Big Tracks,Little Tracks

Big Tracks, Little Tracks

大脚印，小脚印

" What happened?" a detective says. " Who was here?" Where did he go?" A detective has many ways to find out. One way is to look for the marks someone or somethinghas made—fingerprints, footprints, the tracks made by bike tires. Sometimes a detective finds a hair, a button, a piece oftorn clothing. All these things are clues. They help a detective answer these questions: What happened? Who washere? Where did he go?

“发生了什么事?”一个侦探问。“谁来过这儿?"“他去哪儿了"侦探有很多种方式寻找线索。 有一个办法就是去寻找某个人或某样东西留下的痕迹一指纹、脚印、自行车轮胎的印迹。有时候，侦探会找到一根头发、一颗钮 扣、一件破损的衣服。 所以这些东西都是线索。它们能帮助侦探回答这些问题：发生了什么事?谁来过这儿?他去哪儿了?

You can be a detective too, a special kind of detective—a nature detective. Nature detectives find tracks and clues that answerthese questions: What animal walked here? Where did it go?What did it do? What did it eat? Where does a nature detective look for clues?Almost anywhere—in a backyard, in the woods, in a city park. You can find tracks in many places—in mud, in snow, in sand, in dust, even on the sidewalk or on the floor. Wet feet or wet muddy paws can make tracks anywhere.

你也可以当侦探，一个特别的侦探一大自然神探。 大自然侦探可以找到脚印和线索来解答这些问题：什么动物从这儿走过?它去哪儿了?它做了什么?它吃了什么?大自然侦探要到哪儿去寻找线索呢?院子里、树林里、城市公园里……几乎任何地方都行。 在很多地方都能够找到脚印一泥巴里、雪地里、沙滩上、尘土中，甚至在人行道或地面上。那些湿漉漉的脚或泥爪会到处留下痕迹。

Here is a problem for a nature detective: The cat's dish had milk in it. The dog's dish had meat in it. Who drank the milk? Who ate the meat?Look at the tracks and see.

如果你是大自然侦探，请回答:这是一只猫。这是一只狗。 这是一个猫盘。这是一个狗盘。猫盘里有牛奶。狗盘里有肉。谁喝牛奶?谁吃肉呢?检查脚印，猜猜看。

Look at the tracks that go to the cat's dish. They weremade by an animal that walks on four feet. And you can seeclaw marks in front of the toe marks. A cat has four feet and sharp claws. But so does a dog. Who went to the cat's dish?We still don't know. Let's look for more clues. Now look at the other tracks—the tracks that go to thedog's dish. Did you ever watch a cat walk? A cat walks on four feet. But the tracks of his hind feetfall exactly on the tracks of his front feet. So his footprintsare one behind the other, in one line. They look like thefootprints of an animal with only two feet. A cat pulls hisclaws in when he walks. So he does not leave claw marks.

注意看走向猫盘的脚印，是四只脚的动物走的，还能看到脚趾印前面的脚爪印呢。猫有四只脚和尖锐的脚爪。不过够也有。 是谁走向猫盘呢?我们还不知道。让我们来寻找更多的线索吧。 再来看看其他的脚印 走向狗盘的脚印。你观察过猫走路吗? 猫用四只脚走路，不过它后脚的脚印会刚好落在前脚的脚印上。所以，它的脚印会一个接着一个，在一条线上，看起来就像只有两只脚的动物的脚印。猫在走路时把脚爪收起来，因此不会留下爪印。

Now do you know who drank the milk?(THE DOG! )Now do you know who ate the dog food?(THE CAT! ) The footprints of a fox are in a single line, like a cat'sfootprints. But they have claw marks, like a dog's. What kind of footprints does a rabbit make? You cansee that a rabbit has little front paws and big hind feet. The little front paws will make little paw prints. The big hind feet will make big tracks.

现在你知道是谁喝牛奶了吗?(是狗 !) 你也知道是谁把狗的食物吃掉了吗?(是猫!) 狐狸的脚印在一条线上，就像猫的脚印一样。不过它们有脚爪印，跟狗一样。 兔子的脚印是什么样子呢?你会看到兔子有小小的前爪和大大的后脚丫。 小小的前脚爪留下了小小的脚爪印，大 大的后脚丫则留下大大的脚印。