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day 58how animals live

unit 8 · nature

    how animals live

    Explain how animals live (hatch, migrate, hibernate, breed, survive) and how people raise them, and give your reasons one by one with 一来……,二来……,三来…….

    today’s words

    • 哺乳 bǔrǔ · to suckle, breastfeed
    • 孵化 fūhuà · to hatch, incubate
    • 卵 luǎn · egg (biology), ovum
    • 繁衍 fányǎn · to multiply, reproduce
    • 雌性 cíxìng · female (animals)
    • 雄性 xióngxìng · male (animals)
    • 两栖 liǎngqī · amphibious
    • 迁徙 qiānxǐ · to migrate
    • 休眠 xiūmián · to hibernate, lie dormant
    • 物种 wùzhǒng · species
    • 存活 cúnhuó · to survive
    • 捕获 bǔhuò · to catch, capture
    • 鸣 míng · to cry, sing (birds); to sound
    • 飞翔 fēixiáng · to fly, soar
    • 驯 xùn · to tame, train
    • 饲养 sìyǎng · to raise, breed (animals)
    • 饲料 sìliào · animal feed, fodder
    • 畜牧 xùmù · animal husbandry
    • 养殖 yǎngzhí · to farm, breed (fish, animals)
    • 牧场 mùchǎng · pasture, ranch
    • 牧民 mùmín · herder, herdsman
    • 圈 juān · to pen in, shut in
    • 圈 juàn · pen, fold (for animals)
    • 渔民 yúmín · fisherman
    • 贝壳 bèiké · shell, seashell
    • 壳 ké · shell, husk
    • 海绵 hǎimián · sponge
    • 海藻 hǎizǎo · seaweed
    • 礁石 jiāoshí · reef, rocks
    • 自然界 zìránjiè · the natural world
    • 生机 shēngjī · vitality, signs of life

    sentences

    • 鲸是哺乳动物,不是鱼。 · Whales are mammals, not fish.
    • 小鸡从鸡蛋里孵化出来了。 · The chicks have hatched from their eggs.
    • 有些动物是两栖的。 · Some animals are amphibious.
    • 熊冬天要休眠好几个月。 · Bears hibernate for months in winter.
    • 每年秋天,燕子都要迁徙到南方。 · Every autumn, swallows migrate south.