时间:2018-12-01 作者:英语课 分类:大学英语六级听力短文


英语课

Can Animals Be Made to Work for Us?


Can animals be made to work for us? Some scientists think that one day animals may be taught to do a number or simple jobs. They say that in a film or on TV, we may see elephants or monkeys, dogs, bears or other animals doing a lot of things. If you watch carefully, you may find that those animals are always given something to eat in return for doing them. The scientists said that many different animals may be taught to do a number of simple jobs if they know they will get something to eat in return. Of course, as we know, dogs can be used 1 to guard 2 a house. And elephants can be used to do some heavy jobs. And we can also teach animals to work in factories. Apes 3, for example, have been used in America to help make cars. And scientists believe that these large monkeys may one day get in crops 4 and even drive trains.



1 used
adj.用旧了的,旧的;习惯于…;过去惯/经常
  • I used to work until nearly 6:00 o'clock each day.我过去常常工作到6:00左右。
  • He used to walk anywhere from two to five miles an hour.他过去经常一小时走二至五英里。
2 guard
n.守卫者,警戒;v.保卫,看守,当心
  • A guard was placed at the door.门口设了一个警卫。
  • The guard stopped him from going through the gate.警卫不让他通过大门。
3 apes
猿( ape的名词复数 )
  • We watched two apes grooming each other. 我们看两只猩猩在互相理毛。
  • Chimpanzees and gorillas are both apes. 黑猩猩和大猩猩都是类人猿。
4 crops
pl.农作物
  • Farmers are being encouraged to diversify into new crops. 目前正鼓励农民兼种新的农作物。
  • The crops will not grow on exposed hillsides. 在裸露的山坡上庄稼没法生长。
学英语单词
a woman of the bedchamber
antihelixes
apexes
AT cut
be commended
by the age of
cans-cans
cansticks
cap-shaped
Captain Planet
channeled gate array
coleoptera
confess
constructive trustee
contingent reserves
converter ore
coupled pendulum
Cristo
Cyclea barbata
dairy equipment
desano
designing webs
differential cost benefit analysis
dilution
direct-current balancer
discretionary protection
El Cerro del Hierro
exhaust air plume
family cactaceaes
foregear
Francis Joseph I
frenum labiorum
friction-wheel speed counter
fuckin' A
functional obsolescence
ganden
Gauss system of units
genus calidriss
genus Cochlearius
geomagnetic torque
hematorrhachis
homomorphosm
Howwood
hydroxide anion
kidless
kurzrock
Kwame Danso
Ladrone Islands
lannons
lead chamber crystal
lyricization
lysis-
macroviruses
Magnaglo
magnetic splitter
manangers
misgraft
Mulonga
neodymium molybdate
non-graded sediment
noninflammatory
notice of motion
off-center plan position indicator
one by one
parental placenta
Pasalieylum
performance technology
pilcopata
pixie-hooded
pre-finishing
pressure thermit welding PTW
quasicompact set
quiet-spokens
rated recording level
remandeth
reprw
resisting shear
rolltite hatchcover
ropper
Rosso Fiorentino
scintling
shelburnes
shingle-lap tile
snot-nosed
Spoiling.
stable isotope tracer technique
stable strobe
starting preheater lamp nozzle
statement of applicability
straight framed ship
switching-operation-induced section
tapered integration
tardiver
telescopicplunger
tgf
Tonga Is.
transformational coding
uncrystalline
underbidden
Utgir
vane retaining ring
zacharoff