

本篇適合：

朗讀、挑戰

呆萌“泳將”：海貍和水獺

The Beaver and the Otter

本篇適合：

朗讀、挑戰

同學們，你們喜歡動物嗎？這期，我們來介紹兩種很呆萌的動物—海貍和水獺。它們都有珍貴的毛皮，都是游泳能手。那么它們都有哪些不同的特性呢？我們一起來了解一下吧！

by CC

It is dusk. Who is rustling through the grass at the edge of the lake?

Beavers!

Beavers are tireless woodmen, and brilliant builders! They build dams across rivers. They work hardest through the night, from sunset to sunrise.

Beavers only eat plants. They eat the leaves, buds, shoots, bark and roots.

Beavers build dams to make a pool where they can raise their families in safety. All the beavers bring mud and branches to build the dam. The river soon looks like a building site!

The beavers are well protected in their lodge!

Beaver parents pair for life and look after their family together.

beaver ['bi?v?] n. 海貍，河貍

otter ['?t?] n. 水獺

dusk [d?sk] n. 傍晚，黃昏

rustle ['r?s（?）l] v. 發出沙沙聲（-ing形式：rustling）

edge [ed?] n. 邊緣

brilliant ['br?l??nt] adj. 卓越的

dam [d?m] n. 壩，堤（復數：dams）

bud [b?d] n. 芽，蓓蕾（復數：buds）

shoot [?u?t] n. 嫩枝（復數：shoots）

bark [bɑ?k] n. 樹皮

mud [m?d] n. 泥，爛泥

site [sa?t] n. 場地

protect [pr?'tekt] v. 保護（過去分詞：protected）

lodge [l?d?] n. 海貍窩

Otters have been hunted for their fur and because some people think they take too many fsh from the rivers. Now they are quite rare.

The sea otter spends its whole life in the water.

We do not need to kill these animals and take their fur to keep ourselves warm. A sheep can give us its wool every year.

fur [fз?] n. 毛皮 wool [w?l] n. 羊毛

判斷對錯。正確的填T，錯誤的填F。

( ) Beavers are brilliant builders.

(----) Beavers eat plants and animals.

( ) Beaver parents look after their family together.

( ) People kill otters for their fur.

( ) Otters don’t eat fsh for food.

中文大意及答案請見第47頁。

海貍又名河貍，屬于河貍科，是世界現存最古老的動物之一，有動物世界“建筑師”和古脊椎動物“活化石”之稱。許多人認為海貍生性沖動，只會啃樹干。海貍只需六秒鐘就能咬斷直徑二十五厘米的樹干。但這并不是因為海貍心情焦慮，而是與它的牙齒有關。海貍如果不用牙齒咬東西，它的牙齒就會一直生長，直到刺穿下顎。

水獺傍水而居，多居于自然洞穴。它們晝伏夜出，以魚、鼠、蛙、蟹、水鳥等為主食。它們具有流線型的身體，善于游泳和潛水，一次可在水下停留兩分鐘，捕起魚來像貓捉老鼠一樣敏捷。根據動物學家的研究，海獺原是棲息于河川中的水獺，在大約五百萬年前移居海邊進化成了海獺。

海貍

水獺