3 All About Coral Reef

All About Coral Reefs by Mark Norman and Karen Zipkas Table of Contents Chapter 1 A Coral City page 2 Chapter 2 Food and Shelter page 4 Chapter 3 Big Eaters page 8 Chapter 4 Busy at Night page 12 Chapter 5 Take Care of Coral Reefs page 14 Glossary/ Index page 15 Comprehension Check page 16

Mark Norman和Karen Zipkas著《珊瑚礁》目录第1章珊瑚城第2页第2章食物和住所第4页第3章大食客第8页第4章夜间忙碌第12页第5章照顾珊瑚礁第14页词汇表/索引第15页理解检查第16页

Chapter 1 A Coral City A coral reef is like a big city under the water. A lot of sea creatures live around a coral reef. Coral reefs grow in shallow, warm seas. They grow all over the world. shallow: not deep Amazing Fact The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef in the world. It is near Australia. Most coral reefs are near land and in the tropics. ARCTIC OCEAN North America Europe Asia Africa South America PACIFIC OCEAN ATLANTIC OCEAN INDIAN OCEAN Australia Great Barrier Reef Antarctica yellow Coral reefs Tiny animals called polyps build corals. A polyp makes a coral cup to live in. A lot of cups form a coral reef. Corals have many shapes and sizes. Staghorn coral looks like spiky purple antlers. Plate coral looks like a large dinner plate. Brain coral looks like a big brain. Language DETECTIVE Called: Called has the -ed ending. Find two more words with the -ed ending on page 7. Staghorn coral Plate coral Brain coral

珊瑚礁就像一座水下的大城市。 许多海洋生物生活在珊瑚礁周围。 珊瑚礁生长在温暖的浅海中。 它们生长在世界各地。 惊人的事实大堡礁是世界上最大的珊瑚礁。 它在澳大利亚附近。大多数珊瑚礁都在陆地附近和热带地区。 北冰洋北美洲欧洲亚洲非洲南美洲太平洋大西洋印度洋澳大利亚大堡礁南极洲黄色珊瑚礁珊瑚虫这种小动物会造珊瑚。 珊瑚虫可以在珊瑚杯里生活。 很多杯子组成了珊瑚礁。 珊瑚有许多形状和大小。 鹿角珊瑚看起来像尖尖的紫色鹿角。 盘状珊瑚看起来像一个大餐盘。 脑珊瑚看起来像一个大大脑。 语言侦探Called: Called以-ed结尾。 在第7页再找两个以-ed结尾的单词。 鹿角珊瑚板珊瑚脑珊瑚

Chapter 2 Food and Shelter Fish love coral reefs. There's lots to eat! Parrotfish bite the coral with their sharp teeth. A parrotfish has front teeth that look like a parrot's beak. Do you think a lionfish looks like a lion? Amazing Fact The spines on a lionfish can sting people and animals. Lionfish have red and white stripes. They also have long fins and spines. Lionfish use their long spines to trap small fish.

鱼类喜欢珊瑚礁。 有很多吃的!鹦嘴鱼用锋利的牙齿咬珊瑚。 鹦嘴鱼的门牙看起来像鹦鹉嘴。 你觉得狮子鱼长得像狮子吗? 惊人的事实狮子鱼的刺可以刺到人和动物。 狮子鱼有红白相间的条纹。 它们也有长长的鳍和刺。 狮子鱼用它们的长刺捕捉小鱼。

Octopuses live in coral reefs, too. Fish and other sea creatures also love coral reefs because there are lots of places to hide. Octopuses hide in holes in the coral. Sometimes they use a piece of coral like a door, which they open and shut. Octopuses can change color to match coral. That makes them hard to see. Clownfish live in sea anemones. Sea anemones look like plants, but they are animals. They have tentacles that sting. Clownfish are covered in slime. The slime protects them from being stung. Clownfish that have wiggled into tentacles can stay safe from hungry fish. slime: slippery thing Clownfish are safe in sea anemone tentacles. Amazing Fact Sea anemones close up into a ball when they are touched.

章鱼也生活在珊瑚礁中。 鱼和其他海洋生物也喜欢珊瑚礁，因为那里有很多藏身的地方。 章鱼躲在珊瑚洞里。 有时它们用一块珊瑚当门，开了又关。 章鱼可以改变颜色以配合珊瑚。 这使得它们很难被发现。 小丑鱼生活在海葵里。 海葵看起来像植物，但它们是动物。 它们有刺人的触须。 小丑鱼身上覆盖着黏液。 粘液保护它们不被蜇。 小丑鱼扭动成触须可以远离饥饿的鱼。 小丑鱼在海葵的触须里很安全。 惊人的事实:当海葵被触摸时，它们会缩成一团。

Chapter 3 Big Eaters Sharks are big eaters. There's a lot of food for them around coral reefs. Reef sharks hunt in caves and under the corals. White-tip reef sharks have a white tip on their fin. A hammerhead shark has a head that looks like a hammer. Amazing Fact Sometimes a lot of hammerhead sharks swim together. They can help each other find smaller fish to eat. Hammerhead sharks also hunt in the reefs. They have nostrils and eyes on each side of their head. The sharks follow the smells in the water to find hurt or sick fish to eat. Language DETECTIVE Water: Find water two more times on page 11.

鲨鱼是大胃王。 珊瑚礁周围有很多食物。 礁鲨在洞穴和珊瑚下捕食。 白鳍礁鲨的鳍尖是白色的。 双髻鲨的头看起来像锤子。 惊人的事实有时很多双髻鲨一起游泳。 它们可以互相帮助找到更小的鱼吃。 锤头鲨也在珊瑚礁中捕食。 它们头的两侧各有鼻孔和眼睛。 鲨鱼沿着水中的气味寻找受伤或生病的鱼来吃。 水:在第11页再找两次水。