电脑鼠标,为什么叫“鼠标”?

You move it to work on the computer.
你移动它,来操作电脑。

It is called a "mouse" in English.
它在英文里就叫mouse,老鼠。

The first one was made of wood.
最早的鼠标,是木头做的。

It had a long wire coming out of the back.
后面还拖着一根长长的线。

The inventor thought it looked like a mouse.
发明者一看,觉得它像一只小老鼠。

The wire looked like the mouse's tail.
那根线,就像老鼠的尾巴。

Today many mice have no wires at all.
现在的鼠标,很多已经没有线了。