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
.aw
acetylpromazine
alpha chain
antiparasitic preparation
apprise sb of sth
axillary region
bowsprit pillow
braking gear
carmichel
carrier reduced SSB
chase eighths
circumcision
circumferent
cleaning implement
convex volume
Dashkuduk
DC-DC Controller
De Laval centrifuge
delivery certificate
depauperized
depreciation of the plant
descriptive clauses
diod.
dpb
drain coil
draw a splice
driverless train
electron-nuclear double resonance
eltchi
EPOF (equivalent planned outage factor)
factfinding
fitted equation
gharials
gilded flickers
grammicolepidid
hestina assimilis formosana
hoc genus omne
inpossession
irrecuperable
isthmus aort?
lady bear
longitudinal conductance
lunine
Lyon's tmbes
Lüneburg, Regierungsbezirk
magneto breaker arm point
marketing department
median island
mind one's eye
navions
needle lubrication
Nyssa aquatica
offset temperature of thermostatic switch
overall majority
paediatic
painting punt
palatine glands
parallel data
pass sth round
pattern of business activity
phonon spectra
physical constant
pod location
prearranged visual signal
primary ribbed wall
processing circuit
quasiclimax
recoction
revivalisms
rotatorial
Rāmpur Boalia
saalfeldens
scatterers
scenario analysis
Schacher's ganglion
sell somebody a bill of goods
shanes
side contact spike
silverized catgut
simplicifolius
snatching up
social curation
solenoid actuated stepping motor
star fruits
stepwise
stripped nut
subtrihedral
superior pleurotergite
swaging machine
Sysslebäck
terminal incisure of ear
tillous
timing pulse distributor
togetherish
unskilfully
vacuum-coated reflector
Williopsis
Wolff Parkinson-White syndrome
xylopolist
yiet
zipp paste
zrich