小时候的模样

作者: 张晓红;文艺芬

1.(小猪、小牛和小鸡一起在大树下玩蒙住眼睛抓朋友的游戏,小猪的眼睛被蒙着,他抓到了小牛,小鸡窃喜的样子)

小猪:嘿,抓到喽!

Hey,I catch you!

catch(动词:抓住,逮住)

3.(小猪和小牛都很奇怪,小鸡也很茫然的样子)

小猪和小牛:就是呀,你小时候怎么是鸡蛋呢?

Yes,how could you be an egg when you were young?

小鸡:我也不清楚。

I don’t know either.

egg(名词:鸡蛋)

either(副词:也)

2.(三个人坐在大树下谈论)

小猪:你还是小时候的模样。

You are what you were as you were young.

小牛:你不也是吗?

Aren’t you the same?

小鸡:我……我……我变化最大了。

I…I…I changed most.

young(形容词:年轻的)

change(动词:变化)

4.(他们去问鸡妈妈,鸡妈妈向他们解释,他们都很认真地听)

鸡妈妈:哺乳动物大多是胎生的,就像他们这样,从出生到长大后的样子都没多大的变化。我们是卵生的,所以和小时候的模样就不太一样。

Most of the mammals are viviparous just like them.They change little from young to old.We are oviparous and we are less like the appearance as we were young.

mammals(名词:哺乳动物)

viviparous(形容词:胎生的)

oviparous(形容词:卵生的)

appearance(名词:外貌,样子)

5.(小猪和小牛很羡慕小鸡的样子)

小猪:我也好想我是卵生的呢。

I want to be oviparous.

小牛:就是,和小时候模样不一样多有意思呀!

Yes,how interesting it is not to be like the appearance as we were young.

interesting(形容词:有趣的,有意思的)

6.(小鸡正哭着和妈妈说话,妈妈很无奈的样子)

小鸡:我想当哺乳动物了,从出生到长大后的样子不变化多好呀!

I want to be viviparous.How nice to be unchangeable from young to old.

unchangeable(形容词:不变的)

知识链接:

动物的生殖方式大体上分为胎生和卵生两种。绝大多数哺乳动物都是胎生,而大多数鸟类则属于卵生动物。