6、Going buggy

SUPER GROSS Going Buggy!

超恶心的小虫子大集合！

Glossary abdomen: the part of the body that contains the stomach and intestines. antennae: movable body parts that occur in pairs on the heads of insects. arachnids: members of the arthropod group of animals. They include spiders, scorpions, ticks, and mites. bug: any type of insect, arachnid, or myriapod. carnivores: animals that eat mostly meat. Goliath: something that is very large. invertebrate: a living thing without a backbone. larvae: animals in an early stage of development that differ greatly in appearance from their adult stage. myriapod: arthropods with a body made up of numerous similar segments. Millipedes and centipedes are myriapods. specialty: something for which a person is well known. species: a specific kind of living organism. thorax: the part of the body between the head and the abdomen. Note to readers: Some of these words may have more than one definition. The definitions above match how these words are used in this book.

词汇表 腹部：身体包含胃和肠道的部分。 触角：长在昆虫头部、成对出现的可活动身体部位。 蛛形纲动物：节肢动物类群的成员。 包括蜘蛛、蝎子、蜱虫和螨虫。 虫子：任何昆虫、蛛形纲动物或者多足类动物的统称。 食肉动物：主要以肉类为食的动物。 歌利亚：用来形容非常巨大的东西。 无脊椎动物：没有脊椎的生物。 幼虫：处于发育早期阶段的动物，外形和成年阶段的同类差异很大。 多足类动物：身体由大量相似体节构成的节肢动物。 千足虫和蜈蚣都属于多足类动物。 专长：一个人十分擅长、为人熟知的领域。 物种：某一特定种类的生物。 胸部：位于头部和腹部之间的身体部位。 读者须知：这些词语里有一部分可能存在不止一个释义。 上面给出的释义都和它们在本书中的用法对应。

Chapter 1: The Lowdown on Bugs Hello! My name is Dr. Ick. It's a delightful name, isn't it? Bugs are my specialty (say: SPEH-shul-tea). I just love a good bug! The creepier and the crawlier, the better! This is my good friend, Sam. He is not a fan of bugs. Did you know that there are millions of species (say: SPEE-shees) of insects?

第一章：虫子小知识 大家好呀！ 我是伊克博士。 这名字可有趣啦，对不对？ 研究虫子是我的专长（读音：SPEH-shul-tea）。 我可太喜欢有意思的虫子了！ 越是毛骨悚然、爬来爬去的，我越喜欢！ 这是我的好朋友山姆。 他可不怎么喜欢虫子。 你知道吗，昆虫的物种（读音：SPEE-shees）足足有数百万种哦？

That's too many insects for one book. But in this book you will read about some of the biggest, smallest, and creepiest ones! Some insects live in large groups. They each have a job to do. Some are considered workers, while others are crowned the QUEEN!

一本书可讲不完这么多昆虫。 不过在这本书里，你会读到一些体型最大、最小，还有最吓人的昆虫！ 有些昆虫会聚居成大群体生活。 它们每一只都有自己的工作要做。 有些是工虫，还有的会被加冕成女王！

So, what exactly is an insect? Insects are invertebrates (say: in-VER-ta-brates). All insects have three body parts: a head, a thorax (say: THOR---ax), and an abdomen (say: AB-do-men). The bugs in this book are all insects. The more general term "bug" can include insects as well as arachnids (say: ah-RACK-nids), like spiders and scorpions, and myriapods (say: MEER-ee-ah-pods), like centipedes and millipedes. So, you can say all insects are bugs, but not all bugs are insects! Most insects have six legs. They also have antennae (say: an-TEN-ee). Wow! If I had six legs, I could run really fast!

那到底什么是昆虫呢？ 昆虫属于无脊椎动物（读音：in-VER-ta-brates）。 所有昆虫都有三个身体部分：头部、胸部（读音：THOR---ax）和腹部（读音：AB-do-men）。 这本书里提到的虫子全都是昆虫。 更广义的“虫子”不仅包括昆虫，还包括蛛形纲动物（读音：ah-RACK-nids），比如蜘蛛和蝎子，还有多足类动物（读音：MEER-ee-ah-pods），比如蜈蚣和千足虫。 所以你可以说所有昆虫都是虫子，但不能说所有虫子都是昆虫哦！ 大多数昆虫都有六条腿。 它们还有触角（读音：an-TEN-ee）。 哇哦！ 要是我有六条腿，我肯定能跑得飞快！

Insects live all over the world in many different environments (say: en-VI-ron-ments). But there are only three species of insects that live in Antarctica (say: Ant-ARK-ti-ka). One of them is a tiny fly called the Belgica (say: BELL-jih-ka) antarctica. Its dark purple coloring helps it absorb (say: ub-SORB) sunlight. ANTARCTICA

世界各地的不同环境里都有昆虫生存。 但只有三种昆虫生活在南极洲（读音：Ant-ARK-ti-ka）。 其中一种是叫做南极蠓（读音：BELL-jih-ka）的 tiny 蝇类。 它深紫色的身体能帮助它吸收（读音：ub-SORB）阳光。 南极洲