Dolphin Talk

Dolphin Talk

会“说话”的海豚

Dolphins swim, splash, glide, and leap gracefully over the waves in every ocean on Earth. Sailors once called the ocean a 'silent world. ” But it's not. The dolphin's dark underwater world is alive with sounds: crashing waves, the crackle of snapping shrimp, the songs of humpbacks, the shrieks of killer whales, and the grunts, croaks, and squeaks of a million fishes.

在地球的各个大洋里,海豚随着波浪优雅地游弋、跳跃,溅起朵朵浪花。曾经有水手形容海洋是“寂静的世界”可并非如此。海豚靠声音在黑暗的水下世界生活:波涛的冲击声鼓虾的噼啪声、座头鲸的歌声、虎鲸的尖叫声,还有上百万鱼群的咕噜声、呱呱声、吱吱声

People use spoken sounds to let other people know who they are, where they are, and how they feel. Dolphins use whistling sounds to let other dolphins know who they are, where they are, and maybe even how they feel.

人们通过谈话让别人知道他们是谁，在哪儿，感觉如何 海豚通过口哨声让同伴知道它们是谁，在哪儿，或许还有感觉如何。

A dolphin makes sounds by pushing air back and forth between air sacs in the nasal cavity below its blowhole. These clicks, whistles, and squeaks move out into the water.

海豚用呼吸孔下鼻腔里的气囊,推动空气来回流动,发出声音。这些咔哒声、口哨声和尖叫声便在水中蔓延开来。

These dolphin sounds are made like the sounds you make when you stretch the neck of a balloon between your fingers and then let the air escape slowly. Babies make gurgling sounds and squeals before they learn to talk. Dolphin calves chirp and squeak before they learn to whistle. When this child gets lost, her mother looks for her. She calls her name loudly. The child recognizes her mother's voice and calls back. The mother recognizes the familiar sound and finds her child.

这些海豚的叫声,听起来就像手指缓缓松开气球嘴时,吹出来的气流声。海豚宝宝还没有学会交流前,只能发出咯咯声和尖叫声。等到再长大一些,在学口哨声前,还能发出嘎吱声。 这个小朋友走丢了,妈妈四下寻找,大声呼喊她的名字。小朋友听出了妈妈的声音哭喊着回应。妈妈听到了熟悉的声音，找到了自己的孩子。

When a young dolphin gets lost, its mother looks for it. She may release bubbles and whistle loudly. The calf recognizes its mother's whistle and calls back. The mother recognizes the familiar call and finds her calf.

小海豚走丢后,海豚妈妈也会寻找。她吐出一串串水泡,并发出响亮的口哨声,小海豚听出妈妈的声音,便大声地回应。海豚妈妈听到熟悉的声音，找回了自己的幼崽。