Scientists Studying Lobster Color

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 Scientists Studying Lobster Color  2024.11.22


Lobsters live at the bottom of the ocean. They have long bodies and ten legs.
Their big front legs have big claws! Watch out!
龍蝦住在海底，牠們有長長的身體跟十隻腳，小心哦! 牠們的兩隻前腳有巨大的鉗子!

Most lobsters are dark red or brown. But lobsters can be other colors too.
大部分龍蝦是深紅色或是咖啡色，但是還有其他種顏色。

There are orange lobsters, blue lobsters, white lobsters, and light blue
lobsters. Some lobsters have one color on their left side and one color on
their right side!
有橘色、藍色、白色還有淺藍色的龍蝦。有一些龍蝦身體的左邊跟右邊顏色不一樣!

Fishermen say finding colored lobsters was difficult. But now they are
finding more! They find colored lobsters in some parts of the U.S.
漁夫說以前要找到彩色龍蝦很難，但是現在在美國某一些地方，它們有發現比較多。

The food that lobsters eat can decide their color. The DNA of lobsters also
decides their color. Scientists want to test the colored lobsters' DNA. They
want to know why lobsters are different colors. Now they are making tests.
These tests don't hurt lobsters.
龍蝦的顏色會受到基因跟食物的影響。科學家正在做實驗，希望更清楚了解為甚麼龍蝦有不同的顏色。

Lots of people like to eat cooked lobster. Cooked lobsters - orange, blue,
two-colored, or brown - all become red. People say all these lobsters taste
the same. But some people don't want to eat colored lobsters! No thank you!

很多人喜歡吃煮熟的龍蝦，龍蝦煮熟了之後都是紅色，味道也一樣。不過，有一些人可不想吃彩色龍蝦!
Do you like to eat lobster? Will you eat a colored one?

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Vocabulary
科學家正在研究龍蝦的顏色，是否跟牠的食物有關。

1. lobster 龍蝦。
We're having lobster pasta tonight. 我們今晚吃龍蝦麵。
Wow, so fancy ! 真豪華!
What are we celebrating? 是要慶祝什麼?

2. find 發現。
My mother's birthday.我老媽的生日。
Your mom is coming here? 你媽媽要來這裡?
No, but I often find myself thinking about her.不過我發現我常想到她。

3. different 不同的。
She likes trying something different when she's bored.
她無聊時喜歡嘗試不一樣的東西。
That's interesting! 真有趣!

4. orange 橘色。
What else did she try?她還試過什麼?
A very orange cake made from oranges. 用橘子做的橘色蛋糕。
Oh…I prefer lobster pasta.我比較喜歡龍蝦麵。

今天的主題是什麼，還記得嗎?
lobster龍蝦 find發現 different不同的 orange橘色

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Quiz

1. What color are most lobsters?
a. Orange
b. Blue
c. Brown

2. What do scientists want to study?
a. Lobster DNA
b. Lobster food
c. Lobster claws

3. What do scientists want to do to colored lobsters?
a. Test them
b. Cook them
c. Eat them

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