Most butterflies live for only a few weeks. But did you know that the Monarch butterfly lives for ____1_____ a year? Monarch butterflies are unusual in _____2_____ way too. In the summer they live in the north of the United States and Southeast Canada,
but at the _____3_____ of September the young ones _____4_____ to warmer climates.
The western _____5_____ spends the winter on the west coast of the United States between Los Angeles and Monterey.
But what is _____6_____ is that the eastern population migrates all the way to Central Mexico.
This means that some butterflies fly more than 1800 miles on their journey to the south.
They fly about 15 feet _____7_____ the ground at _____8_____ of between 10 and 30 miles an hour.
In the _____9_____ places, millions of butterflies _____10_____ the trees and ground like a carpet.
It’s a ____11____ sight. When spring comes, the butterflies _____12_____ their long journey back north.
Although a lot of males die on the way, most of the females ____13____ their journey.
They return to ____14____ their eggs and start a new _____15_____ of butterflies.
(Adapted from Talk about Book I.)
คำศัพท์
Lay v. วาง Population ประชากร
generation รุ่น ช่วงชีวิต wintering ในหน้าหนาว
unusual พิเศษ migrate v. อพยพ
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