Appearance
At the Beach — 在海滩
Introduction — 引言
At the beach, the ocean meets the land. Many amazing plants and animals live there.
中文翻译
在海滩上，海洋与陆地相接。许多神奇的植物和动物生活在那里。
What can you see at the beach? What animals live there?
中文翻译
你能在海滩上看到什么？ 哪些动物生活在那里？
Now read and discover more about the beach!
中文翻译
现在，让我们通过阅读来发现更多关于海滩的知识吧！
1. The Beach — 海滩
Every day the ocean goes up the beach at high tide, and it goes down the beach at low tide.
中文翻译
每天涨潮时，海水会涌上海滩；退潮时，海水会从海滩退下去。
The ocean moves with the wind, too. The wind makes waves. The ocean is salt water. It's big and strong.
中文翻译
海水也会随着风而运动。风会形成海浪。海洋里是咸水。它广阔而且力量强大。
The ocean can break rocks and shells into pieces. The pieces of rock and shell hit the water and other rocks. Then they get very little. This is how the ocean makes rocks and shells into sand.
中文翻译
海洋可以把岩石和贝壳打碎成小块。岩石和贝壳的碎片不断撞击海水和其他岩石，然后它们会变得越来越小。这就是海洋把岩石和贝壳变成沙子的过程。
2. Sand and Rocks — 沙子和岩石
What can you see in the sand and on the rocks at the beach?
中文翻译
在海滩的沙子里和岩石上，你能看到什么？
At low tide the tellin shell hides under the sand. It hides there because other animals like to eat it. It gets food and water with one of its siphons.
中文翻译
退潮时，樱蛤（tellin shell）会藏在沙子下面。它躲在那里，是因为其他动物喜欢吃它。它通过其中一根水管获取食物和水。
The green flat periwinkle hides in green seaweed. Can you see it here?
中文翻译
绿色的扁玉黍螺（green flat periwinkle）藏在绿色的海藻中。你能在这里找到它吗？
The barnacle lives on rocks. Its shell grows onto the rocks, so it doesn't move when there are waves.
中文翻译
藤壶生活在岩石上。它的外壳会牢牢地附着在岩石上，所以即使有海浪，它也不会移动。
Some barnacles grow on whales!
中文翻译
有些藤壶甚至会长在鲸鱼身上！
3. In Rockpools — 岩石潮池里
At low tide, the ocean moves down the beach. Then you can find rockpools.
中文翻译
退潮时，海水从海滩上退去。这时你就可以发现一些岩石潮池。
Let's look in a rockpool. Here's a crab. It gets food with its big, strong claws. It eats barnacles, starfish, and other little animals. It eats plants, too.
中文翻译
让我们看看岩石潮池里有什么。这里有一只螃蟹。它用又大又有力的蟹钳获取食物。它吃藤壶、海星和其他小动物。它也吃植物。
The starfish can put its stomach out of its mouth! Then it can eat this big clam.
中文翻译
海星可以把胃从嘴里伸出来！这样它就能吃掉这只大蛤蜊。
Crabs eat starfish, and starfish eat clams. This is called a food chain.
中文翻译
螃蟹吃海星，海星吃蛤蜊。这就叫作食物链。
4. Near the Beach — 海滩附近
Many fish and other little animals live in the water near the beach. There's lots of food for them there. The prawn eats seaweed and little animals.
中文翻译
许多鱼和其他小动物生活在海滩附近的水域中。那里有很多食物供它们食用。对虾会吃海藻和小动物。
The prawn has 20 legs. It walks with 10 legs, and it swims with 10 legs.
中文翻译
对虾有 20 条腿。它用其中 10 条腿行走，用另外 10 条腿游泳。
The seahorse eats very little fish. It eats very, very little animals and plants called plankton, too.
中文翻译
海马吃非常小的鱼。它也吃一种叫作浮游生物的非常非常小的动物和植物。
See how this seahorse hides in the seaweed. In this green seaweed, the seahorse is green, but in yellow seaweed, it's yellow!
中文翻译
看看这只海马是怎样藏在海藻中的。在绿色的海藻中，海马是绿色的；但是在黄色的海藻中，它就会呈现黄色！
5. In the Ocean — 在海洋中
You can see some amazing animals in the ocean.
中文翻译
你可以在海洋中看到一些神奇的动物。
Here's a seal. The seal lives in the ocean and on land. When it swims in the ocean, it puts its head out of the water to get air.
中文翻译
这里有一只海豹。海豹既生活在海洋中，也生活在陆地上。当它在海里游泳时，它会把头伸出水面呼吸空气。
The dolphin jumps out of the water, and little fish are scared. They swim away, and then the dolphin can catch them! The dolphin gets air with a blowhole on its head.
中文翻译
海豚跃出水面，小鱼受到惊吓。它们会游走逃跑，这时海豚就可以捕捉它们！海豚通过头顶上的呼吸孔呼吸空气。
On sunny days, the basking shark swims at the top of the ocean. It can eat lots of plankton there. Plankton is its favorite food.
中文翻译
在阳光明媚的日子里，姥鲨会游到海洋表层。在那里，它可以吃到大量的浮游生物。浮游生物是它最喜欢的食物。
6. In the Air — 在空中
Many birds live near the beach. There's lots of food for them there.
中文翻译
许多鸟类生活在海滩附近。那里有很多食物供它们食用。
The puffin lives on cliffs. When it's hungry, it flies down and swims under the ocean. Then it catches its favorite fish!
中文翻译
海鹦生活在悬崖上。当它饿了的时候，它会飞下来，然后潜入海水中游泳。接着，它会捕捉自己最喜欢吃的鱼！
The pelican can catch lots of fish in its big bill. It opens its bill and the water goes out. Then it can eat the fish.
中文翻译
鹈鹕可以用它的大嘴捕捉很多鱼。它张开嘴，让里面的水流出去，然后就可以把鱼吃掉。
A pelican can get 11 liters of water in its bill!
中文翻译
一只鹈鹕的嘴里可以装下 11 升水！
Oystercatchers don't eat oysters! They eat mussels. They open the shells with their bill.
中文翻译
蛎鹬其实不吃牡蛎！它们吃贻贝。它们会用嘴把贝壳打开。
7. At the Coast — 在海岸
At the coast near the beach, there are cliffs. Some waves hit hills on the coast, and pieces of land break into the ocean. This makes cliffs.
中文翻译
在海滩附近的海岸上，有许多悬崖。海浪不断拍打海岸上的山体，一些陆地碎块掉入海中，从而形成悬崖。
Sometimes there are holes in the cliffs. The ocean hits the holes and makes caves.
中文翻译
有时候悬崖上会出现洞。海水不断冲击这些洞，最终形成洞穴。
The ocean can make arches and stacks, too.
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海洋还可以形成海蚀拱门和海蚀柱。
At the coast, the sand moves in the wind. Then the sand makes hills called sand dunes.
中文翻译
在海岸上，沙子会随着风移动。然后这些沙子会堆积成小山，这些小山叫作沙丘。
Sand dunes can move 100 meters in a year.
中文翻译
沙丘一年可以移动 100 米。
8. Fun at the Beach — 海滩上的乐趣
You can do many things at the beach! You can kitesurf, and the wind moves you on the ocean. You can snorkel, too. Then you can see amazing fish in the water.
中文翻译
你可以在海滩上做很多事情！你可以玩风筝冲浪，风会推动你在海面上前进。你也可以浮潜，这样你就能看到水中神奇的鱼。
The ocean is big and strong. Don't go away from the people you know. Look for flags — they tell you where and when you can swim.
中文翻译
海洋广阔而且力量强大。不要离开你认识的人独自行动。注意观察旗帜——它们会告诉你可以在哪里游泳，以及什么时候可以游泳。
Have fun at the beach, but remember the ocean plants and animals. Keep the beach clean for plants, animals, and other people.
中文翻译
在海滩上尽情玩耍吧，但也要记得保护海洋中的植物和动物。保持海滩清洁，为植物、动物以及其他人创造一个干净的环境。