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
3-phenylpropoxyguanidine
achromophilous smear examination
American Express Company
ampyzine
anorexia nervosas
anors
anthropotomists
aplyed
apoes
appointment slip
assistant mate
automated testing tool
ballast grading
barley stripe mosaic virus group
bell-type manometer
bellyful of
cameraobscura
caniniform
chest-height form-factor
Choanichthyes
clip sb.'s wings
clutch pedals
controlless
coronial
cover-lines
cross-currency interest rate swap
data lifecycle management
debt-to-equity
digital photography
disk spaces
distributed computer
doomful
El Ocotal
elastoma intrapapillare perforans verruciforme
enchancer
Eucalyptus fraxinoides
euro-jets
eutaxitic
exceptional offer
facial isomer
fairytales
freighthopping
gelbach
genus asphodelines
greenlet
high pelvic position
high pressure steam power plant
individual control
inferior vesical plexus
input data assembler
intuitions
isothickness map ofcoal seam
landline charge
linen hand embroidered tablecloth
lyzing
Meliosma velutina
MHBSS
mnium heterophyllum (hook.) schwaegr.
multiplier lock
Myrticolorin
neotanshinoneB
nitric acid dissolution
Ophiopogon szechuanensis
paper-cored cable
passwort
pleasurers
quality-management
random sampling test
region of high stress
resident symbol sets
roomheater
scour below dam
scouring velocity
seeb
sees around
Semon-Hering hypothesis
side pivoted rocker shaft
sitaram
siwalik ra.
solid bit
Strasse
superior dermopharyngeals
support taxiway
TELLINOIDEA
temperature-compensation
thermal gravimetric apparatus
three-thousandths
transisthmian convolution
trapezium (or large multangular bone)
tree class
trigonellinamide
ultramicrobacterium
uncoupled
underpressurised
us real
Vocontii
volume constancy
waiter's assistant
walking skeleton
Weigela florida
wimple
word-mongering