【賓果14螢火蟲】
Fireflies: lighting up the night
(賓果兒童自然科學(xué)第一輯 Go wild)
#動物#蟲蟲#螢火蟲。

14 螢火蟲：照亮黑夜
●導(dǎo)讀頁
Choose me!
At night, the forest is aglow with tiny little lights. It is the male fireflies, looking for love.
‘Choose me!’
‘No, choose me!’
They flash their lights on and off to attract the lady fireflies.
One lucky male shines his way into the affections of a female.
They both glow together; is it with happiness?
選我！
夜幕，森林中被細微的光照亮了。
是雄螢火蟲們，他們在尋覓愛侶。
“選我！”
“不，選我！”
他們時而不時地閃著他們的光，用來吸引螢火蟲女士們。
一位幸運的男士把自己的螢光照進了一位女士的心房。
他們一起閃亮，是不是幸福得發(fā)光呀？
●扉頁
Are you ready to find out about fireflies?
你準(zhǔn)備好了，來了解螢火蟲嗎？
Insect | Firefly
昆蟲 | 螢火蟲
原作者：Nopineopi
編寫者：Lisa Regan
插畫師：Shin Zong-a
標(biāo)題：Fireflies: lighting up the night 螢火蟲：照亮黑夜
正文
●02
It is a warm summer night, and down by the stream, there are lots of little lights.
They bob up and down, flitting through the air.
這是一個熱乎乎的夏夜，溯流溪下，這兒有許多小小的光亮。
它們忽上忽下，在空中飛馳而過。
●04
The little lights are fireflies!
這些小小的光亮是螢火蟲們！
●06
The males flash their lights on and off.
The females do the same, as a reply.
男士們時而不時地閃耀著他們的光亮。
女士們也是如此，以此作為回應(yīng)。
●07
When the female flashes the same pattern as the male, he knows he is the chosen one.
當(dāng)女士閃出與男士同樣模式的光時，
他便知道他已經(jīng)被她選中。
●08
He settles next to her on a plant.
他在一株植物上臨她而居。
●09
After mating, the female lays her eggs.
在一起結(jié)合以后，女士便產(chǎn)卵。
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Gradually, the soft eggs grow harder.
The eggs have a soft glow of their own, but they don’t shine as brightly as the beetles.
漸漸地，軟軟的蛋長硬了。
蛋自己也閃出柔和的光，
但它們閃出的光并不像甲殼蟲的那樣明亮。
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Tip
Females don’t fly as much as males.
They stay low and rest on plants or on the ground, and wait for the males to come to them.
提示
女士們并不像男士們那樣勤于飛行。
她們停留在低處，在植物或是地面上休息，
等待著男士們到它們這來。
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By the time the eggs are ready to hatch, the adults have died.
They don’t live for very long after breeding.
到即將孵蛋之時，
成年者便將死去。
它們在生育過后活不太久。
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The larvae hatch out of the eggs in the spring.
在春天，幼蟲從蛋中孵化出來。
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The larvae dive into the water to feed on snails.
幼蟲潛入水中，捕食蝸牛。
Tip
The larvae have a hook on their chin
to help pull a snail from its shell.
提示
幼蟲的下頜上有一個鉤子，用來幫助把蝸牛從殼中拉出來。
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After growing and shedding its skin several times,
the larva will leave the water and burrow underground.
Now it needs to build a cocoon.
幼蟲漸漸長大，經(jīng)過多次蛻皮以后，它們離開水里并到地下面挖洞。
現(xiàn)在是時候筑繭了。
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The larva lies totally still in its cocoon, protected by the dirt.
幼蟲完全靜靜地躺在繭中，塵土保護著它們。
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Wiggle, wiggle... the firefly shuffles out of its cocoon.
It has to test its new wings.
扭啊扭，扭啊扭……
螢火蟲從它的繭中扭動而出。
它得試試它的新翅膀啦。
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The fully grown fireflies take to the air.
Now it is their turn to light up the night sky!
完全長成的螢火蟲們飛到空中。
現(xiàn)在是它們照亮整個夜空的時候啦！
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Find out more!
了解更多！
The life cycle of a FIREFLY
螢火蟲的生命周期
1 Eggs
Female fireflies lay lots of eggs.
1蛋
雌性螢火蟲產(chǎn)下很多卵。
2 Larvae
These hatch from the eggs and enter the water.
2 幼蟲
這些（幼蟲）從蛋中孵化出來并潛入水里。
3 Cocoon
This is where the larva changes into an adult.
3繭
幼蟲通過繭蛻化長成。
4 Adulthood
The firefly leaves its cocoon and crawls to the surface.
4 成年
螢火蟲蛻下繭，蠕行到地面。
5 Mating
Now the adult needs to find its own mate.
5 交配
到了成年的時候，就開始找自己的伴侶了。
6 Laying eggs
They lay their eggs on moss, plants, or under leaves.
6 產(chǎn)卵
它們在苔蘚上，植物上，或是葉子下，產(chǎn)卵。
7 Death
Males die after mating, and females die once their eggs are laid safely.
7 死亡
雄性在交配后死去，
雌性一旦安全產(chǎn)下卵就會死去。
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FIREFLY Facts 螢火蟲二三事
What glows?
A firefly’s lower body (its abdomen) is covered in protective plates.
They cover special organs that make light. The light doesn’t give off heat, like a light bulb does. It is cold light.
什么在發(fā)光呢？
螢火蟲的下半身（腹部）被保護板包裹著。
保護板包裹著制造光亮的特殊器官。
這種光不會像燈泡的光那樣釋放熱量。它是冷光。
Watch out!
Frogs, birds, lizards and spiders all prey on fireflies, even though the bugs taste bitter.
If a firefly gets caught in a spider web, its time is up!
當(dāng)心！
青蛙，鳥類，蜥蜴和蜘蛛都捕食螢火蟲，
即使（螢火蟲這種）昆蟲嘗起來苦苦的。
如果螢火蟲被捕到了蜘蛛網(wǎng)里，死期也就到了！
A firefly stuck in a spider web 一只螢火蟲陷在了蜘蛛網(wǎng)里
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Insect | Firefly
昆蟲 | 螢火蟲
No food
Firefly larvae eat a lot so they can grow and change, but adult fireflies sometimes eat nothing.
Some of them drink nectar and morning dew.
不吃（固體）食物
螢火蟲幼蟲食量很大，所以它們長得快也變得快，
但是成年螢火蟲有時什么也不吃。它們當(dāng)中的有一些飲啜花蜜與晨露。
Ghost fires
In olden times, people had to walk everywhere, and would often still be travelling at night.
When they saw the floating lights around them, they didn’t know they were fireflies.
They were afraid, and thought the lights were ‘ghost fires’ coming to attack them!
鬼火
古久時代，人們只能通過步行來到處走動，而且常常晚上還在趕路。
當(dāng)他們看到飄浮的光亮環(huán)繞著他們時，并不清楚這是螢火蟲。
他們很害怕，并認為這是“鬼火”前來襲擊他們！