第11课

Lesson Eleven

I Am a Little Bug

1. Is it good to be a little bug?

2. My friends all say: “There's nothing good about being a little bug .”

3. When we bounce around, we must be careful about where we are, otherwise, our butts will be pricked by the cockleburs.

4. If we do not pay attention, we may jump into deep, deep water and drown ourselves.

5. But actually, that deep water is just a puppy's puddle of pee.

6. Children think that fluffy birds are cute, but us bugs, we do not like birds.

7. However, I think it's great to be a bug.

8. When I wake up in the morning, I stretch out on the waving grass, wash my face with a dewdrop, and polish my slender antennae.

9. If we jump carefully onto a dog, we can travel to far away places.

10. It’s a free express train!

11. I have many friends, and each of them is interesting.

12. We must be careful when we walk outside to avoid being hit by the dung beetles, because they never watch out when they are transporting food.

13. The praying mantis is very greedy and always wants to eat me, but fortunately, he cannot jump like me.

14. Some bugs have a bad temper, such as the long-horned beetles. Every time I say, “Good morning, Auntie Long-horned Beetle,” she wants to kick me.

15. I like being a little bug.

16. When I am happy, I shout with vigor, so if you hear singing in the grass at night—

17. You can surely find me!

生词表：

bug   小虫

good   好的

friends   朋友（复数）

bounce   蹦跳

be careful about 小心

otherwise   否则

butts    屁股

stung    刺痛

cockleburs   苍耳（复数）

pay attention 注意

deep   深的

drown   淹没

actually   实际

puppy   小狗

pee   尿

children   孩子们（复数）

fluffy   毛茸茸的

cute   可爱的

bugs   小虫(复数）

however   然而

wake up 醒来

stretch    伸展

undulating   起伏的

dewdrop   露珠

polish   擦亮

slender    细长的

antennae   触须

are able to 能够

travel   旅行

faraway    很远的

places   地方（复数）

free   免费的

express train 特快列车

interesting   有意思

be careful 小心

avoid   避免

being hit 被撞伤

dung beetles 屎壳螂（复数）

never    从不

watch out 小心

are transporting 正运输

food   食物

mantis   螳螂

greedy   贪吃的

always   总是

fortunately   幸运

such as 比如

long horned beetles 天牛

tempers   脾气（复数）

kick   踢

would like   想要

shout   喊叫

vigorously   使劲地

hear    听见

grass    草

at night   在夜晚

surely   一定

find   找到

我是一只小虫子

1.当一只小虫子好不好?

2.我的伙伴们都说：“当一只小虫子,一点儿都不好。”

3.我们蹦蹦跳跳的时候，一定要看准地方，不然屁股会被苍耳刺痛的。

4.一不留神，我们会蹦进很深很深的水里，被淹得昏头昏脑。

5.其实，那深水只是小狗撒的一泡尿。

6.孩子们都觉得毛茸茸的小鸟很可爱，但我们小虫子没有谁会喜欢小鸟。

7.不过，我觉得当一只小虫子还真不错。

8.早上醒来，我在摇摇晃晃的草叶上伸懒腰，用一颗露珠把脸洗干净，把细长的触须擦得亮亮的。

9.如果能小心地跳到狗的身上，我们就可以到很远的地方去旅行。

10.这可是免费的特快列车呀!

11.我有很多小伙伴，每一个都特别有意思。

12.走在外面一定要小心，别被屎壳螂撞伤，因为他们搬运食物的时候，从来不看路。

13.螳螂很贪吃，总想把我吃掉，但真幸运，他不会像我一样跳。

14.有些虫子脾气不太好，比如天牛，每次我说“天牛大婶，早上好”，她总是想顶我一下。

15.我喜欢当一只小虫子。

16.当我很快乐的时候，会使劲叫哇叫，所以，如果你在夜晚听见草地里的歌声——

17.你就一定能找到我!