英语故事带翻译：The Cactus's Leaves 仙人掌的叶子

The panda was a photographer.He want to photograph all kinds of leaves and then he would have a leave exhibition. Then the animals could konw about the leaves,he thought.One day he went to take photos in the open air .First he photographed the leaves of the maple which are red in autumn.They looked like children's little palms.Then he photographed the willow leaves. They were crescent like our eyebrows. And then the pine leaves which were sharp like needles. The poplar leaves looked like peaches, cypress leaves looked odd for they were like fish scales piled together, and sinkgo leaves were interesting,they were like fans.

After taking so many photos the panda decided to go back .But when he is going he suddenly heard someone calling him. He turned back and found a cactus. The cactus said,Photographer panda you haven't taken a picture of me yet.You see I have leaves too,The cactus answered, I'm not kidding the splinters are my leaves.Oh I've never heard of that ,The panda said.That's definitely true .Now let me tell you about it .Many years ago we had big leaves too .But our hometown is in the desert and it's so hot and dry there. It seldom rains in the desert. So we need to treasure every drop of water.But leaves can evaporate the water in our bodies and the larger leaves we have the more water we need. Then we tried to grow smaller leaves to stop the water from evaporating .They have been changing till now they've become splinters. It sounds reasonable,the panda said,but leaves are used for drawing sunlight and make nourishment.You leaves are so small how can it draw sunlight.The cactus said with a smile, can you see that my body is green? It's my body that drows sunlight and makes nourishment directly . So it's just the same. Then the panda took out his camera and took one picture of the cactus which has special leaves.



熊猫是一个摄影家。他想拍下所有不同种类的叶子，然后开一个展览会，让小动物们更多的了解叶子。

一天他去在户外拍照。他首先拍摄秋天里的红色枫树叶，它们看起来就像孩子的小手掌。然后他拍摄了柳树的叶子，尖锐如针松树的叶子。白杨树的叶子像桃子，柏树的叶子看起来有点奇怪，他们像鱼鳞堆在一起……

熊猫拍摄了很多照片,正要回家时，他突然听到有人喊他。他转过身，发现了仙人掌。仙人掌说，“摄影师熊猫，你还没拍我的照片呢。你看，我也是有叶子的，我不是开玩笑的，碎片都是我的叶子。”“哦，我从来没听说过“熊猫说。“这绝对是真的。多年以前，我们有大叶子了。但我们的家乡在沙漠，是如此炎热和干燥。在沙漠里很少下雨。所以我们要珍惜每一滴水。可是叶子会蒸发我们身体里的水，我们需要有更多的水，。然后，我们缩小叶子，来阻止水分蒸发。直到现在我们的叶子已经成为碎片。”熊猫说“叶子用于吸收阳光养料。你的叶子这么小，怎么能吸收阳光？”仙人掌笑着说，“你能看到我的身体是绿色的，使得我能够直接接受阳光营养。”。熊猫拿出相机，拍摄下了仙人掌特殊叶子的图片。（幼儿教育）