Millipede With Over 1,000 Legs Discovered

What kind of animal or bug has the most legs? 哪一種動物有最多隻腳呢？ Let's see… people have two legs, dogs have four legs, cats also have four legs. 人類有兩隻腳，狗跟貓有四隻腳。 Cockroaches… ew, I hate cockroaches… they have six legs. 我討厭的蟑螂，有六隻腳。 And spiders have eight legs. 蜘蛛有八隻腳。 But have you heard of a bug that has over one thousand legs? It's true! The bug that has over one thousand legs is called a millipede. 你聽說過千足蟲嗎？這種蟲類就是馬陸。 There are a lot of different kinds of millipedes, but experts recently found a new kind of millipede that lives almost sixty meters under the ground. They found it in Australia. 科學家在澳洲發現，有一種馬陸生活在六十公尺深的地底。 This bug is less than ten centimeters long - that is shorter than the length of a pencil - but it actually has more than one thousand legs… it has one thousand and thirty-six legs. 這種馬陸不到十公分長，但一共有一千零三十六隻腳！ That is the highest number of legs anyone has ever found on a millipede. It also has no eyes. But experts say that's okay because if it lives underground, it doesn't really need them! 因為住在地底下，沒有眼睛也沒有關係！ How cool is that? I can't imagine having that many legs, I would probably trip over myself all the time! ________________________________ Vocabulary 有那麼多隻腳，會不會很難走路？ 1. Leg 腿，腳。 Can you walk faster? 你可不可以走快一點？ No, I can't. I have short legs, you know. 我沒辦法。我的腿短，你要知道。 2. Meter 公尺。 But you can run fast. 但是你可以跑很快。 Didn't you hit a school record in the 100-meter race? 你不是在100公尺賽跑破學校紀錄？ I did. But it's a 1,000-meter race, not one hundred. 對，不過是一千公尺賽跑，不是一百。 3. Underground 地底下。 Many animals live underground. 很多動物住在地下。 Yeah, like ants and mice. 對，比如說螞蟻和老鼠。 4. Kind 種類。 Scientists are trying to find a new kind of bug. 科學家正在尋找新種的昆蟲。 A bug that can live in space.可以住在太空的昆蟲。 Let's read the words together. leg 腿，腳 meter 公尺 underground 地底下 kind 種類 ________________________________ Quiz 1. What kind of insect is mentioned in this story? a. An ant b. A centipede c. A millipede 2. How many legs does the new insect have? a. One hundred b. One thousand c. One thousand and thirty-six 3. What doesn't this new insect have? a. Eyes b. A mouth c. Legs Answers 1. C 2. C 3. A -- Hosting provided by SoundOn