From Tadpole to FROG

From Tadpole to FROG

从小蝌蚪到青蛙

This is Frog Pond. But where are the frogs?

这是青蛙池塘，咦 青蛙在哪里呢？

When winter winds whistle, the frogs hide. Theysleep at the bottom of the pond in the soft mud. Frogs hibernate in their hideaway all winter long

冬天的风呼呼的叫，青蛙藏了起来，它们在水底的软泥里睡觉，它们整个冬天都藏在隐蔽处冬眠

After the ice melts, flowers appear. Birds return. And pond creatures wake up. Spring has arrived at Frog Pond. Here are theold frogs stretching their legs. At night you hear " Ba-ra-rooom . . . ba-ra- rooom. . . ba-ra-rooom. . . " The males are calling to their mates.

冰化了，花开了，鸟儿回来了。池塘的生物醒来了，春天来到青蛙池塘，老青蛙们伸伸懒腰。 晚上你会听到呱呱的叫声，这是雄青蛙在呼叫伴侣

The females hear the call. The male hugs his mate. He fertilizes her eggs asshe lays them in the water. Thousands of softjelly-covered eggs cling together in the cool water. In about ten days the eggs hatch. The pondcomes alive with thousands of tiny tadpoles. They wiggle their tails and breathe underwaterwith gills, just like fish.

雌蛙听到叫声，雄蛙抱住雌蛙，在水中给雌蛙的卵受精，外皮像果冻似的卵在清凉的水中黏在一起。 约十天后，卵开始孵化， 池塘多了成千上万的小蝌蚪，它们摇着尾巴，在水下用腮呼吸 就像鱼

During the summer the tadpoles swim abouteating water plants. But water beetles, snakes, and birds are eating, too. They're eating tasty tadpoles.

夏天蝌蚪们游来游去找水草吃，但是水甲虫 蛇鸟也在找食物，它们吃美味的蝌蚪