第31课（244字 1分钟）

Passage Thirty-one

（K9 level）

1. Mosquitoes are creatures we all know well. They are found everywhere.

2. These insects are present all over the world, with over 2,500 different species.

3. No one likes mosquitoes, yet the mosquito might decide to choose you. Yes, she might!

4. The reason for this is that male mosquitoes do not bite. Only female mosquitoes bite, and they do so to obtain blood needed for laying eggs.

5. She is always on the lookout for the right person or animal to bite.

6. If she finds what she’s looking for, she will bite.

7. However, if she doesn’t like your blood, she will move on to someone else to find a tastier option.

8. The next time a mosquito bites you, remember that you’ve been specially selected.

9. You are different from the others!

10. When the mosquito likes you, she lands on your body without making a sound.

11. Her bite is so quick and silent that you might not even notice it.

12. After she bites, you will feel an itch because she injects a substance along with your blood.

13. By the time the itching begins, she will have already flown away.

14. What happens next? Well, after her meal, the mosquito gets tired.

15. She seeks out a quiet place to rest.

16. There, she lays hundreds of eggs, usually on a leaf or a wall.

生词表（New Words）

1.Mosquitoes 蚊子 creatures 生物  

2. present 存在 over 超过 species 物种  

3. like 喜欢 decide 决定 choose 选择  

4. reason 原因 bite 叮咬 only 只有

need 需要  

5.look 寻找 right 合适的 person 人

animal 动物  

6. find 找到 want 想要  

7. move on 转向 tastier 更美味的  

8. remember 记住 specially 特别 selected 挑选  

9. different 不同  

10. land 降落 without 没有 sound 声音  

11. quick 快速的 silent 安静的 notice 注意到  

12. feel 感觉 itch 痒 inject 注入

substance 物质  

13. begin 开始 fly away 飞走  

14. happen 发生 meal 餐 get tired 感到疲倦  

15. seek 寻找 quiet 安静的 rest 休息  

16. lay 产下 eggs 卵 usually 通常

wall 墙

1. 蚊子是我们都很熟悉的生物。它们无处不在。

2. 蚊子几乎遍布世界各地，已知有超过2500种。

3. 没有人喜欢蚊子，但蚊子可能会决定选择你。是的，就是你！

4. 之所以如此，是因为雄性蚊子不叮咬。只有雌性蚊子叮咬，因为她需要血液来产卵。

5. 她总是在寻找合适的人或动物来叮咬。

6. 如果她找到她想要的目标，她就会叮咬。

7. 然而，如果她不喜欢你的血液，她会转向别人，寻找更美味的血液。

8. 下次蚊子叮咬你时，记住你已经被特别挑选了。

9. 你与别人不同！

10. 当蚊子喜欢你时，她会悄无声息地落到你身上。

11. 她的叮咬迅速又安静，你可能甚至没有感觉到任何不同。

12. 叮咬后，你会感到痒，因为她会将一种物质和你的血液一起注入。

13. 当痒感开始时，她已经飞走了。

14. 那么接下来会发生什么呢？好吧，在她享用美餐之后，蚊子感到疲倦。

15. 她只想找个安静的地方休息。

16. 在那里，她开始产卵，通常会在叶子或墙上产下数百个卵。