英国学生科学读本第59期:美丽的蝴蝶(1)

 　　Lesson 59 The Beautiful Butterfly

　　第59课 美丽的蝴蝶

　　What a lovely creature a butterfly is! Look at the butterflies in the picture, flying about among the blossoms. They are getting good food from the flowers, but they are doing no harm to them; they are only sucking the sweet juices with their long tongues.

　　蝴蝶是一种多么美丽的生物啊！看看这幅画里的蝴蝶，在花丛中翩翩飞舞。蝴蝶的食物是从花里得到的，但蝴蝶并没有伤害花儿，只是用长长的舌头吸取甜甜的汁液。

　　It seems a pity that any one should try to catch butterflies. Run after them if you like, and watch them as they fly; but do not try to kill or to catch them.

　　有人想要抓蝴蝶，是一件很让人难过的事！小朋友可以追着蝴蝶跑，看着蝴蝶飞，但千万不要试图弄死蝴蝶，或者抓住蝴蝶。

　　We cannot even take a butterfly in our hands without doing it harm. Its wings are covered with thousands of tiny scales, and these are rubbed off by the least touch.

　　连把蝴蝶拿在手里，都一定会让它受伤。蝴蝶翅膀上覆盖着成千上万片细小的鳞片，最轻微的触碰，也能把这些鳞片蹭掉。

　　Where do the butterflies come from? If you look at the under sides of cabbage leaves in spring, you may find some tiny white specks¹ on them. These are the eggs laid by a butterfly.

　　蝴蝶是怎么来的？在春天，看看卷心菜的叶子底下，可能会找到一些白色的小块，这就是蝴蝶产的卵。

　　After a few weeks, a little caterpillar² crawls out of each egg. These caterpillars³ feed on the cabbage leaves. You can see many holes in the leaves, made by their tiny teeth.

　　几个星期过后，每颗卵里都会钻出小小的幼虫。这些幼虫就以卷心菜的叶子为食。你可以在叶子上见到很多小洞，就是这些幼虫用小牙咬出来的。

　　At last each caterpillar changes into a chrysalis; and a few weeks later the hard brown covering of the chrysalis splits open, and out of it crawls a butterfly.

　　最后，每只幼虫都会化蛹，再过几个星期，蛹外面的棕色硬壳就会破开，爬出一只蝴蝶！

　　The cabbage butterfly is white; but the "brimstone butterfly, " which we see in early spring, is yellow. In summer we also see pretty little blue butterflies, and large ones with blue spots, called "peacock butterflies, " and many other kinds.

　　“菜粉蝶”也叫“纹白蝶”，是白色的，但是早春时节，我们看到的“钩粉蝶”是黄色的。夏天，我们还能看到漂亮的小“灰蝶”，带着蓝色斑点的大蝴蝶“孔雀蛱蝶”，还有很多其他的种类。

1 specks   

n.眼镜；斑点，微粒，污点( speck的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Minutes later Brown spotted two specks in the ocean. 几分钟后布朗发现海洋中有两个小点。 来自英汉非文学 - 百科语料821
• Do you ever seem to see specks in front of your eyes? 你眼睛前面曾似乎看见过小点吗？ 来自辞典例句

2 caterpillar   

n.毛虫，蝴蝶的幼虫

参考例句：

• A butterfly is produced by metamorphosis from a caterpillar.蝴蝶是由毛虫脱胎变成的。
• A caterpillar must pass through the cocoon stage to become a butterfly.毛毛虫必须经过茧的阶段才能变成蝴蝶。

3 caterpillars   

n.毛虫( caterpillar的名词复数 )；履带

参考例句：

• Caterpillars eat the young leaves of this plant. 毛毛虫吃这种植物的嫩叶。
• Caterpillars change into butterflies or moths. 毛虫能变成蝴蝶或蛾子。 来自辞典例句