力爭上游 Swimming Upstream

作者：蕾莎最後更新： 01/08/2017

'I can't do it!' Monster was frustrated with his cooking. 'You can! Think of the Alaska salmon!' Rabbit encouraged him not to give up. 'Salmon?' Monster was confused. 'They swim upstream against the river current every year to spawn.' Rabbit explained. 'They face the difficulties and never give up!' Rabbit is inspired just by thinking of salmon. 'Thank you, Rabbit! I feel much better thinking of the salmon.' Monster was drooling over his imaginary meal of delicious salmon. 'Good! You think of how though they are?' Rabbit asked. 'No, I think of how yummy they are…' Monster felt hungry already.

Story and comic created by CCFamily.

Alaska salmon have a very interesting life. They swim from the rivers and streams to the Pacific Ocean, and back again, to die at where they were born. They are swimming from fresh water to salt water and back again.

After they hatch, Alaska salmon swim downstream towards the ocean. Their bodies change to adapt to the seawater. They spend several years swimming in the ocean. Once they have fully matured, they re-adapt to fresh water and swim back up the streams, rivers or even waterfalls to reach their birthplace. Once they get back to the stream they were born, they breed and lay their eggs. After spawning they generally die within a week and this is when their lives come to an end.

Reference: Cambridge Dictionaries Online (Learners')

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