The Frog That Changes Color
变换颜色的青蛙
Birds live in trees. Squirrels live in trees.
鸟类和松鼠都生活在树上。
But do you know that some frogs live in trees,too?
但是你知道有些青蛙也生活在树上吗？
The tree frog is hard to find. This frog can change color.
树蛙是很难找到。因为树蛙可以变换颜色。
On green leaves, it stays green. On a brown branch,
在绿色的叶子,它保持绿色。在一个棕色的树杈上
it turns brown. Some tree frogs can change from green to gold or blue. .
它变成棕色。一些树蛙可以从绿色变成金黄色或蓝色..
Tree frogs have legs and wide feet.
树蛙有宽宽的腿和脚。
They have sticky pads at the ends of their toes.
脚趾尾部有粘性极大的脚垫。
These sticky toe pads keep the tree frogs from falling.
这些粘性趾垫能够防止树蛙从树上坠落下来。
Tree frogs have different colors and markings on their skin.
树蛙的皮肤上有不同的颜色和形状。
Their eyes are different, too. Some have green eyes,some gray.
他们的眼睛也是不同的。有些是绿色的，有些是灰色的。
Some frogs' eyes are gold, and some are bright red.
一些青蛙的眼睛是黄金,有些是明亮的红色。
The sounds they make in spring and summer are different, too.
它们在夏天和春天所发出的声音也是不同的。
One frog makes a sound like a dog barking.
有些青蛙的叫声像狗吠。
Another frog makes a loud noise like a snore.
还有一些青蛙的叫声像打鼾。
There is even a frog that whistles !
甚至还有些青蛙的声音像吹口哨！
WORD BANK
词汇表
frog
青蛙
branch
枝；分枝
sticky
黏的；黏性的
pad
垫；衬垫
toe
趾；脚趾；足尖
marking
记号；斑纹
snore
打鼾；鼾声
