夏天供稿 翻譯:遠航

1)Camouflageis when animalsblend inwith their surroundings so they are not seen by other living things. There are many different ways an animal can camou fl age itself.
Imagine that you are walking through a snowy field.All of sudden, out of the corner of your eye, you see a white2)blurrun past you. It is a snow shoe hare, and you didn’t see it until it started moving. The snow shoe hare is one of many animals that use a form of camouflage calledconcealing coloration. Concealing coloration happens when an animal is colored so that it blends in with its background. In this case, the snow shoe hare is white to blend in with the snow on the ground.
By disappearing into their surroundings, animals are able to avoid attacks by3)predatorsif they remain still or move slowly. Owls are often colored like the bark of trees in their environment. In the ocean, seahorses often have the same coloring as the4)coralin which they make their homes. And in the5)rainforest, tree frogs are a brilliant green to match the leaves around them.
Did you know that zebras can outsmart lions? When a herd of zebras realizes that a lion is about to attack,they all run together. To the lion, the zebra herd appears as one big black and white massdue totheir6)stripes.The lion just sees the black and white movement and can have a dif ficult time7)determiningwhere one zebra ends and another begins in order to8)pounce.
Disguise is when animals blend in with their surroundings by looking like another object. An insect that looks like a branch or leaf is using a costume to hide from predators. Some10)katydidsand leaf insects use this type of camou fl age.
Mimicry is when animal or insects look like other dangerous or12)poisonousanimals or insects. They pretend to be what they are not. Some snakes and butter fl ies use this type of camou fl age.
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偽裝是指動物將自身融入周圍的環境避免被其他生物發現。動物們有很多偽裝自己的方式。
想象你自己走在一片雪地上,突然間,眼角一瞄,看到一個白色影子跑過去。其實那是一只雪鞋兔,它不移動的時候你根本看不到它。雪鞋兔就是一種用體色隱藏來偽裝自己的動物。這種形式的偽裝只有在動物自身顏色與周圍環境相近時才會出現。在上述情況下,白色的雪鞋兔完美融入白色的雪地。
通過將自身顏色融入周邊環境,動物們只要保持靜止或者緩慢移動就可以躲避很多捕食者的攻擊。貓頭鷹就會保持和它棲息地的樹皮一樣的顏色。在海洋里,海馬也會將居所建在與它們顏色相近的珊瑚旁。在熱帶雨林中,青綠色的樹蛙將自己隱藏在樹葉中。
你知道嗎,斑馬要比獅子聰明得多。當斑馬群意識到一頭獅子將它們作為捕食目標的時候,它們會聚在一起狂奔。在獅子看來,斑馬群就像一個巨大的黑白相間的怪物。這樣使得獅子根本就不知道該去獵食哪只斑馬。
動物們經常會使自身變得很像周圍環境中的一樣東西來隱藏自己。昆蟲會變得很像一根樹枝或者一片樹葉來躲避捕食者。還有一些螽斯和樹葉昆蟲也會使用這種偽裝。

模擬是指動物和昆蟲將自身假裝成其他具有危險性或者有毒的動物和昆蟲的樣子。它們掩飾原來的身份。有一些蛇和蝴蝶會使用這種形式的偽裝。

1) camou fl age ['k?muflɑ??] n. 偽裝
2) blur [bl??] n. 模糊不清的食物
3) predator ['pred?t?] n. 捕食其他動物的動物
4) coral ['k?r?l] n. 珊瑚
5) rainforest ['re?n'f?r?st] n. 熱帶雨林
6) stripe [stra?p] n. 條紋
7) determine [d?'t??m?n] v. 決定
8) pounce [pa?ns] v. 猛撲
9) disguise [d?s'ga?z] v. 假裝
10) katydid ['ke?t?d?d] n. 蟈蟈兒
11) mimicry ['m?m?kr?] n. 模仿
12) poisonous ['p??zn?s] adj. 有毒的
詞組加油站
★blend in與……和諧或協調
★concealing coloration隱匿色
★due to由于