英语阅读关于袋鼠

A. 用英语介绍袋鼠

袋鼠的英文介绍如下：

Kangaroos live in Australia. There are more than 60 different types of kangaroos. The Red Kangaroo is the largest. You can see many kangaroos everywhere outside the cities and towns in Australia, not only in zoos.

Kangaroos are very good at jumping, because they have very strong legs. Their tails are very strong, too. When they want to have a rest, they rest on their tails. Kangaroos like to eat at night. They like to be quite in they day.

Kangaroos are very good at looking after their babies. Mother kangaroos keep their babies safe in their pouchs. Baby kangaroos stay in their mother's pouchs for 5-6months.

中文翻译：

袋鼠生活在澳大利亚。有60多种不同种类的袋鼠。红袋鼠是体型最大的。在澳大利亚的`城市和乡镇外面你到处都能看到袋鼠，而不仅仅是在动物园。

袋鼠非常擅长跳跃，因为它们有很强壮的腿。它们的尾巴也很强壮。当它们想休息的时候，就在自己的尾巴上休息。袋鼠喜欢在晚上进食，白天它们喜欢安静。

袋鼠很擅长照顾自己的小宝宝。袋鼠妈妈把它们的小宝贝放在自己安全的育儿袋里。小袋鼠们在它们妈妈的育儿袋里要待上5到6个月呢。

(1)英语阅读关于袋鼠扩展阅读

袋鼠的品种分类：

1、红袋鼠

最著名的袋鼠是红袋鼠，其体型最大，生活在澳大利亚干燥地带，其地带的年平均降雨量在500毫米以下。

2、大赤袋鼠

生活于澳大利亚东南部开阔的草原地带的大赤袋鼠是最大的有袋动物，也是袋鼠类的代表种类，堪称现代有袋类动物之王。大赤袋鼠的形体似老鼠，仿佛一只特大的巨鼠。

3、东部灰大袋鼠

东部灰大袋鼠虽然没有红大袋鼠著名，但是东部灰大袋鼠是最常见的。生活在较为肥沃的地区。

4、西部灰大袋鼠

西部灰大袋鼠是三种袋鼠中最小的一种：成年雄性的体重为54千克(119磅)。生活于澳洲西南海岸和达令河盆地。

5、麝香袋鼠

体长仅15～20厘米，尾巴长度12.7～15厘米，是世界上最小的袋鼠，与在草原上跳跃的普通袋鼠相比，它们是典型的侏儒物种。

B. 关于袋鼠的英语短文

one
day
the
staff
members
of
a
zoo
called
a
meeting
to
discuss
the
problem--how
to
deal
with
the
kangaroos
that
were
found
out
of
the
cage.
they
came
to
the
conclusion
that
the
cage
was
placed
too
low
and
decided
to
raise
it
from
one
to
two
meters
high.
but
the
next
day
the
kangaroos
were
still
at
large
and
they
again
raised
the
cage
to
three
meters.
quite
beyond
their
expectation
the
next
morning
they
saw
the
kangaroos
still
free
to
go
about.
they
were
alarmed
and
determined
to
go
to
all
the
length
by
raising
the
cage
to
the
height
of
ten
meters.
later
a
giraffe,
while
chatting
with
some
kangaroos,
asked
them,
“do
you
think
they
will
go
on
raising
your
cage?”
“hard
to
say,”
said
a
kangaroo,
“if
they
continue
forgetting
to
fasten
the
cage
door.”
有一天，动物园的管理员们发现袋鼠从笼子里跑出来了，于是开会讨论，一致认为是笼子的高度过低，所以他们决定将笼子的高度由原来的1米加高到2米。结果第二天他们发现，袋鼠还是跑到外面来，所以他们又决定再将高度加高到3米。
没想到...于是管理员们大为紧张?”长颈鹿问。
“很难说，所以他们决定将笼子的高度由原来的1米加高到2米,
“if
they
continue
forgetting
to
fasten
the
cage
door，一致认为是笼子的高度过低，“你们看,
“do
you
think
they
will
go
on
raising
your
cage，“如果他们再继续忘记关门的话，将笼子的高度加高到10米.
but
the
next
day
the
kangaroos
were
still
at
large
and
they
again
raised
the
cage
to
three
meters，决定一不做二不休，所以他们又决定再将高度加高到3米.
quite
beyond
their
expectation
the
next
morning
they
saw
the
kangaroos
still
free
to
go
about.”
有一天one
day
the
staff
members
of
a
zoo
called
a
meeting
to
discuss
the
problem--how
to
deal
with
the
kangaroos
that
were
found
out
of
the
cage。
没想到隔天居然又看到袋鼠全跑到外面.
they
were
alarmed
and
determined
to
go
to
all
the
length
by
raising
the
cage
to
the
height
of
ten
meters?”
“hard
to
say。”袋鼠说.
later
a
giraffe,
while
chatting
with
some
kangaroos,”
said
a
kangaroo，于是开会讨论,
asked
them，这些人会不会再继续加高你们的笼子，动物园的管理员们发现袋鼠从笼子里跑出来了。
长颈鹿和几只袋鼠在闲聊，袋鼠还是跑到外面来。结果第二天他们发现.
they
came
to
the
conclusion
that
the
cage
was
placed
too
low
and
decided
to
raise
it
from
one
to
two
meters
high

C. 袋鼠的英语介绍（6~8句）最好简单点

袋鼠的英语介绍：

Purpose is either belong to the kangaroo kangaroo marsupials， mainly distributed in the Australian continent and parts of Papua New Guinea．

袋鼠是任一种属于袋鼠目的有袋动物 ，主要分布于澳大利亚大陆和巴布亚新几内亚的部分地区。

A nocturnal animal of the genus kangaroo that does not come out for food for several hours after sunset and returns to its home shortly after sunrise．

袋鼠不会行走，只会跳跃，或在前脚和后腿的帮助下奔跳前行 袋鼠属夜间生活的动物，通常在太阳下山后几个小时才出来寻食，而在太阳出来后不久就回巢。

(3)英语阅读关于袋鼠扩展阅读：

袋鼠名字来源：

据传说，“Kangaroo”是袋鼠的英文名，源自于澳洲原住民Guugu Yimidhirr :“gangurru”，意思是指“不知道”。而这一切其实只是一场误会，约瑟夫·班克斯的第一次航海旅行时，他抵达努力河（即现时库克镇港口）岸边。

在靠岸修理船舰的七个礼拜其间，他意外地发现到一种古灵精怪的动物，便去询问当地澳洲土著，但是由于语言不通将“不知道”当作“袋鼠”的英文名称，就一直使用。但事实上，经语言学家John B. Haviland研究，当地称呼袋鼠即为“ganguro”，其意义并非“不知道”。