A cicada is an insect you often hear before you see. It lives in hot countries, has large clear wings, and the males make a high, long singing in the trees — in Taiwan, that is the sound of high summer. The insect sits on bark, often green or brown, with big eyes.

A cicada蟬 is an insect you often hear before you see是一種你常常先聽到、後看到的昆蟲。It lives in hot countries牠住在炎熱的國家，has large clear wings有大片透明的翅膀，and the males make a high, long singing in the trees雄蟲會在樹上發出又高又長的鳴叫聲——in Taiwan, that is the sound of high summer在台灣，那就是盛夏的聲音。The insect sits on bark這種昆蟲停在樹皮上，often green or brown常常是綠色或棕色，with big eyes眼睛很大

People mix it up with crickets and locusts, but a cicada is not a locust: locusts fly in hungry clouds and eat crops; cicadas mostly sit and shout.

People mix it up with crickets and locusts大家常把牠跟蟋蟀、蝗蟲搞混，but a cicada is not a locust但蟬不是蝗蟲：locusts fly in hungry clouds and eat crops蝗蟲會成群餓著飛、吃農作物；cicadas mostly sit and shout蟬大多只是停著大叫

In some parts of the United States a kind of cicada stays under the ground for many years and then comes up all at once. After they grow, they leave an empty shell stuck to a wall or a tree.

In some parts of the United States在美國有些地方，a kind of cicada stays under the ground for many years有一種蟬會在地底下待上好幾年，and then comes up all at once然後一次全部冒出來。After they grow長大之後，they leave an empty shell牠們會留下一個空殼 stuck to a wall or a tree黏在牆上或樹上