The silkworms have gone into the bushes to spin their cocoons.

蚕上山了。

Subsequently, she persuaded her husband to allow her to rear silkworms on a grove of mulberry trees.

后来，她说服丈夫准许她在桑树丛里养蚕。

Legend has it that it was Lei Tzu, wife of the Yellow Emperor, ruler of China in about 3000 BC, who discovered silkworms.

传说是公元前3000年左右，中国统治者黄帝的妻子雷子发现了蚕。

One account of the story goes that as she was taking a walk in her husband's gardens, she discovered that silkworms were responsible for the destruction of several mulberry trees.

这个故事的一个说法是，当她在她丈夫的花园里散步时，她发现几棵桑树被毁是由蚕引起的。

China was the first country in the world to cultivate silkworms and develop silk weaving. More than 3,000 years ago, sericulture and silk weaving were already significantly developed.

中国是世界上最早发明养蚕和丝织的国家；早在3,000多年以前，蚕桑、丝织已相当发达。

Silkworms make cocoons.

蚕做茧。

Silkworms spin silk.

蚕吐丝。

They also cultivate fine breeds of silkworms.

他们还培养了良种蚕。

Silkworms make cocoons from which we get silk.

蚕做茧，我们再从茧取得丝。

The girls were feeding the leaves to silkworms.

女孩子们正在给蚕喂树叶。

Many peasants simply gave up raising silkworms.

很多农民干脆不养蚕了。

Silkworms are the larva of the mulberry silk moth.

丝蚕其实是桑树蛾子的幼虫。

Silkworms spin silk and wrap themselves in cocoons.

蚕吐丝并把自己包在茧里。

They succeeded in cultivating fine breeds of silkworms.

他们成功地培育了优良的蚕种。

Silkworms were domesticated as early as 5000 years ago.

早在5000年前，中国就开始饲养蚕。

New mulberry trees wereplanted, silkworms and looms brought in.

现在当地种植了新的桑树，也引进了蚕和织机。

When studying ailing silkworms, he made two vital observations.

经过对患病桑蚕研究，他发现了两个很重要的现象。

They increased their income by raising silkworms and so on.

他们靠养蚕等增加了收入。

New mulberry trees were planted, silkworms and looms brought in.

现在当地种植了新的桑树，也引进了蚕和织机。

The commune members adopted new techniques in raising silkworms.

公社社员采用新的养蚕技术。

The girl stripped leaves off the mulberry tree to feed her silkworms.

女孩从桑树上摘下桑叶来喂蚕。

And they also have the effect to slow down the growth of silkworms' weight.

对家蚕的体重增长也具有明显的减缓作用。

"The advantage of silkworms is that they're easy to grow," Dr. Hayashi said.

“蚕的优势在于容易养殖，”哈亚希博士说。

Silkworms began to silking, and then, I found silkworms look very interesting.

蚕宝宝开始吐丝了，这时，我发现蚕宝宝的样子非常有趣。

You could tell that why they are called "silkworms" because that is we made silk.

现在你知道为啥它们被称为“丝蚕”了吧，就是因为可以用它们造丝绸啊。

Silkworms grow up to pupae, and then pupae to butterfly, the procedure is painful.

蚕，成长为蛹，蛹，羽化为蝶，是一个痛苦的过程。

Spiders and silkworms are masters of materials science, but scientists are finally catching up.

蜘蛛和蚕都是材料科学领域的大师，不过终于科学家正迎头赶上。