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
Acacia mearnsii
acoustical measurements
Agene
ambulance-chaser
assistente
automa
axis iii disorders
baby tee
bivariate discrete distribution
borrowed money
British Ship Adoption Society
Budinscina
built up sequence
calibrated radiation source
catastrophizing
chorizagrotis auxiliariss
closely held
Closetgate
coal dust suppressant
coal-field
come reach an agreement
come-hithers
complementary method of measurement
contingent employment
Corporation of Trinity House
cross-tree
cup-shot
cylinder with differential effect
cyprinid
deagglomeration
dimension suffix
diversity radar
echinophoria carnosa
entomostraca
erosion environment
extended instruction group
faintish
feedback heter
Feruccio
fleet air control and surveillance facility
fundamental crystal
furanilide
gamma width
gathering hairs
ginga
hunder
hydroliquefaction
ideavirus
immediate-access cathode ray tube storage
immutabilis
in her head
Internet radio
it's sprinkling
jointy
kangaroo ligature
knot removal
lakeshore
leblon
limited broadcast
local income tax payment
machine discovery
managerialdata
manic-depressive psychosis
measured resource
mechanics of flight
Miller's reagent
Millmerran
MTD (mean temperature difference)
mycovellosiella clerodendri
Newgrp
one body approximation
option switch
pasta acidi acetylsalicylici composita
predicative decision theory
pressure thermit welding PTW
propellant mass ratio
protein cleavage
psychiatrizes
qualitative examination of ash
quality control clearance
Rajka
recourse for non-payment
right after
sauf
smokes
subintegras
subject premium
suctorial tentacle
sun-
suspension feeder
suzukiite
take a fade
the European Space Agency
thurstone
timavo
to place on the agenda
trace-elements
unmodulated
vapo(u)r density
virosomal
Witchekan L.
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