9 Tadpoles and Frogs

TAdpoles And frogs.

蝌蚪和青蛙。

Frog eggs. In a quiet pond, a mother frog lays lots of little eggs in the water. The eggs are called frogspawn. Each egg is a tiny, black blob. Each blob can turn into a frog.

青蛙卵。在一个安静的池塘里，一只青蛙妈妈在水里下了很多小蛋。 这些卵被称为蛙卵。 每个蛋都是一个小小的黑色斑点。 每一个斑点都能变成一只青蛙。

Baby tadpoles. Inside a frog's egg something is growing. It starts as a tiny dot. It gets bigger and bigger.

小蝌蚪。青蛙的蛋里有东西在生长。 它从一个小点开始。它变得越来越大。

It becomes a tadpole. The tadpole breaks out of the egg. It wiggles its tail and swims away. Some of these tadpoles are coming out of their eggs. Can you see them? There is enough food in each egg to last for 21 days.

它变成了一只蝌蚪。蝌蚪破壳而出。 它摇着尾巴游走了。 有些蝌蚪正从卵中出来。 你能看见他们吗？每个鸡蛋里的食物足够维持21天。

Tadpole life. Tadpoles live in ponds and streams. They wiggle their tails to swim. Tadpoles have tiny teeth and eat pond weeds. Can you see their eyes? Tadpoles breathe under the water using gills. Gill At first, the gills look frilly, like this. Flap Later, flaps grow over the gills.

蝌蚪的生活。蝌蚪生活在池塘和溪流中。 它们摆动尾巴游泳。 蝌蚪的牙齿很小，以池塘里的杂草为食。 你能看到他们的眼睛吗？蝌蚪在水下用鳃呼吸。 起初，鱼鳃看起来像褶边，像这样。 之后，鳍长在鱼鳃上。

Hungry fish like to eat tadpoles. The tadpoles swim fast to get away. These tadpoles are brown like the stones in the pond. They can hide so the hungry fish can't see them.

饥饿的鱼喜欢吃蝌蚪。 蝌蚪们飞快地游着，想要逃走。 这些蝌蚪是棕色的，就像池塘里的石头。 它们可以藏起来，这样饥饿的鱼就看不到它们了。