U2W5 Ava's Animals

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Ava's Animals

艾娃的动物们

Chapter 1: All About Animals " Okay, class, ” said Mr. Edson. " Today you'll have time to work on your poster of your favorite animal. Remember, it should show the animal's habitat, and you can use the computer to find pictures. " Ava loved animals, so she was excited about her new assignment. There was just one problem. She liked too many different animals! She was supposed to have picked one for her poster by now, but she couldn't decide.

第1章:关于动物 “好了，同学们，“埃德森先生说，“今天你们有时间制作关于自己最喜欢的动物的海报。记住，海报要展示出动物的栖息地，你们可以用电脑查找图片。” 艾娃喜欢动物，所以她对这个新作业感到很兴奋。只是有一个问题。她喜欢的动物太多了! 按照要求，她现在应该已经为海报选定一种动物了，可她却拿不定主意。

" I love lots of animals, " thought Ava, " and I want my poster to express that. Maybe looking at someone else's project will give me ideas. " “ Which animal did you choose?" she asked her friend Ruth. " Here, take a look, ” Ruth said. She passed Ava a small stack of pictures she'd printed from the computer.

“我喜欢很多动物，“艾娃心想，“而且我希望我的海报能体现出这一点。也许看看别人的作品能给我些灵感。” “你选了哪种动物?“她问她的朋友露丝。 “给，看看这个，“露丝说着，递给艾娃一小叠她从电脑上打印出来的图片。

Ava flipped through the pictures. Each one was different, but they all showed beavers. Some were splashing in the water, while others were scraping bark off trees with their big beaver teeth. Ruth even had a picture of two beavers building a dam. The last was a close-up of a beaver's face. “ Beavers sure are funny-looking, ” Ava couldn't help saying.

艾娃快速翻阅着这些图片。每张图片都不一样，但它们全都是关于海狸的。有的海狸在水里嬉戏溅水，有的正用它们那大大的海狸牙从树上啃树皮。露丝甚至有一张两只海狸在筑坝的图片。最后一张是海狸脸部的特写。 “海狸看起来可真有趣，“艾娃忍不住说道。

“ I agree, but I didn't choose them for their looks, " Ruth said, grinning. “ I chose them because of how they behave. " Ruth's face lit up with excitement. “ Beavers are incredible, Ava. They use their body parts like tools to cut down trees and build amazing dams. A beaver dam can change the course of a stream! "

“我同意，但我选它们可不是因为它们的长相，"露丝咧嘴笑着说，“我选它们是因为它们的行为方式。”露丝的脸上洋溢着兴奋的神情，“艾娃，海狸太了不起了。它们把身体部位当作工具来砍伐树木，建造出令人惊叹的水坝。一座海狸水坝甚至能改变溪流的走向!“