【原】日课｜英文短文English Passages for Beginners 15：Ears

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Ears

Your ears are amazing! They help you to hear. They also help to keep you from falling down.

There are three parts to your ear. They are the outer ear, the middle ear, and the inner ear. The outer ear is the part you can see. Its job is to collect sounds, and it also collects earwax.

You can find the eardrum in the middle ear. The eardrum and little bones in your ear help to move sound to your brain. The inner ear has little hairs on it. Sound hits these hairs. Then they move fast to tell the brain what they have heard.

The inner ear is full of fluid. This keeps you from falling down. Ears are amazing. Never poke anything into them, and they will take care of you for life!

耳朵

你的耳朵棒极了！他们帮助你听见，还有助于防止你摔倒。

耳朵有三个部分：外耳、中耳和内耳。外耳是你能看到的部分。它的任务是收集声音，也收集耳垢。

你可以在中耳找到耳膜。耳膜和耳朵里的小骨头有助于把声音传到大脑。内耳上有小毛。声音传到这些毛发，然后它们快速移动，告诉大脑它们听到了什么。

内耳充满液体。这样你就不会摔倒了。耳朵很神奇。永远不要用东西戳进去，耳朵会照顾你一辈子！

【注释】

1. amazing 令人大为惊奇的；了不起的

2. outer 外表的；外边的

3. inner 内部的

4. collect 收集；采集

5. earwax 耳垢

6. eardrum  耳膜；鼓膜

7. fluid  液体；流体

8. poke （用手指或其他东西）捅，戳，杵

读完这篇短文，来回答个问题吧！

The three parts of the ear are . . .

a. ear wax, eardrum, and fluid.

b. outer, middle, and hairy ear.

c. bones, hairs, and fluid.

d. outer, middle, and inner ear.

你可以留言告诉我你的答案哦！

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