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)?。那么，你知道烏龜?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€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,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.

　　烏龜和蟾蜍因為會游泳，所以并沒有什么危險。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，進入曠野，鉆進茂密的葡萄園。 只見他們的頭盔起伏移動，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)想出了一個廉價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，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.