Lesson 47 Connected to Nature
第47課 與大自然相連
The natural world is filled with living things.
自然界充滿了生物。
Living things start out weak and small and slowly grow strong and big.
生物開始時很弱小,慢慢的變得大而強壯。
You are a living thing.
你是一個生物。
Each of your classmates is a living thing.
你們班級的每個人都是生物。
Flowers, grass and trees are living things,too.
花草樹木也都是生物。
Bees,ants,doves,dogs and cats - these are all living things.
蜜蜂、螞蟻、鴿子、狗和貓——這些都是生物。
All living things need food and water to grow.
所有的生物生長都需要食物和水。
Think about yourself.
想想你自己。
When you are hungry,you need to eat.
當你餓了,你需要吃東西。
You eat fruit,vegetables,meat and fish.
你吃水果、蔬菜、肉和魚。
They can help you grow big and strong.
它們能讓你長得更大更強壯。
You drink water when you are thirsty.
當你渴了,你喝水。
Now think about a tree.
現(xiàn)在想想一棵樹。
When a tree is hungry,it gets food from the soil.
當一棵樹餓了時,它從泥土里獲取食物。
Trees drink water,too.
樹也喝水。
We are different in some ways,
我們在某些方面不同,
but all living things are connected.
但是所有的生物都是聯(lián)系在一起的。
We all live on the same planet,
我們都居住在同一個星球,
and we depend on each other.
我們互相依靠。
If we pollute the rivers and oceans,
如果我們污染了河流和海洋,
fish may get sick or even die.
魚類就會生病甚至死亡。
Some birds live off fish.
有些鳥類以魚類為生。
If the birds eat the sick or dead fish,
如果鳥類吃了生病或死亡的魚類,
they may die off.
它們就會死亡。
Nature is a balance between all the living things on the planet.
自然界中所有的生物是均衡的。
If one species dies off,then another species may die off, followed by another, and another...
如果一種物種死亡,然后另一種物種也可能死亡,接下來就會是另一個,還有另一個……
We should respect the earth and all the living things on it.
我們應(yīng)該尊重地球以及地球上的所有生物。