Lesson 47 Connected to Nature

第47课 与大自然相连

The natural world is filled with living things.

自然界充满了生物。

Living things start out weak and small and slowly grow strong and big.

生物开始时很弱小，慢慢的变得大而强壮。

You are a living thing.

你是一个生物。

Each of your classmates is a living thing.

你们班级的每个人都是生物。

Flowers, grass and trees are living things,too.

花草树木也都是生物。

Bees,ants,doves,dogs and cats - these are all living things.

蜜蜂、蚂蚁、鸽子、狗和猫——这些都是生物。

All living things need food and water to grow.

所有的生物生长都需要食物和水。

Think about yourself.

想想你自己。

When you are hungry,you need to eat.

当你饿了，你需要吃东西。

You eat fruit,vegetables,meat and fish.

你吃水果、蔬菜、肉和鱼。

They can help you grow big and strong.

它们能让你长得更大更强壮。

You drink water when you are thirsty.

当你渴了，你喝水。

Now think about a tree.

现在想想一棵树。

When a tree is hungry,it gets food from the soil.

当一棵树饿了时，它从泥土里获取食物。

Trees drink water,too.

树也喝水。

We are different in some ways,

我们在某些方面不同，

but all living things are connected.

但是所有的生物都是联系在一起的。

We all live on the same planet,

我们都居住在同一个星球，

and we depend on each other.

我们互相依靠。

If we pollute the rivers and oceans,

如果我们污染了河流和海洋，

fish may get sick or even die.

鱼类就会生病甚至死亡。

Some birds live off fish.

有些鸟类以鱼类为生。

If the birds eat the sick or dead fish,

如果鸟类吃了生病或死亡的鱼类，

they may die off.

它们就会死亡。

Nature is a balance between all the living things on the planet.

自然界中所有的生物是均衡的。

If one species dies off,then another species may die off, followed by another, and another...

如果一种物种死亡，然后另一种物种也可能死亡，接下来就会是另一个，还有另一个……

We should respect the earth and all the living things on it.

我们应该尊重地球以及地球上的所有生物。