Animals in Winter

Animals in WINTER

冬天的动物

The days grow short. The nights grow long. It is getting colder. Winter is coming. Leaves have fallen from the trees. There areno berries on the bushes. Insects are gone. Thegrass is dead and brown.

日短夜长了，天冷了，冬天来了 树叶落了，树丛里也没果子了，昆虫也不见踪影，草丛枯黄了

Birds and other animals are getting ready forwinter. Some of the birds will fly south. Bluebirdsand orioles go toward the south. They go where it is warm and sunny and wherethere is food for them to eat. When spring comes, the birds will make the long journey back north. They migrate.

小鸟和其他动物开始为冬天做准备了，有些鸟飞向南方，蓝鸟和 金莺飞向南方 它们去温暖有阳光的地方 有食物的地方，当春天来临时，它们长途跋涉 再飞回北方，这是迁徙

Some butterflies migrate, too. That is whatthe monarch butterflies do. They gather in a tree by the hundreds before coldweather comes. They stay in the tree all night. In themorning, they fly toward their winter homes in the south.

蝴蝶也迁徙，比如黑脉金斑蝶，冬天来临前 好几百只蝴蝶聚集在大树里面 整个晚上它们呆在树里面，天亮了 就飞向它们南方的家

Many bats fly south, too. But some bats stay in the north allwinter. When the weather gets cold, they go to a cave. There isno wind or snow in the cave. The bats sleep there all winter They do not eat. They live on fat stored inside them. They do not move. They hardly breathe. They sleep, sleep, sleep. They hibernate.

很多蝙蝠也飞往南方，但是有些整个冬天呆在北方，冬天来临时它们就藏在洞里，没有风 没有雪 它们在洞里睡一冬天，它们不吃饭，因为体内的脂肪，不移动 不呼吸，不停的睡啊睡，它们在冬眠呢

Woodchucks hibernate, too. When fall comes, awoodchuck eats and eats and eats. He eats grass, twigs, and leaves. He grows fat. When it gets cold, thewoodchuck crawls into his long tunnel and goes to sleep.

土拨鼠也冬眠，秋天来临时，它们不停的吃草 嫩枝树叶，长得很胖乎乎 天气变冷时，它们钻进常常的地道，然后呼呼睡大觉