烏龜?shù)挠⑽脑趺醋x
烏龜(拉丁學(xué)名 Tortoise) 廣義上指龜鱉目的統(tǒng)稱，狹義上指龜科下的物種。 烏龜別稱金龜、草龜、泥龜、王八和山龜?shù)取Ｄ敲矗阒罏觚數(shù)挠⑽脑趺醋x嗎?
烏龜
烏龜?shù)挠⑽尼屃x：
tortoise
mud-turtle
terrapin
snapping-turtle
烏龜?shù)挠⑽睦洌?/strong>
烏龜以極其緩慢的速度爬行著。
The tortoise crept along at an agonizingly slow speed.
"你有什么寵物嗎?" "有，我有三只兔子和一只烏龜。"
"Have you got any pets?" "Yes, I've got three rabbits and a tortoise."
`你有什麼寵物嗎?'`有，我有三只兔子和一只烏龜。'
`Have you got any pets?' `Yes, I've got three rabbits and a tortoise.'
沙烏龜是會(huì)在地上打洞的旱烏龜。
Gopher turtles are tortoises that dig burrows in the ground.
一只烏龜想像老鷹一樣飛。
A tortoise wanted to fly like an eagle.
那只烏龜跟那頭象相比就顯得很小。
The elephant dwarfed the tortoise.
我們?nèi)伎梢詮臑觚斈抢锏玫揭粋€(gè)好的教訓(xùn)。
We can all learn a lesson from the turtle.
烏龜以極慢的速度向前爬。
The tortoise crept along at a very slow speed.
十只小烏龜試著跟二十只膽小的癩蛤蟆講話.
Ten tiny tortoises tried to talk to twenty timid toads.
烏龜在行動(dòng),拿彎刀砍大樹。
The tortoise is in the act of cutting a tree.
烏龜背上有硬殼。
烏龜?shù)挠⑽脑趺醋x
A tortoise has a shell on his back.
還有人說，“我喜歡烏龜，”“是嗎?
And the other: "I like turtles." "Yeah?
烏龜以極慢的速度向前爬。
The tortoise crept along at a very slow speed.
我最喜歡的是烏龜。
I like turtle the most.
雖然也有些比賽是將烏龜排成一排在跑道上比賽，還有些比賽是允許成年人參與，但這些都是例外而非比賽規(guī)則。
Although there are races where turtles are lined up on a track and others thatallow adults to participate, these are the exception rather than the rule.
“不，不，”烏龜說，“我喜歡你不平的皮膚。
“No, no, ” said Turtle. “I like your bumpy skin.
這里還在不斷發(fā)現(xiàn)新的物種：植物、鳥類、變色蜥蜴和烏龜，我們可能還不太了解這些物種，但它們可能將瀕臨滅絕。
There are still new species being discovered: plants, birds, chameleons, lemurs,tortoises that we might not yet know about, that could be on the brink ofextinction.
對環(huán)境的反應(yīng)今天也在烏龜和鱷魚蛋中有所體現(xiàn)。
That still goes on today in the eggs of turtles and crocodiles.
起初，在發(fā)現(xiàn)一座確實(shí)像是一只大象的小山后，我的疑慮有所緩解。但隨后我確定這座小山其實(shí)像是一只烏龜，我的希望再次破滅。
My concerns are soothed when I spot a hill which really does look like an elephant, but dashed again when I find out it is actually meant to resemble a tortoise.
烏龜和蟾蜍因?yàn)闀?huì)游泳，所以并沒有什么危險(xiǎn)。但老鼠必須趕緊跑到附近的森林，并爬上一棵高高的樹，不然它就會(huì)被淹死。
Turtle and Frog were in no danger because they could swim very well, but Ratwould have drowned if he had not scurried to the forest and climbed a tall tree.
有些章節(jié)是阿克琉斯與烏龜?shù)膶υ挕?/p>
Some chapters are dialogs between Achilles and Tortoises .
“朋友!”烏龜說，“你應(yīng)該早點(diǎn)跟我們說，你的家在一棵高高的樹上。
“Friend Rat, ” said Turtle, “you should have told us your home was high in a tree.
士兵們下了公路，進(jìn)入曠野，鉆進(jìn)茂密的葡萄園。 只見他們的頭盔起伏移動(dòng)，像一群烏龜在綠色的植被上爬行。
The soldiers turned from the road and descended into the field, deep into thegrapevines, their helmets bobbing up and down like turtles above the vegetation.
像烏龜一樣慢慢跑。
Run like a tortoise.
無論如何，野兔和烏龜?shù)玫绞裁炊际腔谒鼈兊男袨榕e止的。
Either way, both the hare and tortoise get what they deserve based on how theybehave.
年輕的“助手”們聚集在柜臺(tái)前面，學(xué)習(xí)如何將生活的必需品同方便快捷結(jié)合起來，比如說食品區(qū)里面活烏龜和蟾蜍正特價(jià)銷售。
Young “associates” huddle around a shopping till, learning how to tally thenecessaries and conveniences of life, such as the live turtles and toads on sale in the food section.
華盛頓州立大學(xué)的獸醫(yī)想出了一個(gè)廉價(jià)的但顯然是有效的方法讓一只受傷的烏龜重新活躍起來。
Veterinarians at Washington State University came up with a cheap andapparently effective way to get an injured tortoise up and at 'em again.
龜殼上的任何東西，像海藻或者渣滓，都會(huì)降低小烏龜吸收熱量的能力，阻礙他們游泳的能力。
Anything on a turtle’s shell, like algae or scum, reduces the turtle’s ability toabsorb heat and impedes its ability to swim.
在我和我的侄孫女最近一次去鱈魚角的新開發(fā)區(qū)域散步時(shí)，我們發(fā)現(xiàn)了一只翻過來躺在背上的死烏龜，它的頭有點(diǎn)鼓。
On a recent walk through our development on Cape Cod with my grandniece, wefound a dead turtle lying on its back. The head was a bit bloated.
盡管這里的烏龜非常多，并且跟其它的物種有著明顯的區(qū)別，自然選擇的概念也沒有字跡工整的刻寫在它們的龜殼上供人閱讀。
Though the tortoises are enormous, and the differences between the speciesnoticeable, the concept of natural selection is not written out in neat script on theircarapaces for the reading.