| 1. | A clock struck seven, and round the shady lime-tree a chafer or some heavy insect commenced its booming rushes .
时钟敲了七下，在那阴暗的菩提树四周，一只金龟子或者几只大昆虫开始嗡嗡地忙碌起来。 |
| 2. | Dung beetles belong to the family scarabaeidae and are also known as scarabs
粪甲虫属于金龟子家族，与圣甲虫一样有名。 |
| 3. | The toads were imported from south america to eradicate scarab beetles that were feasting on sugar cane crops
从南美进口的蟾蜍消灭金龟子被灯红酒绿甘蔗等作物 |
| 4. | That night , when danny dung beetle and his friends dug （ 挖 ） under the old tree , they could not find anything
那天晚上，金龟子丹尼和他的朋友在大树底下挖了起来，但是他们什么也没找到。 |
| 5. | When tommy ant was alone , he was scared （ 害怕 ） . he had told danny dung beetle about the ants ' secret hiding place
在蚂蚁汤米自己待着的时候，他害怕了起来。他竟然把蚂蚁的秘密储物地点告诉了金龟子丹尼。 |
| 6. | But there were other chafers living in the tree , and when they came to see little thumbelina , they said , " she is not pretty at all .
树林里还住着其它金龟子，他们都跑来看拇指姑娘， “呦，她长的一点都不好看呐。 ” |
| 7. | The thumb girl floated on the water for a long time . a dorbeetle flied towards her , using his strong thigh to bring the thumb girl away
拇指姑娘在水上漂了好久，金龟子飞了过来，用他那粗壮的大腿把拇指姑娘带走了。 |
| 8. | After a long flying , the dorbeetle left the thumb girl at an unfamiliar place and flied away . the thumb girl was afraid very much
飞了很久，金龟子把拇指姑娘放在了一个陌生的地方，就飞走了。拇指姑娘感到非常害怕。 |
| 9. | " tommy ant , you did not keep your promise . you wanted to show danny dung beetle how clever you were . so you told him our secret .
“蚂蚁汤米，你没有信守诺言。你要向金龟子丹尼证明你很聪明，便把我们的秘密告诉了他。 ” |
| 10. | Scientists who pioneer research into why woodpeckers do not get headaches and whether dung beetles like their diet have at last been recognized for their work
研究啄木鸟为什么不头痛和金龟子是否喜欢吃大粪的科学家们终于得到了肯定。 |
