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动物世界里有一种奇怪的动物，它明明带着翅膀，却长着一般鸟类所没有的牙齿(⊙o⊙），小朋友们想知道这是什么动物吗？接下来就让rocco老师带领我们走进奇幻的动物世界一探究竟吧！

why the bat flies at night

为什么蝙蝠在夜间飞行

once upon a time, in the distant past, there was a great war between the animals who live in the sky and those that live on the ground.

从前，在遥远的过去，生活在天空中的动物和生活在地面上的动物之间发生了一场大战。

nobody now remembers how the war started or what it was about, but it was a terrible time.

没有人记得战争是怎么开始的，也不记得它是怎么回事，但这是一个可怕的时刻

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so some of the sky animals and some of the ground animals had a meeting, and it was agreed that a truce should be called, and peace declared.

因此，一些天空动物和一些地面动物举行了一次会议，同意休战并宣布和平

mr bat was the last victim of the war, all the flying animals were very upset, and the decided to organise a big burial for their friend.

蝙蝠是战争的最后受害者，所有的飞行动物都非常不安，于是决定为他们的朋友组织一次大型葬礼。

but as they were preparing his body for the funeral, one of the birds noticed that mr bat had teeth in his mouth.

但是当他们正在为他的葬礼做准备时，一只鸟注意到蝙蝠嘴里衔着牙齿。

how was that possible? flying animals don’t have teeth.

这怎么可能?飞行的动物没有牙齿。

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so they took bat’s body to the ground animals, and told them that as mr bat was not a bird, it was their responsibility to give him a decent burial.

于是他们把蝙蝠的尸体带到地上的动物，告诉他们蝙蝠不是天空的动物，他们有责任给他一个体面的葬礼。

they are agreed，but as they were preparing for the burial, one of them shouted: “wait a minute, this bat may have teeth, but he definitely also has wings! how can he be one of us if he has wings?”

他们同意了,但当他们准备葬礼,其中一人喊道:“等一下,这种蝙蝠牙齿,但他肯定也有翅膀!如果他有翅膀，他怎么能成为我们中的一员呢?

so they too, refused to bury mr bat.

所以他们也拒绝埋葬蝙蝠先生。

poor mr bat, the flying animals refused to accept him because he has teeth, and the ground animals refused to accept him because he has wings. and that is why the bat is still flying around every night.

可怜的蝙蝠先生，飞行的动物们拒绝接受他，因为他有牙齿，而地面动物拒绝接受他，因为他有翅膀。这就是为什么蝙蝠仍然每天晚上飞来飞去的原因。

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英语补给站

study：

• flies /fla?z/ v. 飞行；

• distant /'d?st?nt/ adj. 遥远的；

• terrible /'t?r?bl/ adj. 可怕的；很糟的；

• declared /d?'kl?rd/ adj. 公然的；公开宣布的

• organise /'?rg?,na?z/ vt. 组织（等同于organize）

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