Ducklings are little ducks.

小鸭子是幼小的鸭子。

Are ducklings able to swim?

小鸭子会游泳吗？

Once, biologists thought that ducklings followed the mother duck because of instincts.

曾经，生物学家认为小鸭子跟随母鸭是出于本能。

Now we know that, shortly after they hatch, ducklings fix on any object about the size of a duck and will henceforth follow it.

现在我们知道，小鸭子孵化后不久，它们就会固定在如鸭子大小的任何物体上，并从此跟随它。

Ducklings may follow a basketball or a briefcase if these are substituted for the mother duck at the time when imprinting occurs.

如果一个篮球或公文包在印记发生的时候代替母鸭，小鸭子可能会跟随它们。

As the lock filled, the ducklings rejoined their mother to wait for another vessel to go through.

水闸里注满水时，小鸭子们回到它们的妈妈身旁等待另一艘船通过。

The ducklings are cheeping.

小鸭咻咻地叫着。

The ducklings have shed their yellow down.

小鸭褪了黄毛。

Take good care of the ducklings.

好好看着小鸭子啊！

One day, the ducklings hatched out.

有一天，小鸭子孵出来了。

The ducklings quickly jump in, too.

小鸭子们也很快地跳入水中。

The ducklings follow her.

小鸭子们在她后面跟着。

The ducklings plumped into the water.

小鸭子扑通扑通跳入水中。

You are not like the other ducklings.

你和其他小鸭子不一样。

The ducklings plumped into the water.

小鸭们突然跳进水中。

Ducklings: He's ugly!

小鸭们：他它真丑！

The ducklings always follow their mother.

小鸭子总是跟着它们的妈妈。

The little ducklings look around curiously .

小鸭子们好奇地东张西望。

Ducklings: Quack, quack, quack. Walk like us!

小们： 呱，呱，呱。 像我们一样走路！

Six little ducklings come out of their shells.

六只小鸭从蛋壳里钻了出来。

It is dark, The ugly ducklings comes to a house.

天黑了，丑小鸭来到一座房子面前。

Ducklings: You are ugly. You're an ugly duckling.

小鸭们：你真丑。你是一个丑小鸭。

The mother duck takes her ducklings to the water.

鸭妈妈带着她的小鸭子们下水啦。

The ducks look at the mother duck and her ducklings.

鸭子们盯着母鸭和她的小鸭看着。

Drove she ducklings to the millpond, every morning just at nine.

她把鸭子赶入池中，每天早上在九点钟。

The ducklings did as they were bid, but the other duck stared and said.

幼儿们按照吩咐做了，但那只老年的鸭子盯着它们，她说。

Yang Ming: I know their mother is a duck. A duck can swim. Can ducklings swim?

杨明：我知道它们的妈妈叫鸭子。鸭子会游泳。小鸭子会游泳吗？

To the sound of cheers and applause , the mother duck led her ducklings to water.

在大家的欢呼声和掌声中，鸭子一家回到了斯波坎河。