Weird Butterfly Ceremony

課文：

Did you know?

Seahorses: With a scientific name that means “horse caterpillars,” these fish are believed to mate for life. The male carries and gives birth to the eggs the female deposits in his pouch.

scientific：科學上的
caterpillar：履帶、毛蟲
mate：同伴、成配偶、使交配
deposit：放下、放置、寄存
pouch：囊、育兒袋、小袋子

Dogs’ noses: No two people have the same set of fingerprints, so they are used to identify people. Not to be outdone by humans, dogs have unique sets of ridges on their noses. No two dogs have the same nose print!

Ants: There are about 1 million ants for every human in the world!

outdo：勝過、超過、勝於、優於
out-：超過
ridge：鼻梁
ant：螞蟻

Goats: When you hear the bleating of goats, you may think it all sounds alike, but you would be wrong. As they grow older, goats, like us, develop accents based on who they hang out with!

Puppies: It may not seem like it to you, but male puppies are gentlemen! When playing with a female, a male puppy will usually let its playmate win even though he may have a physical advantage.

Fleas: These insects can jump up to 200 times their height. That’s like a man jumping the height of the Empire State Building.

goat：山羊
bleat：咩咩叫、低聲的抱怨、訴苦
accent：口音、腔調
hang out：居住
puppy：幼犬
playmate：玩伴
advantage：優勢、好處、優點、有利的條件
flea：跳蚤
insect：昆蟲
Empire State Building：帝國大廈

文法：
It may not seem like to you, but …（對你而言也許表面上看起來不太像，但實際上…）

特別補充：
kitten：小貓
elver：小鰻魚
calf：小牛、小象、小河馬、小犀牛、小鯨魚等
cub：小熊、小獅子、小老虎、小鯊魚等
piglet：小豬
duckling：小鴨
bunny：小兔子
chick：鳥類或雞的幼兒
eel：鰻魚
trait：特徵、特性