Animals Live in Groups有趣的群居動物

有趣的群居動物

As the old saying goes， “Many hands make light fire.”（眾人拾柴火焰高。）In the animal kingdom， there are also many animals that live in groups.

[ Let’s guess！]

（? ? ）Who lives in groups？ 你能猜一猜以下哪些是群居動物嗎？

A.tigers B. lions C. ants D. dolphins

Answers： BCD

King of the Jungle—Lions

叢林之王——獅子

Lions live in groups. There is usually only one adult male lion（雄獅） in a pride of lions（獅群）.

Sometimes， there are two or three males in some big prides. However， the strongest male lion still has more status（地位） and voice（話語權）than the others. In the pride， male lions and female lions have different roles. Female lions are responsible for（負責）hunting（捕獵） and raising the cubs（幼崽）， while male lions are responsible for ensuring the safety（安全）of the territory（領地）.

The Busy Insect—Ants

忙碌的昆蟲——螞蟻

Sometimes， millions of ants live in one nest. There are generally five types（種類） of ants： queen ants（蟻后）， female ants， male ants， worker ants（工蟻） and soldier ants（兵蟻）. Queen ants， female ants and male ants are responsible for breeding（繁育）. Worker ants are mainly responsible for looking for food， while soldier ants are responsible for protecting（保護）the nest.

Although ants are tiny insects， they are really strong. The leaf pieces（葉子碎片） these ants carry can weigh（重）as much as 30 times the weight（重量）of the ant！

The Smiling Angel—Dolphins

微笑天使——海豚

Dolphins live in the sea and like eating fish. They also like to live in groups. If one of the dolphins is attacked（被攻擊）， the others will get together and fight off（擊退） the enemies. Besides that， when one is sick（生病）， the others will take care of him. When one gives birth（產崽）， the others will take turns caring for the baby dolphin until it has mastered（掌握）all the survival skills（生存技能）.

Let’s learn！

在英語中，有許多奇怪卻生動的量詞。關于動物的“群”，都用什么英文量詞來表達呢？一起連一連，填一填吧！

pride 榮耀 ? ? ? a? ? ? ? ?of fish一群魚

cloud 烏云 ? ? ? a? ? ? ? ?of giraffes 一群長頸鹿

army 軍隊 ? ? ? a? ? ? ? ?of leopards 一群獵豹

tower 高塔 ? ? ? a? ? ? ? ?of snakes 一窩蛇

nest 巢穴 ? ? ? a? ? ? ? ?of lions 一群獅子

leap 跳躍 ? ? ? an? ? ? ? ?of frogs 一群青蛙

school 學校? ? ? ? a? ? ? ? ?of bats 一群蝙蝠

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