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姜红伟　陈　娟

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Can Fish Hear Sounds?

鱼能听到声音吗？

我们都知道，鱼能听到声音。然而你看到过鱼的耳朵吗?其实，科学家们一直在研究海洋中的奇特现象，例如：鱼的耳朵在哪里；声音在水里怎样传播；鱼类的声音所传达的信息是什么等等。那么在这些问题中，哪些已经了解清楚，哪些还有待于进一步探索呢?

People want to know how fish can hear sounds without ears. But fish do have ears. We cannot see the ears because they are inside their bodies, and they hear very well with them. Their listening is much better than mans.

Many water animals make noises while they are doing something. Sounds are real words of them. By sounds, they know where they are and which way to go. When they face danger or they find food, they always make sounds to tell others the good news.

A new field in science is to learn the meanings of underwater sounds. People use same skill1 that they have used in learning the secrets of birds calls2. But this method is more difficult to use in the sea because many of the sea animals cannot be easily followed and studied. We have no any other better way to study the sounds in the sea. Perhaps the meaning3 of the calls of the sea animals will be known more clearly someday. It will be useful for us to learn the secrets of the sounds in the sea.

Notes:

1.skill: n. 技能 2.birds calls: 鸟鸣

3.meaning: n. 意义

True or False

1. Fish have ears outside their bodies.

2. Studying fish sounds is more difficult than that of birds.

3. Fish can make sounds to tell others the danger they meet.

4. We know only a little of fish noises up till now.

5. If you are clever, you will know the secrets of the sounds in the sea.

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The Mobiles1

会动的雕塑

不同形状的金属片，色彩斑斓，悬垂于纤细的铁丝上，微风吹来，这些小片片舞动起来，发出悦耳的叮当声，令人心旷神怡，你见过这种会“跳舞”的雕塑吗?你知道它们是由什么演变而来的吗?

Pictures hang on the hall. They are flat2. You can touch a picture. But you cannot feel the shape of anything in it. Everything in the picture stays in the same place. It cannot move. Sculptures3 have shapes. You can feel them. You can turn them or walk around them. But sculptures cannot move, either.

In todays world, everything seems to be moving. We have fast cars and airplanes. Man is going into space. We keep learning new things. There are more new things in the world of art now.

Mobiles are a modern kind of sculpture. They are made from such things like thin pieces of metal, paper, or wood. The pieces may be of any shape. Most mobiles hang from wires or string4. As the air moves, the mobile moves. Each piece moves by itself.

Mobiles are found in many art museums5. This sculpture began in America. But, artists in many parts of the world now make mobiles.

Notes:

1.mobiles: n. 浮动雕塑 2.flat: adj. 平面的

3.sculpture: n. 雕塑 4.wires or string: 铁丝或绳子

5.museum: n. 博物馆

1. Today, everything seems to be ____.

A. singing B. dancing C. moving D. hanging

2. What is man doing now? ____.

A. Man is learning new songs B. Man is moving slowly in cars

C. Man is going into space D. Man is riding horses

3. The story mainly tells us that ____.

A. cars and airplanes move fast today

B. mobiles are a new kind of sculpture

C. flat pictures have to hang on walls

D. people will not buy pictures

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